It'll only take ONE game to know what we're in for with Harris.

Losing that first game kind of screwed up Harris early, IMO. He had to start the season against on the road against a decent state team. Les and them didn't want to break him like that

The next game was auburn. He didn't need to throw once

I understand saving a few trick plays for Alabama and Arkansas, but we gotta run all our plays so he can execute them in the bigger games. Les can't will till November to practice passing or only having 80 yards passing on eastern Michigan's shutdown secondary.

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Even if he's 10-12 passing, only 12 attempts will be very telling.

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No. So if Harris has an 83% completion percentage against a good power 5 team, it's going to be "telling" in a negative way? If Harris goes 10-12, it will mean we won by 3 or more touchdowns.

I agree that we will know after this game. If we see same as last year people will be making one excuse after the other but we all know deep down that it could be a frustrating year.

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It'll only take ONE game to know what we're in for with Harris.

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Baw that's not an intelligent comment. This is what is wrong with some LSU fans.

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If we're ultra conservative against UW it'll be a clear cut sign that BH hasn't turned the corner,

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What if we are ultra conservative with Harris, but win by double digits?

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If we're ultra conservative against UW it'll be a clear cut sign that

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Nothing has changed and Les Miles is going to keep everything close to the vest. Should be good enough to win 8-9, maybe 10 games during the regular season. This is not a Brandon Harris problem, this is an offensive scheme problem. You have a QB that is a threat to run, put him in a position to utilize that threat, don't neutralize it by putting him in a 2TE, I-formation set.

the responders are being too picky here. The OP is basically correct - Wisconsin had a very good defense last year and probably will again this year. We're athletically superior but the Badgers won't be a pushover. Highly doubtful we can just line up and pound them into submission.

So all the OP is saying is that Wisconsin is a perfect looking glass into Les' offensive philosophy this year, as compared to if we were playing a cupcake.

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Well I certainly don't see a reason to "ease" Harris into this.

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Of course you don't. My God! you have returned to the scene of the crime. And right off the bat start you hate against "dual threat" QBs. I thought, based on your previous racist postings, you had been banned for life. Unwelcome back. I guess BRAVEHEART will return next.

Its not about the number of throws, it's about the efficiency. Harris main job is to keep the chains moving, convert the 3rd and 8 to 3rd and 4, either with the pass or scrambling to keep the drive alive.
That's what made e 2013 offense so good is we just about led the nation in 3rd down conversions. Mett always found Jarvis for 6, 7, 8 yrds to convert.
Consequently this kept the defense off the field and well rested.
We typically only run between 65-75 plays a game. You know fournette is getting 20+ touches, Guice should get around 10-12, That's almost half your offensive snaps. Harris needs to be around 15-25 for 60% completion percentage.
If we are slining it more than 30 times a game, then we are probably behind in the game