Ed Orgeron doesn't include Georgia among best teams LSU faced in 2019
It appears the Georgia Bulldogs did not do much to impress LSU coach Ed Orgeron in this month’s SEC Championship Game.
At Monday’s Peach Bowl press conference in Atlanta, Orgeron was asked about the best teams the Tigers have faced this year. Here’s how the exchange went, per the official transcript:
Q. On the best team LSU has played.
ED ORGERON: Who’s the best team we’ve played? I’ve got to say Alabama. Alabama, Auburn, Florida. Those three guys were very good.
LSU beat Georgia 37-10 in the SEC Championship Game. The other three schools managed to hang closer with the Tigers. Auburn came closest, falling only 23-20. Alabama, which Orgeron appears to designate as the best of the bunch, lost 46-41. Florida lost 42-28 at Tiger Stadium on Oct. 12. In terms of margin of victory, Mississippi State (36-13) and Ole Miss (58-37) also managed to be in closer games with LSU than UGA.
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Orgeron was complimentary of the Bulldogs ahead of the SEC Championship Game, calling them the most physical team LSU would play:
Q. Ed, when you look at Georgia, just the overall physicality, just what kind of jumps out at you? Kind of where do they stack up this year?
ED ORGERON: This is the most physical team we’ve played. I think this is the most complete team on both line of scrimmages, on offensive line and defensive line. They like to hit. They play fast. Their running back hits the hole to make you miss. Quarterback makes some great decisions. But it all starts with their defense. They’re only giving up ten points per game. They’re very stingy.
Orgeron is 2-0 against Georgia as LSU’s head coach. The Tigers beat the Bulldogs 36-16 in 2018.
I mean he’s right. The Georgia game was never even close. Their defense is great, but the offense just failed to show up. Credit LSU D for that too. The teams he mentioned at least played us close.
The UGA team that played LSU absolutely wasn’t one of the 3 best teams they played. No slight there, just uncomfortable truth. With a full team, it would’ve been competitive and Coach O might have a different 3. Not what happened, though. Hope y’all win it all from here!
Your offense sucked all year, even when everyone was healthy. I don’t think it would have been much different.
We didn’t finish drives and didn’t put up a ton of points but we moved the ball, caught passes that hit receivers, set up the run, and didn’t leave the defense on the field for 59 minutes. Momentum and fatigue play a part, too.
Oh, you mean the first half of the first game vs Vandy. LSU defense sucked all year until it got healthly.
As a Dawgs fan, I must admit that, that was somewhat embarrassing, albeit not surprising given our offensive ineptitude. Congrats Tigers for an awesome team. It’d be great to see the SEC win another one.
Thanks for that. For the record, from the outside looking in, Georgia has a really good program.
Credit a roster that was completely incapable by week 13.
What’s the excuse about last years game?
That’s where the “any given day” cliche applies.
Their defense is not great.
I agreed with this even before LSU played Georgia. They just don’t have much going for them on offense, and I think Auburn has a better defense.
Thank you, I agree.
LSU completely dismantled the bullpups, it wasn’t even close to a game. All the excuse making by Georgia afterwards was pitiful. It is my hope that a LSU puts the same beat down on Oklahoma and OSU or Clemson to take it all.
You mean like “Tua wasn’t 100%…” kind of excuses?
I have made no excuses for Bama in 2019. I have always said the schedule was pitiful, the defense was the worst in over a decade, and they did not deserve to win the two they lost. What I’m talking about were all the excuses made after LSU curb stomped your team.
What is gawja excuses not really any that matter you just keep on choking and being known as choke u lmao No qb
LOL a Miss St fan talking $hit. Hilarious
UGA didn’t choke vs PissState, even though the “QB whisperer” was still on the sideline.
Yeah, it’s pitiful when a team can’t just take the loss with class instead of having the coach complain about the refs and the clock as to why they’re playing the hangover game on New Year’s Day.
Got you jaw jacking, didn’t it.
Thanks. Nothing against the Bama fans on here, but I’ll be pulling for Michigan. I’ve been pulling against Bama for decades. I really enjoyed watching Sam Cunningham beat Bama. Don’t even remember what year it was, but I remember the game.
