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It& #39;s Draft Day, and #LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is all but assured to go No. 1 overall.
So we& #39;ll tweet a story each hour chronicling Burrow& #39;s rise to No. 1.
First. On Burrow leaving home for LSU, learning to do laundry and growing up before a breakout: https://theathletic.com/1083648/2019/07/19/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-leader-maturation-transfer-ohio-state/">https://theathletic.com/1083648/2...
So we& #39;ll tweet a story each hour chronicling Burrow& #39;s rise to No. 1.
First. On Burrow leaving home for LSU, learning to do laundry and growing up before a breakout: https://theathletic.com/1083648/2019/07/19/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-leader-maturation-transfer-ohio-state/">https://theathletic.com/1083648/2...
Next. On Joe Burrow and Ed Orgeron betting on each other at the crossroads of the career at #LSU.
"I& #39;ll run through a wall for Coach O."
https://theathletic.com/1079496/2019/07/16/lsu-football-quarterback-joe-burrow-head-coach-ed-orgeron-bond-sec/">https://theathletic.com/1079496/2...
"I& #39;ll run through a wall for Coach O."
https://theathletic.com/1079496/2019/07/16/lsu-football-quarterback-joe-burrow-head-coach-ed-orgeron-bond-sec/">https://theathletic.com/1079496/2...
Before Joe Burrow came to #LSU, he had to go to Ohio State.
On Tom Herman& #39;s recruitment of Burrow and how he had to convince Urban Meyer to take a chance on him.
"I found your next Alex Smith."
https://theathletic.com/1179929/2019/09/03/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-texas-head-coach-tom-herman-ohio-state-recruit/">https://theathletic.com/1179929/2...
On Tom Herman& #39;s recruitment of Burrow and how he had to convince Urban Meyer to take a chance on him.
"I found your next Alex Smith."
https://theathletic.com/1179929/2019/09/03/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-texas-head-coach-tom-herman-ohio-state-recruit/">https://theathletic.com/1179929/2...
On Joe Burrow& #39;s breakout night in Austin, the night he waved goodbye to Texas fans and called his shot from the ground on 3rd-and-17.
It was the night the world learned Burrow was a top QB.
"I always kinda knew it," he said.
https://theathletic.com/1193065/2019/09/08/lsu-football-texas-joe-burrow-quarterback-passing-game/">https://theathletic.com/1193065/2...
It was the night the world learned Burrow was a top QB.
"I always kinda knew it," he said.
https://theathletic.com/1193065/2019/09/08/lsu-football-texas-joe-burrow-quarterback-passing-game/">https://theathletic.com/1193065/2...
On how Joe Burrow reworked his entire throwing mechanics in college to become this elite passer.
"It completely changed the way I threw."
It involved taunts from Urban Meyer, biomechanic training in California and a little failure. #LSU https://theathletic.com/1223839/2019/09/19/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-tom-house-throwing-motion-development/">https://theathletic.com/1223839/2...
"It completely changed the way I threw."
It involved taunts from Urban Meyer, biomechanic training in California and a little failure. #LSU https://theathletic.com/1223839/2019/09/19/lsu-football-joe-burrow-quarterback-tom-house-throwing-motion-development/">https://theathletic.com/1223839/2...
On the night Joe Burrow and #LSU shook the albatross that was Alabama and Burrow got carried off the field on linemen& #39;s shoulders in Tuscaloosa. https://theathletic.com/1364751/2019/11/09/lsu-football-win-alabama-ed-orgeron-joe-burrow/">https://theathletic.com/1364751/2...
To understand Joe Burrow, you have to understand he& #39;s a weird, quirky guy.
Fun story from the @NOLAnews days (sorry, formatting is messed up in a slideshow now) about this bleach-haired, Spongebob-loving guy OSU teammates called "his own kinda dude." https://www.nola.com/archive/article_068f8ea8-32b4-5234-aae9-cba091b6d4ba.html">https://www.nola.com/archive/a...
Fun story from the @NOLAnews days (sorry, formatting is messed up in a slideshow now) about this bleach-haired, Spongebob-loving guy OSU teammates called "his own kinda dude." https://www.nola.com/archive/article_068f8ea8-32b4-5234-aae9-cba091b6d4ba.html">https://www.nola.com/archive/a...
How did a transfer from Ohio win over his teammates, his coaches and the state of Louisiana?
The stories of how Burrow won #LSU over: https://theathletic.com/1431335/2019/12/04/joe-burrow-winning-over-lsu-louisiana-2018-georgia-game/">https://theathletic.com/1431335/2...
The stories of how Burrow won #LSU over: https://theathletic.com/1431335/2019/12/04/joe-burrow-winning-over-lsu-louisiana-2018-georgia-game/">https://theathletic.com/1431335/2...
On the night Joe Burrow sealed the Heisman, #LSU demolished Georgia and the conversation became the most clear: Is this the best offense ever? https://theathletic.com/1441981/2019/12/08/lsu-offense-unstoppable-georgia-sec-championship-game-joe-brady-joe-burrow/">https://theathletic.com/1441981/2...
Following Joe Burrow through his nonstop Heisman weekend in Times Square and the moment a normally stoic player showed the world his other side. #LSU
https://theathletic.com/1461419/2019/12/15/lsu-football-quarterback-joe-burrow-heisman-trophy-winner-weekend/">https://theathletic.com/1461419/2...
https://theathletic.com/1461419/2019/12/15/lsu-football-quarterback-joe-burrow-heisman-trophy-winner-weekend/">https://theathletic.com/1461419/2...
Finally, on the night Joe Burrow pointing to his fingers for rings, smoked cigars in locker rooms and won the national championship. #LSU https://theathletic.com/1533156/2020/01/14/lsu-football-national-championship-ed-orgeron-joe-burrow/">https://theathletic.com/1533156/2...
