ESPN LSU should play freshman QB (FWIW)

ESPN LSU should play freshmen QB
10:20 am 9/22 Edward Aschoff

Article was about FLA & LSU both needing to start their Freshmen:

When ESPN notices....aren't they the last?

This is a 180 reversal in the past 48 hrs when David Ching sent me an email saying

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"that anyone with two functional eyes could see"

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Harris did not know the playbook, ran the wrong way, and "screwed up" (TD report and quote) his 3 plays in the Wisconsin game and the ULM game.

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Ouch.

At LSU, Jennings went from hero in the comeback win over Arkansas last year to a wildly inconsistent gunslinger. To his credit, he made some big throws in that valiant comeback over Wisconsin, but against a Mississippi State defense that is the best he's seen to date, Jennings threw for 157 yards and missed too many passes that were there. Granted, the Bulldogs frustrated him all night with pressure, but Jennings just wasn't efficient enough to win the game for the Tigers. He had no composure.

Jennings has been more of a game manager than anything for the Tigers to start the year, as LSU has spent more time running the ball. When the Tigers had to throw down field against Mississippi State, which held LSU to 89 rushing yards, they couldn't.

Until Brandon Harris came in late and delivered touchdown passes for 30 and 31 yards to almost pull the dramatic comeback win. Harris completed 6 of 9 passes for 140 yards in relief duty.

The thing about this situation is that it looked like Jennings got hurt in the Mississippi State game, so Brandon Harris might have no choice but to see more time. But he's also a better down-field passer and appears to be the more talented option. He really struggled against Wisconsin, but delivered some beauties against Mississippi State. Let him play. Build his confidence.

The season is not over, but it will be soon enough if they don't create a passing threat. There's no point in keeping talented guys on the bench.

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