Coach O

The 2019 LSU Tigers are the best college football team of all time

With Joe [Burrow], I think we could beat anybody. It's gotta be won on the field. Now they've had some other great teams, but I do believe with Joe and the team that we had, we could've beat anybody we played that year... I'd put the LSU team in front of everybody.

Arch Manning is as close to—or maybe even better than—Joe Burrow

Arch [Manning] is as close to or maybe as good as Joe [Burrow] as I've seen. Really. And I've never said that about anybody. I watched his practice, and I'll say this conservatively... Arch is the real deal.

Joe Burrow is the smartest football player I have ever been around

Joe was the smartest guy in the room. He was the smartest football player I have ever been around. He studies, he's consistent. He has one goal in mind, us to be great.

LSU's 15-0 season in 2019 is unbeatable; teams can only hope to match it

Being a boy from Louisiana and always want to win the championship for the people in Louisiana... it was a special night for the state of Louisiana. Think about this, man, 15 and 0. They... all they can do is try to match it. Good luck.

I have no regrets about the 'sissy blue shirts' comment to the UCLA fan

No, not at all, not at all. You know, that's something that... that's a long going thing. But at UCLA, I used to sit at UCLA a long time ago, back in 1999 when I was there. I was walking in there and the fan provoked me and I was just joking with him, you know, about the sissy blue shirts. Well, they did what? They bought them. I got to give them credit.

Derek Stingley Jr. is as talented as Patrick Peterson

Derek's the most talented corner I've seen in a long time... [Corey Raymond] said he was as good as Patrick Peterson. And those guys that have been around Patrick, I love Patrick... we all believe that Derek could be a great all-pro player.

Joe Burrow will be a championship quarterback in the NFL

Joe's gonna get a Supporting Cast will be a championship quarterback. No doubt. Yeah, you know the harder you hit Joe Duffy gets yeah, you know, you know, he's taking some hits for us and that Fiesta Bowl he took you know, I don't know if you'll get out of going for miles to come in he goes, he's one more unexpected of word know about you know, yeah. He just started on that ignites it

I can still bench 315 pounds once my rotator cuff is fixed

I've got a torn rotator cuff the last two years and I can only close bit dumbbell, press that's it. I can't miss Preston more has been about two years. So maybe I can get it fixed. But once I get it fixed, I guarantee I'll do it [bench three plates] again. I'll let you break the story of my torn rotator.

The LSU offense is going to 'explode' this season

We always spread offense man. I'm excited about it with the talent we have the quarterback we have. I'm looking forward to this offense is really exploding the season.