LSU Overcomes Odds to Defeat Cade Klubnik in Death Valley

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00:00But there was another upset.

00:01It took place in Death Valley, South Carolina.

00:04LSU gets the upset over Cade Klobnik.

00:07There were a four-and-a-half-point road underdog.

00:10They trailed early in the first half.

00:12They made second-half adjustments and steal the game, coach 17-10.

00:17Brian Kelly breaks the streak.

00:19He lost three straight week one opening matchups in Baton Rouge.

00:24Not this time.

00:25They're a top-five-ranked football team entering week number two.

00:28You know, when I watched the game, it didn't feel like an upset.

00:32LSU looked like they had better talent.

00:35Now, I bought Dabo's stuff.

00:38He said the best team we've had since we won national championships.

00:41I didn't think they were quite that good.

00:44I didn't see a Travis Etienne and some other guys that were on that team

00:47when they won national championships.

00:50Now, they're very good.

00:51I think this Clemson team's not much below LSU.

00:55But when I watched the game and I saw the talent, LSU probably should have scored again

01:01and beaten them by another touchdown.

01:03But the fact was, it really wasn't an upset after we got to the game.

01:08They had a little better football team.

01:09And because they had the better football team, they won the game.

01:12Well, when we talked in the breakdown prior to the outcome, we said and talked about

01:17the ability for potentially Clemson to rush the football on that front seven of LSU.

01:22Last year, the Tigers, the Clemson Tigers averaged 173 rushing yards per game.

01:28You talk about Blake Baker and that defense by LSU.

01:32They held Clemson to only 31 rushing yards in that contest, 1.6 yards per carry.

01:39And Clemson only converted coach three of 13 third-down conversions.

01:44To me, that was the difference in the matchup.

01:47You know, and I'll say this.

01:48Garrett Riley has great background.

01:50He understands offensive football.

01:52He knows how to put points up there.

01:54But when he gets to a tight ball game, he throws the football.

01:56His answer is almost always throw it more, throw it more, throw it more.

02:01And that's where you see him not running the ball enough.

02:04Sometimes you've got to keep running the football just to make sure you stay balanced.

02:09That game was a close ball game.

02:11Not all the running plays are going to make big plays out of them, but you've got to keep

02:15doing it.

02:15I really think Davo's got to keep a close handle on that.

02:19They can't take a walk away from the running attack just because sometimes the offensive

02:24coordinator has built his reputation on throwing the football.

02:28We talked about Cade Klubnick being a Heisman frontrunner.

02:32He was a nine-to-one shot, completed 50% of his passes, seemed to struggle late in the

02:38fourth quarter.

02:39Your thoughts about his performance on Saturday night?

02:42No, I didn't think he's good enough for them to win their conference.

02:45And I think Clemson is still going to be right there in the hunt with Miami for the conference

02:51championship.

02:52Again, it's a little bit like I felt the talent level of LSU.

02:56I thought Nussmeyer showed a little bit more, showed a little bit more stuff.

03:01Now, I thought Cade did a good job.

03:02His team was not as good.

03:04You put a good running attack with Clemson, so the quarterback now has people fearing the

03:10run.

03:10All of a sudden, his routes are wide open.

03:12He didn't have a lot of open receivers in that football game.

03:15They were tightly contested.

03:17There weren't a lot of easy completions for him to have.

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