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Texas A&M Football: 3 implications of Ed Orgeron leaving LSU

By Jack Williams

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 13: Head Coach Ed Orgeron of the LSU Tigers coaches from the sidelines against the Clemson Tigers during the College Football Playoff National Championship held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 13: Head Coach Ed Orgeron of the LSU Tigers coaches from the sidelines against the Clemson Tigers during the College Football Playoff National Championship held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images) /
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The news struck the SEC this week that LSU head coach Ed Orgeron was (sort of) fired, as the Tigers announced that their National Championship-winning leader would leave after this season. This doesn’t directly impact the Texas A&M football team, but there are a few implications that go along with Orgeron leaving his post.

LSU, after all, is in the SEC West, the same division as the Aggies. The Tigers currently have the same conference record at 2-2, and despite a ranked win this past weekend, Orgeron couldn’t hold onto his job.

But how does this affect the Texas Aggies?

Implication No. 1: The Texas A&M football team’s matchup against the LSU Tigers just got a bit trickier

This is a strange situation for everybody involved. Ed Orgeron won a national championship at LSU just a couple of seasons ago and it wasn’t a fluke. That season’s LSU team could make the argument for the greatest college football team of all time.

In that year, they beat six top ten teams, four of which they defeated by at least two touchdowns.

21 months later, that same head coach is fired the weekend after defeating a talented, ranked Florida team. The weird thing here is that Orgeron was never really a bad head coach. He still has some gas left in the tank, even after the firing.

Unfortunately for Texas A&M, they’ll be the last team that Orgeron faces as head coach of the LSU Tigers. I’m not saying LSU will turn back into the 2019 squad and destroy the Aggies — I’m simply stating that this will be an emotional game for the soon-to-be-fired head coach.