I recall some successful LSU teams in the late 80's that still treated bowls as nothing more than a nice trip for a hard season. Wendell Davis was recently interviewed re: his induction into the LA Sports HOF and he mentioned that as hard as they tried in the regular season, the bowls had no urgency or weight to them and remarked how differently the fans and players feel about them now. He said his final year the seniors realized they had never won a bowl game, and while they weren't exactly bothered by it, they decided they didn't want to leave without ever having got a win in one. So they prepped much harder and tried to impress on the younger classes that they really wanted to win that one. He played from about '86 - '89.
I guess you could say Orgeron still doesn't care about them since he opted not to take advantage of the NCAA's rule that would've allowed LSU to play in a bowl last season. That's a silly joke. More likely, probably like me he thought the sooner he closed that shitshow down the better.