LSU Football: Joe Burrow tells hilarious Steve Ensminger story
By Zach Ragan
LSU football’s Joe Burrow told a hilarious story about his recruitment on Saturday.
LSU football celebrated their national championship win over Clemson on Saturday in Baton Rouge.
During the celebration, quarterback Joe Burrow took the mic and shared a hilarious story about his recruitment and offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger.
According to Burrow, during one recruiting call he had to put the phone down because Ensminger was talking so much.
Joe Burrow tells a Steve Ensminger story:
— Brooks Kubena (@BKubena) January 18, 2020
"He called me when I was being recruited. He talked and talked and talked. I just put my phone down and put him on speaker and watched TV because he wasn't letting me get any words in." #LSU
Apparently the longwinded Ensminger didn’t hurt LSU’s chances too much.
Despite the fact that Burrow was leaning toward Cincinnati, the Tigers were still able to land the transcendent quarterback.
Burrow made his way to Baton Rouge in 2018 on a recruiting visit and was “blown away” by LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and Ensminger.
Oh and there was that infamous trip to a restaurant where Burrow had crawfish with Coach O (despite the fact the restaurant didn’t serve crawfish).
Joe Burrow said that during his recruitment, he went out to dinner with Ed Orgeron. When they got to the restaurant, Orgeron found out they didn’t serve crawfish. So Orgeron had the restaurant manager go out and get 15 lbs of crawfish and cook it for them anyway. That’s peak O.
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It’s obvious that LSU and Burrow were destined for each other. Burrow might not be from Louisiana, but he’s embraced Baton Rouge and the university as if he was a native.
dark. Next. LSU will be just fine at tight end
Fortunately for the Tigers, Burrow wasn’t put off by a long conversation where he barely got to talk. Otherwise he might have never made a trip to Louisiana that forever changed college football history.