Irked Kelly fires back at doubters after LSU win

BATON ROUGE, La. -- No. 3 LSU's 20-10 win implicit Florida began with a pregame scuffle betwixt players from some teams and ended with fireworks from LSU manager Brian Kelly who defiantly defended the benignant of his team's victory.

The Tigers' ascendant defence ne'er allowed Florida backmost DJ Lagway to get comfortable, and intercepted him 5 times, holding their 3rd consecutive hostile to 10 points oregon fewer. The LSU offense, meanwhile, scuffled its mode to 316 full yards, including 96 rushing yards -- 51 of which came connected LSU's last violative play of the crippled earlier they went into triumph formation, erstwhile Caden Durham broke escaped down the near sideline connected 3rd and 1 with 1:49 near successful the crippled to crystal the triumph and support the Tigers undefeated astatine 3-0.

Afterward, Kelly said the crippled was "one of the SEC classics" and foreshadowed his mindset by praising punter Grant Chadwick, who averaged 50.4 yards per footwear and 4 times pinned the Gators wrong the 20.

"Sorry that that doesn't dependable appealing to you folks, but I truly don't care," Kelly said. "We're trying to triumph shot games."

The archetypal question helium got was astir his offense, and Kelly didn't hold for it to decorativeness earlier going connected the offensive. "Stop. Really?" Kelly said. "Is that the archetypal question? We won the crippled 20-10. Try different question. What bash you privation maine to archer you? I conscionable laid it retired for you. We played the crippled to triumph the game."

He batted distant a 2nd question astir his third-down offense, and a 3rd astir the struggles of the moving game. He went close backmost to Durham's run, erstwhile the Tigers lined up successful an I-formation erstwhile everyone knew they were going to manus it off.

"We tin tally the ball. Did you spot the past play of the game? That's each you need. You conscionable request one," Kelly said. "These are ridiculous questions and I'm getting bushed of it. That shot squad conscionable worked their process disconnected to get an SEC win. And you privation to cognize what's wrong? You're spoiled. ... This is ridiculous for a radical of seasoned reporters. That benignant of question is truthful retired of line."

Kelly spent the remainder of his quality league saying "great question!" to anyone that asked a pertinent question astir a cardinal subordinate oregon a antiaircraft star, similar Dashawn Spears, who had his archetypal 2 vocation interceptions, including returning 1 58 yards for a touchdown to springiness the Tigers the last 20-10 pb with astir 8 minutes near successful the 3rd quarter.

"I spot it truthful otherwise than you guys. You privation to instantly onslaught it. I emotion what they did tonight. They recovered a mode to win," Kelly said. "And if you guys don't similar that, I truly don't care. I'm truthful blessed for those guys due to the fact that they're successful determination singing due to the fact that they worked their tails disconnected tonight. That's the point. I'm not trying to embarrass you, but it was a anserine question."

Kelly's show was the extremity of a testy nighttime each around. In pregame, Florida players made a thigh astir the field, staring down hecklers successful the crowd, with players connected some teams getting into a shoving lucifer pursuing what the Tiger Stadium property container announcer described arsenic a "get-together" adjacent the pupil section. There were nary penalties handed retired to either squad but determination was a constabulary beingness connected the tract for overmuch of warmups. The crippled ended with LSU backmost Garrett Nussmeier being knocked down portion kneeling successful triumph formation, and walking toward the Florida seat and nodding his head.

The Tigers mislaid prima linebacker

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