Brian Kelly believes blocked punt vs. South Carolina was 'illegal' play, will send it to league office

LSU ultimately prevailed 36-33 on the road against South Carolina, but it had to overcome a significant early deficit.

The Tigers fell behind 17-0 in the first half in part thanks to a blocked punt deep in their own territory that set up an easy touchdown. After the game, Brian Kelly was clearly frustrated while discussing a play that he said the Tigers’ staff believed to be “illegal.”

He added that LSU would send the matter to the SEC office for further evaluation.

“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.”

It wasn’t the only special teams gaffe the Tigers had in the game as they missed an extra point due to a bad snap. While it didn’t prove costly in this game, it easily could have.

We’ll have to wait to see if anything comes of Kelly and LSU’s complaint to the SEC office.

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