.
Nope. The change has already arrived.
That change is Brandon Harris starting at quarterback for LSU.
Harris
looked efficient and poised in leading the Tigers to a 63-7 win against
New Mexico State. The Aggies never posed a terrible threat, but a true
freshman collecting 214 total yards and five total touchdowns in his
first meaningful action as a quarterback is nothing to shake off either.
Harris
ran the offense — which finally used a variety of formations, including
shotgun sets, to spread out the opposing defense — to near perfection,
directing the Tigers to touchdowns on each of the seven drives he
captained.
He was just what the doctor ordered for LSU’s ailing offense.
"He
performed well, handled all the communications and a multitude of
things we ask a quarterback to do,” LSU coach Les Miles said. "He made
plays, and it was very positive.”
Harris is a far different quarterback now than he was against Wisconsin.
The
freshman looked lost on the field against the Badgers — literally. In
the one series he played — when he was sacked on third down — Harris was
seen on camera breaking the huddle with several offensive lineman
looking confused around him. Harris looked equally befuddled.
But
confusion was nowhere on Harris’ radar against the Aggies. He never
seemed flustered and took exactly what the defense gave him.
"He’s
grown a lot,” receiver Travin Dural said. "Our first game, you could
tell he was nervous. Ever since then, he’s grown a lot and he’s matured a
lot. You can tell his confidence is growing.”
Confidence has
never been an issue for Harris. With dozens of cameras in his face at
LSU’s Media Day this August, Harris answered questions with grace and
polish, and he did so again Saturday night as reporters swarmed him
almost immediately as he walked into the media room.
Maybe Harris just needed to find a little more confidence on the field.
Looks like he’s found it.
"Brandon
is a very talented kid, and I have a lot of confidence in him, just
like everybody in this offense,” senior center Elliott Porter said.
Harris’ poise was on display on his 27-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.
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