Game of Thrones characters as College Football programs and figures

Sandor Clegane (The Hound)

Big and scary with a raspy voice. Rory McCann’s Sandor Clegane, more commonly referred to as The Hound, is one of the strongest and most feared characters on the show. He seems like a villain for most of the way, but the character also comes off a bit more layered than initially thought at the beginning of the series. It’s not difficult to imagine him finding the right path with just a small change of circumstances.

The Hound has lived his life in the shadow of a stronger and more barbaric brother his whole life, one who tortured him during their childhood. A showdown between the two has been brewing throughout the history of the show, and that’s the fuel that has kept him going through plenty of near-death experiences.

The Hound is clearly LSU head coach Ed Orgeron, and his Mountain is Nick Saban and Alabama.

Orgeron took a lot of grief right at the beginning of his tenure as LSU’s head coach, and was already fired by an SEC program once at Ole Miss. Most expected little of him in Baton Rouge, but he now appears to have the ball rolling after leading the Tigers to a Fiesta Bowl win in 2018.

There’s one thing missing, though, and that’s finally getting over the Alabama hump and winning an SEC West title. Orgeron got the full-time gig in Death Valley due in large part to his extensive plan to take out Saban and the Crimson Tide. He’s 0-3 so far, and the gap doesn’t appear to have shrunk much, if at all. LSU lost to Alabama 29-0 in front of a raucous Tiger Stadium crowd last November despite a lot of hype coming in.

To finally get to where they want to be, both Ed Orgeron and The Hound must finally get over their mountain.