LSU Football: Ed Orgeron makes surprising admission about Tigers’ schedule
By Zach Ragan
LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron made a surprising admission about his team’s 2020 schedule.
One of the best things about LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron is his genuineness.
Coach O is Coach O. He’s true to himself, which means he doesn’t spout off a bunch of nonsensical coach speak. Instead, Orgeron prefers to approach interviews with an appropriate level of candidness (always professional, but also informative).
Despite Coach O’s affection for being candid, it was still a bit surprising to hear his comments on Tuesday about the Tigers’ 2020 schedule.
During an interview with 104.5 in Baton Rouge, Orgeron admitted that LSU’s schedule in 2020 is “very favorable”.
Coach O isn’t wrong, but this still isn’t something you usually hear coaches say. Typically coaches offer some form of “it’s going to be a great challenge”.
Orgeron isn’t wrong about LSU football’s schedule
While I was surprised to hear Orgeron make that comment about LSU’s schedule, he’s definitely not wrong.
The Tigers do have a favorable ten-game conference only schedule in 2020. LSU is playing the eight SEC teams that were already on their schedule, plus matchups against Missouri and Vanderbilt (two “gimme” games).
In addition to the opponents being favorable (as favorable as they can be in the SEC West, at least), the order in which LSU plays their opponents is favorable.
The only “tough” back-to-back matchups the Tigers have in 2020 are against Auburn (October 31) and Alabama (November 14). LSU is fortunate enough to get a bye week between those two games, though.
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LSU will have some work to do in 2020 with a new quarterback and new defensive coordinator. But this schedule certainly gives the Tigers a great chance at making some noise in 2020 — contrary to what the national analysts have been saying this offseason.