BATON ROUGE, La. — Garrett Nussmeier threw three landing passes and ran for a fourth and No. 3 LSU simply beat Southeastern Louisiana 56-10 on Saturday evening.
The Tigers (4-0) erupted for 28 factors within the second quarter to place the sport rapidly out of attain in solely the third assembly between the colleges.
“We now have a normal of how we wish to play and I assumed we upheld that commonplace,” LSU coach Brian Kelly mentioned. “There isn’t a perfection on the market, however there was positively some progress.”
Up by a landing early within the second quarter, LSU scored on back-to-back drives, on scoring runs of two and 10 yards by working again Ju’Juan Johnson.
LSU’s protection, which held the Lions (2-2) to 30 yards of whole offense within the first half, compelled a 3 and out late within the second quarter. Nussmeier then drove the offense down the sector, finishing passes to Bauer Sharp for six yards and a pair to Barion Brown together with a 17 yarder for a landing and a 28-0 lead.
LSU completed the primary half with an 8-play, 56-yard drive, culminating in a 9-yard landing move from Nussmeier to Zavion Thomas, extending the result in 35-0.
Nussmeier, who Kelly mentioned has been coping with a torso damage early within the season, completed 25 of 31 for 273 yards earlier than exiting after throwing a 23-yard landing move to Sharp on the opening sequence of the third quarter.
“I feel we simply did a greater job as an offense normally,” Nussmeier mentioned. “This week was about looking for our rhythm and entering into stride heading into SEC play. We did a very good job of that tonight.
“I’m getting higher,” he mentioned, referring to his well being. “We’re getting higher as an offense and simply making child steps and shifting ahead. For one, it simply appeared like we had been on the market having enjoyable. We had been having fun with it and I feel that may be a large factor for us. It was a launch of stress. It’s about not going on the market and making an attempt to be good, simply going on the market and taking part in. I assumed we executed very effectively and took our alternatives to execute down the sector.”
He was changed by sophomore Michael Van Buren Jr., who noticed his first motion of the season and scored a fourth-quarter landing that made it 49-7.
“We made the progress we had been searching for and now we now have to construct on that,” Kelly mentioned. “The objective tonight was to play to the usual, not the opposition. We had the higher group and the higher gamers, however then it comes all the way down to your execution and the stuff you do and I assumed we did some good issues tonight.”
With a lot of the LSU beginning protection on the sidelines to start out the second half, Southeastern Louisiana’s lone TD got here halfway by means of the third quarter on a 14-yard move by Carson Camp to Deantre Jackson.
For the second consecutive week, an LSU participant was ejected for a private foul. With beneath a minute to go within the third quarter, Damian Ramos tried a 59-yard discipline objective, which was returned by Da’Shun Hugley. Sophomore offensive lineman D.J. Chester was ejected for focusing on whereas making an attempt to make the deal with.
The takeaway
Southeastern Louisiana: An overmatched Lions squad hung with LSU for the primary quarter-hour, trailing solely 7-0, however solely managed a pair of first downs within the first half.
LSU: For the primary time this season, the Tigers offense confirmed indicators of productiveness, with 12 performs of at the very least 10 yards, placing up essentially the most first half factors since a 42-10 win over South Alabama final Sept. 28.
Up subsequent
Southeastern Louisiana: Hosts UTRGV subsequent Saturday.
LSU: Travels to Mississippi subsequent Saturday.
