{"id":140661,"date":"2022-11-27T06:56:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T06:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lsu-needed-to-be-better-in-critical-loss-at-texas-am\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T06:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T06:56:29","slug":"lsu-needed-to-be-better-in-critical-loss-at-texas-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lsu-needed-to-be-better-in-critical-loss-at-texas-am\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU ‘needed to be better’ in critical loss at Texas A&M"},"content":{"rendered":"
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Riding a five-game winning streak and assured of playing in next week’s Southeastern Conference title game, No. 5 LSU just had to take care of underperforming Texas A&M to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n

Instead, Devon Achane had a career-best 215 yards rushing with two touchdowns Saturday, and Texas A&M stunned LSU 38-23, all but certainly knocking the Tigers out of contention for the CFP.<\/p>\n

“They have done some incredible things and I don’t want this loss to at all take away from what they’ve accomplished this year,” LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “This was not a step back. This was a bump in the road and they’re going to learn from it.”<\/p>\n

Conner Weigman threw two TD passes for the Aggies (5-7, 2-6 SEC) and Demani Richardson returned a fumble for a score. The score was tied at 17 in the third quarter before A&M scored 21 straight points.<\/p>\n

“It shows the type of team we can be,” Achane said. “Just showing that it wasn’t the season we wanted but came out to beat a top-[10] team.”<\/p>\n

LSU (9-3, 6-2, No. 5 CFP) had already won the SEC West and secured a chance to play for the conference title against unbeaten No. 1 Georgia, and a win there could have put the Tigers in the playoff. But with three losses, even beating the Bulldogs likely won’t be enough.<\/p>\n

“We just weren’t our best today,” Kelly said. “I’d like to give you a reason why we weren’t our best but we just weren’t and we needed to be better.”<\/p>\n

Kelly said he didn’t believe his team overlooked the Aggies.<\/p>\n

“We just needed more juice, more fire and we just seemed to lack that today and that’s on me,” Kelly said.<\/p>\n