Looking back, how frustrating was the USC loss?

I agree it sucks to lose a winnable game. But sometimes winning makes you stubborn and slow to change. Losing usc is a large part of why Weeks and Durham have emerged, and the dline and dbs have improved drastically. We might have lost a sec game later if we’d squeaked out a win vs usc and stayed with the same plan.

Yes I am trying to put a positive spin on it.

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It could end up ruining the season. Kelly has to get better at preparing his team for opening games. It puts a lot of pressure on LSU to lose only 1 more game the rest of the season going through the SEC.

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I’m not sure what jackasses are down voting this…….it’s an absolutely true assessment lol

It’s was a tough loss, but remember we were starting the season with a new OC and a new DC. Scheduling a less competitive opponent would have been nice but there was no way of knowing when USC was scheduled that we would be breaking in new coordinators.

Only bright was that we played in Vegas. Had so much fun other than the loss

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LSU must win out to be in SECCG

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No we don't. The USCw loss has no bearing on the SEC Championship game.

In the event of a tie between teams competing for a place in the Conference championship game, the following procedures will be used in descending order until the tie is broken:

(1) Head-to-head competition among the tied teams

(2) Record versus all common Conference opponents among the tied teams

(3) Record against highest (best) placed common Conference opponent in the Conference standings, and proceeding through the Conference standings among the tied teams

(4) Cumulative Conference winning percentage of all Conference opponents among the tied teams

(5) Capped relative total scoring margin versus all Conference opponents among the tied teams

(6) Random draw of the tied teams

USC game has nothing to do with SECCG. And I have said before and will say it again USC had an advantage, in addition to the fact we had. New OC and DC and lots of freshman playing, with the elevation and time zone change. It is why our defense looked like Swiss cheese in the second half of that game but has dominated every second half since. We gave up 17 pts in 3bd half of that game. We have given up an avg of 6 pts in second half of every other game including 3 last night.

You just don’t know it turns out that way. If lsu would have beat usc maybe they lose to ole miss or South Carolina. Maybe the usc loss made the team better.

If LSU loses to TAMU or the Gumps, they will be left out assuming the other schools hold serve.

Should have won the last 3 opening games if we got under center on short yard situations