They came to celebrate Ed Orgeron. More than a thousand of what he terms, “his people.” Cajuns, like him, from the bayou, right on the edge of where dry land meets the Gulf of Mexico.
It just so happened to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the state championship football team Orgeron played offensive and defensive line on at South Lafourche High School in 1977 so what better time to honor the local boy done good, now, perhaps, the most recognizable figure in the state as the head coach of the Tigers.
They retired his high school jersey.