You’ve heard the saying: About 87,000 people were at Jordan-Hare Stadium for the Kick Six, but three hundred thousand people will tell you they were at Jordan-Hare Stadium for the Kick Six. The same applies to Ed Orgeron’s dramatic transformation over the last four months.
Everyone has always loved Ed Orgeron the person. Not everyone has always loved Ed Orgeron the head coach. This is my most underrated storyline of the college football season: How quickly Orgeron went from a beloved person and widely mocked head coach to beloved person and widely applauded head coach.