Ed Orgeron’s wealth of experience as an SEC coach is not one that can be easily matched. The former LSU coach sat down with Taylor Lewan and Will Compton on the podcast “Bussin With the Boys,” sharing some of his coaching experience.Orgeron illustrated how competitive recruiting in the SEC can get with a story about former Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Raekwon Davis. According to him, Alabama got Davis’ commitment through the backdoor after LSU had helped him achieve eligibility. He said:“Y’all remember Raekwon Davis? Big-time defensive lineman. Love him. I went to his school when I was at LSU as an assistant. It was Meridian High School, and the people out there—we helped him become eligible. Now, Alabama and the other schools thought he was gonna be a junior college player. Yeah, so he got eligible… and he went to Alabama once he was eligible. You know, that’s where that backdoor loving comes in. Hey, listen, I know Alabama looks at Christmas and says, ‘That looks nice,’ but I bought this here. Hey… stuff happens. Compete.”Talent recruitment in college football, especially in the SEC, has always been marked by high-level competition. While NIL has become an integral feature of recruitment now, it was not always so, and inducing players once carried dire consequences. But schools still did it anyway, a fact that’s not so hidden among those in the know in college football.Ed Orgeron also openly confirmed this open secret on the “Bussin’ With the Boys” podcast, where he said:“Back then, we used to walk through the back door with the cash. Now we just gotta walk through the front door with the cash.”Ed Orgeron rules out coaching at AlabamaThe NCAA legalized rewarding players through NIL arrangements in 2021, just as Ed Orgeron was leaving LSU as a coach. The celebrated former LSU coach, who hasn’t experienced coaching in the NIL era, has revealed he’s looking to get back into coaching.Listing out his criteria for getting back into coaching, Orgeron ruled out accepting a role at Alabama. He said:“I would go be a defensive line coach at a major program… a team that competes… that has the power and recruiting base to compete at a national championship. USC and LSU are among those schools. I respect Alabama, but this boy ain’t never gonna coach at Alabama.”Orgeron led LSU to a national championship title in 2019.