Ed Orgeron provides brutally honest assessment of LSU team coming out of bye week
By Sydney Hunte
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LSU is on the other side of a bye week, a 31-17 loss at Ole Miss on Oct. 23 in its rear view mirror.
And it won’t get easier in the Tigers’ next game: they’ll head to Tuscaloosa on Saturday to take on No. 3 Alabama, also coming off an open week following a 52-24 win over Tennessee.
Ed Orgeron’s team is showing as a big underdog as they prepare to travel to Bryant-Denny Stadium in an attempt to stun the Crimson Tide and put an end to their College Football Playoff hopes. That’s on top of the news that quarterback Myles Brennan, who suffered an injury prior to the season, will enter the transfer portal and finish his college career elsewhere as Orgeron and the program are set to part ways at year’s end.
Orgeron, for his part, wasn’t shy about his assessment of his team during his Monday media availability, calling the Tigers “too predictable”.
“We need to have more of a variety on first down. We’re giving them the same looks over and over again,” he said. “There’s not much disguise…This part of the season you just can’t put a lot of new stuff in, but we put in a couple of wrinkles to make it tough.”
Regarding the defense, Orgeron lamented the lack of adjustments on that side of the ball, saying that it was a primary focus during the open week and thus far during game week.
“We’re really holding them to being in the right place in the right time,” he added.
This…is the most incredible press conference clip of the year
There are so many levels to this I don’t know where to begin ? pic.twitter.com/txSGKJtxLc
— Carter B (@CarterthePower) November 1, 2021
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
