.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly slammed his nigh side hand adverse the press conference dining table so tough his canteen virtually pitched over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point top with only under six moments left in its season opener and dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly failed to keep back when reviewing his disappointments." Our experts possessed some men play their butts off tonight and also we are actually sitting here once more, our company are actually resting below again talking about the exact same points!" Kelly mentioned as he hammered the table. "Concerning certainly not finishing when you have an opponent in a position to place all of them away. However what our experts're doing on the sideline is actually thinking that the video game is over." Kelly stated this is actually the first time during the course of his LSU tenure that he has been actually "angry" at his group as well as included that it did not have a "deadly instinct."" I am actually so angry regarding it that I have actually come to throw down the gauntlet. I am actually refraining a satisfactory job as a coach," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually got to coach all of them a lot better due to the fact that it's unwanted for our company not to have actually found a means to win this soccer video game. It's ridiculous. It's insane." In spite of totaling 421 gardens of outburst and also controlling the time of assets by 6 minutes, Kelly's staff failed to exploit. Their initial travel of the activity took a trip 74 lawns on thirteen plays in over seven minutes, however it led to absolutely no points. Though they routed for the majority of the first one-half, LSU was able to snatch the top twice in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" However, it's very clear that, when our experts get up in a game, our company carry out certainly not know just how to handle ourselves," Kelly claimed. "You've reached put teams away. Our company possessed an opportunity to put this group away. We get satisfied, our experts create more errors when our experts're ahead rather than possessing a, you understand, much better emphasis and a cold-blooded eyed deadly intuition. That's frustrating." To Kelly's point, the Tigers had 10 fines for 99 yards to the Trojans' six, and a handful of occurred in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting charge on LSU put the Trojans inside the red zone, where they promptly scored with eight seconds left.It wasn't simply penalties that place LSU in a placement to follow up brief. The Tigers' ground activity additionally battled. Previously in the full week, LSU offending electrician Will definitely Campbell had actually mentioned the Tigers would certainly run the ball versus the Trojans." That's certainly not one thing our company're making an effort to always keep quiet," Campbell said Tuesday. "I am actually informing everybody right now. Our experts are actually visiting run the regulation football." By the end of the night, having said that, LSU had only 117 lawns on the ground and needed to depend on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to fuel the offense. Nussmeier nearly carried out, tossing for over 300 yards and also two goals, yet after recording the green light TD in the third quarter, LSU's offense delayed and allowed USC's new-look self defense under planner D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the activity with numerous crucial third-down deters." They had every right to become positive," USC trainer Lincoln Riley stated of LSU's offending line. "But so performed our experts. Our team simply didn't refer to it in the media." Of the 13 third downs the Tigers dealt with, they converted a to begin with down only 5 opportunities. After they scored a permission goal in the 3rd one-fourth, the next four LSU pushes led to 2 puntings, a basket and an interception through Nussmeier that secured the result." For us to be the type of regulation football team I wish, our company need to get rid of the senseless errors," Kelly pointed out. "Finally, our company need to have the ability to participate in off of one another far better.".