O on Starting QB "Here's the deal, nobody has earned the starting spot,"

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"Here's the deal, nobody has earned the starting spot," Orgeron said. "You can see tonight. If we had to name a starter tonight, there's not a clear-cut winner. Most of the spring, Danny has been there. Nobody has taken him over. But tonight, underneath the pressure, the guys didn't perform the way we wanted to. They'll have to show me who can perform under pressure and be the LSU quarterback."

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"He didn't play good, that's the bottom line," Orgeron said of Etling. "He didn't have a good night. Now he's had some good days, but today wasn't one of his better days. I don't know if any of the quarterbacks played the way we want them to play. That's why we're going to keep it open. That's why we wanted these guys underneath the fire, to compete. He'll tell you too, it wasn't his best night."

Orgeron talked about Narcisse, an early enrollee, standing out but also mentioned how Narcisse should be attending his Senior Prom and not playing in LSU's spring game.

"He's an excellent talent," Orgeron said. "I think the learning of the offense, the timing of the receivers, he definitely has one of the strongest arms we have and is probably one of the better athletes."

Another reason the quarterback competition remains open is because there's one more entrant yet to set foot on the practice field. Signee Myles Brennan is still at St. Stanislaus in Mississippi and won't join the Tigers until June.

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