Twenty-one months after going undefeated, winning a national championship and putting together perhaps the greatest single season in college football history, LSU announced that it had reached an agreement to part ways with Orgeron at the end of this season. Both of the Louisiana natives agreed that it was time for a change and by Sunday, it was official. 9 dropped LSU to 3-3, he met with director of athletics Scott Woodward. After an embarrassing 21-point loss to Kentucky on Oct. Orgeron didn't let on, but the conversations about him stepping down were already underway. Then she paused and lowered her voice: "But there's probably going to be a new coach." "Wait till next year," she whispered to a friend. "Our fans are tired of hearing this," he said, "but we've had great practices."Ī middle-aged woman standing near the bar shook her head. When the embattled head coach walked in for his weekly radio show a few minutes before 7 p.m., he passed a grim reaper among the Halloween decorations in the lobby and received little more than a golf clap.įor the next hour, he spoke about fighting through the losses, through myriad injuries, through all the bad breaks that keep piling up. Some of the waitstaff at TJ Ribs wore shirts with "It's O time" across the front, but there was no escaping the feeling Wednesday night that Ed Orgeron's time at LSU was coming to an end.
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