{"id":49833,"date":"2024-09-02T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=49833"},"modified":"2024-09-02T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T13:58:48","slug":"furious-lsu-coach-brian-kelly-slams-table-after-shocking-loss-to-usc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/furious-lsu-coach-brian-kelly-slams-table-after-shocking-loss-to-usc\/49833\/","title":{"rendered":"Furious LSU coach Brian Kelly slams table after shocking loss to USC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a post-game press conference filled with frustration and disappointment, LSU head coach Brian Kelly didn\u2019t hold back, slamming the table and calling his team\u2019s performance in their 27-20 loss to USC \u201cunacceptable.\u201d The Tigers, who entered the game as favorites, were stunned by a resilient USC squad that outplayed them in key moments, leaving Kelly visibly angered by the outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is not the standard of LSU football,\u201d Kelly declared, his voice rising as he pounded the table. \u201cWe made too many mistakes, missed too many opportunities, and that\u2019s on all of us\u2014coaches and players alike. It\u2019s unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LSU\u2019s defeat was marked by a series of costly errors, including turnovers and penalties that derailed promising drives and gave USC the momentum they needed to secure the upset. The Trojans capitalized on LSU\u2019s miscues, with quarterback Caleb Williams throwing for 325 yards and three touchdowns, carving up a Tigers\u2019 defense that struggled to contain his dynamic play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite a late rally by LSU, led by quarterback Jayden Daniels, who threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns, it wasn\u2019t enough to overcome the deficit. The Tigers\u2019 offensive line also faltered, allowing constant pressure that disrupted Daniels\u2019 rhythm and forced him into hurried decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelly, in his second year at LSU, has emphasized discipline and execution as cornerstones of his program, making the loss particularly stinging. He said that the team lacked focus and execution at the most crucial time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The loss puts LSU\u2019s season at a crossroads early, as they look to regroup and address the issues that plagued them against USC. For Kelly, the road ahead will require not just tactical adjustments but also a renewed commitment to the fundamentals that he believes should define LSU football.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LSU\u2019s defeat was marked by a series of costly errors, including turnovers and penalties that derailed promising drives and gave USC the momentum they needed to secure the upset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":433,"featured_media":49836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[16018,12121,16017,6654],"class_list":["post-49833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-brian-kelly","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-lsu-football","tag-usc"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}