LSU Football Coach Ed Orgeron has hired former Rams head coach Scott Linehan to be the Tigers new passing game coordinator. Linehan has also been a former offensive coordinator in Dallas, Minnesota, Miami, and Detroit. Tiger Rag Editor Ron Higgins says it’s an interesting hire.
“The guy didn’t have a lot of success as an offensive coordinator, hasn’t coached in college in nearly 20 years,” said Higgins.
Orgeron told a Baton Rouge radio station that Linehan and offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger will be a great combination with the former NFL coach helping with third-down and red zone game planning.
Higgins says most of Coach O’s coaching hires have worked, so we’ll have to wait to see if Linehan can help keep LSU’s offense humming along.
“I’m just interested to see how the dynamic between him and Ensminger work, but also interested to see him recruit because a lot of guys in the pros never want to go back because he’ll have to recruit,” said Higgins.
Linehan reportedly agreed to a two-year, 800-thousand dollar contract that will need approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors.
LSU football will kick-off the 2022 and 2023 seasons by facing Florida State. The 2022 season opener will take place in the Superdome in New Orleans and the following year the two teams will meet in Orlando. Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says they’ve spent about two years trying to put this game together.
“Ultimately we got everybody together on the same page and we were able to pull it off,” said Hundley. “It basically amounts to a home-and-home series at somewhat neutral sites.”
Hundley says each school will be given 30,000 tickets that they can sell to their fans and that number could go up depending on demand. He says they expect FSU fans will be excited to spend Labor Day weekend in New Orleans and they know LSU fans will be there.
“We ought to have a full house,” said Hundley.
Hundley says the game in New Orleans and Orlando will be played on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend at the request of TV.
“It’s a great time slot for us, unopposed. so we’ll definitely have the national spotlight on the game that night,” said Hundley.
A kick-off time or which TV network will televise the game has yet to be decided.
