Throwing the ball over the middle of the field

Under throws and over throws result more in picks as opposed to throwing to the sideline.

That's why LSU never threw a pass between the hashes after Lee's struggles with pick 6s.

More defenders over middle of field. They stopped throwing it over the middle when Jarrett Lee threw 6 pick 6s

Etling has said the coaches put a major emphasis on not turning the ball over hence we arent going to use all of the field in the passing game. Throws in the middle lead to INTs.

And I'm not saying this is the right way to go about it at all...

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Do we avoid it because LBs are lurking in the middle sometimes and it makes a more difficult read for the qb? Do we avoid it because throwing over or through the defensive line makes it more difficult?

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Winner, winner.

The "Golden Zone" is in between the hash marks and the numbers. It is beneficial for all involved, easy throw for the qb and wr usually has space or only one man to beat. Throwing over the middle of the field means the ball has to pass the defensive line and enter center field where LBs, SSs, FSs, and DB,s lurk and if a WR tips the ball it is almost certainly an interception.

If you pay attention to the passes made in the last 4 games you will notice a majority go to the sideline or over the top behind safeties. This is done to minimize turnover. However, LSU WRs do run across the middle and some even get open, but the ball seems to always go to the perimeter which means two things; 1) Etling doesn't have the confidence/accuracy to make the throw, or 2) The coaches tell him not to throw across the middle. I think #2 is the most likely, because of Etling's weak arm and conservative play calling style of Canada (so for this season). The way this offense plays, an interception(s) would absolutely kill us so we play scared and limit what we can do.

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I don't know a whole sit ton about football

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Then you will fit in very nicely around this board...

When LSU fans crown Etling for not turning the ball over, vs all these shite defenses we play no less, they fail to realize that he avoids throwing over the middle like the plague. He's been mostly throwing it outside or way deep down field. LSU is going to look like hot garbage on offense once real SEC play starts and Etling is still the main QB.

Often overlooked regrading this is the knowledge the wr has to have running most routes in the middle of the field.
Identifying coverage pre snap, throttling down vs running through, complementary routes based formation/changing coverages. And the QB has to trust the wr to make all these decisions.
I can say we may have 1 guy that seems capable of this right now