BATON ROUGE — Tucked away in that quirky mind, Les Miles knows who LSU’s starting quarterback is going to be when the Tigers open the season Saturday night in Houston against No. 14 Wisconsin.

“It’s going to be either one guy or the other,” Miles said Monday.

Take that as a no comment.

He won’t even tell the two young contestants, sophomore Anthony Jennings and true freshman Brandon Harris, until sometime Thursday.

No need to go on Twitter alert.

“Those communications will be kind of held close to the vest,” he admitted.

So the LSU faithful wait … and wait some more.

But amid the sounds of starting quarterback silence, it appears that it won’t matter — even though Miles said it will be “significant” who takes the field first.

But he also said, up front, that “We will play two quarterbacks.

The official LSU depth chart reflects the “either or” status at the position, but after the season-opening back-and-forth with the media Monday, it became a fairly suspect document from top to bottom.

“I didn’t give you that depth chart,” Miles said, suggesting he hadn’t really looked at the official version but reminding that he would have veto power over it.

“I guess what I’m saying is that (depth chart) would be a great guess until maybe Monday.”

It had changed very little from the pre-August camp version. While Miles has made no secret that a host of true freshmen will be counted on to play significant roles this season, none are currently listed as starters and only Harris and safety Ed Paris cracked the two-deep chart.

But Miles said at least a dozen will play “and I think six will play key roles.

“Don’t ask me to name those guys …”

He named a few anyway, among them Barbe receiver Trey Quinn and fellow freshmen receivers Malachi Dupre and D.J. Chark.

“Our young receivers can all play,” Miles said. “They are talented guys. Malachi Dupre can line up and do certain things. I think you’ll find that Trey Quinn can play in a variety of spots for us. Chark will also play.”

And, course, there’s the nation’s consensus No. 1 recruit, running back Leonard Fournette — officially listed as No. 3 behind seniors Terrence Magee and Kenny Hilliard.

“He’s going to get the opportunity to do everything he can do,” Miles said of Fournette. “Certainly he’ll play a role in this game.”

Miles also made one promotion, at least from the official depth chart, when he let it slip that “if I had to make that decision today,” sophomore Ethan Pocic has wrestled the job at center away from returning starter Elliott Porter.

LSU had only one spot to fill in the offensive line, and Miles said that Hoko Fanaika would be the starter there over Evan Washington.

That was news to Fanaika when asked later, but Miles explained.

“I think the back end of camp, he has really come on,” Miles said. “I would think he would start. I think that Washington might still play in spots, not only at the guard spot, but at the tackles.”

Predictably, however, most of the attention was at the unsettled quarterback spot.

“If we were certain, then I promise you we would play the one guy that would give us all the advantages,” he said.

“At some point in time that guy would be our starter … that separation has not occurred. We are preparing to play both guys. If those things happen (one standing out over the other) it will certainly play out in front of us, but competition will make that work.”(Associated Press)

Gerald Herbert