GEAUX HARRIS - Good schedule to begin Harris's starting role

Put it this way.

Game 1: McNeese is as good of a break-in game as you can get. If they are smart and give him the majority of the first team snaps, which is what seem to be ongoing as of days 1-3 of fall camp, he will be fully prepared for a home opener to earn his keep. If he doesn't, well he will have blown it for real (the Auburn road first step was not good, but understandable to some extent due to the circumstances).

Game 2: Then, a road test at Starkville, with a MSU team that has lost most of its best defensive players, with a strong LSU OLINE and running attack, which will lessen his need to play a major role in winning the game. As the game goes forward, he can have game-planned some smart throws to build on the confidence THAT HAD BETTER come from game 1.

Game 3: Home versus Auburn. Now it gets serious, as even with a good D and being at home, we are going to need a balanced offensive scoring attack to have success in this game. Like so many years of the past, if we are going to slip, the early Sept Auburn game is a place where we could slip up and still compete for the SEC West, SEC and National Championship game.

Game 4: at Syracuse - If Harris has performed reasonably well thru game 3, LSU (with a nice traveling Tiger contigent), should be able to navigate this challenge, and the speed of the turf, combined with his (by then) throwing confidence, will be an asset for his footwork as well.

I'll stop there, as these first 4 games will get him significant experience, and posture the Tigers to be a serious contender for the rest of the championship run.

I am very optimistic that his first team snaps, combined with the way the schedule sets up to appropriately-but-not-too-overwhelming circumstances, leads to him becoming the QB we all believe he can be,

And if this happens, we will have him and an experienced backup QB, and will be a major threat to achieve all of our goals.