The New Orleans Saints opened the doors at their team practice facility to the visiting LSU Tigers ahead of Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship game with the Clemson Tigers, and it allowed some big names in the football world to interact for the first time. The most notable meeting of the minds featured Saints quarterback Drew Brees shaking hands and exchanging words with his LSU counterpart Joe Burrow.
Burrow, the Heisman Trophy-winning leader of maybe the best team in school history, was a little starstruck.
“I know you hear this a lot,” Burrow told Brees, “but growing up looking up to you, you’re the reason I’m a Saints fan.