re: Brandon Harris on 2015 season: teams were calling their plays before the snap

Miles...

Hell, I never played football and knew what was coming on the next play just because the lineup in the back field. I’m sure that guys that actually know the game in and out couldn’t know exactly who was getting the ball each time.

Miles was too damn predictable on what play was coming up just by looking at the formations.

Thank God for Coach O!!

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Absolute worst was going into the 2016 season how everything was supposed to change and the offense was being revamped, etc etc etc...

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I knew we were fricked when he had that press conference before the season and they asked about the offense and he quipped about the engine being fine. I knew that dumass wasn’t going to change a thing. He lied to keep his job and then they abruptly fired his stubborn arse after being proven wrong again....

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If Harris was any good, he would have shown it in UNC's system that Fedora ran.

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Not necessarily. He spent 3yrs not being developed here, it's a bit late the game to think someone can just suddenly get better when they have only a few months before the start of the season.

water is wet. I think we know this already.

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He spent 3yrs not being developed here, it's a bit late the game to think someone can just suddenly get better when they have only a few months before the start of the season.

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yeah Harris is basically the Bizarro Burrow

Burrow had 3 years of Urban Meyer/Day development, so he could have gone anywhere in his 4th year

Harris had 3 years of Miles/Cam development, so he was doomed anywhere he went

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Harris was a little too confident in fulfilling his recruiting ranking destiny that he forgot to continue his development in college which continued at UNC after he graduated. Miles killed our chances but Harris was never the answer. It is amazing how many skill players we had on those teams. Not sure how Miles recruited kids to play here that he never intended to utilize

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I feel like with a better coach he could have developed. I think had he gone to Ohio St for a few years then transferred somewhere, it would have been way better for him.

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I didn't hear anything from Harris about completing 53.6% of his passes.

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Brandon Harris first year starting Sophomore
53.6% 2158 yards 7.8 ypa 13 TD 6 int

Danny Etling first year starting (at LSU) redshirt junior with what amounted to over a year of starting at Purdue
59.5% 2123 yards 7.9 ypa 11 TD 5 int

Joe Burrow first year starting redshirt junior with 3 years learning under Herman and Meyer
57.8% 2894 yards 7.6 ypa 16 TD 5 int

Burrow threw a 100 more passes than Harris and more than 100 more than Etling and had 3 and 5, respectively, more TDs on less yards per attempt, than both.


IMO, Harris would have been fine if he went to a school that ran the spread.

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Why does everybody say this like 3 years of learning bad habits and being told, no, no, no, would you automatically find enlightenment and be good just by going to a better situation? It was too late then. Guy should have went to a spread offense right out of high school.

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You could see Burrow had talent when he was here his first year. You did not see that with Harris. You also didn't see it whith Harris when he left.

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Burrow started slow as a brand new transfer QB in the first half of the season.

He was completing over 60% in the second half of the season.

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I was the dislike and I'm going to tell you why because none of you guys want to admit the truth and I've posted it before. Against the top 5 power 5 pass defenses Burrow played, he was HORRID! Sure he got better in the last 4 games because it was Rice, UCF, TAMU, and Arkansas. TAMU was 98th in pass defense, Arkansas was 87th, and the others were group of 5 teams (with Rice being horrid among Group of 5 teams in pass defense). Add in his game vs Ole Miss (111th pass defense) and you have a QB where 13 of his 16 TDs came against the 5 worst defenses he played, actually 15 of his 16 in the 6 worst because two came from the FCS team. Over half of his pass yards came in those 5 games (i won't even add in the FCS game).

He had a 4 game stretch between UF and Bama where he completed 53.5% of his passes for an average of 176.5 yards per game with 5.55 ypa 0 TDs and 4 ints.