Zavion Thomas 0 runs the ball as the LSU Tigers take on the Nicholls Colonels at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024.
LSU football notched its first win of the 2024 campaign when it met Nicholls State on Saturday night. The Tigers got off to a slow start, but a strong third quarter created distance and LSU pulled away for a double-digit win.
Many of the concerns LSU had coming out of the USC game are still there. LSU fans likely wanted to see a more emphatic win over a lesser opponent, especially with SEC play getting underway next week.
As usual, we’ll take a look at five stats that defined the win. Not all of these numbers are great, though. Some are more representative of those struggles and concerns rather than the final score.
After the game, [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] said LSU was fatigued from the short week while adding there was still a lot that needed to be cleaned up.
Here are five stats that defined LSU’s Week 2 win.
-0.05 EPA/run
Our first stat isn’t a good one. Even against an FCS opponent, LSU failed to get the run game going. LSU’s EPA on the ground was in the negative again, with just -0.05 per carry.
LSU ran it 21 times and only eight carries went for four-plus yards. [autotag]Kaleb Jackson[/autotag] was LSU’s leading rusher with nine carries for 23 yards. [autotag]Josh Williams[/autotag] and [autotag]Caden Durham[/autotag] didn’t add much either, combining for 29 yards on nine carries.
After the game, Kelly said LSU checked out of several run calls at the line of scrimmage thanks to Nicholls loading the box. The offense wasn’t given the chance to establish the run, but when LSU did hand it off, the results weren’t what you want to see.
LSU corner [autotag]Zy Alexander[/autotag] made his return on Saturday after tearing his ACL in October of 2023. Alexander is a veteran, a contrast…
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Author : LSU Tigers Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-08 20:46:11
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