Jaw Punches, Red Bull Chugs & Helmet Snaps: What It's Like to Play for LSU's Orgeron
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Eleven a.m. kickoffs stink. Tailgating becomes breakfast and player pregame routines are condensed into the time they'd rather be relaxing.
They're rare at LSU, famous for its night games. All but three were played in the evening last year with one 11 a.m. tucked in Nov. 11 against Arkansas. A handful of former Tigers recalled the locker room scene that preceded that brunch in Baton Rouge.
Ed Orgeron got primal before that morning game.
"He walked in there and said it's time to set your jaw," said former Tiger offensive lineman K.J. Malone. "And started punching himself in the jaw."