LSU BULLIED & COOKED BY SUPERIOR TEXAS A&M 49-25 BEHIND 3RD QUARTER COLLAPSE
- Lonn Phillips Sullivan
- Oct 25
- 3 min read
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By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN
Giving up 21 points in the 3rd quarter...
Allowing 205 return yards, including a 79 yard punt return touchdown, a 43 yard kickoff burst, and numerous other long returns....
Surrendering 7 sacks (many on 3rd down) against your quarterback....
Outscored 35-7 over the final 2 quarters after holding a 18-14 halftime lead, almost identical to last season's 36 point 2nd half deluge....
Finishing 2/13 on 3rd down as an offense...
Allowing over 200 rushing yards for the 2nd straight game....
Featuring a freshman running back who put up 56 yards in the 1st half...only for LSU to rush for just 4 yards across the entire 2nd half....
When LSU vs A&M began, the Death Valley crowd was rabid for LSU victory, ready for a fight, desperate for a performance from their team, even if victory wasn't on the cards...this was supposed to be 2025 LSU fighting for their season...
Instead, we witnessed most of the crowd dissipate in disgust and dismay by the end of the 3rd quarter, subjected to viewing one of LSU football's most lifeless showings of the 21st century.....losing 49-25 in embarrassing, all encompassing fashion...
....it was a game where Texas A&M even messed around, threw 2 interceptions in the 1st half, LSU blocked an A&M punt for a safety, and led over the Aggies 18-14 at halftime, and still Mike Elko's A&M proceeded to bully the Tigers in their own house, taking over Death Valley alongside their traveling fanbase as the final 10 minutes ticked down at a grinding death crawl.
It was a night many feared could get ugly....but Brian Kelly's Tigers were able to hold off A&M for the first half, scraping by with 18 points.
Despite creating a pair of turnovers (AJ Haulcy and Harold Perkins intercepting passes) and Jhase Thomas blocking a punt for 2 points (plus an extra possession), the LSU offense generated just 3 points from a trio of extra possessions....
Then, starting the 3rd quarter off letting Terry Bussey return a LSU kickoff 43 yards, followed by Concepcion's outrageous 79 yard punt return touchdown, A&M took advantage of LSU's complete ineptitude in all 3 phases, and set in motion one of the most viscerally disgraceful 2nd half beatdowns of any era inside Tiger Stadium....outscoring the Tigers 35-7 en route to a thorough bludgeoning.
...behind QB Marcel Reed's 4 total touchdowns, early 60 yard touchdown run, dual threat brilliance inside the red zone, and elevated passing touch, A&M's offense bled Blake Baker's defense dry, racking up almost 300 yards by halftime.
Operating at 70% on 3rd down vs LSU's defense, Reed's legs eviscerated Harold Perkins on multiple plays in open space, while Reed didn't shy away from throwing the football right at LSU's best corners Mansoor Delane or DJ Pickett, achieving success as KC Concepcion, Mario Craver and Ashton Bethel-Roman all grabbed passes over 20 yards and each ended around 45-47 effective yards on key downs.
Aside from Harlem Berry's awesome 1st half, a nice touchdown catch by Trey'Dez Green, or Kyle Parker's acrobatic touchdown in front of a mostly empty Tiger Stadium (preventing a 2nd half shutout), there was nothing for LSU fans to get behind.
Tonight, LSU ran into a buzzsaw....a turbine of footballing calamity....a giant, hellishly harvested mirror pointing right back at us......beaten badly by the team LSU was supposed to be....kicking our ass and humiliating the Tigers in front of the world in our own house...
Brian Kelly's squad were outcoached by a smarter staff, gutted by more explosive playmakers, and taught a lesson by a far superior team....the squad many analysts thought LSU would be in 2025:
A 2nd year starting quarterback taking the next step....
A hardnosed defense capable of dominating up front, over the middle, and at the backend....
An explosive stable of skill position weapons possessing plenty of high octane yards after catch playmaking abilities...
Instead, that's who Texas A&M are in 2025....and that's the kind of team LSU will never become under Brian Kelly.
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By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN
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