It’s ok, but I will pull for LSU because I am a fan of the SEC in its totality.
I’m an LSU grad and fan and will be pulling for every SEC team to win. Every year if a team makes it through regular season play in the SEC, they deserve to be #1. The SEC is by far the best conference. The best way to demonstrate that is in the post season and in the games that are played outside of the conference.
No way could I ever pull for Harbaugh. Geaux Bama!!
No worries… I’m pulling for OU as well..
Ok, so? Was there anything else supposed to be gained from this because that’s about all I got out of it.
Not surprising.
What did you get out of it? Be specific.
I am not an LSU fan but I admire Coach for his frankness. My take was that he did not sugar coat his answer with coach speak.
Lmao, he had so much sugar coating going on he was spittin out candy canes, Alabama wasn’t THAT good. That’s ALL this was- coach speak. There was literally zero news here.
i answered your question specifically. You did not ask what news point I got from it. Perhaps you need to be more specific when you ask questions. I’ve seen you post quite often and one of your favorite expressions is Lmao. I guess it is a the top of your vocabulary or is it self defining?
Alabama didn’t play much of a schedule, but to say they aren’t that good just isn’t credible. They lost to an LSU team that may be the best in the country, and then lost at Auburn in a game that featured a bunch of fluke plays.
That’s been one of the things I like about Orgeron: He doesn’t do much coach-speak; he’s refreshingly honest. Any LSU fan paying attention could tell you that. Huge change from Les Miles.
@redsox There was nothing he said that was frank, it was all coach speak, which is what makes you thinking it wasn’t coach speak so funny. Yeah, I laughed.
I had no problem with him not mentioning UGA…I mean Lsu has kicked their a$$ the last two years.. honestly they didn’t deserve to be mentioned…they looked bad both years against Lsu… honestly they were lucky to go 11-2 with that offense…and for UGA fans mentioning injuries…let’s admit the offense this yr was not good even with a healthy Cager and Swift…I been going to UGA games for 40 years…this and the Schottenheimer offense in 2015 were two of the worse I’ve seen…this year’s might have been more disappointing considering they had a junior qb who was supposed to be one of the best in the sec…I’m just hoping cKS learned something from the beat down from Lsu ,and it helps him become a better HC in the future… keep on recruiting …I’m already looking forward to seeing those receivers on the field next yr…and hopefully seeing something different than run up the middle over and over…
His follow-up comment was that Georgia was the most physical team LSU faced, on both sides of the line.
I like your attitude about this. Smart has done a lot of things right with Georgia’s football program. He just needs to tweak the offense somehow, maybe with a new OC? Give him time to fix it. It could be worse with a different HC.
SDS trolling for controversy?
This might be the biggest non story yet
He better be thinking about three other teams still standing and not about any other SEC team.
I doubt that he is overlooking any of the other playoff teams. He was asked a specific question and he answered it.
Exactly,, these type articles are weak!!!! Looks as if just have create fans going back and forth… Backing LSU to win it all!!!!!
What about University of Texas 45-38?
The LSU team that beat UGA was a different and better team than they were most of the season. Starting with TAMU LSU transformed into a complete team. One of the best teams I’ve seen in 10 years, top 5 all time SEC QB likely. There is no shame in losing to that team.
People just need to tell it how it is and recognize that LSU is a transcendent team this season. Props to the tigers- finish this thing up.
Well written.
Agreed. Well said. When Ole Miss embarrassed the LSU defense with 402 rushing yards, they got a lot of criticism. Afterwards they showed massive improvement. Thank goodness!
If your starting WR lineup includes Tyler Simmons and Matt Landers then you definitely don’t deserve to be included as a top 3 “best team faced” for the #1 team in the country.
Exactly. Not to mention Demetrius “Don’t Hit Me” Robertson.
Poor kid has never been the same after his injury at Cal, I feel.
Things rarely work out for classless bigmouths. His fate was sealed when he started trash talking bama after their win. I am guessing lsu is in for years of drought after Burrow goes.
