BATON ROUGE (La. — Brian Kelly opened things up with some reality. His No. 25 LSU TigersThey are 4-1. Yeah, they’ve come back from two-score deficits to start 2-0 in SEC play. The coach will rave all day about the team’s grit, how in all three Power 5 games, LSU has fought from behind and shown it doesn’t give up.
But this can only last so much. The Tigers’ luck with the SEC will soon run out and so will their ability to beat any other teams. LSU’s SEC gauntlet features Tennessee, Florida, Ole MissAnd AlabamaComing up next.
“It’s pretty clear this team plays with great heart, and they’ll fight, but heart and fight will not win games against the opponents that we’re going to have over the next month or so,” Kelly said.
It’s clear listening to Kelly during his Monday news conference that this change starts with the need to improve LSU’s passing game. LSU beat Auburn Saturday, 21-17. They had just 5 passing yards during the second half. LSU’s average passing yardage against Power 5 rivals this year is 64. As much as LSU is figuring things out with quarterback Jayden Daniels’ impressive scrambling ability, there is a limit to what LSU can do if it doesn’t pass better with No. This week, Tiger Stadium will welcome 8 Tennessee.
