That being said, I think Etling at least deserves a chance to not have to look over his shoulder. In 2016, the Badgers have a healthy backfield that should help keep opposing defenses honest and allow the UW offense to have success both on the ground and in the air.
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OH (0-1) at Kansas (1-0), 2:30 p.m., FSN – Bobcats stubbed their toe in the home opener against woeful Texas State and now face a supposedly bad Big 12 team.
“We needed a little pick me up and we put Danny in”, Miles said, adding that he won’t hesitate to change quarterbacks again if the offense is sluggish out of the gate. The other three attempts all fell incomplete. It is going to continue to come. “First of all, let’s secure victory and get a win and enjoy our day”.
That won’t happen too often in conference play, when the Tigers will face teams bigger and stronger and deeper than the one they just beat. Etling may not be the key to us winning a title, but he can be what we need to get this offense going. Thomas Woodson will be under center for the Zips and in week one he showed the ability to be a threat from the pocket as well as on the ground.
Even without Fournette, LSU’s tailbacks accounted for 220 rushing yards against Jacksonville State.
Arkansas, for some reason, kicked to Turpin on the ensuing kickoff, which he returned 64 yards to the Arkansas 27.
“Not really thinking about going deep every time”, he said after the victory over VMI. “And I was able to narrow down my read to high-low”. He needs to start finding some wins to get off the hot seat.
Guice had a 44-yard run on the second play of a drive after Jacksonville State struck for a quick touchdown that cut LSU’s lead to 13-10 and later caught an 18-yard screen pass from Etling to set up a 2-yard TD run by fullback Bry’Kiethon Mouton. No one seized control of the offense and the Tigers managed just 175 passing yards. Last week is something we can’t control any more. Although he picked up 77 of his yards on those four completions, he threw an alarming number of errant passes. Wide receivers Travin Dural and Malachi Dupre combined for eight catches for 74 yards.
Also, as far as Fournette’s Heisman Trophy hopes at the end of the year go, not playing against Jacksonville State would cost him a chance to make his stat line look more impressive at the end of the year.
“The front seven made our job pretty easy back there”, safety Leo Musso said. It’s universally agreed that there is a mental element to Harris’ struggles, and it’s nearly guaranteed there would be a negative reaction from the Tiger Stadium crowd if Harris were to start the next game – not exactly the best way to get back into a positive frame of mind. All six of his second-half passes were incomplete. But Miles said he expects Fournette to be available against the Bulldogs this Saturday night in Death Valley.
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Akron’s overall talent can’t match up with LSU’s. Junior quarterback Brandon Harris had supposedly climbed the mountain of uncertainty and was ready to guide the Tigers into the future as one of the more talented quarterbacks in the SEC.
