Coach O speaks on Notre Dame’s snub, Lane Kiffin, and job status

The College Football Playoff begins Friday and emotions are running high in many fan bases.

Notre Dame was ranked No. 10 in the penultimate CFP rankings but missed the playoffs against both Alabama, which lost its third game, and Miami, which was ranked lower going into championship weekend but beat Notre Dame during the season, and that seemingly took precedence.

Ed Orgeron didn’t have to worry about playoff status as he coached LSU to a championship in the midst of a perfect season in 2019, but he has an idea of ​​who should be in and out this year.

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“I don’t think a three-loss team should be playing for a national championship. Notre Dame should have gotten ahead of Alabama,” Orgeron told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

Given that the playoff is broadcast on ESPN and ABC, the same network with which the SEC has a major media rights deal, Bama is subject to calls for bias and/or collusion.

“The SEC was dominant. But now the Big Ten, the Big 12 are catching up, they’ve had a national champion for a few years now. I don’t know what happened to the SEC and the bias. Do they have a chance to have it? I’m not going to get into that. But I do know this; they’re very strong,” Orgeron added.

The SEC remains strong as Lane Kiffin made a controversial move from Ole Miss to Orgeron’s former LSU. But Orgeron said he made the right move considering Kiffin, his former colleague at Tennessee and USC, had little choice.

Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin (left) and LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron (right) shake hands after the game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. (Petre Thomas/USA TODAY Sports)

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“Look, the timing, when he did it, that’s his choice. But he had to do it at that time to get the job he wanted. The calendar is wrong in college football. I wish there was a rule like in the NFL, where you don’t talk to a coach until his season is over,” Orgeron said.

As for his advice on taking LSU back to the promised land?

“Keep doing what you’re doing. He knows what he’s doing. Recruit, evaluate like he’s doing it. He’s the king of the transfer portal. He’ll be able to dominate the SEC like he used to. Keep doing what you’re doing.”

Orgeron last coached in 2021, but his career is definitely not over. In fact, he hopes to be somewhere soon, potentially even facing Kiffin.

LSU coach Ed Orgeron walks off the field with his team before the NCAA college football game against Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Michael Clubb)

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“We’re in touch with people. I would take a head coaching job, not necessarily a head coaching job. I’ll take a D-line coach or a recruiting coordinator, but the right situation hasn’t come up. I’m in a good position to take the job, I don’t have to take the job, but if the right situation arises I’ll definitely take it and go into coaching. I believe something could open up within the next month and I’ll be coaching again.”

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