Ed Orgeron following LSU's lackluster showing in loss to Texas A&M: 'I think we have to have a better plan'
Saturday night did not go according to the game plan for Ed Orgeron and his LSU Tigers.
Or rather, as the coach said after LSU’s 20-7 loss at Texas A&M, the Tigers need to come into games with better plans than the one they drew up heading into the matchup with the Aggies.
While both teams finished the game with a total of 267 offensive yards, LSU had three turnovers. Texas A&M had none.
The Aggies dominated the line of scrimmage, rushing for 162 yards to LSU’s 36.
The lack of a rushing attack and the turnovers doomed LSU in this one.
Here’s what Ed Orgeron had to say during his opening remarks following the game:
“Very disappointed in the offense, we didn’t have any rhythm… Minus three in the turnovers. You can’t win on the road minus three in turnovers. We have to take care of the football better. We have a lot of young players out there, they just got to learn how to play.”
Orgeron on the poor performance from LSU’s offensive line and the offense overall:
“We didn’t play well. We couldn’t block those guys. They did a good job, give them some credit. That was it.”
Orgeron on TJ Finley’s pick-six interception and what he said to the freshman QB after the play:
“Yeah, just told him to protect the football. Don’t throw the ball away like that. It was a freshman mistake but I wanted him to learn that’s not acceptable. Just take the sack, don’t throw the football away.”
Orgeron on the refs reversing an LSU touchdown, the interception after the reversal:
“I thought he had it. Obviously, I thought he had it. They said he didn’t gain possession when he hit the ground. I thought he had it when the ball crossed the goal line, I thought he had it but they aren’t going to listen to me. That was a big turnaround. Then we throw an interception. It was a big turnaround.”
Orgeron on LSU needing better plan moving forward:
“It all starts upfront with the blocking. There’s no room for us to run the football. I think we’ve got to call better plays, I think we have to have a better plan. I was really disappointed in our plan, disappointed in our execution. Look at a guy like Terrace Marshall, look how hard he played. Look at the catches he made. We have to use these guys better. We got to have a better plan.”
With his loss to Texas A&M, LSU falls to 3-4 on the season and is scheduled to host No. 1 Alabama next weekend in Baton Rouge.
LSU brought in that former nfl OC, but he has clearly added nothing to the offense. Ensminger has not done a great job with the play calling either. I expected more out of him this year. At least the defense found a pulse.
Dallas players complained about Linehans offense being predictable, outdated and too conservative before Dallas fired him. Those three qualities are what he brought to LSU.
Yeah but nobody can make Dallas look like an NFL team. Jerra will always be “the man” and a quarter century of crap will continue with his son after Jerra is gone.
I guess you really do miss Joe Brady even though Esminger calls the plays. LOL
Ed will make some changes on his staff soon— some coaches are not getting it done
LSU had better have a better plan…. to replace big Ed. He had that perfect storm season and deserves credit for it. However, he will not be able to sustain dominating teams.
Reminds me of Gene Chizik lightning struck once with cam. Then everything fell apart after he, and Malzahn left.
Every rival is hoping he is Chizik. His recruiting says otherwise.
I’ve been posting that for months on here. Coach Zer-O is Chizik 2.0 but with a Malzahn buyout. LMAO. LSU is going to have to pony up a lot to get rid of Zer-O. Not long after they had to buyout the Mad Hatter. Coach Zer-O not helping his cause with pics with a new lady showing up on the internet in the middle of a divorce. Dumb. As in Zer-O.
He has a national title and all you have is talk. I’ll take the title. You’re used to being without one.
Depending on what the NCAA finds they may not have to pay anything to get rid of him…
Orgeron isn’t getting replaced. I trust some of his assistants are, but we will see. No one expects LSU to have dominating teams every year. You can’t fire every coach that doesn’t lead his team to a national title. That would only leave one coach standing each season.
Interesting. Everybody expects Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State to have dominating teams every year, and they do.
Yet, none of those won the title. Clemson and Ohio State dominate their conference. They don’t dominate the country. Alabama is clearly the dominant team in our conference, but three other programs have won recent conference titles.
Let’s stay on topic about how non-LSU teams don’t nosedive after winning championships, thanks.
Three championships. Who cares what happens in a non championship season. We are having a bad season. Odd that Bama fans would be more concerned than LSU fans. Notice the recruiting rankings? Top three bodes well for the future.
Man I dont know. That’s a heck of a recruiting class O is putting together. This Covid year might as well be a scrimmage type year.
It’s that for us, but several teams certainly still look good this year. The play of Alabama and Florida has been fun to watch.
My son in Arkansas said maybe he was a little hard on the Hogs after losing to LSU. A&M had only one offensive TD. Quite a different look from early on against MSU and Missouri who I dont think would like a rematch right now. So it could be worse.
LSU has two problems; true freshman quarterbacks who are not of the “ahead of the curve” variety, and a defensive coordinator whose time as an elite coach has apparently passed.
It’s weird to see so much defensive talent on the field playing so badly as a unit.
I wholeheartedly agree with that. A total waste of Stingleys talent. Kinda reminds me of when we had Fournette and couldn’t coach the team up around him. Was not a fan of the Bo Pellini retread experiment, unfortunately I think we are stuck with him for 2 more years
Fornette was pretty good in college, but NOT that good. Look at his NFL career. Nothing special at all. On top of lack of production he’s become a distraction for his team. I wouldn’t trade a 6th rounder for him.
I think I should have given Joe Brady and raise and the OC position.