You’re big mad huh?
IDK what that means?
Figures.
I don’t know what that means either.
Classless bigmouth? The dude was literally asked the best 3 teams he faced.
What are you referring to? Orgeron has made no secret since he was hired, LSU’s goal was to beat Bama. It was not a small thing to shoot for. His job, long term, ultimately depended on it. I can’t blame him for being happy when it happened. How many other coaches can say they did, Saban era? Auburn has 4 times, Clemson twice. Who else?
OleMiss won a couple. UF won at least 1.
UGA and LSU are going head to head for 2020 recruits like no other prior year.
Convenient Q&A for Orgeron.
True. I was just thinking the same thing. Only logical explanation for O’s response to that question really.
God forbid he was actually genuine when he said that 3 teams who actually put up a fight into the second half were better than the almighty Bulldogs. I mean everyone else in the SEC sees Georgia for what they’ve always been, but I’ll continue to draw at straws before I come out of denial #allbarknobite.
Well, we lost and they won. No excuses here. Coach O earned that right to talk.
Remember, Bama will be back next year and Georgia again will be back to face Bama in the SEC Championship game. LSU, relish in the moment now because this will be it for the upcoming seasons.
Coach O earned the right and WILL CONTINUE to earn that right against Georgia. You all are a miserable & disgusted fanbase b/c you all think “you should be this and should be that” because of a few good recruiting classes. Until you all ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING with all of this hyped talent it is better to be quiet b/c your performance on the field doesn’t match ya’ll’s expectations….perennial underachievers. With Kirby as the head coach your program has peaked, plateaued and is stale. What’s scary for Georgia is that they are stuck and Florida is closing the gap between the 2 programs QUICKLY!! Within 2 years Florida will be beating Georgia on a regular basis and the Dawg fans will be calling for Kirby’s head. Your last national championship was in 1980 and is soooooo long ago with no end in site. You can dog LSU in thinking that LSU won’t have good seasons after Burrow leaves but LSU has been recruiting at an elite level themself for many years too. Remember that THE ONLY REASON that Georgia won the NC in 1980 was Herschel Walker.
Welcome to December 2018…
You just said that recruiting provides little basis for assuming success will continue into the future (which I agree with to an extent) but then you use Orgeron’s stellar recruiting as the main reason that LSU’s success should continue.
He’s best ignored.
And you have to put your 2 cents in ON EVERY SINGLE TOPIC on this site and bring absolutely no insight or value. With the comments read about you and your posts you are considered a BABBLING IDIOT.
And you only bring your troll garbage…I don’t agree with all Lsumc says..but for you to call him a babbling idiot is hilarious…all you are is a complete troll…
Sorry dude! Did not mean to strike a nerve. But hey, you have a Merry Christmas and may God give you grace, love and humility during your trials and tribulations.
And oh….go Dawgs!
Not striking any nerve. The Georgia fans need to stop thinking that they “are elite”…win something first. In the last 5 years there has been only 2 elite teams….Bama & Clemson.
Hmm. Maybe add Ohio State.
So since LSU has beaten the pups 2 years in a row, in the puny Georgia fan brain it means LSU owns the pups and will do so in perpetuity
Maybe you should get a life and focus on another team for once. The irrational comments of two or three bandwagon fans don’t define an entire fanbase, or else I would say all Florida fans are as arrogant as you. UGA doesn’t “own” Florida any more than the Gators “own” UGA. It’s a classic, heated rivalry that has and always will be tightly fought, as much as you would like to present it otherwise.
Grow up CO
Company Jones at work as he should be. Please take a moment to reflect on your last few Georgia-Florida football games…ahhhhhhh…yes, now breathe, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Now isn’t that better?
A loss to Bama in week three of the regular season or vise versa would put both teams behind the eight ball with an uphill struggle to make the playoffs.
To all, yes even the University of Florida fans
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Merry Christmas!!!
Very nice, and Merry Christmas!!
I definitely feel UGA did not play a great game vs LSU. With that being said, we played and beat 2/3 teams Coach O said were good… so, not sure of the logic there.
