.Paolo Uggetti, ESPNSep 1, 2024, 11:45 PM ETLAS LAS VEGA-- Brian Kelly pounded his left fist down on the press conference table so challenging his canteen nearly pitched over.After No. thirteen LSU held a four-point top with merely under 6 mins left behind in its own period opener and lost 27-20 to No. 23 USC on Sunday night, Kelly didn't hold back when explaining his frustrations." Our company had some men play their butts off tonight and our team're sitting here once again, our experts're sitting right here once more talking about the same points!" Kelly said as he banged the dining table. "Regarding not polishing when you have a rival in a position to put all of them away. However what our company're carrying out on the side project is actually feeling like the video game is over." Kelly said this is the first time in the course of his LSU tenure that he has been actually "irritated" at his team and also added that it was without a "deadly reaction."" I am actually thus upset about it that I have actually got to throw down the gauntlet. I am actually refraining a satisfactory work as a trainer," Kelly claimed. "I've got to coach them much better due to the fact that it is actually unwanted for our team not to have actually located a means to succeed this volleyball video game. It's preposterous. It is actually insane." Despite totaling 421 backyards of offense as well as controlling the time of possession by six moments, Kelly's crew fell short to take advantage of. Their initial ride of the video game traveled 74 lawns on 13 plays in over 7 mins, yet it led to zero aspects. Though they routed for many of the very first half, LSU managed to nab the top two times in the third quarter.Editor's Picks2 Associated" Unfortunately, it is actually very clear that, when our company get out of bed in a game, our team carry out certainly not understand how to handle ourselves," Kelly said. "You have actually reached put groups away. We had an option to place this crew away. Our team get unconcerned, our team bring in even more oversights when our company are actually ahead of time rather than having a, you recognize, much better focus and also a steely eyed great inclination. That's frustrating." To Kelly's factor, the Tigers had 10 charges for 99 yards to the Trojans' six, as well as a few occurred in crucial moments. On USC's game-winning ride, a targeting charge on LSU put the Trojans inside the reddish region, where they quickly racked up along with eight seconds left.It had not been simply charges that put LSU in a position to follow up brief. The Tigers' ground activity additionally had a hard time. Earlier in the week, LSU annoying lineman Will Campbell had actually claimed the Tigers would run the ball against the Trojans." That's not one thing our company are actually attempting to always keep peaceful," Campbell stated Tuesday. "I am actually informing everybody now. Our experts are actually visiting run the football." Due to the end of the evening, however, LSU possessed simply 117 yards on the ground as well as must rely on quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to sustain the outburst. Nussmeier almost did, tossing for over 300 backyards and also pair of touchdowns, yet after scoring the okay TD in the third one-fourth, LSU's offense stalled as well as made it possible for USC's new-look self defense under coordinator D'Anton Lynn to keep the Trojans in the activity with numerous key third-down deters." They possessed every right to be certain," USC train Lincoln Riley claimed of LSU's repulsive line. "However therefore performed our team. Our company just failed to speak about it in the media." Of the 13 3rd downs the Tigers faced, they turned a to begin with down simply 5 times. After they slashed an okay goal in the 3rd fourth, the next 4 LSU drives resulted in 2 puntings, a field goal as well as an interception by Nussmeier that closed the result." For us to become the kind of soccer crew I wish, we have to deal with the foolish errors," Kelly stated. "Lastly, our company need to be able to participate in off of one another much better.".