{"id":435329,"date":"2024-11-13T11:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=435329"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:59:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T16:59:55","slug":"brian-kelly-responds-to-question-of-potential-qb-change-for-lsu","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/lsu-football\/brian-kelly-responds-to-question-of-potential-qb-change-for-lsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Kelly responds to question of potential QB change for LSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Kelly was asked the predictable question in the aftermath of last Saturday night&#8217;s beatdown. While nothing came easily for LSU in its 42-13 loss to Alabama at Death Valley, the Tigers head coach easily brushed aside the question that was asked about his starting quarterback, Garrett Nussmeier.<\/p>\n<p>It was simply, are you considering a change at the helm in Week 12 as your team gets ready to head to The Swamp to face Florida?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; shot back Kelly during an SEC teleconference. &#8220;He gives us the best option for success. &#8230; But it doesn&#8217;t take a degree in football to know what we have to work on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Wilson Alexander asks Kelly if he&#39;s considering a QB change with Nussmeier&#39;s recent struggles: &quot;Absolutely not. He gives us the best option for success. &#8230; But it doesn&#39;t take a degree in football to know what we have to work on.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Rabalais (@RabalaisAdv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RabalaisAdv\/status\/1856731023431643309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nussmeier struggled on Saturday night like basically the entire team, throwing 2 interceptions and being thoroughly outplayed by Crimson Tide counterpart Jalen Milroe. Nussmeier now has 11 interceptions this season, including 5 in his past 2 games, having thrown 3 picks in a loss at Texas A&amp;M 2 weeks before the Alabama debacle.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Nussmeier&#8217;s struggles have coincided with LSU losing its past 2 games after winning 6 in a row. Kelly believes Nussmeier&#8217;s footwork needs to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your footwork forces you into the right decisions,&#8221; explained Kelly. &#8220;Garrett would tell you that&#8217;s the No. 1 thing he hears from me the most. We continue to work on the little things mechanically, getting through progressions. He&#8217;s been great to work with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kelly says Nuss&#39;s footwork &#8230; needs work: Your footwork forces you into the right decisions. Garrett would tell you that&#39;s the No. 1 thing he hears from me the most. We continue to work on the little things mechanically, getting through progressions. He&#39;s been great to work with<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Rabalais (@RabalaisAdv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RabalaisAdv\/status\/1856732040017641848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, how can Kelly and his coaching staff make things easier for Nussmeier and the Tigers offense?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s getting back to the fundamentals for us,&#8221; said Kelly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On SEC teleconference, Brian Kelly asked the question of can the coaching staff make things easier for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LSU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LSU<\/a> quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and the whole offense.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s getting back to the fundamentals for us.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cory Diaz (@ByCoryDiaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByCoryDiaz\/status\/1856731407772475791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see if that translates into better results come Saturday at The Swamp. LSU and Florida will kick things off at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Kelly defended his starting quarterback when the LSU head coach was asked if he was pondering a change at the helm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269106,"featured_media":435332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"class_list":["post-435329","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_types-news","teams-lsu-football"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/435329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}