Sometimes things fall apart.
That’s what happened to LSU in College Station on Saturday night. Mistakes haunted LSU as the Tigers watched the game unravel in the third quarter. Texas A&M seized the momentum and won 38-23.
Sole possession of first place in the SEC was on the line. A&M now sits atop the conference while LSU falls to 3-1 in conference play and 6-2 on the year. The loss halted a six-game win streak for LSU and put the Tigers’ playoff hopes on life support.
The night was full of frustrations for LSU. The Tigers moved the ball, but too many drives stalled out on A&M’s side of the field. LSU had to settle for field goal attempts, but the night was marred by special teams mistakes.
Every component of the field goal unit struggled. Ramos missed kicks, the holds were bad, and LSU long snapper Slade Roy fired one off too early.
LSU left something on the table. There’s no other way to put it. Here are five takeaways from the loss.
Nussmeier leads the unraveling with three picks
The first half was some of Garrett Nussmeier’s best football. The second half was the polar opposite.
Nussmeier’s accuracy began to falter and the situation was made worse by poor decisions with the football.
LSU went three and out on its opening drive of the second half. On the second drive, Nussmeier was trying to make a play and threw the ball up. It was picked off in LSU territory and A&M cut into the lead shortly after.
Later, another Nussmeier pick set A&M up to take the lead. Then in the fourth, an Aggie interception all but sealed it.
Nussmeier has nine picks on the year now. That puts his average at one per game. LSU will struggle to win games if it’s putting the ball in jeopardy like this.
LSU failed to put Aggies away when it had the chance
Things were looking bright in the first half. A long catch and run from Aaron Anderson put LSU up 17-7.
LSU was moving the ball and the LSU defense wasn’t giving up much. The Tigers looked like the better team — like a…
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