re: The question is, why did it take Brady to change the offense?

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If the spread is the be all and end all, then why aren't other teams in the playoffs. Once again, if LSU had talented QBs for all those years, the passing game would have been just fine. 2013 season PROVES that!

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This is half correct & half wrong. Different variations of the spread for over the past 20 years have turned lesser talented teams into contenders & helped certain programs over that timeframe like West Virginia, TCU, Baylor, Ole Miss, Oklahoma St. & Mississippi St. reach heights that, had they not been running the spread, wouldn't reach. All those schools have played in BCS or NY6 bowl games in the last 10 years because of successful spread offenses.

The school who has benefited the most from the spread in the CFP era alone is Oklahoma. That is a program that has had an inability to pull in high level recruits on the defensive side of the ball. OU has also lacked elite coaching on the defensive side for a long time yet still they have made the CFP 3 years straight off the strength of being a spread offense.

LSU was going to see an increase in offensive production this past season from just the route concepts Joe Brady brought in alone. The offense could have operated with a lesser experienced QB & the production would have been better than 95% of all past Tiger offenses. What made it special is Burrow's leadership, toughness, intelligence both pre & post snap & his uncanny accuracy. Mix that in with a solid offensive line & future NFL players at the skill positions & what you got was tGoat offense in major college football history. People need to understand that it is not one particular person or idea that lead to the outcome in 2019. It was multiple reasons. Some reasons won't be around in 2020, some will. The ideas & concepts are still there. No matter what, the offense will still be good in 2020. Just how good will depend on several unknowns at the moment.