Brian Kelly was surprised to hear such detailed questions Saturday night in the post-game comments after the loss to Alabama.

Kelly was asked about pre-snap issues, tackling and specifically linebacker play in the 2nd half. The linebacker question led him to put his hand up.

“Oh my God. You guys are killing me. I mean the specifics that you ask I respect, I really do, but it’s so hard for me,” Kelly said. “I’m trying to coach guys on the field. There were some fits there that needed to be better. Here’s what I’m going to tell you. Those guys in there played their tails off for LSU. They played hard. They played to win. But they didn’t play mistake free. There were too many missed tackles. We had too many drops. We had a turnover. And that’s just not good enough when you play a top 10 team on the road.”

Asked about the pressure on the offense to continue to score as the defense struggles, Kelly said, “We played good tonight. Good’s not good enough. You have to play elite when you go on the road and play a top 10 team. Good’s not good enough.”