Brian Kelly still believes in LSU's potential in 2024

LSU finds itself in a situation similar to the one it has been in for the past two seasons. The Tigers enter Week 3 with a 1-1 record after losing their opening week matchup and defeating an easier opponent in Week 2.

Just like last year, the Tigers suffered a season-ending injury to one of their best defensive players and failed to establish the run game. That has not stopped LSU from ending the season with 10 wins in back-to-back years, though. Brian Kelly recently talked about the outlook of the team this year and he mentioned how he still has hope for this team despite the flaws that exist.

“Each week is a week in itself. So be careful about the narratives of this team is this, this team is that. I know what this team can be,” Kelly said, per On3. “I watched them play against USC. They did not finish very well against USC. They need to be a complete four-quarter football team.

“We’ve got to run the ball more effectively. Certainly, I thought we did some really good things late. I thought Zy Alexander came in and competed for the football, had some [pass breakups] and I thought we settled down. Obviously, we had the one touchdown where we had a missed assignment on a Wildcat offensive play. But again, my perspective is this is going to be a good football team. This was a week that this team was taxed and didn’t play its very best and still won.”

LSU will be taking on South Carolina this weekend in a game where both teams could use a big SEC win to propel its season. Carolina got a big win over Kentucky last week so they will look to start the year 2-0 in conference play.

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