re: Jordy’s take on the qb battle this morning

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e was brought here by Kelly when Kelly knew he had two other quarterbacks in the room already. There was a reason for that.

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You people must live in a hole in the ground. He wasn't brought in here by Kelly. Instead, Daniels contacted Kelly and asked him if he could come play for LSU. Then Kelly said after he gave it some thought, he agreed to it to increase the competition in the QB room.

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ou're going to look pretty dumb in 2 weeks when he wins the job.

You don't leave a p5 starting position and throw yourself into the middle of a deep quarterback room without some kind of assurance you're getting the job.

He was brought here by Kelly when Kelly knew he had two other quarterbacks in the room already. There was a reason for that.

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Be prepared for the cavalcade of responses (with no evidence to back it up) that Daniels contacted LSU and requested to come here.

Perhaps that is true to some degree. But I, like you, find it difficult to believe a 3 year starter at a P5 school with only 2 years of eligibility remaining chose to transfer to a school with zero assurance, or at least implication, that he would have the opportunity to play immediately. It just doesn't make a ton of sense that a guy would transfer to a school with the possibility he would never play another snap of football over a different school that could provide him with a better opportunity to play. Even if the other school has less prestige and winning tradition that LSU has.

I think one of two things is accurate:

1. It was strongly implied to Daniels he would be the starter if he transferred to LSU (just as it was to Burrow in 2018); or

2. Daniels did not want to play for a "lesser" P5 program no matter what, even if they could guarantee him the starting job, and chose to come to LSU despite the risk he never plays another college snap again.

Maybe number two is the case. That seems to be what happened with Rob Bolden at Penn St. He was a highly ranked recruit who started as a Freshman. He eventually lost his starting job later in the year. He stayed for his sophomore year, playing intermittently, before choosing to transfer to LSU on the eve of fall camp in 2012...at a point where Metenberger still had two years of eligibility remaining. It looks like he came to LSU largely because the QB situation was still a bit "open". Perhaps that is Daniel's line of thinking...though it is hard to think that is the case given teams are often desperate for veteran QB play