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'They'll put up a statue of him': With Heisman history awaiting, here's how Joe Burrow became an LSU icon

Joe Burrow’s 2019 season has unfolded like offensive emancipation for the LSU football program. The ghosts of unimaginative gameplans, metaphoric Danny Etlings at quarterback and a string of pedestrian coordinators have been released from the tortured souls of LSU football.

While lofty team goals remain for LSU heading into the College Football Playoff, the individual culmination of one of the most remarkable seasons in the history of college football arrives on Saturday night. Fitting of Burrow’s eye-popping 48 touchdown passes and litany of records, the only drama remaining in the Heisman Trophy race is how much he’ll win by.