How Ole Miss football lost control at LSU in the final seconds

BATON ROUGE, La. — Solutions come simpler after blowout losses.

And Ole Miss soccer’s 29-26 additional time loss at LSU was something however a blowout. The No. 8 Rebels (5-2, 1-2 SEC) didn’t path in regulation in opposition to LSU (5-1, 2-0) however surrendered a game-tying landing cross with 27 seconds left when LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier hit sophomore Aaron Anderson in the long run zone on fourth-and-5.

After Ole Miss needed to accept an extended subject aim to begin additional time, LSU gained the sport in a single play. Nussmeier lofted a cross down the appropriate sideline to senior receiver Kyren Lacy. He elevated and caught it, sending the gang of greater than 100,000 right into a frenzy that spilled on to the sector.

“I am actually dissatisfied, clearly,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin mentioned. “We should always’ve gained that sport. We type of commanded the sport for almost all of it. However credit score to them for making performs late within the fourth quarter and additional time.”

The Rebels outgained LSU in complete yards, 464 to 421. The disparity was particularly obvious on the bottom, the place Ole Miss greater than doubled LSU’s speeding output, 180 to 84. For many of the first half and even into the second, the Rebels had a noticeable, if unsteady, management of the sport.