BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Had No. 3 LSU been lighting up the scoreboard in its first three victories, this weekend’s match-up with Southeastern Louisiana might have been an opportune time to rest offensive starters such as quarterback Garrett Nussmeier.
Instead, LSU’s top players on offense will work on demonstrating an ability to execute better than they have in their past two games, when they’ve combined to produce just three touchdowns.
“We’re going to get better on offense — more efficient,” LSU coach Brian Kelly promised this week as LSU (3-0) prepared to host the Lions (2-1), whose campus is about an hour’s drive east in Hammond, Louisiana.
In a 20-10 victory over Florida last week, LSU scored one offensive touchdown. They scored just two in a 23-7 victory on Sept. 6 over Louis