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Hes now the head coach, formally taking over for Les Miles, per LSU sources.

LSU officials wanted to meet with Herman officially but did not want to engage in a more protracted hiring process.

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He went 5-2 down the stretch, and all five of his wins were LSU blowouts.

The Tigers two losses were both demoralizing a 10-0 suffocation at home against Alabama, and a last-second defeat on a goal-line stand against Florida.

LSU played better for Orgeron than it did for Miles, setting a few school records on offense along the way.

And by the time LSU was wrapping up a Thanksgiving win against Texas AM, his players were chanting his name in the locker room.

Orgeron ranked as 247Sports No.

No. 5 in 2013. In 2016 as LSUs line coach, he ranked No.

He played his college ball at LSU, briefly, and Northwestern State in Louisiana, and he started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at NSU.

Were gonna tap into that inner source, were gonna get after it, well get the best players in the state to play here, and stop certain people from crossing that line.

But Orgerons a drastically different guy now than he was then.

Orgeron screamed.

Often. At anyone, player or coach, and anywhere, too.

What can we do here Instead of the way I did it at Ole Miss.

Six days later, they set a school record for total yardage in an SEC game, and the offense kept humming against every team that wasnt Alabama or Florida.

LSUs non-Bama, non-UF average points total under Orgeron was 43.4.

Against Bama and UF, it was five.).

The new LSU head coach also knows Sarkisian, another former USC OC whos on staff at Bama as an analyst.

Theres also no question that by itself, its not a reason to hire a football coach.

Even if he were to immediately revert to what we saw at Ole Miss, he would leave behind a talented roster for a successor, and likely offer an easy way out in terms of finances.

Big contracts for Fisher or Tom Herman would leave LSU far more locked in for a certain amount of time due to buyout provisions.

I think weve seen his plan in action over the last two months, and with more time and resources to implement it fully, its a plan that will succeed.

Cant you see him doing it all the time I dont see any reason why not.

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