.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS VEGAS-- Brian Kelly slammed his remaining clenched fist down on the press conference table thus tough his water bottle virtually knocked down over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point lead along with only under 6 minutes left in its own time opener as well as dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly didn't hold back when explaining his irritations." Our team had some individuals play their buttocks off tonight as well as we're sitting right here again, our experts're resting right here again discussing the exact same traits!" Kelly claimed as he banged the table. "Regarding certainly not polishing when you have a rival in a position to put them away. But what our team're doing on the side project is believing that the game ends." Kelly mentioned this is actually the very first time during his LSU tenure that he has been actually "mad" at his staff and added that it lacked a "killer instinct."" I'm so angry regarding it that I've reached find a solution for it. I'm refraining an adequate project as a train," Kelly claimed. "I've come to instructor all of them better because it's unwanted for our team not to have actually located a method to succeed this soccer game. It is actually preposterous. It's ridiculous." Despite amounting to 421 backyards of outburst and managing the time of possession by 6 minutes, Kelly's team failed to take advantage of. Their first drive of the video game traveled 74 backyards on thirteen plays in over seven minutes, however it led to absolutely no factors. Though they tracked for the majority of the 1st half, LSU had the capacity to get hold of the lead two times in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Connected" However, it is actually very clear that, when our team rise in an activity, our team do certainly not understand exactly how to manage our own selves," Kelly pointed out. "You've got to place teams away. Our company possessed an opportunity to place this group away. Our experts acquire obsequious, we bring in additional blunders when our team're ahead of time instead of having a, you understand, much better concentration and also a steely eyed fantastic impulse. That is actually unsatisfying." To Kelly's aspect, the Tigers had 10 charges for 99 backyards to the Trojans' 6, as well as a few developed in turning points. On USC's game-winning drive, a targeting penalty on LSU placed the Trojans inside the red area, where they immediately racked up along with eight seconds left.It wasn't only penalties that place LSU in a setting ahead up brief. The Tigers' ground video game likewise had a hard time. Earlier in the week, LSU annoying lineman Will certainly Campbell had actually pointed out the Tigers will run the round against the Trojans." That's not something our team are actually making an effort to always keep peaceful," Campbell said Tuesday. "I am actually informing everybody immediately. Our team are actually mosting likely to operate the regulation football." Due to the edge of the evening, nevertheless, LSU had merely 117 backyards on the ground and needed to count on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to feed the offense. Nussmeier virtually did, tossing for over 300 gardens and also 2 goals, yet after racking up the consent TD in the third one-fourth, LSU's offense delayed and also made it possible for USC's new-look protection under organizer D'Anton Lynn to maintain the Trojans in the activity with many key third-down ceases." They had every right to be positive," USC coach Lincoln Riley claimed of LSU's offensive line. "But therefore did our team. Our experts just failed to speak about it in the media." Of the 13 3rd downs the Tigers encountered, they converted a first down just five opportunities. After they slashed a green light goal in the 3rd fourth, the upcoming four LSU pushes caused pair of puntings, a basket as well as an interception by Nussmeier that closed the result." For us to be the kind of football crew I wish, our experts need to do away with the senseless oversights," Kelly stated. "Finally, our experts need to have the ability to participate in off of each other far better.".