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Sep 14, 2024; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Brian Kelly walks off the field after warms against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Kinser-Imagn Images
LSU ultimately overcame a 17-0 deficit to beat South Carolina on Saturday, tying the second-largest road comeback in program history.
A major reason the Tigers ultimately fell in that hole was a blocked punt in the first half in a 10-0 game that set the Gamecocks up at the 10-yard line and resulted in a one-play touchdown drive to go up three scores.
While it didn’t ultimately make the difference in the game, coach Brian Kelly voiced his frustration after the game, stating that the coaching staff believed it to be an illegal block and that the Tigers would take the issue up with the SEC league office.
“The blocked punt, I’m going to have to take that up with our SEC office,” Kelly said. “We believe it was an illegal block, and we voiced our concern with it. We will address it with the SEC officiating crew… we believe we have an argument there and we’ll bring it up to them.”
The SEC ultimately rendered judgement on the play Wednesday, but it wasn’t the result that LSU was hoping for as it determined the block came on a legal play because the blocker leaped outside of the area between the shield player’s shoulder pads.
“We agreed to disagree that took place outside the framework of the body,” Kelly said on the SEC coaches teleconference Wednesday, per Wilson Alexander of The Advocate. “We accept the verdict, and we move on.”
SEC said the blocked punt was legal b/c the South Carolina player leaped outside the framework (between the shoulder pads) of the shield player.
“We agreed to disagree that took place outside the framework of the body,” Brian Kelly said. “We accept the verdict, and we move on.”
— Wilson…
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Author : LSU Tigers Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-18 18:08:10
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