To the bewilderment of college football fans, an unexpected guest gave a pep talk to Notre Dame’s squad.
The team’s Twitter page shared a clip of Ed Orgeron speaking to the Fighting Irish players. LSU’s former head coach told the group that they’re capable of bringing home the program’s first national title since 1988.
“Some of the best players in the country are right here in this room,” Orgeron said. “I don’t know when it’s going to happen, but with this staff and this team, you’re gonna win it all.”
“I don’t know when it’s going to happen, but with this staff and this team, you’re gonna 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.”@Coach_EdOrgeron | #GoIrish pic.twitter.com/0R80IVxEpz
— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) April 12, 2022
Fans couldn’t shake the oddity of the former Tigers coach motivating a school whose former head coach, Brian Kelly, left to take Orgeron’s old job in Death Valley. Some even wondered if that’s what led him to South Bend.
Rewind to January 10, 2020. I’m sure we all had Brian Kelly as the head coach at LSU and Ed Orgeron as the motivational guest speaker at Notre Dame 28 months later https://t.co/abo2EKzWMU
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 12, 2022
Not even gonna lie, this is odd to watch https://t.co/abxCKRmxtX
— Brooke Kirchhofer (@brookechesney) April 12, 2022
Of all the crossover episodes on all the networks, this one is absolutely the weirdest https://t.co/E0e44mXHZT
— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) April 12, 2022
Ed Orgeron basically subtweeting Brian Kelly https://t.co/rxuh2sgOqK
— Tyler Englander (@TylerEnglander) April 12, 2022
This is a shot at Brian Kelly and no one can tell me otherwise lol https://t.co/3bmDdeWEMJ
— Miles Garrett (@MilesGarrettTV) April 12, 2022
That’s a fun theory, but Steven Godfrey offered a more reasonable explanation. Notre Dame’s new head coach, Marcus Freeman, impressed Orgeron enough to get offered LSU’s defensive coordinator position before joining Cincinnati’s coaching staff.
For those of you wondering how this happened – O heavily recruited Freeman to LSU as DC, they know each other. https://t.co/VQhqRaPPbg
— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) April 12, 2022
Of course, Orgeron’s voice takes center stage whenever he speaks. One fan made light of Kelly adapting a Southern accent after moving to Louisiana.
he should’ve somehow affected a midwestern accent for this https://t.co/hw88sm2GZu
— katie dzwierzynski (@kdzwierzynski) April 12, 2022
Now that would have made this the strangest video ever.
Notre Dame has notched double-digit victories in each of the last five seasons, but the Fighting Irish have yet to win a College Football Playoff game in two tries. Orgeron believes that could change soon.
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