re: Harris makes little headway in LSU quarterback battle

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Anyone and everyone knows Jennings is the starter, Miles just thinks he's creating more competition by not naming a starter until the 11th hour.

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Wow! How did you come to this conclusion? From everything I have read on here recently, Harris is said to be leading in the QB competition. Do you know something that has eluded everyone else?

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Why is it so important to name a starter now?

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It may or may not be important. It's up to interpretation.

Some will say, like Miles, not naming a starter until the week or day before the first game will create the most competition among the QBs. Definitely possible. It certainly could be beneficial for overall QB competition to have it go as long as possible. HOWEVER;

Some will say, in contrary to Miles, if you have a pretty clear cut #1 QB a few weeks before the first game, there's no reason to not name them starter. Have the competition be over and have your starter take the grand majority of the snaps in practice to prepare him for the first game the best. Also definitely possible. Naming a starting QB who certainly looks to be the man earlier on means he likely gets prepared more for the first game.

It's 2 schools of thought.

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You realize you don't have to name a starter in order to give him the majority of first-team reps...?

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It isn't any secret Harris is still splitting quite a few snaps with Jennings, and Miles makes sure to mention that.

Right now it seems like Harris is getting about 50% of reps to Jennings' ~30-35% then the leftover reps are primarily for McMillian. If Harris was named starting QB though there's no reason for him to take less than about 70-75% of snaps. More practice means better preparation.

A&M just named their starting QB today, gives him 2 full weeks of game prep. Sure would be nice for Harris to have that, since he's the clear cut starter.

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Hasn't there also been plenty of mention of Harris running with the 1s, and Jennings either running with the 2s, or standing around with his helmet in his hand?

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Yes, but there's a difference in taking a SLIGHT majority of snaps vs. a LARGE majority of snaps is my point. Taking 50% of snaps isn't going to prepare you as well as taking 75% snaps will. Would you not agree?

There's absolutely a difference in fostering a QB competition with more split snaps vs. having a defined starters and him taking the grand majority of snaps in preparation for games.

I totally get having a competition, but it certainly feels like Miles will be Miles and despite clearly having a starting QB he will "foster more competition" but not naming one until the last minute.