re: No charges filed against Jennings, Bain & Thomas

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I look forward to the play of whomever the coaching staff selects as the starting QB.

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I hope this is sarcasm. Clearly you can't be looking forward to the play of AJ.

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It's not sarcasm. I meant what I said. I look forward to the play of whomever the coaching staff selects as the starting QB.

QB production is not a static statistic. All LSU QBs have improved their production under Miles. Sure, Lee took a step back in 2009, and Jefferson took a step back in 2010. But from Lee's second year to his fifth, and from Jefferson's first year to his fourth, they improved. Mett also clearly improved from his second year to his third year.

SEC Regular Season Games

Jennings showed a lot of improvement in the spring game. Harris showed a lot of improvement in the spring game. I expect both of them to be greatly improved for the 2015 season.

More importantly, this season will have a HUGE return of experience and production compared to the return last season.

When teams return less than 70% of their games played and 60% of their production, the team will be looking at experience issues.

Last season, LSU returned only 53.13% of its games started on offense and 65.24% of games played. Worse, almost all of the production was gone: 36.65% of the rushing yards returned and just 12.96% of the receiving yards.

This season, LSU returns 66.43% of its games started on offense, and far more production: 65.13% of the rushing yards and 86.02% of the receiving yards. On top of that, LSU returns three starters on the line. LINK

Completions and passing yards require more than merely the QB having a strong arm. The WR has to get open, the 0-line has to give the QB time to throw, the QB has to throw to the open target, the QB-WR timing has to be right, and the WR has to catch the ball. With all of the returning experience and production, I expect both Jennings and Harris to have increased production in 2015.

Miles and Cameron have never played a QB who did not give LSU the best chance to win. Both Harris and Jennings looked good in the spring game. Whomever the coaching staff chooses to start, I look forward to the play of that QB. I'm happy with either QB, and I'll let the professionals who see them practice every day make the decision about who plays.