LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron said Monday he "stepped in" to influence the Tigers' offensive game plan during a 24-21 home loss to Troy on Saturday but reiterated that first-year offensive coordinator Matt Canada will be in charge going forward.

Orgeron told reporters that he sought to simplify the Tigers' pattern of pre-snap shifting, a hallmark of Canada's offensive attack. LSU turned the ball over four times and went 0-for-9 on third down in its first non-conference home loss in 17 years.

"Execution on offense is a problem," said Orgeron, whose team outgained Troy 428 yards to 363. "This is Matt's offense. I stepped in last week for the first time. I wanted to simplify only the shifts and motions. I knew we were going to be starting two freshman linemen. I wanted the guys to be in place so we could block them. Matt calls it. He scripts the plays. This is his offense."

LSU, a 20.5-point favorite, fell behind 17-0 early in the third quarter before rallying to make the game close. Quarterback Danny Etling was intercepted with five seconds remaining to seal the defeat, which came on the heels of a blowout loss to Mississippi State and a closer-than-expected win over Syracuse and dropped the Tigers to 3-2 this season.

Etling, was replaced by true freshman Myles Brennan after the half after suffering an injury on a hard hit in the second quarter, but returned for the final 5:48 of the game. Orgeron said Etling, a fifth-year senior, will remain the Tigers' starter for Saturday's game at No. 21 Florida (4-1, 3-0 SEC).

"Danny is our starter," Orgeron said. "Hopefully we can go four quarters with him. We never planned to play Myles in one of the SEC games just to throw him in there. We were preparing Myles in case Danny got hurt."

Orgeron -- a Louisiana native and lifelong Tigers fan who briefly attended LSU before transferring to Northwestern State -- took over at his home-state school following the firing of Les Miles last September, and went 5-2 as interim coach. After being turned down by the likes of Florida State's Jimbo Fisher and Houston's Tom Herman (who eventually took the Texas job), Orgeron was named permanent head coach last November.

However, the honeymoon has not lasted. Boos cascaded down on the Tigers during the loss to Troy and over the weekend, a fan set up a GoFundMe account to help pay Orgeron's $12 million buyout.

Orgeron said Monday he isn't listening to any chatter regarding his job status. He said he doesn't have time.

"I go to work at 6 o'clock in the morning, say my prayers, drink my coffee, watch film, go to practice, watch film," Orgeron said. "I call my wife a couple of times a day, text my boys. I don't listen to the news. That's out of my control."

Orgeron added that LSU players held a players-only meeting on Sunday, and hoped the team would respond positively.

"We'll foster leadership like we always do, we'll even foster it more," Orgeron said. "I expect some guys to step up. We are going to battle. You put our backs to the wall, we're going to battle. That's all we know how to do."

Three key LSU offensive players who sat out the Troy game -- running back Derrius Guice, fullback J.D. Moore and offensive tackle Toby Weathersby -- remain questionable for the Florida game, which kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Central on CBS. Nose tackle Ed Alexander and defensive end Rashard Lawrence are expected to play, however.