PODCAST: LSU outplayed by Vanderbilt, pick up another loss

LSU lost another road SEC game, this time falling to Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon in Nashville, 31-24. Brian Kelly’s team falls to 5-2 on the season and 2-2 in SEC play with the loss and now looks ahead to a home game against Texas A&M next weekend.

After the game, the Bengal Tigers’ Bryce Koon and Matthew Brune broke down what went wrong and how LSU looked outmatched against the Commodores in the loss. You can read all of our coverage here on the Bengal Tiger On3 as well.

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On the pod: Instant reaction to LSU‘s loss

Matthew Brune: “I felt like we knew early on LSU’s defense was reeling. The hope was that in the second half they would make those adjustments and get those stops, which they did at times, but they were outclassed in this game. They were pushed around. They were out-schemed. Diego Pavia was the best player on the field. Against a defense that cost however many millions of dollars, Diego Pavia ran around them, looked like Johnny Manziel, and frankly it looked like the 2023 defense at times in terms of not being able to get off the field, not being able to stop him and not being able to cover tight ends. They don’t throw the ball vertically. Of Pavia’s 14 completions, eight of them went to tight ends. Whit Weeks not being there and Harold Perkins being lost most of the time had the middle of the field wide open. Then, they made winning plays. That’s what teams do to win big games and that’s what Brian Kelly’s teams have not done consistently, especially away from Tiger Stadium.”

Bryce Koon: “LSU doesn’t play winning football enough. You don’t want to go too far into the emotional spectrum when you talk about this, but they just can’t win easy in SEC play. There’s not been a complimentary football game from them in quite some time and if it does come it comes against a very low level SEC team. This stat blew me away: LSU’s average third down distance to go was 8.8 yards. Vanderbilt’s was 4.9. I don’t care what you think about Joe Sloan or Vanderbilt, when you have that type of discrepancy on third downs, you’re setting yourself up for failure. With this offensive line, if you tell me you’re going to have to throw the ball on third and long, I know I’m coming after you. Clark Lea and this staff said they were going to get Nussmeier, who is not going to make plays with his legs.