re: It'll only take ONE game to know what we're in for with Harris.

You can't pass judgement simply on one game. Let's say we get out to an early lead and start pounding the ball and Wisky can't stop it... Why quit pounding it? I just think it would be safer to say lets see what he does the first 3-4 games before we throw him under the bus.

However I do hope to see him light this Wisky defense up

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Harris needs to be around 15-25

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Exactly my point. It's clear to me Les and Cam WANT to have a balanced offense that throws the ball 20-25 times a game but their lack of faith in the QB last year prevented them from doing that out of the gate. If the offense on Saturday resembles the Miss St game last year, rather than, say-the Florida game, it'll mean they still don't think Harris is fully ready to run the offense they want to run.

By contrast, Mettenberger threw 32 passes in game 1 against a good TCU defense in 2013 because the coaches trusted him to do so.

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.If Alabama's defence lined up against the Minnesota Vikings with Adrian Peterson and, Alabama knew Minnesota was going to run the ball every down, Alabama would stop Adrian Peterson.

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I doubt it, but i get the point your making.

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re: It'll only take ONE game to know what we're in for with Harris.Postedonline on 8/30/16 at 8:57 am to Nix to Twillie



If the game is somewhat close, then we'll know b/c we'll have to pass it somewhat.
If we jump out to a 14-0 lead or something like that, you know we aren't going to throw the ball the rest of the game. Once we get a lead, Les will try to run out the clock, even if it's the first quarter. If he thinks for 1 second that we can run all over a team, we will do just that.

Running the ball is the strength of this team, as it should be since we have one of the best running backs to every play the game. If you think we are going to throw the ball 25 times a game you're kidding yourself, regardless of how good Harris looks throwing.

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They dont' need to open anythign up. Just don't be so predictable and have more than 1 guy go out for a pass when you do decide to pass it. You can't call a pass play and have 1 WR run a pattern to the sideline and have the FB/TE running the same pattern 5 yards in front of him. Then throw it to the FB/TE and have some LB take his legs out and injure him, like what happened to Moor

e and Gordon, and almost to Fournette

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you have correctly identified miles philosophy, and that is why we can't win big games anymore. we need to pass when we don't have to. we need to pass a large percentage of the time when the defense is sold out on stopping the run.

I love the power offense. it must be complimented with a decent passing game which you won't have if you don't practice.

attack the weakness of the defense. why is that such a hard concept? almost everyone else does. saban does it. yes, I invoked the evil one. that's why he's the best and we're not even a close second anymore. les recruits, hires as well, and his players generally play hard for him. but this is his biggest weakness.

I generally agree with the OP. if we don't practice our passing game just because we're beating the snot of a team, that means we'll lose 2-3 games, unless our defense and special teams are spectacular.

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BH6 looked FANTASTIC the first half of our first game against Miss St last year, then we took our foot off the gas pedal.

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correct. I remember thinking after the first half last year against Miss St that we were going to be very, very good on offense. We opened it up, Harris looked good, all was clicking.

Then Les just stopped playing. And that let Miss St back into the game, with a chance to win it at the end with a FG.

Never been more frustrated in my life.

Cry harder.

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Give Harris to Jimbo Fisher or Clemson and he would have progressed much more than he has under the Les Miles regime.

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No joke. These retards act like Deshaun Watson would be lighting the world up with 2 receiver passing plays.

I agree