re: Trying more to understand this fumble non recovery

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any receiver who has by any means gone out of bounds may not catch, or be the first to touch, any pass. Re-establishing himself in bounds makes the pass complete, but his touching of the pass remains illegal.

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So why can a receiver who caught a ball in bounds fumbled went out of bounds not have to re establish himself inbounds before being able to obtain possession or even touch ball. This is literally the dumbest rule I think I’ve ever seen with this fumble

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You answered your own question, once the receiver catches the ball it is no longer a pass but a reception. The rule you quoted only applies to a pass, once there is a legal reception, the illegal touching rule no longer applies. And even if it did apply once the fumble occurred, the LSU player touched it first.

Unfortunately, it was the correct call.