Now, if you want to talk about actual shady things in that game, it's probably worth mentioning that LSU totally got one over on the refs at least once with substitutions. I noticed rb Edwards-Helaire go down out of bounds on LSU's sideline and Fournette (not that one) standing right there and seamlessly come back in his place. The zebras didn't catch it. Texas should've been allowed to substitute and the refs should have stood over the ball to stop LSU from snapping it, but they didn't. If I caught it on TV, it makes me wonder how many more times they've gotten away with it. There is no way LSU doesn't practice something like that. If you do it any other way other than coordinated and on purpose, the best you're going to wind up with is too many or too few men on the field. I can't figure out whether to shake my head at the shadiness of it or applaud them for being sneaky bastards.
Then there's how Orgeron channeled his inner Urban Meyer and selectively suspended the left tackle. Whatever the guy did (the nebulous "violation of team rules," I believe) he had a two game suspension to serve. As far back as I can remember, definitely in the Saban/Miles days, if this happens then a player just sits the next however many games he's suspended. Seems fair to me. This LT was conveniently suspended for week 1 and week 3 against cupcakes, but not for Texas in week 2. I thought it was crappy when Meyer did this stuff at Florida and I still don't like it.
I hope anybody who coaches us does well, but it's not like admin didn't see this kind of thing coming, and they've evidently decided they're okay with it. I think our days of a good coach who still got things done in a way I admired are over. Winning is the only imperative now, and I expect we'll see more of this kind of stuff in the program.