Jarrett Stidham takes reins at Auburn

AUBURN, Ala. -- Jarrett Stidham saw a Waffle House food truck pull up to Auburn's football facility Wednesday night and got an idea.

“Hey,” he told to one of the employees, “do you mind if I grab a hat and some spatulas and jump in?”

No one was about to tell the most popular person in Auburn no.

Two days earlier, Stidham was named the Tigers’ starting quarterback. But his legend had been building long before that. His former coach at Baylor, Art Briles, called him the best young QB he had ever been around, and wide receiver Lynx Hawthorne, his former teammate, once described his passes a “gift from God.” Even Las Vegas has gone all-in on the 6-foot-3 righty from Stephenville, Texas, setting…