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Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron met with the media after practice on Thursday and was asked about the National Anthem protests that are going on in the NFL and what his stance was on the subject.

Orgeron responded by saying, "We live in a great country, our focus is on Troy. That's where I'm going to leave it."

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Azkiger99 months
Thank you Coach O, politics is a very divisive topic... There's no need to inject it into every aspect of entertainment that Americans can come together and enjoy.
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bapple99 months
I like my sports without the political guilt trips. Glad he plans to keep it that way. Geaux Tigers.
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PortHudsonPlaya99 months
The binder had a page that said no politics would be allowed. One team, one heartbeat.
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Anemone99 months
Well played
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Hmerly99 months
Please tell Guice to shut down his twitter
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PortHudsonPlaya99 months
Why don't you tell him? You could just stop checking a college kids twitter page anyways.
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Whynotme99 months
Why would he? I didn't no so many people had such a problem with the 1st amendment of the constitution.
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monsterballads99 months
Whynotme: the 1st amendment has nothing to do with guices twitter posts.
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Dr. 399 months
Best call he dialed up this season. Its a giant bear trap this thing.
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tarzana99 months
Ed O is right. Politics and football don't mix.
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Vernonbrew2299 months
He gone
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TigerSpray99 months
The national anthem has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with the current opportunities you have in the greatest country in the world. Guice is gone.
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Vernonbrew2299 months
Agreed. Even though I am not personally offended by this often misguided and misunderstood protest, I stand and take my hat off to our troops and officers.
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STRIPES99 months
Guice is right that everything isn't about LSU. So why drag this crap into a venue that has nothing to do with the BS? This is just total crap. If you care so much then protest on your time and get involved with your community and not just some follow along fad protest because it is the popular flavor of the month thing to do. If you are so committed to some bogus cause why don't you do it on your own time? Oh, and social media crap doesn't count.
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Anemone99 months
Protest on your time....sounds like you're saying don't protest about racial inequality when I'm watching cause I'd rather pretend it's not still happening.
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STRIPES99 months
Look. If black lives matter so much then why doesn't even one of these "concerned players" show up in Chicago and put in some time with Community outreach? Why isn't there concern for thousands of black murders every year committed by other blacks? Why doesn't the black leadership in this nation show outrage at the fact that 12% of the US population (blacks) commit 53% of murders? Why aren't black leaders and these players involved with their own community when over 80% of the murders committed by blacks are against other blacks? By the way, tell Mr Guice and all the rest of the concerned people that Alton Sterling was a 4 time felon and was not supposed to even have a firearm. He resisted arrest 3 times and was finally shot. He had a gun in his pocket and hey guess what a bullet has no problem going through a pair of jeans and killing someone if the trigger is pulled. The police officers were exhonerated as were the police in Ferguson and in Baltimore. So what is the cas tat has so many of these prima dona hypocrites so up in arms about. It is complete bullshite.
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Lexman199 months
Everything Stripes said is correct. Sad, but true. As for racial inequality in sports, approximately 80% of all NBA players are black and 75% of NFL players are black. That means a paltry 20-25% are white. How is that equal? It's called double standard, people.
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TigerAxeOK99 months
He wasn't yet aware of Guice's tweet. I bet he's well aware by now...
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Drizzt99 months
Convenient week to hold out Guice. Any of these guys that are dumb enough to do disrespect the flag and anthem are just costing themselves draft money. They are of course to dumb to likely realize that.
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ChanBenoit99 months
Oh! Hello irony!
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Lexman199 months
The good news is The Good Lord is coming back soon and none of this will matter!
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Vernonbrew2299 months
Finally, a comment that is refreshing and spot on. Geaux Tigers
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RaginTXTiger99 months
Love it!!!!!
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Vernonbrew2299 months
LSU stays out of the end zone
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lsucoonass99 months
I find the kneeling poor in taste, but at least there aren't riots and things like that. There's no need to fire an nfl player for it though. I would challenge all the kneeler a to change their community if they want to do this right. Invest their money in the communities for parks better infrastructure and schools. Converse with law enforcement and legislature etc
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KING NOLA99 months
for everybody that says kneeling during the National Anthem is disrespectful to the Flag and the Country here's the third verse of the Anthem: NO REFUGE COULD SAVE THE HIRELING AND SLAVE FROM THE TERROR OF FLIGHT OR THE GLOOM OF THE GRAVE. And please keep in mind the the damn Anthem was written by a southern slave owner. So to kneel during the Anthem is in no way disrespectful to the Country or the Flag.
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CTtiger3099 months
Yea let's just erase everything in this country and start from scratch
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STRIPES99 months
If you blacks hate it here so much then move. A hell of a lot of people are really fed up with your incesant whining and complaining when your race is off the charts as far as the percentage of violent crime committed vs the percentage of the overall population. Why is only the few deaths in confrontations with Police your concern? Especially when the dumbasses resist arrest? Take yourselves seriously first.
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Vernonbrew2299 months
Tend to agree but good luck If you say it in the open public. Honkies don't mind trampling on free speech and the potus using executive order tweets until it is their free speech. Praise Jesus and Fred Sanford
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luciouslou99 months
I don't stay out of politics. They need to stand!
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GulfstreamTiger99 months
That was a great answer to the question.
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Vernonbrew2299 months
Does O have a huge buyout?
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Vernonbrew2299 months
LSU stays out of the end zone
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BilJ99 months
Yeah O let’s Derek Goebbels handle the politics
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km99 months
Screw the nfl and all of the pampered players. Get a real job.
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STRIPES99 months
Amen
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