Will the offense realistically change this year?

Not really.

Maybe better execution because of experience. Miles believes and has the players believing it's just about execution.

I wish we would get more creative though and have more trust and confidence in other areas on offense.

Personally, I think so. With Miles now realising his job title isn't certain and with possibly the most talented team this year, he will be under pressure to change the offense more than ever. Harris is now primed to excel at the best timing possible, we have great depth on both sides of the ball, 18 returning starters, arguably the best coaching staff in college football and the schedule couldn't work out much better. We saw glimpses of what Harris was capable of last season, so if we see a balanced offense this season on the back of that Aranda D, this team will be something special

Not often, but the 2013 offense had some balance.. As well as the 2007.

Both had senior quarterbacks Miles trusted though. The 07 offense was cool how Perrilloux was incorporated.

It just frustrates me that Miles will continue to try to impose his will against equally talented teams even when it doesn't work.. And it's clear it's not going to work. He sticks to it and there's no alternative course of action. I don't want balance in terms of equal pass to run ratios per game. I want balance that we have options to execute whatever we need to exploit a defense's weaknesses.

Would love to see us have a confident offense that even if we turn it over.. It's no big deal because we can make it right back up with our talent. Rather our players play with confidence than playing like walking on eggshells.. I'm speaking more about the quarterback position and his lack of opportunity to pass..

We have so much talent on offense.. Even the true freshman receivers we have coming in have incredible measurables.. And I think their talents should be utilized. I'd love to see our backs catch more passes out the backfield as well. It's the old cliche but it's going to hinge on how confident Miles feels about his quarterback..

Can I get a Amen from a tiger fan on throwing to the TE. We never use the middle of the field. We need to open up the middle to keep the LBers and safeties from stacking the box against the run. Please please sweet Jesus can I get an Amen?

Les gonna Les.

If the OC remains on the sideline which is where he was for the bowl game, we have a chance.

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Has it really ever changed since Miles has been here?

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Yes. It has gone from average to horrible. A few peaks and valleys along the way, but the trend is downward.

This offense, regardless of sets and play calls will only be as good as the guy that gets the ball everytime first.

I'm not overjoyed.
I hope he proves me wrong.
Sure didn't see any improvement from Harris in spring game.

Nobody knows. Not even Les.

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So what are the odds that things change?

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It will change very little. That's because it doesn't need to change much. We need to mix in more passes. Miles wants to be at about 58% run, but he needs a competent QB to do that. In the last four years we've only had one season with a (nearly) competent QB, and that year Mett threw about 40% of the time.

Mett had way above average talent, but his decision making was terrible. Still we threw the ball enough that year to worry teams.

I think that this year you will see 40% passing. Harris is not quite where they want him from a decision making point of view. In 2017 I believe we'll see a senior QB throw more than 40% of the time, and then we'll have great balance.