This trip down memory lane is not to knock Rivers or to make any predictions about LSU’s current quarterback situation. It should, though, serve as a reminder that success in spring scrimmages is not an indicator of what will happen in the fall. That is why news that LSU’s three quarterbacks combined to go 41-of-52 for nearly 700 yards in Saturday’s scrimmage should be met with cautious optimism, if not skepticism.
LSU scrimmages are not open to the media or the public, so we must take Les Miles at his word. “We threw the ball very effectively,” Miles said after the workout.