BH "still just a true sophomore QB"

I live over here in SoCar, and as such, follow and hear a lot about Clemson and Deshaun Watson.

As y'all well know, Watson had a great year as a FROSH prior to getting injured (and still came back to beat Carolina in a big game).

Now, with subpar competition to date (get Louisville this Thursday, who lost to Houston) ... Deshaun Watson is tearing it up again as a Sophomore.


I am not a recruiting guru, so I don't know who was more highly touted, i.e. Watson or Harris. I think LSU did show interest in Watson ... I could be wrong.


Why is it that Clemson can get this kind of production very early from highly recruited QBs ... and at LSU, the party line seems to be that we need to protect young QBs from mistakes and such and not unleash them? Heck ...Watson ... "only a SOPH" (written a lot of times on this board recently)...is being mentioned in the Heisman conversation.


Watson and Harris seem a lot alike ... about the same height/weight ... cannons for arms, etc.

I can assure you ... Harris has way more viable weapons at LSU than Watson could ever hope to have.


Is LSU simply less aggressive on pushing the maturation process?


Granted, I understand that Clemson really had no choice but to throw Watson in the fire last year; Cole Stoudt was stinkin' it up. So, Watson as a SOPH already has some respectable big game experience.


I'm really hoping that we'll loosen the reigns on Harris more and more...and as his confidence builds, should be awesome to have an unstoppable balanced attack.