re: What do some of you not understand about most of us wanting Harris to start?

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I'm not defending Les, but playing QB is more than handing off the ball or throwing a pass. Managing the huddle, understanding defensive fronts, understanding defenses in general, understanding the checks/audibles, clock management, and playing under control, just to name a few.

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Your argument in a vacuum would be a sound one. Unfortunately it falls apart when applying it to LSU. Jennings hasn't shown the ability to go through his progressions. He locks onto receivers. His ability to read defenses is limited to sending a man in motion to verify zone or man coverage. He isn't picking up blitzes and checking down to the safety valve. He doesn't audible or make checks at the line. The entire team looks to the sideline at play cards after the defense sets. LSU's offense is extremely dumbed down in that regard (I happen to agree with that approach btw). Most everything that you have listed are things this coaching staff has either gone out of its way to minimize or Jennings has shown to be incapable of.

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The coaches knew harris wasn't ready for AU but they put him in. Had he handled it better we wouldn't be in this situation. I really think miles is stuck and we won't see Harris again until he can handle business in game prep or practice.

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So we get Jennings that has been worse in every level of the postion in the process. Awesome.

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Harris Is less ready to play ? Means maybe not likely he has upside.

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No it means Miles has made his decision. The only hope this team has going forward is for Harris to outwork Jennings during the offseason and for Miles to feel like he is deciding to make the switch. His ego will not allow for anything else. If a Juco comes in, he will not trust him enough to supplant Jennings. He will make him sit at least a year so he can master our complex playbook.

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and for Miles to feel like

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Ummm they were playing behind 1st round draft picks at QB. Unless you think AJ is a 1st round pick, this doesn't hold up to well.

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And why not? We were talking about the most outstanding players in all of football, and the point was simply that they got zero snaps as freshmen, and progressed pretty damn well. Harris doesn't have to have snaps this year to be good next year. This proves exactly that.

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And? They do the same thing with Jennings

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Nearly every play? No, they do not. I haven't counted, but I'd bet its 3-1 Harris vs Jennings that they do this for.

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Then it's safe to assume he started working harder.

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Why? He hadn't apparently done it by 11/4 in the past 8 months, but all of a sudden he did? And after a week and a half, even if he did, he should be rewarded?

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What pressure does he have? He would be replacing a QB that has performed worse than just about every QB in LSU history, at least for the last 25 years. Will also let the rest of the O that they have a coach willing to give them a fighting chance to perform at a high level.

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I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you here. But the problem is that one of the worst performances I have ever seen at QB was against Auburn. If he goes out and tanks again, what does that do for him? Maybe he's just really not ready, for a bunch of reasons that have nothing to do with talent or play, and it is the best for this team and for him to start anew in 2015. I don't recall a person last year on here complaining that Mett was done after last year so we should bench him and start Jennings to get the work to be better this year. In essence, we all hope that the situations are similar, except AJ won't be graduating.

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We wont do any worse with harris under center. Plus, the season is a wash, belk bowl, indy bowl, whatever there isnt much difference. If we lose with Harris under center, we lose with Jennings under center plain and simple.

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This is what I don't understand. Jennings provides nothing but full grasp of the playbook. So is this another Welter/Beckwith situation? Let the better guy play and take his lumps. With experience, he should develop. I hate to beat a dead horse, but Brad Kaaya, JT Barrett, and now Kyle Allen are doing it. Hell, Tennessee finally went to Dobbs and their offense has went from slow and bland, to explosive all around. Their running game has gotten a million times better than before.

We have a caged bird right now. Let the guy take flight.

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What makes you think that Harris is better than Jennings? Seriously. I'm not choosing sides, but I am challenging your statement. How do you know he is better? How many practice sessions have you attended? How many team meetings have you attended? What are your qualifications for judging talent? What is the basis of your position? Please provide some evidence other than the guy sitting next to you at the Cypress Bar said so.

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Jennings is statistically one of the worst starting QBs in the FBS. Hell, he may be one of the worst starting QBs in all of college football statistically, meaning FCS, JUCO, and whatever else there is.

If Harris can't do better than 8 of 26 for 76 yards, or 12 of 22 for 87 yards, then we are seriously fricked!

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Try multiplying 5-10 for 80 yards by three or four.

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holy fricking projection batman...

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dont care who starts, I just want A&M to kick the shite out of us.

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Everybody I know feels the same way. Things have to get worse and hit rock bottom before they get better. We all know what has to happen before significant change occurs, particularly so when Stubborness and Ego personified are in charge of the program. Best thing that could happen to this program right would be to get another butt kicking on Thanksgiving Night.