re: What type of performance against auburn would change your mind on the QB situation?

I'm sure USC's game plan was to try to stop the run and keep everything relatively simple on the back end to see if the Freshman could be them. He did. But that was possible because the LSU run game was as good as it has been all season. Auburn has better personnel in the front 7 and I'm sure they will challenge Finley more now that they have film on him and what LSU his trying to do with Finley as their starter.

However, if the offense is as efficient vs. Auburn and Finley makes many of the field stretching throws he made against USC...it might be hard to not start him vs. Bama. Particularly with MB still not being 100%.

I'm not in the camp that after one good game LSU should bench their starter (who has more experience and who, presumably, has a better grasp of the offense overall). But if a guy is red hot and playing well it is hard to take him out for someone who, by that time, will not have played in a month.