Troy football better than rock bottom

by

Scott Shelton

Sports Editor

The LSU Tigers completed a dream season by winning the SEC Championship, the National Championship and the Heisman trophy in the same season.

The road to this point has been a magical one for LSU, its star quarterback, Joe Burrow, and especially its head coach, Ed Orgeron. Everything seemed to fall into place for their championship season.

Before Monday night’s championship game against Clemson, Orgeron was asked what was the turning point in LSU’s football program to get the Tigers to this point.

“I do believe the loss to Troy was a turning point in our program,” Orgeron said. “It helped us realize what we had to get done, what we had to do as a coaching staff, as…