yeah I mean I think we could we could look at you know everything that we did when you don't win a football game and say you know maybe we could have pushed the ball down the field I think I made it clear um that you know Kiren Lacy is arguably our best offensive player and he didn't get a touch so I mean I I think that that's clearly something that you know Joe and I talked about and he understands that he's a smart guy I mean we need to get our best players the ball uh when it means the most and so um you know we we've got to be better there uh and making sure that our players get the ball and if that means pushing it down the field we got to push it down the field too when we're back I can't hear anything so I need to hear the side at least welcome back to Tiger Stadium everyone the LSU Tigers hosting the Nicholls Colonels later this evening 8 hours away from kickoff and you just heard Brian Kelly and Company talk about what they need to do to get their Playmakers involved in the ball game and have them you know maybe make the difference here a little bit of a learning curve I guess if you will when LSU took on USC out in the Vegas desert but now it's all about cleaning those things up fixing them and of course taking it out on the colonels and one of the things that Brian Kelly talked about in the post game was how disappointed he was in his team their inability to have that killer instinct and finish the ball games so that is something no doubt that they will be focused on this week for sure and something he is hoping that his team displays tonight I think it happens when you put in the work and it means so much that you just under no circumstances can you let somebody take it away from you and and so you just can't let complacency come in at at any time and I'm not saying that we were complacent but you just have to continue to build a mindset amongst your guys that the focus is on dominating that play and we're still working on that every single day about dominating the play that's in front of us these aren't guys that are just like I don't care I don't that doesn't matter to me these guys are working so hard at it that's why I want so much for them you know it just angers me that that we're not getting that break where these kids are putting so much into it I we had the ball on the ground five times I mean like really um it just was frustrating to me that these guys are working so hard and we're we're going to get there and we're going to break through and you guys will see that certainly I think that breakthrough happens later this evening when the Tigers take out some of those frustrations on the colonels but look I I still think this is a good LSU football team I think they also ran into a pretty good USC team and there are some areas where they need to you know improve Kelly talked about the ball being on the ground the defense did a pretty good job against a pretty talented wide receiving core and those tight ends for the Trojans they won't necessarily see anything like that tonight but it's all about building right next week at South Carolina one way the Tigers can certainly improve their outcome is with the Run game I think we saw some runs but with this LSU offensive line and how veteran they are I think we were all expecting it to be a much more productive round game and hopefully that will is something that we will see later this evening we have to be more efficient with our running game and and I don't know that it's a particular play as much as where I sit and what I want is when it's third down and everybody knows you want to run it let's be creative in running the football but let's let's execute at a high level and and we didn't execute at the level we're capable of executing Our Own Line knows that but you know we we got to put our players in a good position this is not just on our players this is on coaching as well but I don't know that it's a particular scheme as much as it is um we've got to make sure that um we're putting our guys in a good position um you know we can't be predictable um and and I think that that's probably more than anything else what we got to make sure of because we've got every running play Under the Sun you know whether we're running pull uh whether we're running inside Zone Z outside Zone counter um you know toss to the outside we ran all of those plays we just have to be better when our best is needed in those tough situations and um we weren't in some instances and we've got to be better you know it's going to be a challenge too for this LSU ground game of course John emry out for the season with another torn ACL so that means that Caleb Jackson and Josh Williams will really have the bulk of the carries tonight expect to see the Freshman Kaden Durham getting a number of carries and maybe giving both Caleb and Josh a little bit of a break as they start SEC play next week one area that we just talked about needing to be better coach Kelly said was actually pretty good the offensive line right four returning players from last year but a new starting center I asked coach Kelly how did DJ Chester do in his first Collegiate start playing with this experienced offensive line he said pretty good I thought DJ played very well I I've really liked his communication um you know we had the one time where he moved the ball um but overall snaps were really good for his first time in there it was really loud uh louder than I thought it would be uh in those situations so given the circumstances of his first