No. 12 LSU won at No. 7 Auburn on Saturday, 22-21, on a last-second field goal. In the locker room afterward, Ed Orgeron gave a wondrous victory speech to his players:
Ed Orgeron just delivered a beautiful victory speech after beating Auburn
Coach O was very excited about beating Auburn, you see.
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A partial transcript of Orgeron’s remarks is below:
‘Fuck them’ is right. Yeahhhhhhh!
The video appeared to come from a player’s Snapchat or Instagram. It probably wasn’t Orgeron’s greatest desire that it be made public. Whatever.
Orgeron always comes off as a pretty fiery dude, but he looked more hopped-up than usual (understandably so) in the immediate aftermath of this win. When Cole Tracey put through the winning kick at the buzzer, Orgeron looked first like he was going to fight the police officer assigned to guard him, but then like he was going to hug him and be friends.
He was also really emotional in his on-field interview with CBS:
He could barely contain his smile, and he had no reason to.
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