As of week 7 ,LSU'S offense has wildly surpassed preseason predictions.

Stop taking away the Rant's favorite thing to bitch about.

I said preseason LSU would have a top 3 offense in the SEC if that counts

PUMP THE BRAKES. Yeah right.
Geaux Tigers!

Here's how it goes. And how any rational coach or strategist figures.

E Mich had the WORST run defense in college.

Any normal person would go "ok cool. Our passing needs work and we need to rotate in more backs to help us get reps and improve. And if need be and things get tight we can put in our star RB and get a win"

Which is what we did.

But negatigers would prefer us to run for 1000 yards and win 100-7 yet get blasted next week when we need to pass because they don't get the reps.

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If you were told , before the season that by week 7 LSU'S offense would be ranked 8th in the country in offensive yards per play and 23rd in the country in offensive yards per game you'd laugh at the statement.

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I've said since the summer, that I thought LSU would have an explosive offense. I actually predicted 3500 or more rushing yards for the season (based on 13 games mind you). We haven't passed like I had believed, but it's been several reasons why, and the main ones are the drops and amount of attempts. I expected Harris to have to grow and take the good with the bad, but prior to SCAR, we had been playing like a triple option team but with really on one option. One REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good option, but one option nonetheless.

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Sure we would all like to see the passing game better but the offense is actually producing great numbers.

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Prior to South Carolina it wasn't the offense, but Fournette and the OL. I guess you could consider that the offense, but I consider what we did vs SCAR as actually producing great offensive numbers.

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Yes I know tougher defenses are coming up.

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Yep, which is all the more reason to get Harris to get more comfortable passing the ball. I like the 25 pass 45 rush balance myself.

We should not be scared to throw against Florida, but we should be careful. ECU completed 63.8% of their passes for 346 yards (6.0 ypa) and 3 TDs 1 int. Of course they passed damn near 60 times. Tennessee went 12/19 (63.2%) for 165 (8.7 ypa) and a TD. Ole Miss went 26/40 (65%) for 259 (6.5 ypa) 1 TD 1 int. They can be thrown on, but we won't go all out passing. Just enough to keep them honest.

We just need the passing game to improve one game at a time. Hopefully the confidence from last weekend carries over.

Let's just see how it all plays out now that they are entering the more challenging part of the schedule. Saturday against Florida should be a preview of what to expect for the November gauntlet.

Fully expect the run game to dominate Saturday, but they WILL get burned by Harris' arm. LSU has more deadly weapons in the backfield than any other team in the SEC. Look for 350 yards rushing and 150 passing.

If our secondary shines, Gators will be sucking air come the fourth quarter.

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My favorite offseason post were

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See my sig quote for a recent one

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Behind 2 spread teams fwiw

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what exactly is your point here? Please tell me that you aren't wishing we ran the spread.

I'll say it again, if BH continues to improve, LSU will have the most potent offense in college football. With hurry up type offenses, your own defense gets worn out easily thus the higher amount of points usually given up by teams that run this.

IF BH can pass the ball 150-200 yards a game, with about 20 throws a game and have the ability to make teams respect the deep ball....LSU is literally unstoppable by other teams. First, they control the ball and wear defenses down...and secondly, when playing hurry up type teams, they are on the field so long that these teams generally have a tough time getting into a rhythm. The hurry up can be defended as can the spread (reference LSU's great success against JM and A&M). A pro style power offense, with a great run blocking OL, great rb's, and the ability to throw the ball...simply can't be defended...especially when you have a back as good as LF, who can take it to the house on every single carry. You think about that....some of our other really good backs could gain yards for sure, but you knew that a 15-20 yard run was generally all you were getting unless something really broke down on the other team's defense. LF can bust it on every single play.....and that is a dimension that separates LSU from the rest of the pack.