start um you know the dment over him was pretty stout and he handled the guy on his nose a lot that is a lot for a firsttime St hard and I thought he handled himself we put him in some tough positions too and and we learned from that that we have to be better in terms of what we asked him to do so you know I really think it's as much about the players improving as well as the coaching Brian Kelly said it a lot this week they need to coach it better they need to prepare their guys better and take a little bit of the onus on himself in the post postgame presser you know he was a little tough on his players right after the game kind of mellowed and uh you I don't to say walked back some things but certainly had a different tone and message as the week progresses he tries to build his team back up one guy that you know I I told you about in the pregame for the USC game that I expected to have a big game and he absolutely did is Tiger tight end Mason Taylor Mason with six catches I think right around 60 yards and it could have been even more he had a fantastic showing to start things off and every year that Brian Kelly has worked you know either at Notre Dame or even here at LSU he's been able to elevate the tight end room I think Mason has have a huge season and we already saw it in week one Mason played very well I mean you know we need to continue to develop his blocking in space we want to continue to do that because he's going to get some opportunities in space to block for us but he caught the ball well he ran after the catch that's huge for us so he's going to be a very very big weapon for us two and three tight ends that package needs to continue to grow we have to be able to use it as an offensive weapon as well we can't just put two tight ends on the field and say we're running the ball you know it's got to be two tight ends three tight ends on the field and we've got to have some spacing and some vertical throws and things of that nature so that's growing and that has to grow here over the next you know month or so the Tigers and Colonels kick it off Saturday night at 6:30 in Tigers Stadium lots of stuff for the Tigers to work on in this game [Music] all right that that was fun uh I think that it's going to be fun for uh LSU to see those tight ends really grow I think that it's going to be interesting to see camor and pimpon and Trey Dez Green uh really you know Flex some of their muscles as they develop a feel for the Collegiate game as well yeah lssu nickel 6:30 tonight no TV on this one it's going to be on the networks uh on the internet SEC network uh plus so you're going to have to find it there if you want to see it but of course I'm sure you can come out to this to the stadium and enjoy the game as well as we said fantastic right now right I think it's like uh maybe mid 70s High 7s no rain we hope it stays like that all day long when we come back we're talking LSU defense so we've covered the offense we're back with the tiger defense what they did well and what they need to improve on after the break fall into savings with Helm Paint and Benjamin Moore's 20% off sale experience the best in quality paint with Benjamin Moore's proprietary resins and colorings from brushes to drop CL lost everything you need is 20% off update your space with stylish wallpapers shutters and shades fast free delivery and exceptional service from your locally owned Helm Paint don't miss 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sounds even their smells bourbon raining down on those big game nights uh not sure we're going to have that today but it is fantastic to have an instate foe in town we talked about the LSU offense some of the things they did well some of the things they need to correct moving forward let's turn our attention now to that LSU defense right the big question going into last week's game was how much more improved could this LSU defense be I think we saw it I think the defense actually played pretty dog on well especially on the corners in that big challenge that they had the tiger defensive front also holding their own coach Kelly said he had some positives but they're as always some things they need to work on I could talk about the things that I really liked um you know first um you know we got we got really good play from our defensive tackle position um very consistent play uh we got depth play at the defensive end position um really good play there um you know I liked our linebacker play and I liked our quarter our Corners we we've got to get more production at the safety position um it's got to be better Force um so production there uh is is key for us moving forward yeah it'll be a challenge right they're going to be without one of their safeties to start the ball game as he was uh sitting out the first half with a targeting foul that he picked up against the USC Trojans so interesting to hear that that was the level of concern from Brian Kelly you know a lot of tiger fans watching that ball game wanted to know where Harold Perkins was it was probably the quietest leading the team in tackles effort that we've seen from Harold Perkins right the experiment of moving him back in the middle playing a little bit more middle linebacker um it worked pretty well but I got to be honest I thought the week's Brothers package played just as well as Greg pen and Harold Perkins did so it'll be interesting to see the rotation there that LSU tries to figure out as they not only you know give guys breaks and give them a spell on the sidelines