Ed Orgeron explains how losing to Texas A&M changed LSU’s practice schedule
By Keith Farner
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In a marathon seven-overtime game, running different plays is a chore, and LSU even admitted that the Tigers ran out of two-point conversion plays last year in the loss to Texas A&M game. That changed in the offseason, coach Ed Orgeron admitted on Monday.
“Coach (Steve) Ensminger was on the head-set, ‘Anybody got a two-point play,’ Orgeron said. “In fact, because of that game, I put a period in on every Thursday, two-point plays and trick plays. So we practice two-point plays.”
Orgeron even added that LSU coaches looked for additional two-point plays from NFL teams and the Alliance of American Football, the now defunct spring league.
“That spring league they had, there was a lot of nice little trick plays and stuff like that,” he said. “So we have a repertoire now that we have enough, if we get in a battle that we’re going to be ready.”
There’s no doubt that LSU is uniquely motivated in this game because of how last year’s meeting ended.
“Internal motivation is always good, regardless of where you get it,” Orgeron said. “These guys will be internally motivated to play well in this game, I know they will. But they also understand that that doesn’t win games. You can have to go out there and perform. You have to take care of the football, take care of your fundamentals and execute. We’re going to be sky high, but we can’t be too high to where we committing a bunch of penalties an all that stuff. It’s going to be an emotional game because of what happened last year, because of where we’re at, we’re 11-0, we want to finish the season undefeated.”
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
