Why Ohio Is Pulling For LSU's Joe Burrow
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🗓️ 13 December 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The Heisman Trophy Award ceremony is Saturday, and LSU's Joe Burrow is virtually certain to win. The Athletic's Jon Greenberg went to Burrow's hometown of Athens, Ohio and interviewed his family, friends, and former coaches to learn about the star QB's past and to see how people there have been following his success.
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| 0:00.0 | The Heisman Trophy Awards ceremony is on Saturday, and there's not much debate about who's |
| 0:10.3 | going to win. |
| 0:13.1 | Joe Burrow has been putting on a show down in Baton Rouge, leading the LSU Tigers to |
| 0:26.9 | win undefeated season and breaking SEC passing records. |
| 0:30.6 | The Tigers are number one in the CFP rankings going into the college playoffs, once spot |
| 0:35.6 | ahead of Ohio State. |
| 0:37.6 | Burrow has followed an unusual path to success at LSU, a journey that began in Athens, Ohio. |
| 0:44.4 | And the Athletics John Greenberg recently went there to learn about Burrow's past, and |
| 0:48.8 | to figure out how much of his success is a surprise. |
| 0:54.2 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:56.2 | And I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 0:58.4 | It's Friday the 13th of December, and this is the lead. |
| 1:02.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:06.7 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the medical staff. |
| 1:12.8 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:18.8 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
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