Former Vols coach makes Tennessee-Florida prediction in strange fake press conference
Former Tennessee Vols defensive line coach Ed Orgeron recounted some of his favorite memories as a UT assistant and made a prediction for Tennessee's matchup against Florida this weekend in a strange fake press conference that was posted to Twitter on Thursday. Orgeron, who was an assistant at Tennessee in 2009 under Lane Kiffin, tweeted […]
Former Tennessee Vols defensive line coach Ed Orgeron recounted some of his favorite memories as a UT assistant and made a prediction for Tennessee's matchup against Florida this weekend in a strange fake press conference that was posted to Twitter on Thursday.
Orgeron, who was an assistant at Tennessee in 2009 under Lane Kiffin, tweeted a sponsored video where he takes "questions" from offscreen "reporters". The question showed in the video is about the Tennessee vs Florida game in the Swamp on Saturday night.
"I have great memories from both schools," says Orgeron in the video. "Eating fried chicken with Johnny Majors every Friday, one of the greatest coaches I've ever met. The Vol walk, chicken fried steak at Calhoun's."
Orgeron then told the story of beating Florida in 2017 when he was the head at LSU (and in danger of getting off getting fired after losing to Troy).
The former Vols assistant finished the video by picking Tennessee to beat the Gators in the Swamp on Saturday night.
"So Coach O's pick this week is going to be Tennessee in the Swamp," says Orgeron at the end of the video.
Orgeron doesn't have the best reputation in East Tennessee thanks to the way things went down with Kiffin leaving UT for USC (Orgeron allegedly called early enrollees and told them not to go to class so they could transfer easier), but it doesn't change that he's feeling confident about the Vols' chances in Gainesville this weekend.
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