Just how hot is the seat under LSU coach Ed Orgeron?

That's the storyline the Tigers had hoped to avoid this season, but it's the storyline they face after a 38-27 loss to UCLA on Saturday.

LSU got whipped in the trenches, Max Johnson played flustered, a coordinator change didn't solve LSU's defense, and the Tigers need more playmakers than just Kayshon Boutte on offense.

LSU didn't play with a lot of fire, either, and now Orgeron's long-term future with the program is being questioned just 18 months after leading the Tigers to a national championship behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow.

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Just how hot is the <a href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/05/lsu-football-ed-orgeron-hot-seat-gus-malzahn-scott-woodward-jimbo-fisher/5714651001/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/05/lsu-football-ed-orgeron-hot-seat-gus-malzahn-scott-woodward-jimbo-fisher/5714651001/">seat under LSU coach Ed Orgeron</a>?
That's the storyline the Tigers had hoped to avoid this season, but it's the storyline they face after a<a href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/04/report-card-grading-lsu-football-its-38-27-loss-ucla/5640919001/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/04/report-card-grading-lsu-football-its-38-27-loss-ucla/5640919001/"> 38-27 loss to UCLA </a>on Saturday.
LSU got whipped in the trenches, Max Johnson played flustered, a coordinator change didn't solve LSU's defense, and the Tigers need more playmakers than just&nbsp;Kayshon Boutte on offense.
<a href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/07/kirk-herbstreit-espn-attacks-lsu-football-effort-defense-vs-ucla/5758470001/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/lsu/2021/09/07/kirk-herbstreit-espn-attacks-lsu-football-effort-defense-vs-ucla/5758470001/">LSU didn't play with a lot of fire</a>, either, and now Orgeron's long-term future with the program is being questioned&nbsp;just 18 months after leading the Tigers to a national championship behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow.
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