re: As of week 7 ,LSU'S offense has wildly surpassed preseason predictions.

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If you were told , before the season that by week 7 LSU'S offense would be ranked 8th in the country in offensive yards per play and 23rd in the country in offensive yards per game you'd laugh at the statement.

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I've said since the summer, that I thought LSU would have an explosive offense. I actually predicted 3500 or more rushing yards for the season (based on 13 games mind you). We haven't passed like I had believed, but it's been several reasons why, and the main ones are the drops and amount of attempts. I expected Harris to have to grow and take the good with the bad, but prior to SCAR, we had been playing like a triple option team but with really on one option. One REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good option, but one option nonetheless.

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Sure we would all like to see the passing game better but the offense is actually producing great numbers.

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Prior to South Carolina it wasn't the offense, but Fournette and the OL. I guess you could consider that the offense, but I consider what we did vs SCAR as actually producing great offensive numbers.

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Yes I know tougher defenses are coming up.

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Yep, which is all the more reason to get Harris to get more comfortable passing the ball. I like the 25 pass 45 rush balance myself.

We should not be scared to throw against Florida, but we should be careful. ECU completed 63.8% of their passes for 346 yards (6.0 ypa) and 3 TDs 1 int. Of course they passed damn near 60 times. Tennessee went 12/19 (63.2%) for 165 (8.7 ypa) and a TD. Ole Miss went 26/40 (65%) for 259 (6.5 ypa) 1 TD 1 int. They can be thrown on, but we won't go all out passing. Just enough to keep them honest.

We just need the passing game to improve one game at a time. Hopefully the confidence from last weekend carries over.