While most college football programs would be happy to finish 9-4 or 10-3, which were the results for the LSU Tigers over the last two seasons, the expectations for the SEC powerhouse are always very high. The Tigers last won a national championship in 2019 and have produced two Heisman winners in the past decade.
Since his arrival ahead of the 2022 college football season, head coach Brian Kelly has compiled a 29-11 record, but that still may not be good enough for the decision-makers inside this program.
Former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron appeared on “XL Primetime” to discuss LSU football and the lofty expectations that are likely weighing upon Kelly.
Expectations at LSU are No. 1 or nothing! I mean, that’s it! LSU expects you to win the national championship. They don’t expect you to win it every year, but Coach Saban won it in his third year, Les Miles won it in his third year, and I won it in my third year.
“I think (Kelly) has a really good team, a really good quarterback in Garrett Nussmeier. He’s got a tough opener in Clemson. The expectations bring on a lot of pressure, especially when you haven’t won a championship yet. The pressure there is to win a championship.”
Orgeron began at LSU before the 2015 season as the team’s defensive line coach. He was named the interim head coach after Miles was fired early in the 2016 season. In Orgeron’s third full season as the team’s head coach, he led the Tigers to a perfect 15-0 record and secured LSU’s fourth national championship.
