.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly pounded his remaining hand adverse the press conference dining table so difficult his canteen virtually fell over.After No. 13 LSU kept a four-point lead with only under 6 minutes left in its season opener as well as lost 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly didn't hold back when reviewing his frustrations." Our experts possessed some fellas play their buttocks off tonight as well as we are actually sitting here once again, we're sitting below once more talking about the exact same things!" Kelly mentioned as he knocked the dining table. "About not finishing when you have an enemy in a setting to place all of them away. But what our team're doing on the side project is believing that the video game mores than." Kelly stated this is actually the first time throughout his LSU tenure that he has actually been actually "furious" at his crew and included that it was without a "awesome inclination."" I'm thus angry about it that I have actually reached do something about it. I am actually refraining from doing an adequate project as a train," Kelly pointed out. "I have actually come to coach all of them a lot better because it is actually undesirable for our team certainly not to have discovered a technique to win this football game. It is actually ridiculous. It is actually insane." In spite of totting 421 gardens of offense and also handling the amount of time of assets by six minutes, Kelly's team stopped working to exploit. Their first ride of the video game traveled 74 lawns on 13 plays in over seven minutes, but it caused absolutely no factors. Though they trailed for most of the 1st half, LSU had the ability to get the top twice in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" Regrettably, it's crystal clear that, when our company get up in a video game, our company carry out not understand just how to manage our own selves," Kelly stated. "You've reached put teams away. Our company possessed an opportunity to place this group away. Our company get contented, our company bring in even more blunders when we are actually ahead rather than possessing a, you know, far better focus and also a steely eyed deadly impulse. That's unsatisfying." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers had 10 penalties for 99 lawns to the Trojans' six, as well as a couple of happened in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting fine on LSU placed the Trojans inside the reddish area, where they quickly scored with 8 seconds left.It wasn't just charges that put LSU in a position to find up short. The Tigers' ground game additionally strained. Earlier in the full week, LSU outrageous lineman Will certainly Campbell had actually pointed out the Tigers will dash the ball versus the Trojans." That is actually not one thing our company're making an effort to keep quiet," Campbell claimed Tuesday. "I'm saying to everybody right now. Our team're heading to operate the regulation football." Due to the end of the night, nevertheless, LSU had merely 117 yards on the ground and must rely upon quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the offense. Nussmeier nearly carried out, throwing for over 300 gardens as well as 2 goals, however after counting the consent TD in the third one-fourth, LSU's offense delayed and also enabled USC's new-look defense under planner D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the activity with many essential third-down ceases." They had every right to be confident," USC trainer Lincoln Riley stated of LSU's annoying line. "Yet so did we. Our experts merely failed to refer to it in the media." Of the thirteen 3rd downs the Tigers experienced, they changed a first down only five opportunities. After they slashed a consent goal in the 3rd one-fourth, the upcoming four LSU drives caused two punts, a basket and an interception through Nussmeier that sealed the result." For our company to become the kind of football team I prefer, our experts have to eliminate the foolish oversights," Kelly claimed. "Ultimately, we need to have the capacity to play off of each other much better.".