WATCH: Brad Nessler makes hilarious fourth-down call at Ed Orgeron's expense
Early on in the LSU-Ole Miss game, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron was ready to roll the dice. In the first quarter, on a fourth and goal attempt from the three-yard line, Orgeron had no problem making the decision to go for the touchdown instead of kicking the field goal, with his team up 7-0 in the game.
CBS play-by-play announcer Brad Nessler chimed in right as LSU snapped the ball and said, “What are they going to do fire me?”
Below is the call on CBS sports.
Nessler was joking about LSU head coach Ed Orgeron, who has already been handed his pink slip by the school. Not only will he leave, but he’ll also leave with over $16 million more in his pocket.
He will coach the LSU football team until the end of the 2021-2022 season, but this year will be his final with the program, the school announced on Sunday evening.
On the play above, LSU quarterback Max Johnson rolled to his left and threw an interception to Ole Miss defensive back Tysheem Johnson. The roll of the dice by Orgeron, didn’t pay off, unfortunately for LSU fans.
Ed Orgeron
Orgeron boasts a 46-17 record in six seasons at the helm of LSU, and he won a national championship in 2019 — a season in which the Tigers finished 15-0 and put together arguably the greatest season in college football history.
21 months later, the two have agreed to part ways. Since the national championship victory over Clemson, Orgeron’s 9-8 record hardly puts him above .500.
Negotiations between Orgeron and LSU began last week, before the Tigers pulled off an unexpected 49-42 upset over No. 20 Florida on Saturday.
Sports Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger broke down a few of the reasons for the firing on Twitter, “A strained relationship between coach and administration — rooted in team management & public/private behavior — has warped into an untenable situation, distrust & outbursts.”
After going just 5-5 in last year’s COVID-abbreviated season, Orgeron was named in a Title IX lawsuit about allegedly mishandling a rape allegation, igniting conflict off the field at LSU. An amended lawsuit named Orgeron as a defendant in the case, and it accused Orgeron of not reporting the alleged rape of a former student, despite his knowledge of the situation.
The former head coach at Ole Miss
Orgeron’s tenure as the head coach at Ole Miss (2005-2007) was unbelievably bad. He only won 10 games total in three years with the Ole Miss Rebels. Not only that, in 2007, the Rebels went 0-8 against SEC teams and 3-9 overall. It was the school’s first season that they hadn’t won a single SEC game since 1982.
On3’s James Fletcher III also contributed to this report.