The Legend of Coach O

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🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Bring up LSU Coach Ed Orgeron, and someone is bound to say "Geaux Tigers!" in his often-imitated, never duplicated voice, all gravel and grit. It seems like destiny that Coach O would lead the purple and gold, but his career has been full of twists and turns. Ahead of the National Championship Game, ESPN's David Hale tells us the legend of this bayou man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why this much emotion, coach?
0:03.2	Well, it's such a big game.
0:04.3	They beat us for eight years.
0:05.3	We got tired of hearing their stuff, man.
0:07.2	I mean, it was time.
0:08.5	I told the team tonight, we draw the line.
0:10.9	We had enough.
0:11.7	Here we come.
0:14.3	If you follow college football, you probably know that voice.
0:18.4	It belongs to a guy who's loud and tough and might be more suited
0:23.3	for his job than anyone in America. LSU head coach Ed Ogeron. Today, ahead of Monday's
0:31.8	National Championship game against Clemson, we tell the story of a man who seems like he was
0:37.1	built in a lab to coach football in
0:38.9	Louisiana. And why? Despite that, it's actually surprising that he ended up there at all. I'm
0:46.5	Minikheims. It's Friday, January 10th. This is ESPN Daily, presented by Dell Small Business.
0:57.0	David, how's it going?
0:59.0	It is going quite well, Mina. Thank you for having me.
1:01.8	David Hale writes about college football for ESPN.
1:05.3	So your story is about coach Ed Ogeron, really the legend of coach Ed Ogeron. But I want to start by talking to
1:13.2	you about perhaps his most noteworthy characteristic, which is, of course, his voice.
1:21.2	To get to where you want to go, it seemed like you have to go undefeated. You have to beat Alabama.
1:25.7	You have to keep on going. And then you have to win the SEC championship.
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