The 2019 LSU team has gone down as one of the best in college football history. Led by Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, the Tigers went a perfect 15-0 with seven wins over top-25 opponents (by an average of 15.4 points). LSU completely tore through the College Football Playoff and won its fourth National Championship […]
The 2019 LSU team has gone down as one of the best in college football history.
Led by Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, the Tigers went a perfect 15-0 with seven wins over top-25 opponents (by an average of 15.4 points). LSU completely tore through the College Football Playoff and won its fourth National Championship in program history.
The national title win was especially personal for head coach Ed Orgeron, who was a career assistant coach (other than a brief head coaching stint at Ole Miss) before taking over as the head coach at LSU in 2016. Orgeron was born and raised in Larose, LA and took pride in bringing glory to his state.
“I felt like we were kings of the country,” Orgeron said on the Aug. 18 edition of Pardon My Take. “Everybody loved us and a lot of people were supporting us. The next day, I saw you guys (Pardon My Take crew) and I was the one that went to bed a little bit early. We had a press conference and you know we’re going home. I was raised out in the Bayou where people caught shrimp for a living. Great people.”
“When we were going down highway 30 and took the back roads, the people working in the refinery were screaming ‘Go Tigers!’ That was one of my biggest moments to see all those people satisfied. When you become the head coach at LSU, you’ve got to understand this. On Saturday night, for 3-4 hours, everybody in that state is cheering for the Tigers. If you win, they’re happy. If you don’t, they’re mad as hell at you.”
LSU opened play in the College Football Playoff with a dominant 63-28 win over Oklahoma, in which Burrow passed for seven touchdowns in the first half. It then downed Trevor Lawrence and Clemson 42-25 in the National Championship, securing the major win for the state of Louisiana.
“I’ll say this… with Joe (Burrow) I think we could beat anybody,” Orgeron responded when asked if he thinks that was the greatest college football team ever. “You hear comparisons here and there and you know what my answer is… it’s gotta be won on the field. Now they’ve had some other great teams, but I believe with Joe and the team we had we could’ve beat anybody we played that year.”
After disappointing 2020 and 2021 seasons, Orgeron and the program agreed to mutually part ways. However, you can never take away the title of “National Championship winning coach” from Coach O.
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