NEW YORK – Before he headed to the stage at the front of the PlayStation Theater to give his acceptance speech as the winner of this year’s Heisman Trophy, Joe Burrow made a detour.
Burrow had already received congratulatory embraces from the other three Heisman finalists, his parents, Ed Orgeron and the rest of the LSU contingent on hand to celebrate with him. But there were two other people in the room he also wanted to thank.
So before Burrow went up to the front of the room, buttoned his jacket and climbed the steps to lift the Heisman in celebration, he walked across the room to where Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and director of sports performance Mickey Marotti were seated and took a moment to give each of them a handshake and a hug.