.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly pounded his left fist adverse the news conference dining table therefore hard his canteen nearly knocked down over.After No. thirteen LSU kept a four-point lead along with merely under 6 mins left in its period opener as well as lost 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly didn't keep back when covering his disappointments." We possessed some guys play their buttocks off tonight and also our team are actually resting listed below once again, our company are actually resting right here once again speaking about the same traits!" Kelly said as he knocked the table. "About not finishing when you possess a rival in a setting to place all of them away. Yet what our team're carrying out on the side project is actually believing that the activity is over." Kelly stated this is the first time during the course of his LSU tenure that he has actually been "angry" at his team and also included that it lacked a "awesome inclination."" I'm so irritated concerning it that I've reached find a solution for it. I am actually refraining an acceptable work as a train," Kelly mentioned. "I've reached instructor them a lot better since it is actually unacceptable for our company certainly not to have discovered a way to succeed this football video game. It's ridiculous. It's insane." Despite totting 421 lawns of outburst and also controlling the time of possession by 6 minutes, Kelly's team stopped working to capitalize. Their 1st drive of the video game traveled 74 lawns on thirteen plays in over seven mins, yet it caused no aspects. Though they routed for most of the first half, LSU had the ability to get the lead twice in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Connected" However, it is actually very clear that, when our experts get out of bed in a video game, our team perform not recognize just how to manage our own selves," Kelly pointed out. "You have actually reached put teams away. Our experts had a possibility to put this crew away. Our experts receive unconcerned, our experts make more blunders when our experts are actually ahead of time rather than possessing a, you understand, far better concentration as well as a steely eyed deadly instinct. That's unsatisfactory." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers had 10 penalties for 99 gardens to the Trojans' six, as well as a couple of developed in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning ride, a targeting penalty on LSU placed the Trojans inside the red area, where they quickly racked up with eight seconds left.It wasn't only fines that place LSU in a posture ahead up quick. The Tigers' ground video game likewise had a hard time. Previously in the week, LSU offending electrician Are going to Campbell had actually claimed the Tigers would certainly dash the sphere against the Trojans." That is actually certainly not something our company're trying to always keep silent," Campbell said Tuesday. "I am actually saying to everyone immediately. Our experts are actually mosting likely to run the regulation football." By the end of the evening, having said that, LSU had merely 117 yards on the ground as well as must depend on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier nearly carried out, throwing for over 300 lawns and two touchdowns, however after racking up the consent TD in the 3rd fourth, LSU's offense delayed and also allowed USC's new-look defense under organizer D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the game with several key third-down quits." They had every right to become confident," USC coach Lincoln Riley claimed of LSU's outrageous line. "But so did we. Our team merely really did not talk about it in the media." Of the 13 third downs the Tigers experienced, they converted a first down just 5 times. After they scored a go-ahead goal in the 3rd quarter, the upcoming 4 LSU drives resulted in 2 punts, a basket and also an interception by Nussmeier that sealed off the end result." For our company to become the sort of football crew I prefer, we must remove the half-witted mistakes," Kelly mentioned. "Eventually, our experts need to have the ability to play off of one another better.".