Ed Orgeron made a mistake.
In LSU’s 27-19 loss at Florida last week, he decided to kick a field goal on fourth and short, rather than go for the first down.
“I was a little pissed with myself for not going for it at Florida,” Orgeron said after Saturday’s 36-16 win over No. 2 Georgia. “We didn’t do a good job with game management there. So I said, ‘Hey, I’m going to go for it.’”
All week, the Tigers planned to be aggressive on fourth downs against the Bulldogs, and it worked. They converted all four of their fourth down conversion attempts, including a fourth and goal touchdown from the one-yard line in the second quarter to put the Tigers up 10-0.