The No. 10 LSU Tigers just took their second loss of the season, falling to Kentucky in overtime, 35-34. What a heartbreaker in Lexington, watching them cough up a late lead.
Eight Straight Road Losses in Conference Play? Yikes.
This isn’t some one-off thing, folks. This overtime stunner marked LSU’s eighth straight road loss in conference play. EIGHT! You have to go all the way back to October 19, 2024, when they beat Arkansas 34-10, for their last SEC road win. Lane Kiffin wasn’t around for all of those, but his own road record since taking over Ole Miss in 2020 is a pretty flat 13-13 in conference road games. You’d think with the talent LSU has, that kind of problem would be fixed by now, right? But no, not at Kroger Field last night.
Sloppy Play and Missed Chances Drowned the Tigers
LSU was ahead 27-24 with only 97 seconds left, and then they punted. What happened next? Kentucky marched 63 yards in just 1:25 and tied it with a field goal. Then, in overtime, Kentucky matched LSU’s touchdown and converted the two-point conversion for the win. You can’t make those kinds of mistakes against good teams. Quarterback Sam Leavitt turned the ball over twice in the second half. Kentucky didn’t get points from those turnovers, but they absolutely killed LSU’s drives and momentum. And the running game? Brutal. They ran the ball 36 times for a measly 94 yards. Plus, LSU was the more penalized team, racking up seven penalties for 50 yards, compared to Kentucky’s two for 20. That’s just sloppy football.
Now, with two blemishes on their College Football Playoff resume and it only being early October, the pressure is cranked WAY up on Kiffin. They still have Mississippi State, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee on the schedule. Meanwhile, Will Stein is out here in his first year at Kentucky, already beating Texas A&M on the road and now LSU. He’s totally rejuvenated that Wildcats offense, and they’re quietly building their own playoff resume. LSU needs to find some answers fast, or this season is going to slip away.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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