'Is This The Real Life? The Heisman's Coming to Baton Rouge? No Way.'

Ask any LSU Football fan how they’re feeling today.

Then ask them if one year ago today, after watching another Oklahoma quarterback hoist the Heisman Trophy, that a year from now:

• The Tigers would be 13-0.

• Ranked No. 1 in the College Football Playoff.

• Joe Burrow would win the Heisman.

If he or she told you they’d totally believe that, they would be, as they say, ‘full of crap.’

Well, believe it now.

The LSU quarterback basked in the Times Square glow Saturday night, winning the highly-coveted award given to the best player in college football.

Burrow’s win made him LSU’s second-ever Heisman Trophy winner, the first ever won by a Tiger signal-caller. Billy Cannon was the only other Tiger to win the award in 1959, sixty years ago if you’re keeping score.

This Heisman victory is the latest in a string of ‘holy crap’ moments for LSU this college football season. I mean, think about it. LSU’s offense was archaic. Three yards and a cloud of dust. Five yard out-routes on third down and eight. Predictable. Melancholy. Mediocre, at best.

Head coach Ed Orgeron knew if he wanted to be able to keep up with the times, and for God’s sake, slay the Alabama beast, changes needed to be made. Orgeron and offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger chose to convert to the spread offense. They also brought in offensive whiz-kid Joe Brady from the New Orleans Saints, made him passing game coordinator, all of which has paid massive dividends for the Tigers.

Along the way this season - records were shattered. Beasts were slayed. Awards were won.

Seeing an LSU player hoist that award was a surreal moment for many LSU fans. You’ve probably seen it on your social media feeds today - ‘I never thought I’d see the day’ - ‘this is too weird’ - ‘way to GEAUX, JEAUX!’ - and it couldn’t have happened to a better young man.

Not only is Joe Burrow a superb quarterback, he seems like an even more superb human.

If you’ve seen any of his interviews, he’s quite quirky. Similar to ‘Nuke’ LaLouche from Bull Durham, but with much more ‘swag.’

He’s got a thing for caramel apple suckers. He’s been told he looks like Kevin Bacon, Macauley Culkin, and/or Jim Breuer. When not on the field, studying film, or completing Master’s coursework, he watches YouTube videos of quantum physics, black holes, and white holes. He’s a huge fan of cartoons. Especially Spongebob Squarepants. Matter of fact, he wore Spongebob socks at the damn Heisman Presentation. No, really.

Seeing him at the podium with the trophy will go down as one of my favorite sports moments. Not only for a kid that nobody wanted, but a coach that nobody wanted, either. And when Burrow got emotional, thanking Orgeron, there wasn’t a dry eye in Tiger Nation. I’ve watched that speech three times already today, and I still get misty-eyed. Such a great moment.

But it’s not over yet. We’ve got one more game, with the chance to play another game, and bring one more trophy back to Baton Rouge.

It’s a great time to be an LSU Tiger. Thank you Coach ‘Eaux,’ thank you ‘Jeaux Burreaux,’ and thank you to the LSU Football Tigers for what has been an incredible season.