.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS VEGAS-- Brian Kelly banged his left fist down on the press conference table so challenging his water bottle almost fell over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point lead with only under 6 moments left in its own season opener as well as dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly really did not hold back when reviewing his frustrations." Our experts had some men play their butts off tonight and our company're resting right here once again, our experts're sitting here once more speaking about the very same things!" Kelly stated as he knocked the table. "Concerning not finishing when you possess an opponent in a placement to place them away. However what our team're carrying out on the side project is actually thinking that the activity is over." Kelly said this is the very first time during his LSU tenure that he has been actually "furious" at his group and also added that it was without a "killer instinct."" I am actually thus mad regarding it that I have actually come to throw down the gauntlet. I am actually not doing a good enough work as an instructor," Kelly mentioned. "I've reached coach all of them a lot better considering that it is actually unwanted for our company not to have found a technique to win this volleyball video game. It's absurd. It is actually crazy." Despite amounting to 421 gardens of outburst and handling the moment of assets through 6 mins, Kelly's team fell short to capitalize. Their very first travel of the game journeyed 74 yards on thirteen plays in over seven minutes, yet it resulted in zero aspects. Though they tracked for the majority of the initial half, LSU had the ability to order the lead twice in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Associated" Sadly, it is actually clear that, when our experts get out of bed in a video game, our team do not understand exactly how to manage our own selves," Kelly mentioned. "You've reached place staffs away. Our experts possessed an option to put this staff away. We get unconcerned, we create additional oversights when our team're in advance as opposed to having a, you recognize, better emphasis and also a cold-blooded eyed fantastic inclination. That's frustrating." To Kelly's point, the Tigers possessed 10 charges for 99 backyards to the Trojans' 6, and also a few happened in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning ride, a targeting penalty on LSU placed the Trojans inside the red region, where they quickly racked up with 8 seconds left.It wasn't only fines that place LSU in a placement to find up quick. The Tigers' ground activity also battled. Previously in the full week, LSU objectionable electrician Are going to Campbell had actually pointed out the Tigers would dash the ball versus the Trojans." That's certainly not one thing our experts're trying to maintain quiet," Campbell mentioned Tuesday. "I am actually telling everybody at the moment. Our company're going to manage the regulation football." By the edge of the evening, nonetheless, LSU had only 117 backyards on the ground and must rely upon quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to fuel the offense. Nussmeier almost performed, throwing for over 300 gardens and also pair of goals, but after recording the green light TD in the 3rd fourth, LSU's offense delayed and allowed USC's new-look self defense under organizer D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the game with many vital third-down ceases." They possessed every right to be confident," USC trainer Lincoln Riley mentioned of LSU's repulsive line. "Yet so performed our team. We merely failed to discuss it in the media." Of the thirteen third downs the Tigers experienced, they transformed an initially down merely 5 opportunities. After they scored a permission goal in the third one-fourth, the next four LSU pushes caused two punts, a field goal and also an interception by Nussmeier that secured the result." For us to become the type of football staff I wish, our team need to deal with the silly blunders," Kelly pointed out. "Eventually, our team have to manage to play off of one another better.".