.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly hammered his remaining clenched fist adverse the press conference dining table so hard his water bottle nearly pitched over.After No. thirteen LSU kept a four-point lead along with only under 6 minutes left behind in its own time opener and also dropped 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday evening, Kelly really did not keep back when discussing his stress." We had some people play their butts off tonight and our company are actually sitting listed below once more, our team are actually sitting listed below once again referring to the very same factors!" Kelly said as he hammered the dining table. "About certainly not finishing when you have an enemy in a placement to place them away. However what we're performing on the side project is actually feeling like the video game is over." Kelly said this is the very first time throughout his LSU period that he has actually been actually "furious" at his team and also added that it did not have a "deadly reaction."" I'm so irritated concerning it that I've got to find a solution for it. I'm refraining an acceptable job as a trainer," Kelly stated. "I have actually reached trainer all of them better since it's unacceptable for our team certainly not to have found a means to win this soccer game. It is actually ludicrous. It's crazy." In spite of completing 421 gardens of outburst and also regulating the amount of time of possession through six minutes, Kelly's crew failed to take advantage of. Their very first drive of the video game journeyed 74 backyards on thirteen plays in over seven minutes, but it resulted in zero points. Though they tracked for a lot of the 1st one-half, LSU was able to nab the top two times in the 3rd quarter.Editor's Picks2 Related" Unfortunately, it's crystal clear that, when our team get up in an activity, our team do not know just how to manage ourselves," Kelly said. "You've reached place crews away. Our company possessed an option to put this group away. Our team receive complacent, we create even more oversights when we're in advance instead of possessing a, you know, far better focus as well as a cold-blooded eyed fantastic inclination. That is actually unsatisfying." To Kelly's point, the Tigers had 10 fines for 99 lawns to the Trojans' 6, and a handful of happened in turning points. On USC's game-winning ride, a targeting penalty on LSU put the Trojans inside the reddish zone, where they promptly racked up along with eight seconds left.It wasn't merely penalties that put LSU in a position to find up short. The Tigers' ground video game likewise struggled. Previously in the week, LSU annoying electrician Will Campbell had actually claimed the Tigers will dash the ball against the Trojans." That is actually certainly not something our experts are actually making an effort to keep peaceful," Campbell mentioned Tuesday. "I am actually telling everyone now. We are actually heading to manage the soccer." Due to the edge of the evening, however, LSU possessed merely 117 yards on the ground and needed to depend on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to fuel the offense. Nussmeier virtually carried out, tossing for over 300 gardens and pair of goals, but after scoring the go-ahead TD in the 3rd one-fourth, LSU's offense stalled and made it possible for USC's new-look defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to always keep the Trojans in the activity with many essential third-down quits." They had every right to be positive," USC coach Lincoln Riley claimed of LSU's outrageous line. "But therefore did we. Our experts only failed to talk about it in the media." Of the thirteen 3rd downs the Tigers experienced, they transformed a first down just 5 opportunities. After they scored a permission touchdown in the 3rd one-fourth, the next four LSU drives caused 2 punts, a field goal as well as an interception through Nussmeier that sealed the result." For our team to be the sort of regulation football group I desire, our team have to deal with the ridiculous mistakes," Kelly pointed out. "Ultimately, our company need to manage to play off of each other far better.".