re: Has your opinion about who wins the Auburn game changed now that Harris is QB?

Harris won't stop them from putting up 500+ yards and 40 points... Going to be a lot of ranters screaming for Chavis's head after this one.

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Usually always is.

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60% of the time it works 100% of the time.

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I just want to see progress by LSU 

Exactly !! Im all about watching this team grow. Bitching about not winning a title is for people who like to feel like shite. Watching because you love the game, the team, and growth is a more fulfilling reason to watch. 

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Man, what a great post. This is how it's supposed to be. Going to be a pleasure watching this team evolve into a team that will make a championship run next year!!!


As for the OP, I went from 100% loss, to 80% loss, mostly due to the energy of the team we all noticed once Harris came in.

Momentum is a real thing, and LSU seemed to find it on both sides of the ball, although it has to be said, that was against New Mexico State.

LSU D was #2 in the country and fooled many here that they were actually elite after SHS and ULM, and MSU proved just how silly that idea was.

The same could be true with the offense against AU after NMS.


Still, Auburn doesn't have a great secondary, similar to MSU, so if the change was made to Harris sothat we can air it out to Dural, Dupre, DDiarse, and Quinn and attack the weakness rather than banging our head against the wall running right into their strength because "that's who we are", then we have a chance. If not, the change to Harris is irrelevant.

Even if Harris is allowed to cut loose, I still don't see any way our DL slows down Auburn's run game. They had almost 300 yards rushing on the second half last year, and don't see how they don't approach 400 this year in JHS.

We'll need to score 40 to win, and just have a hard time seeing a freshman doing that in his first start, on the road, at Auburn.

AU 38
LSU 27

Not dreading it as much, got a chance.

Went from definitely losing to 30/70 chance of winning. They're still going to run all over us.

I'll admit this, definitely feel more hopeful with Harris.

I had this game marked down as a loss before the season, and even more so after MSU, but seeing how both teams have played recently, I'm now thinking it's 50/50 and we have a good chance to win a close one. I don't know what it is about Harris, but more than just his numbers, it feels like he's the right guy. Everyone on the team just seems to play better when he's out there.

Yea

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We've already seen what Harris can do against an SEC defense, which is all the more reason I feel good about him. Granted MSU isn't Auburn, but he's shown he belongs on the big stage. He'll probably make some mistakes, but still learn a lot and grow from it, win or lose.

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I believe for our offense to be productive throughout the game we need to open up the run with the pass. This will require great OL play and quick hits to open WRs. The WR that I trust the most to get open early is Diarse. I just like Diarse's strength for short 5-7 yard routes. It seems to take a half second or so for the other WRs to shake off the corners. Of course you could just throw it up to Malachi and allow him to out position the defender by simply using his height and jumping ability.

Anyway, if we can get Auburn to respect our passing game early then the running lanes will open up. If we get the running game going then our chances of winning goes up bigtime because we will be able to ball control and keep our thin DL rested.