Brian Kelly said it was up to him the following Saturday night No. No. 11 Alabama defeated No. 14 LSU 42-13 in Baton Rouge.
“They were ready to play,” the LSU coach said of his Tigers. “I take responsibility for not getting our guys in the right position tonight.”
Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe had a career-high 185 yards with four scoring runs.
“You watch the game and you think, ‘What have these guys done for two weeks?’ he said. “We have a plan to stop the quarterback. We didn’t accomplish that.
“We’re not reinventing the wheel on quarterback defense. There are only a few ways to defend him.”
Alabama converted on 10 of 13 third-down conversions. Meanwhile, LSU’s offense turned the ball over three times.
“We didn’t make the most of the chances we had and certainly a lot of things didn’t go right tonight because we weren’t able to get off the field on third down and turn the ball over in attack. Sometimes it seemed that important things were not going our way.”
Kelly said he felt confident going into Saturday night’s game against the Crimson Tide.
“What we thought would be an exciting evening turned out to be a disappointing evening,” Kelly said. “I told my team that I was definitely excited to get into the game about their preparation, the way they felt about this game, what they had to do physically and mentally, all the things that we talk about. I was excited about their preparation.”
Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard daily on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile app from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
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