BATON ROUGE, La. -- Ed Orgeron is lying to us, but it’s a forgivable -- probably even advisable -- lie.
As much as he insists that he isn’t thinking about his future as LSU’s coach, nobody will let him ignore the subject. It would be impossible for anyone to avoid such thoughts, but Orgeron refuses to indulge the questioner each time he’s asked. And he’s asked a lot.
“My mindset is to block it out,” Orgeron said last week. “Obviously the natural thing is to think about it, but I have to block it out and take the day as it is.