Bruce Feldman addresses where Ed Orgeron will land for 2022 season

Now that he’s no longer employed as a college football coach and is collecting plenty of buyout money from LSU, former Tigers’ head man Ed Orgeron’s future plans are unspecified. Does Coach O want to spend more time on the beach in Destin, Florida? Does he perhaps want to join a sports broadcasting network as an analyst for the 2022 season?

To Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, he feels that Orgeron will most likely do some TV work during the 2022 college football season. Joining The Paul Finebaum Show on Thursday, Feldman was asked what he thought was next for Coach O – and the reporter went in-depth on what the former head coach could possibly be doing this coming fall.

“My guess is he is probably going to do TV in some form next year,” Feldman said of Orgeron. “I don’t know if that means he’ll be a colleague of yours at ESPN or where he ends up. I think the thing that will be interesting with him is he has a ton of stories and is obviously a colorful character. I think a lot of times – as you know – in TV, it’s can you tell stories that people remember and how do you feel about you?

“People will say he has this heavy accent, and can’t understand him, and this and that, and how is it going to translate to TV, but some of the better sports analysts – like at FOX is David Ortiz – is not what it sounds like from a news anchor. I think ultimately for Orgeron, it’s probably going to be where does he feel most comfortable and probably what kind of position they put him in.”

If Feldman’s prediction is correct and Orgeron does decide to work in TV, in what capacity could he fit in?

“I don’t see him being any game analyst or anything like that,” Feldman said. “He’ll probably be in somebody’s studio in a pregame or halftime analysis. He can do that for a year, and whether he decides to stay in that or not, it’s going to be interesting to see where he goes after this year.”

Orgeron and LSU agreed on a buyout of $16.95 million, which will pay him in monthly installments through Dec. 2025. He has received two payments so far – one for $5.68 million in December and one for $667,000 in January. He’s scheduled to receive his next payment of $1 million in June.