LSU’S ED ORGERON NAMED EDDIE ROBINSON COACH OF THE YEAR
BATON ROUGE – Ed Orgeron picked up another national award on Friday as the LSU head coach has been named the recipient of the 2019 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, the Football Writers Association of America along with the Sugar Bowl announced.
Selected by the Football Writers Association of America, Orgeron will be honored on the evening of Saturday, Jan. 11, during a reception in New Orleans, two days before the CFP National Championship at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Orgeron had previously been named as the Home Depot National Coach of the Year, the AP National Coach of the Year as well as the SEC Coach of the Year.
Orgeron has led LSU one of the most dominant seasons in college football history, beating five teams ranked in the Top 10 and outscoring opponents 621-275. The 13-0 and top-ranked Tigers face fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the CFP National Semifinals next Saturday in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
Under Orgeron in 2019, LSU features the most explosive offense in college football and has re-written nearly every offensive record in school history. LSU leads the nation in total offense with 554.3 yards per game and the Tigers are No. 2 nationally in passing yards per game (386.8) and No. 3 in points per game (47.8)
The Tigers have won 10 of their 13 games by double-digits, which includes a 37-10 victory over then-No. 4 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The win over Georgia sent the Tigers to their first conference title since 2011.
Behind the play of Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Joe Burrow and Biletnikoff Award winner Ja’Marr Chase, LSU has scored 40 or more points 10 times in 2019 with six of those games seeing the Tigers go over the 50-point mark.
Burrow is the SEC record holder for passing yards (4,715) and passing TDs (48) in a season, while Chase is currently tied for the SEC record for touchdown receptions in a season with 18. LSU is the first team in SEC history to feature a 4,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season.
Orgeron will receive the iconic bust of another Louisiana native, the late Robinson, a College Football Hall of Fame coach at Grambling State University for 55 years and winner of 408 career games. Orgeron is from Larose in south Louisiana. Robinson was born in Jackson, in the northern part of the state, but later attended high school in Baton Rouge.
“Coach Orgeron is an incredibly deserving winner of this prestigious honor,” 2019 FWAA President Matt Fortuna said. “From the ways he has reinvented his program on and off the field, to the bonds he has formed with his players, it is easy to see how he has led LSU to a No. 1 ranking this season. (LSU quarterback) Joe Burrow’s Heisman speech alone made me want to run through a brick wall for Coach O.”
Orgeron becomes the third LSU coach to collect the FWAA Coach of the Year Award. Paul Dietzel claimed it in 1958, a year in which the Tigers won the national title and beat Clemson in the Sugar Bowl at the old Tulane Stadium. The other LSU wining coach was Nick Saban, who led the Tigers to the national title in 2003, when LSU beat Oklahoma, 21-14 in the Bowl Championship Series, in the Sugar Bowl at the Superdome.
Orgeron is now one of four different Southeastern Conference coaches to win the FWAA honor since Robinson became the namesake in 1997, the year the legendary coach retired from coaching. The others were Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer in 1998; Saban in 2003 at LSU and again in ’08 at Alabama; and Gus Malzahn at Auburn in 2013.
“Coach Ed Orgeron and the LSU Tigers’ impressive 13-0 regular season record is a testament to Coach O’s relentless leadership and guidance of one of college football’s most storied programs,” said Eddie Robinson III, grandson of the legendary coach. “Congratulations Coach Orgeron from the Robinson Family on winning the 2019 ‘Eddie Robinson Award!”
LSU Joe Burrow touched thanks: Ed Orgeron after winning 2019 Heisman Trophy| Heisman Trophy Ceremony
Hanging with the LSU Students in the Student Section
Week 12 is gonna get complicated in CFB, would if Alabama,Ohio State,and Utah losses.
The last week of the college football season is coming up and we have a very dramatized final week. Oregon just made things complicated losing to Arizona State 31-28, Alabama is only favorite by 3.5 vs Auburn, I see Auburn beating Alabama since its a rivalry game and Alabama is definitely out of the playoffs. Things are gonna get really crazy if Michigan upsets Ohio State, and Michigan has been playing really well in the big house, they have found their offense. Also Georgia escaped a loss from Texas AM, when AM went to uptempo offense Georgia secondary could not keep up, and when LSU plays Georgia in Atlanta for the SEC Title Game, Joe Burrow who has thrown over 4,000 yards will pick a part the Georgia secondary that game is already over. SEC Network Laura Rutledge thinks Georgia is in the drivers seat, hey Laura what do you think of Georgia offense now…..
