.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly slammed his left hand down on the news conference table thus hard his canteen virtually pitched over.After No. thirteen LSU had a four-point lead along with just under six mins left behind in its season opener and dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly didn't hold off when explaining his aggravations." We possessed some fellas play their butts off tonight as well as we're resting below again, our team're resting right here again talking about the exact same traits!" Kelly pointed out as he slammed the table. "Regarding certainly not polishing when you possess an opponent in a setting to place all of them away. Yet what our experts're performing on the sideline is actually thinking that the activity ends." Kelly said this is the first time in the course of his LSU tenure that he has actually been actually "mad" at his crew as well as included that it did not have a "great instinct."" I am actually therefore irritated regarding it that I have actually reached find a solution for it. I'm refraining from doing a good enough project as a trainer," Kelly stated. "I've reached trainer them better given that it's undesirable for us certainly not to have located a means to succeed this volleyball activity. It is actually preposterous. It is actually crazy." Despite totaling 421 backyards of outburst and also handling the time of belongings through 6 mins, Kelly's staff fell short to capitalize. Their very first travel of the game traveled 74 yards on thirteen plays in over seven minutes, yet it resulted in no factors. Though they tracked for the majority of the very first half, LSU managed to grab the top twice in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Connected" Sadly, it's clear that, when our company rise in an activity, our experts do certainly not know just how to handle ourselves," Kelly mentioned. "You've got to put teams away. Our experts possessed a possibility to put this team away. Our team get contented, our experts make more errors when our company're ahead rather than having a, you understand, far better focus as well as a steely eyed awesome inclination. That's disappointing." To Kelly's point, the Tigers had 10 fines for 99 lawns to the Trojans' six, and a couple of occurred in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning travel, a targeting fine on LSU placed the Trojans inside the reddish area, where they immediately scored along with eight few seconds left.It wasn't just penalties that place LSU in a placement to come up brief. The Tigers' ground game also struggled. Earlier in the week, LSU annoying electrician Are going to Campbell had actually mentioned the Tigers would run the sphere versus the Trojans." That is actually not one thing our company're making an effort to maintain silent," Campbell stated Tuesday. "I'm saying to everyone immediately. Our team are actually visiting manage the regulation football." Due to the edge of the evening, however, LSU possessed simply 117 lawns on the ground and also must rely upon quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier almost performed, throwing for over 300 gardens as well as 2 touchdowns, yet after recording the okay TD in the 3rd quarter, LSU's offense delayed and allowed USC's new-look protection under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the activity along with many vital third-down deters." They possessed every right to be positive," USC coach Lincoln Riley said of LSU's outrageous line. "Yet so did our team. Our team just didn't speak about it in the media." Of the thirteen 3rd downs the Tigers faced, they turned a to begin with down simply 5 times. After they scored an okay touchdown in the third one-fourth, the next 4 LSU drives caused 2 punts, a basket and also an interception by Nussmeier that closed the outcome." For our team to be the sort of football staff I prefer, our company must do away with the ridiculous blunders," Kelly said. "Lastly, our experts must be able to participate in off of each other far better.".