re: Harris v South Carolina (every pass and run)

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I think we started rolling when we got in the spread formation. They can't stack the box as much and LF is still getting that head steam that he does in the I formation. Losing JdM sucks but our offense can be ran through the spread and I think it could work. His best run came from the spread if I am remembering right

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You hate to see a guy like Moore go down. He was playing great football and a was a big part of Fournette's early success. That said, his injury forced LSU to get out of their comfort zone a bit and spread things out. As a result, Harris seemed to be much more comfortable throwing the football and LSU was less predictable. Also, they were STILL able to run the football because they forced USC to move some people out of the box. That gave Guice and Fournette a little space to run.

No one is saying that LSU should abandon the I-formation power running game/PA pass. However, there are too many great skill players on the field to just limit themselves to a predicable running attack. Hopefully his performance gave the coaching staff a little more confidence in him. Sure there were a few dangerous throws. That's going to happen regardless of the QB. But outside of those dangerous throws, he made some really great throws.

LSU scored 45. It easily could have been 60