Brian Kelly says LSU must be ‘more decisive,’ trust reads against FSU

LSU leads Florida State 17-14 at the half of a top-10 showdown in Orlando, Fla., at Camping World Stadium, but the lead could easily be larger.

The Tigers came up empty on a pair of fourth-and-short attempts, including one inside the 5-yard line on the opening drive of the game. Coach Brian Kelly bemoaned his team’s decision-making as the cause of the lack of execution in key spots.

“We have not been effective, obviously,” Kelly said. “We had the big opening drive and weren’t able to cash in. We’ve got to be more decisive in whether we give the ball or we pull it. And we’ve gotten away from what our reads are. We’re just trying to do a little bit too much. We’ll settle down here, we’ll go through it again and we’ll just be more disciplined with our reads and we’ll be fine.”

Kelly was frustrated at various points during the first half, including with a handful of penalties and with some key mistakes. Among them were a turnover by his special teams unit on a muffed punt.

But he also seemed frustrated with the officials for some of the physicality being allowed, something ABC sideline reporter Holly Rowe asked him about during a halftime interview.

“They’ve got big offensive receivers and they’re getting off the line and we’ve just got to do a better job,” Kelly said, seemingly biting his tongue on any criticism of the officials.

On3 will have more on this developing story shortly.

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