but also work in some specific packages and maybe find the best way to utilize their players as for Brian Kelly's thoughts on how Perkins played in his first game this year again pretty positive I like him where he is right I like him inside the core of our defense um I think what Blake talked to him about and what Blake and I talked about is we need to get him to narrow his focus a little bit more um and and when I say narrow his Focus he has a tendency that he wants to do a little bit too much you know he's so eager to want to make plays because we put him in that playmaker position you know so much um when you work in in the kind of um area is that he works um your focus has to narrow down a lot more and and so continue to work on narrowing his Focus getting his eyes trained in a different way will be the big Improvement we see from week one and week two and I'm going to say that you're going to see a huge Improvement now that he's played in the Box in a game and we can get his Focus narrowed and get his eyes to where they need to be his eyes were like that and they need to be so much more focused once we get that it's it's going to be a bit of a different look and I think that's going to help him immensely yeah one of the you know old adages see a little see a lot see a lot see very little I think that's what they're talking about with Harold Perkins they just trying to focus in on your job let the other 10 guys focus in on their job and maybe we'll see that start to come to fruition again I think the opponent will make LSU look very good today how much of it is LSU actually being up to that level still to be determined but they'll be challenged next week on the road at South Carolina another big sticking point for LSU fans this week was about taking the ball right right LSU winning the kickoff Brian Kelly was asked about it this week he says it's something he's always done and something he'll probably continue to do part of it obviously is the uh the analytics play a role in it so going forward on um you know fourth and three the analytics gave us a high percentage there of scoring a touchdown so um that was one of the reasons there uh for going for it um in terms of receiving the kickoff um you know that is personal preference of scoring first uh the team that scores first has a higher percentage of winning games so I've always carried that philosophy with me throughout my career of wanting to go on on offense first now I know a lot of people want to defer get the ball in the third quarter um and and I totally understand that and there's certain situations that I would do that um in wanting to put our defense on the field first um but I felt like our offense um was was the group that I wanted to see first and so that's why we made that decision had nothing to do with the the analytics in that situation yeah I think also it's it has a lot to do with his defense more right wanting to get them to settle into the game and give them a shot to maybe see what their offense does first take an early lead and play from ahead it didn't work out but it probably will in the future when we come back we're heading back to the studio a little update on the instate action here on this college football Saturday we're back after the break I'm attorney pton Murphy and I know how big truck can devastate a person's life trucking companies are only looking out for their best interest injured by big truck don't be a victim twice call Murphy Law Firm at 928 8800 do you want to love your garage again throw parties on the patio or just add curb field Omega Concrete Coatings can put an end to your ugly Concrete in as little as a day locally owned and operated our certified installation team gets right to the problem laying the groundwork for your new and improved floors with the most Innovative coating system on the market check us out at omegac concrete coatings.com or call us 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game of the season here on channel 2 Kentucky welcome South Carolina to Town the two teams both winning in week one but the Gamecock really struggled with Old Dominion while Kentucky easily handled Southern Miss LSU fans you'll want to tune into that one because South Carolina is the tiger opponent next week in Colombia then in the night cap we get a ranked matchup on WBZ number 14 Tennessee and number 24 NC State meet in Charlotte it will be the first time the country will get a look at Tennessee quarterback Nico IM alava say that five times fast after a three touchdown 300 yard performance last week the Freshman has the seventh best Heisman odds on FanDuel now the biggest game of the day features new SEC team Texas going to the big house to take on the defending national champs Michigan it's in about 10 minutes there are three other games though featuring the SEC and power Conference teams on today's slate the SEC only went two and three last week against Power four schools now let's get out of the SEC it's the first home game of the season over on the bluff Southern welcoming Savannah State to mumer Stadium tonight at 6 it's also the first home game for Terrence Graves as head coach now the former special teams coordinator was scratching his head last week after two miscues in the kicking game pretty much cost the Jaguars the game against mcne against D2 Savannah State the Jag should be able to make good on those mistakes but still coach expects a physical game inside a packed Mumford Stadium coach kelt and I we go back almost 30 years