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LSU coach Ed Orgeron isn’t the same coach he was at Ole Miss
By Adam Spencer
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Ahead of Saturday’s big matchup for the LSU Tigers, coach Ed Orgeron has been fielding a lot of questions about the time he spent as the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels.
Orgeron went 10-25 from 2005 to 2007 as the Rebels’ leader, a mark he’s not proud of.
As Coach O readies his squad for Saturday night’s game against his former school, he told ESPN.com that he’s not the same coach he was back then:
“Look, that was a great opportunity for me,” said Orgeron, who will lead No. 25 LSU (4-2, 2-1 SEC) against No. 23 Ole Miss (3-3, 1-2) on Saturday night (9 p.m. ET, ESPN). “I mean, that’s a good job, and I didn’t do well, and I didn’t like it. I was mad at myself. So, in the five years that I became assistant coach, I said these are the things that I need to change. These are the things that they didn’t work, to be honest.
“You’ve got to look at yourself in the mirror. You can place blame on other people, but nothing’s going to change. I’m the only person that can change me.”
It’s safe to say Coach O won’t be looking back as the Tigers prepare to take on the Rebels this week:
“I don’t have many memories of that place that I want to remember, so I kind of just let it go and then I moved forward,” Orgeron said. “I’m glad to be an LSU Tiger, I’ll tell you that.”
Coach O will square off against his old team at 8 p.m. Central time in Baton Rouge. The game can be seen on ESPN.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
