The morning after a loss is always the toughest to digest. Trying to figure out why some games go the way that they do. Of course, there is always the finger-pointing, who is at fault for this loss?
When a team loses in the manner in which LSU did, there isn’t a single reason for the outcome. Multiple factors were a part of the loss to the UCLA Bruins. Quite frankly, the home team looked more prepared for the Tigers than vice versa.
UCLA head coach got his first win against the LSU Tigers, while Ed Orgeron moved to 0-2 as a head coach against UCLA. The last time the Tigers started off the season with a nonconference loss to a Power Five team they finished 8-4. That year was 2016 and the team also made a change at head coach.
Back to the task at hand, we review the top five reasons for the LSU Tigers’ loss to UCLA in the season opener.