Lane Kiffin says self-inflicted wounds hurt Ole Miss vs. LSU early

In total, Lane Kiffin He actually thought his team played pretty well away from home in the first quarter LSU. They simply had no points to show for it.

And during Ole Miss After kicking a field goal at halftime to make it a 3-0 lead early in the second quarter, Kiffin knows they still had points left on the field. And that was the result of unforced errors, he said.

“A huge missed opportunity, it was a touchdown we missed. Very unusual. He won't drop something like that again. Then we miss a field-on goal, then we don’t get a cutoff on 4th-and-1,” Kiffin said on the ABC broadcast.

The missed touchdown Kiffin mentioned was a deep pass attempt to star wideout Tre Harris, who got behind the defense but was unable to catch a deep post pass from Jaxson Dart. And the 4th-and-1 stop came inside LSU's five-yard line, another spot where the Rebels could have scored points but came up short.

But the flip side of that coin, Kiffin admitted, is that his team played well enough to win. You just need to stop hurting yourself in important places.

“So, despite all the mistakes, being 0-0, I like the feeling of this game,” Kiffin said. “I like the way we play. I feel like a much better team at the moment. But we don’t finish the pieces.”