re: Will the offense realistically change this year?

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I didnt do my homework on that issue, but it definitely seemed to me that we threw the ball more than any other offense that Les Miles has had.

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It just seemed like we threw it a lot more, we just CONNECTED on a lot more passes was the difference. Well, we certainly threw it a lot more than the following year, but that was because we were seriously gimped at QB with Jennings.

Here's the pass:run ratios recently:

2015 - 278:505 (35.5% passes)
2014 - 276:621 (30.8% passes)
2013 - 326:523 (38.4% passes)
2012 - 356:527 (40.3% passes)
2011 - 279:591 (32.1% passes)
2010 - 301:538 (35.9% passes)
2009 - 336:435 (43.6% passes)
2008 - 391:495 (44.1% passes)
2007 - 442:612 (41.9% passes)
2006 - 368:450 (45.0% passes)
2005 - 360:509 (41.4% passes)

So my bad, we actually saw a significant change in scheme after 2009 season, not 2008. I guess 2 years of poor passing at a higher rate scared Miles off a bit. You can clearly see the change after 2009. Only 2012 has come close to the pass:run selection since 2009 from his first 5 years here. 2014 and 2011 were years he just refused to really throw the football. 2011 we get it due to the special teams and defense. But I find it interesting in Jordan Jefferson/Jarrett Lee's freshman and sophomore years we were throwing it around 44% of the time and in their junior and senior years we threw it 36% and 32% of the time.