Miles said he considered putting Etling in last week in the Tigers’ 16-14 loss to Wisconsin, but in the end he said could not pull the trigger because the situation wasn’t right. “I just wanted to go out there and win the game for my team”.
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“Even though this was done by mistake, a play like this does not belong in the game of football and therefore action must be taken”, Miles said. “I’m happy with what we accomplished and I do believe we will get better”.
And he’s got a deadline, too. Tiger Nation is growing restless with the abysmal quarterback play from Harris. It was there, as the Tigers gained more yards in the first three quarters than they did in the entire Wisconsin game.
The first quarter issues extended past Harris.
Harris, then a backup, replaced struggling starter Anthony Jennings in a home game against New Mexico State that season.
As it is, the LSU coaches don’t trust him to make hard throws (hence only four throws of 20-plus yards), and as long as he is just dumping off screens in the flat, the Tigers offense will remain one-dimensional. I gave my thoughts on this in this week’s Red Zone podcast, but I’ll recap the main reasons why I ranked them where I did. “I recognize there’s some things going on out there”.
JK: I don’t think there will be the emotion and energy seen in Lambeau Field, but there should be greater enthusiasm for a team that catapulted up to No. 10 in the AP poll. The Tigers’ linebacker quartet combined for 24 tackles last week, including five tackles for loss. “He just said, ‘Go out and be yourself and make some nice decisions and put us in a position to win the game'”.
“Brandon, in the locker room, he thought it was all on him”, center Ethan Pocic said Tuesday.
On offense, expect the Badgers to stay balanced unless they build up a huge lead.
Jacksonville State quarterback Eli Jenkins (7) passes in the first half of an NCAA college football game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. The other three attempts all fell incomplete. “It was pretty nice, especially since we were down at the time”. It’s not all on one person. In practice and scrimmages, Harris is “tremendous”, the coach insisted.
Miles doesn’t plan to make any changes on LSU’s offensive line, he said Tuesday. The three Big Ten games I see the Hawkeyes in danger of losing are vs. Wisconsin, at Penn State and vs. MI. That said, head coach Paul Chryst mentioned how players were already coming in Sunday to prepare for Akron.
Without Leonard Fournette, who was out with an ankle injury.
There will be another change to LSU’s offense this weekend: coordinator Cam Cameron will be in the press box.
After the season-opening loss, Miles isn’t anxious this week about impressing the College Football Playoff committee with a blowout victory.
Harris’s inconsistency in the passing game has been the Achilles heel of LSU’s offense ever since he took over signal-calling duties.
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This one Saturday didn’t have the same feel. The quarterback can hurt you with his legs and also does a good job throwing. “It’s just that maturation process”.
