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Oklahoma football: Culture change for OU defense is similar to that of LSU offense

ATLANTA – Ed Orgeron gives the Oklahoma defense the highest compliment possible. He compares the Sooner defensive transformation to his LSU offensive change.

The Louisiana State coach doesn’t know how Alex Grinch has turned the Sooners from worst-in-the-Big 12 to something you can stand to live with. But Orgeron figures it’s not so much different from what happened in Baton Rouge.

“Just like us on offense, it probably started in the meeting rooms,” Orgeron said Thursday at Peach Bowl Media Day. “It probably started with an attitude. It probably started about the way we walk through stuff, the way we do everything.