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What Ed Orgeron said after LSU’s dominant win over Chattanooga
By Cody McClure
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LSU cruised to a 45-10 win in its home opener against Chattanooga on Saturday.
The Tigers moved to 2-0 with the victory and have only given up one offensive touchdown thus far in the 2017 season.
Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron was “pleased” with the win, but knows his team has a long way to go.
Here are a few of his post-game comments:
Ed Orgeron, post-game: “Pleased with the win. We need to get better in a hurry.”#LSU
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 10, 2017
He commented on the Tigers’ excessive amount of penalties in the first half.
Orgeron calls the 10 first-half penalties “unacceptable.” #LSU
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 10, 2017
Orgeron: “Only had one penalty in the second half. Challenged our guys at halftime.”#LSU
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 10, 2017
Orgeron also noted that the Tigers could be making a change at kicker. He reportedly said LSU went for it on fourth down because he lacked confidence in the kicking game.
Orgeron says he’ll open up place kicker competition in opening statement. #LSU
— Mike Gegenheimer (@Mike_Gegs) September 10, 2017
Orgeron says he’s “very concerned” by place kicking. “Maybe Arden can come back next week to kick a field goal.” #LSU
— Mike Gegenheimer (@Mike_Gegs) September 10, 2017
On the secondary and creating turnovers:
Orgeron on #LSU DB’s INTs: “Played tight man coverage. We’ve preached all camp about turnovers and turnover margin.”
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 10, 2017
Orgeron says #LSU studied teams like Washington last season to improve turnover margin.
— Mike Gegenheimer (@Mike_Gegs) September 10, 2017
Orgeron said the Tigers are a bit limited in what they can do at receiver.
Orgeron said he’d like to go four wide on offense but lack of depth at WR limits ability to do so. #LSU
— Mike Gegenheimer (@Mike_Gegs) September 10, 2017
He noted that next week will be a “tough week” of practice, and said LSU won’t spend much time celebrating the win over Chattanooga.
Orgeron: “Put this one away. On to Mississippi State.” #LSU
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) September 10, 2017
The Tigers head coach has liked what he’s seen so far from his quarterback.
Orgeron says in his postgame presser that he feels like #LSU QB Danny Etling is a “different player” so far this year.
— Harrison Valentine (@HValentineLSU) September 10, 2017
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
