Ed Orgeron Had Nick Saban “Scratching His Head” With an Unexpected Alabama Move
During his time at LSU, Ed Orgeron matched Nick Saban’s legacy in Baton Rouge by winning a national championship in 2019. The campaign saw the Tigers travel to Tuscaloosa to take on the Tide. As per Orgeron, Saban was taken aback by what LSU’s passing game coordinator Joe Brady had in store for him.
“One of my favorite times [Alabama game] besides the one at Clemson,” Ed Orgeron said on the Pardon My Take podcast as he revealed how LSU overpowered Alabama. “On Thursday night, coaches go home; we wore out and go home at six o’clock, not Joe Brady. ” “Joe Brady is gonna sit in there, and he’s gonna watch every NFL touchdown in the red zone and study it and come up with maybe an extra game plan.
And I got to work about six o’clock that morning, and Joe was leaving the office, and this is all he told me. ‘Coach. I got him,” said Coach O.
The No. 3 LSU took down No. 2 Alabama to snap the latter’s eight-game winning streak over the Tigers.
The loss also ended Alabama’s 31-game unbeaten run at home. In the first half of the game, the Joe Burrow-led offense simply overpowered the Tide. One play, in particular, got Edgeron hyped.