DESTIN, Fla. — Once Joe Burrow decided to transfer to LSU from Ohio State, the common assumption across Louisiana was that the Tigers will definitely become the "Coach O and Joe Show" this fall.
It certainly may turn out that way. But Ed Orgeron on Tuesday insisted that the starting quarterback job was not promised to Burrow, only opportunity.
“What we told him is there’s an opportunity here,” Orgeron said on the first day of the Southeastern Conference spring meetings at the Sandestin Hilton. “We don’t have a starting quarterback. We’re going to give you the opportunity to compete for the starting quarterback job.