BATON ROUGE, La. -- Listen to Ed Orgeron speak for a few sentences, and it will become crystal clear where he's from. Everything about the man screams Louisiana, which is part of the reason fans crammed into a Baton Rouge barbecue restaurant Wednesday to watch Orgeron handle his first call-in show as LSU's interim football coach.
He literally speaks their language. When local attorney Kent DeJean started the Q&A portion of the show by asking Orgeron in Cajun French, "Comment ça va?" ("How are you?") Orgeron naturally knew to respond, "Ça va bien." ("It's going well.")
Nothing against Les Miles, whom Orgeron replaced Sunday.