LSU’S CHASE NAMED SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BATON ROUGE – LSU’s record-setting wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has been selected as the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the 58-37 win over Ole Miss on Saturday in Oxford, the league office announced on Monday.
Chase, a sophomore from Rummel High School in Metairie, La., became LSU’s single-season leader in touchdown receptions on Saturday with 13, moving past Dwayne Bowe, who had held the previous mark of 12 since 2006.
Chase was part of an LSU offense that racked up 714 total yards against the Rebels, which is the second-highest total in school history and the most ever for the Tigers in a conference game. The 714 yards also ranks as the third-highest total in league history in a game featuring two SEC teams.
Against Ole Miss, Chase hauled in eight passes for 227 yards and three touchdowns. All eight of his catches against the Rebels resulted in a first down and/or a touchdown. He also became the first player in LSU history with two 200-yard receiving games during the regular season. His 227 receiving yards was two shy of his career best and ranks as the fifth-highest single-game total in LSU history.
Earlier this year, Chase had 229 yards receiving and four TDs in the win over Vanderbilt.
Chase scored on passing plays of 34, 51 and 61 yards as he averaged 28.4 yards a catch against Ole Miss. It marked the fifth time in six SEC games that he’s topped the 100-yard mark. Chase currently leads the SEC in receiving TDs (13), yards (1,116) and yards per game (124.0).
The SEC Player of the Week honor is the first of Chase’s career and marks the seventh time this year the Tigers have been awarded offensive player of the week honors by the league. Last week, quarterback Joe Burrow and Clyde Edwards-Helaire shared SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors for their play in the win over Alabama.
LSU returns to action on Saturday, hosting Arkansas at 6 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. A limited number of tickets remain for the contest and they can be purchased at www.LSUtix.net.
LSU’S CHASE AND JEFFERSON NAMED SEMIFINALISTS FOR BILETNIKOFF AWARD
BATON ROUGE – LSU wide receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson have been selected as two of the 12 semifinalists for the 2019 Biletnikoff Award, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced on Monday.
The Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the outstanding receiver at any position in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Any player that catches a pass is eligible for the award.
Former Tiger standout Josh Reed won the Biletnikoff Award in 2001 after setting LSU single-season records for receptions (94) and receiving yards (1,740) in leading the Tigers to the 2001 SEC Championship.
Chase, who set the LSU single-season record for touchdown receptions with his 13th on Saturday against Ole Miss, leads the SEC in yards per game (124.4) and TDs (13). In nine games, Chase has caught 57 passes for 1,116 yards.
Chase is also the first player in LSU history to have two 200-yard receiving games during the regular season. Chase had 229 receiving yards and four TDs in the win over Vanderbilt and then followed that with 228 yards and three touchdowns against Ole Miss.
Jefferson currently leads the SEC in receptions per game (7.1) and he’s second in the league in TD receptions (11) and third in the conference in receiving yards per game (101.1). In 10 games, Jefferson has caught 71 passes for 1,010 yards and 11 scores.
Chase and Jefferson are only the second wide receiver combination in LSU history and the fourth in the history of the SEC to have 1,000 yards receiving in the same season. They join and elite list that includes Jarvis Landry (1,193) and Odell Beckham Jr. (1,152) in 2013 along with Florida’s Chris Doering (1,045) and Ike Hilliard (1,008) in 1995 and Jabar Gaffney (1,079) and Reche Caldwell (1,059) in 2001.
The 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner will be named live on December 12, 2019, at the College Football Hall of Fame on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Atlanta.
2019 Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist
Player School
Ja’Marr Chase LSU
Justin Jefferson LSU
Rashod Bateman Minnesota
Omar Bayless Arkansas State
Antonio Gandy-Golden Liberty
Isaiah Hodgins Oregon State
Jerry Jeudy Alabama
CeeDee Lamb Oklahoma
Michael Pittman Jr. USC
James Proche SMU
Devonta Smith Alabama
Sage Suratt Wake Forest
LSU’S BURROW AND EDWARDS-HELAIRE SHARE SEC PLAYER OF WEEK HONORS
BATON ROUGE – LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire have been selected as Southeastern Conference Offensive Players of the Week for their performance in the 46-41 win over third-ranked Alabama on Saturday, the league office announced on Monday.