This +1
Those teams played LSU much tougher than UGA did. Not really that hard to figure out.
Well those teams didn’t lose to SC either…
No, but we didn’t lose to Auburn. Obviously Coach O was talking about which teams gave his the best fight.
Which is worse… Losing to Auburn or SC?
You can’t say well we beat 2/3 and just pretend the SC loss didn’t happen… Well I guess you canid you’re a UGA fan…
*can if
I’m not arguing with Orgeron’s rankings at all, but if you’re trying to argue that Alabama’s resume stacks up better than UGA’s, then I really can’t help you. Both teams had some seriously unlucky attrition and didn’t achieve their goals, but I think UGA managed to build a more impressive brag sheet than Alabama. Pulling in the USC loss is the same as me pulling in the fact that your team gave up nearly 50 to Bo Nix of all people.
Since you like to correct mistakes you may want to fix your below comment… Unless looking stupid was what you were going for.
“Pulling in the USC loss is the same as me pulling in the fact that your team gave up nearly 50 to Bo Nix of all people.”
I didn’t argue anything. I pointed out a fact… The poster above mentioned beating 2 of the 3 but you can’t overlook the loss to a sub .500 team at home…
I’m not overlooking it nor am I arguing that UGA gave LSU one of its toughest 3 games this season. Not sure where you’re trying to go with that. If you think the USC loss means that UGA isn’t one of LSU’s 3 best wins, then that’s just laughable.
The most obvious thing that stands out to me, reading all these comments, is that Bama, Auburn, and Florida fans don’t get along well with Georgia fans. LSU and Georgia don’t play enough for them to have a rivalry, which makes these tendencies stand out to me.
As a Georgia fan, I’ve hated Auburn and Florida with all my heart as long as I can remember. I respect Alabama and LSU, but BamaTime likes to troll occasionally. Outside of 2 or 3 morons, most of the Bama and LSU fans on here are pretty nice to talk and discuss with. There’s also a couple of good Auburn fans. Can’t say the same for Florida fans except for maybe Nash once in a blue moon.
@wrashall
Very astute observation and very true. Where Kirby says that Nash is the only reasonable Gator fan, and then again, only once in a while, the fact that most UF, Bama and Auburn fans here gang up against Georgia fan tells the true story. It is the opposite of what KS said.
It is well known here that UGA has the most obnoxious fans of all, lead by Corch, TDOW and a litany of other lesser trolls. To find a reasonable and normal UGA fan here is a struggle
I’m late to the party so no one will probably read this, but UGA has plenty of reasonable fans. You simply choose to take note of whatever supports your conclusions.
Also, BT, you’re a troll.
I mean, based on Georgia’s performance against LSU, he’s not wrong.
This UGA fan doesn’t give a rip what Ed O thinks about the Dawgs. I think he’ll have a great next two weeks…..and a world of hurt for the next 4 years…..Go Dawgs!!!!!
I’m not one of those fans that scream, ”SEC!” I always root against any team that can pull recruits from LSU.
Oh, well Bama has been doing that for years. It happens. As a matter of fact, we have been losing recruits to Bama, Clemson and Auburn for years. It’s nothing new man. It happens to most of us.
Don’t worry. We have lots of hate for Bama to.
Good for you.
Oh God!!!! Breathtaking!!!! My Lord!!! Come on Kirby who gives a rats crap?
Nothing wrong with him not mentioning UGA. The offense was subpar. On the flip side, we played 2/3 of the list head to head, and spanked both. So there is that.
Beat both, no spanking. I know you’re a Georgia fan but try to be factual and leave your delusions at home
Bloody hail wanker, we beat the fanny nanny poncy toff out of them Gatorbaitors so severely that you disappeared for two weeks and left me holding the tab at the Landing for chr istsake…13 of 18 3rd down conversions and giving up a meager 1.789054 ypc and 10 offensive points is a royal spank beatdown me palley…3 consecutive fla state championships…
through 3 quarters UF and Auburn scored a COMBINED 3 points- UGA DOMINATED UF in every statistical cateogry. Congrats on making it look close at the end lmao
CO, you’re a troll.