.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly slammed his left side clenched fist adverse the news conference table so hard his canteen almost toppled over.After No. 13 LSU held a four-point lead along with simply under 6 moments left in its period opener and also shed 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly failed to hold back when explaining his frustrations." Our team possessed some men play their buttocks off tonight and also our company are actually resting listed below once again, we're resting here again talking about the same points!" Kelly stated as he pounded the table. "About not polishing when you possess a rival in a posture to place them away. But what our team are actually doing on the side project is actually seeming like the activity is over." Kelly stated this is the very first time during his LSU tenure that he has been "upset" at his group and also included that it was without a "great instinct."" I am actually thus upset concerning it that I have actually reached throw down the gauntlet. I am actually refraining an acceptable task as an instructor," Kelly pointed out. "I've come to train them much better because it is actually improper for our company certainly not to have discovered a technique to succeed this football video game. It is actually ridiculous. It is actually outrageous." Despite completing 421 yards of offense as well as regulating the time of possession by six moments, Kelly's group fell short to exploit. Their initial drive of the game traveled 74 gardens on 13 plays in over 7 moments, but it resulted in zero points. Though they tracked for the majority of the very first half, LSU had the capacity to get hold of the lead twice in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Associated" Sadly, it's crystal clear that, when our experts rise in a video game, our team perform not know just how to manage our own selves," Kelly mentioned. "You have actually come to put teams away. Our company had an option to place this crew away. We acquire obsequious, our team bring in more errors when we are actually ahead as opposed to having a, you understand, better concentration as well as a steely eyed awesome intuition. That's unsatisfactory." To Kelly's aspect, the Tigers possessed 10 penalties for 99 lawns to the Trojans' 6, as well as a handful of took place in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting penalty on LSU put the Trojans inside the red area, where they immediately racked up along with eight seconds left.It had not been only charges that put LSU in a placement to follow up short. The Tigers' ground video game also had a hard time. Previously in the full week, LSU offensive lineman Are going to Campbell had actually mentioned the Tigers would jog the round against the Trojans." That's not one thing our company're making an effort to always keep peaceful," Campbell mentioned Tuesday. "I'm telling everyone right now. Our experts're going to operate the football." By the end of the night, nonetheless, LSU had only 117 lawns on the ground and also must rely on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to fuel the outburst. Nussmeier nearly carried out, throwing for over 300 gardens and 2 goals, yet after recording the green light TD in the third fourth, LSU's outburst slowed and enabled USC's new-look self defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the video game with many key third-down stops." They possessed every right to be self-assured," USC coach Lincoln Riley said of LSU's outrageous line. "However so did our experts. Our company just really did not refer to it in the media." Of the 13 3rd downs the Tigers dealt with, they converted a to begin with down just 5 times. After they scored a go-ahead goal in the 3rd one-fourth, the following 4 LSU pushes led to two punts, a basket and also an interception through Nussmeier that secured the result." For our team to be the sort of soccer team I yearn for, our experts must do away with the crazy oversights," Kelly stated. "Ultimately, our experts must manage to play off of each other far better.".