The honor is the fifth of the year for Burrow, and seventh of his career with the Tigers, while Edwards-Helaire was honored for the first time.
It’s also just the third time players from the same team have shared SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors since the league established the weekly player of the week honors in 1985. The last time it happened came in 1991 when Tennessee quarterback Andy Kelly and wide receiver Carl Pickens shared the honor. The only other time it’s happened came in 1986 when LSU’s Tommy Hodson and Wendell Davis shared the award for their performance in the win over Notre Dame.
Burrow, who is now 19-3 as LSU’s starting quarterback, completed 31-of-39 passes for 393 yards and three touchdowns in the win. The victory was LSU’s fourth over a Top 10 opponent this year and it marked the eighth time in two years that Burrow has led the Tigers to a win over a team ranked in the Top 10, which is the most for any quarterback in school history.
Burrow added 64 rushing yards to finish with 457 yards of total offense, the third-highest total in school history. His 31 completions tied a career-best and ranks No. 3 in school history. He also extended his school-record for passing TDs in a season to 33 and became the fourth player in LSU history to pass for 3,000 yards in a season.
Edwards-Helaire rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns and caught nine passes for 77 yards and a score in the victory. He finished with 199 all-purpose yards and he’s now rushed for 100 or more yards in four of LSU’s five league games.
His 13-yard TD reception with six seconds left in the first half gave the Tigers a 33-13 lead at halftime. Edwards-Helaire added TD runs of 1 and 5 yards in the fourth quarter with the later pushing the LSU lead to 46-34 with 1:37 left to play.
Edwards-Helaire averaged 5.2 yards per carry as he became the first player to score four TDs in a game against Alabama since 2007. He accounted for a combined 14 first downs/TDs in the contest and he touched the ball nine times (out of 23 LSU offensive plays) in the fourth quarter.
LSU’s 46 points were the most by the Tigers in the 84-game series with Alabama and it’s also most scored against the Crimson Tide in regulation in Bryant-Denny Stadium history.
Mike Dettilier predicts LSU WIN ! “I think LSU wins the game. They match up better up front.”
I remember in the 80’s when EF Hutton talks everyone listens, when Mike Detillier says something its pretty much well taken of whats gonna happen in the football field. Last year before all the hype of LSU beating Alabama, Detillier said LSU had no chance whatsoever, and LSU lost to Alabama 29-0, not even scoring any points. LSU has scored 10 points versus ALabama in the last 3 years, that will change come saturday. The odds makers are predicting a 34-31 game, I favor LSU will win it with a last second field goal like they did against Auburn last year in Jordan Hare. Last time LSU beat Auburn at Jordan Hare was 2012 before last year. As we know LSU hasn’t beaten Alabama since 2011 in the first meeting in the Game of the Century where LSU pulled out a victory in Overtime 9-6.
Tomorrow will be a fantastic offensive show, if Tua has to sit out a few series because he is not 100% and Alabama puts in Mac Jones, they could fall behind to LSU by 14 points. LSU key of winning the game is to take the lead and keep it, and let Alabama play catch up. According to Mike Detillier, LSU front Oline will push around Alabama’s young DLine and that will be success to LSU;’s victory, and don’t give LSU qb Joe Burrow time to throw in the pocket because its gonna be a long day for the Tide.
Mike Detillier is the editor and publisher of Mike Detillier’s NFL Draft Report. Since 1985, Mike has done scouting and research on the top college football players available for the annual pro draft.
For the past two decades, Mike has been the college and pro football analyst for WWL 870 AM Radio in New Orleans. He reports on all areas of the college and pro football world and co-hosts the popular Monday Night Second Guess Show. Mike was first teamed up with legendary New Orleans sportscaster Buddy Diliberto and now co-hosts the show with former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert. He also has been part of the New Orleans Saints Sunday morning pregame show for the network.
A good conversation to Game 6, Astros vs Yankees
I want to give a shout out to my new friends from Houston Texas, Shay and friends, what a fun conversation driving them to Game 6 Astros vs Yankees. The conversation was about fantasy football, college and NFL. Have fun at the game my friends, like I said before Baltimore will do well in Seattle and Detroit should have a big day at home, of course we know Buffalo is gonna pound the Dolphins, so if you are playing fan duel or draft kings Buffalo’s defense will give you plenty of points, with a bad Dolphins offense on the road. I can always be reach for more advice and pics, dailycollegefootball@gmail.com or dailycollegebal at Twitter.