LSU's Harold Perkins Jr. scouts USC's offense ahead of season-opener on Sunday

With LSU just a few days away from its 2024 kickoff vs. USC, star linebacker Harold Perkins Jr. met with the media on Tuesday.

The last few openers have left a bad taste in LSU’s mouth. That’s something on the Tigers’ mind heading into Sunday.

“Our last few openers, we lost. I feel like using that as motivation and just knowing that’s a feeling we don’t want to have this year,” Perkins said.

Facing a Lincoln Riley offense provides a challenge for LSU. Perkins is aware of that too.

Perkins said USC does a good job of getting their best players the ball in space and he’s taken notice of Riley’s tendency to create big plays down the field.

Perkins said the focus for the LSU defense has to be tackling. USC has playmakers that can run with it and LSU can’t let those short completions turn into 30-yard gains.

“We just gotta gang tackle, get the ball on the ground, and live to fight another down,” Perkins said.

Both of these defenses struggled to tackle last year. If Perkins and crew can get that fixed, LSU has a good chance of a defensive rebound on Sunday.

As for Perkins, he has All-SEC hopes as he enters his third year at LSU.

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