as friends and coaching comrades so uh he's going to have him excited he's going to have them fired up ready to go and and our guys will be fired up and ready to go because it's the coach Richardson classic it's a home game we'll get a chance to play in front of the Jaguar Nation the Jukebox will be here it's going to be exciting and uh we got to get this St sh our mil and so uh the only way to do that is we got to we got to take it out on the next opponent and they just happen to be the next opponent now the Marquee matchup in college football around the boot this week is over in New Orleans a week after beating sou Eastern 52 to nothing tane gets number 17 Kansas State to come to yolman Stadium I'm not sure how many more times we'll see a power Conference team go to play a group of five team and that game is actually going to start at 11: on ESPN John som's team wasn't his team back then tan actually beat Kansas state two years ago this game will be again on ESPN in just a few minutes at 6:00 tonight we have plenty of Louisiana action the Cajun play kenesa State Southeastern travels to Southern Mist UL Monroe host UAB in Grambling welcomes tusky to town that's for my stuff we'll have more from Cobell and Hunter mccan in just a second out at LSU Louisiana has big weather and that can mean big damage to your roof call us for a free roof inspection C to be sure if we find damage we'll even help you follow it with 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to get this one done at home they've won the last seven out of 10 games against South Carolina and have covered the last four out of five at home against South Carolina and for this one in particular Brock Vandergriff the quarterback for Kentucky and press last week while Lenor sers for the for the uh South Carolina Gamecock he struggled a lot so I'm going to take the better team in this one which is Kentucky to cover nine and a half I think sellers will struggle to push the ball up field in a hostile environment so give me Kentucky minus n and a half points yeah I like that one I think they probably win by 14 actually all right next up it's tenness and NC State tighter game there yes it's a A ranked game on wbrz this this evening Tennessee favored by 7even and a half points and I think it's a good reason so I I I think ja did a good great job pronouncing Nico's last name but he's just Nico to me he was extremely impressive last week I think he's going to have a great game this is a game that's going to be in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte so it is a neutral sight game I think Tennessee is going to get it done against NC State covering seven and a half points I think they're just the better team are you surprised that NC State's keeping it this close though uh yes it's a little bit so a tight line for well last week Grayson McCall had had a rough game and so maybe they pick it back up this week but uh I don't think they do I think that Tennessee is going to win this one big all right let's bring it back home and speaking of big a big line for LSU and Nicholls let's get us cut up on this one yeah we talked a lot about LSU and Nichols but I think that you hit the nail on the head last week about how much this team is going to run the ball I think they're going to really try to instill the Run game this week as they try to work in their new running backs after John Emy Junior towards ACL this week I have the under of 61 and a half points in this game I think that a lot of time will be run off the clock because of that run game so under 61 and a half for the Tigers and Nicholls you know last week we talked about LSU kind of trying to find its footing 61 and half is a huge number I don't know how much Nicholls is going to contribute to that what's the line on this one the line for this one LSU here by 48 and a half points all right uh interesting yeah I like the Tigers on the money line probably with that one maybe 49 something uh on the board for them and and again I don't know how much Nichols can get it going all right let's give me a wild card here what you got bonus pick for you Nebraska and Colorado I think Nebraska's going to cover six and a half tonight in Lincoln I think the defense for Colorado is just too poor I think Nebraska is going to do really well with Dylan rayola as their quarterback they're going to win big tonight in Lincoln covering 6 and A2 points yeah yeah quick recap Kentucky minus 9 and a half 7 and a half Tigers Nichols under 61 and a half and of course Nebraska is the bonus pick minus 6 and a half points against Colorado all right is Nichol is is Nebraska back I that's I mean Rola really did look good I thought he looked really solid in that one that'll be interesting all right thanks for your bets there I just want to go on record and say I did better last week than Hunter did with these picks I don't necessarily feel as confident about them this week but it is no doubt certainly fun to see we'll be back here tonight at 6 o' on wbrz plus you can catch us then of course the Southern Jaguars in action as well Bri Anders will have you covered with that thanks for joining us have a great rest of your day everyone [Music] [Music] right now at priceon Toyota sell us your used car truck or SUV take the cash or put some down on a great selection of new Toyotas seriously simple right here right now at priceon Toyota Airline Highway daring these are real people seeking solutions to real problems I 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