LSU finds itself in a situation similar to the one it has been in for the past two seasons. The Tigers enter Week 3 with a 1-1 record after losing their opening week matchup and defeating an easier opponent in Week 2.
Just like last year, the Tigers suffered a season-ending injury to one of their best defensive players and failed to establish the run game. That has not stopped LSU from ending the season with 10 wins in back-to-back years, though. [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] recently talked about the outlook of the team this year and he mentioned how he still has hope for this team despite the flaws that exist.
“Each week is a week in itself. So be careful about the narratives of this team is this, this team is that. I know what this team can be,” Kelly said, per On3. “I watched them play against USC. They did not finish very well against USC. They need to be a complete four-quarter football team.
“We’ve got to run the ball more effectively. Certainly, I thought we did some really good things late. I thought Zy Alexander came in and competed for the football, had some [pass breakups] and I thought we settled down. Obviously, we had the one touchdown where we had a missed assignment on a Wildcat offensive play. But again, my perspective is this is going to be a good football team. This was a week that this team was taxed and didn’t play its very best and still won.”
LSU will be taking on South Carolina this weekend in a game where both teams could use a big SEC win to propel its season. Carolina got a big win over Kentucky last week so they will look to start the year 2-0 in conference play.
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