Ed Orgeron: There isn’t a ‘Plan B’ for LSU

What’s left of the potential for a 2020 college football season became even bleaker on Tuesday.

What’s left of the potential for a 2020 college football season became even bleaker on Tuesday, when the Big Ten announced it would not be playing this year and reports emerged that the PAC-12 would follow suit.

For now, the SEC football season is still on, and Tigers coach Ed Orgeron has his eyes on “moving forward” with his team after guiding last year’s group to a national championship victory.

He says that there is no “Plan B” in place.

“Our players want to play, I do believe the SEC wants to play,” Orgeron said Tuesday. “I do have to give it to our commissioner for waiting to get the most information and making the correct decision for our football team and I do believe he will make that.”

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There have been a number of voices around the SEC and beyond that have been outspoken about wanting the college football season to be played outside of just Orgeron — and it’s a lengthy list that goes all the way up to Donald Trump.

Trump praised Orgeron this week in an interview with Outkick, when he spoke on the football season.

“First of all, those people in that sport are incredible people,” he said. “Some of the coaches like Nick Saban and Coach O (Ed Orgeron), how bout Coach O, he’s central casting. And Lou Holtz is a fantastic friend of mine. So many others. They’re just great people and they want to play football. These people are so powerful and so strong and not lots of body fat, maybe none in some cases and they’re very healthy people. People don’t realize it’s a tiny percentage of people who get sick. They’re old. Especially old people with heart and weight problems.”

“I love President Trump, he treated us very well when we went to the White House and I think he’s doing a fantastic job,” Orgeron said in response.

LSU is currently set to begin the season on Sept. 26 against the Ole Miss Rebels in Tiger Stadium.

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