BATON ROUGE, La. -- Les Miles says the label "starter" means very little at LSU, even in regards to quarterbacks Jarrett Lee and Jordan Jefferson.

"It's not significant to me, nor has it ever been, to name anybody anything," LSU's coach said Monday as the No. 1 Tigers began preparations to host nearly six-touchdown underdog Western Kentucky on Saturday night.

"It will always be about: In this series in the game, which quarterback gives us the best opportunity for victory," Miles continued. "I expect that both quarterbacks will play."

Lee, who started in LSU's 9-6 overtime victory at Alabama, is technically 9-0 in that role this season. But after Lee threw interceptions on consecutive passing attempts against the Crimson Tide, Jefferson ended up playing the overwhelming majority of the game.

Jefferson took 47 offensive snaps at Alabama, while Lee was limited to 11. That marked the first all season that Jefferson, who lost his starting job when he was arrested and then suspended four games in connection with an August bar fight, had played more than 41 percent of the snaps in a game.

LSU did not make the two quarterbacks available for interviews on Monday, but members of the offense said they did not read too much into the increase in action for Jefferson, at least not in terms of how it pertained to the remainder of what has the potential to be a national championship season.

"I can see where people would pick one side or the other, want one player to play or the other, but we don't really care who's back there," left guard Will Blackwell said. "We support both the guys and they both have their different talents in different situations.

"That game (at Alabama) didn't necessarily call for Jarrett to come in and throw as many passes as we would have liked," Blackwell added. "We needed to run the ball to the outside a little more. We felt like that was how we were going to gain momentum in the game and obviously Jordan's a little better at running."

Jefferson, who runs the option, has not passed much this season. For the season he is 12-of-20 for 190 yards and two touchdowns. However, half of those passes and half of those completions came against the Tide. He also rushed for 43 yards in the game.

Blackwell said Jefferson showed commendable poise in a game with far more tension than anything LSU had experienced in winning its previous eight contests by double digits.

"He's a guy who's handled more adversity than anybody on this team," Blackwell said. "He's been indicted. He's been investigated and all that, so coming in and playing late in the Alabama game was not a big deal for him.