Questions to college football players during fall camp can range widely. What’s the new offense like? How are the freshmen looking? Is your role changing?
But LSU safety John Battle two weeks ago received an unusual one: Are there similarities in the rumblings about Ed Orgeron’s job security and those surrounding Les Miles, before his firing, in 2016?
The Tigers haven’t even kicked off Orgeron’s second full season as head coach but the hot seat talk in Baton Rouge is already brewing. It is worth noting that it's been decades since a Power 5 program fired a head coach after just two years for on-field performance (the closest example is Arkansas parting with Jack Crowe in 1992 after the Razorbacks lost to The Citadel in the opener of Crowe’s third season).