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Plus he has a really cool name, very Lousiana. Your state has a very distinct culture that cannot be found anywhere else in the South. If you ask me, UL really does embody the essence of Louisiana. Everything about the Ragin' Cajuns screams Louisiana.
Hey, I love Des. Noone works harder to the best they can be. I just personally don't think he will ever play qb anywhere else. However, I do feel he will be drafted because he is an outstanding athlete.Quote:
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Will you people please give this up. Completion percentage alone has almost nothing to do with how good a passer of the football you are.Quote:
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Do you know who almost always leads the NBA in field goal percentage?
Shaq.
Nobody will confuse Shaq with being one of the best shooters in the NBA.
Same holds true here.
Thank you.
I enjoy watching Des play as much as anyone , kid is one hell of an athlete. But i have to agree i would like to see more out of his passing game but also remember some of this has to be our wideouts getting open and actually catching the ball. I to dont think he will play QB anywhere else as he is more of a runner but his athletic ability will definately draw some attention.
He will move up during season http://www.rotoworld.com/content/pla...ne=7342&spln=1
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UL — For Michael Desormeaux another new football season has usually meant a new offensive system to learn, and 2008 won’t buck that trend.
But the idea of re-learning a playbook doesn’t cause much of a ripple with the Louisiana senior quarterback.
It’s just a little more bookwork for the Ragin’ Cajuns signal-caller to master.
Besides managing his duties as UL’s starting quarterback, Desormeaux also blazed through the last academic year with a 4.0 grade-point average.
Quarterbacks are supposed to be smart, but the former Catholic of New Iberia star has taken that stereotype to another level.
Desormeaux applies the same tenacity that he takes to the classroom to his football skull sessions.
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“I’m not the most physically gifted guy out there by any means, so to get around that I try to be the most well-prepared,” he said. “I know the playbook as well as anybody and even try to know it as well as the coaches do. That can make up for a lot — for not having the greatest arm or not being the fastest guy out there. If you can understand things the way I try to, you can anticipate what’s going to happen and make some plays.”
While the perfect gpa task isn’t an easy one for any college athlete, it’s particularly noteworthy for a quarterback who has essentially started the last three springs with a blank page for an offensive game plan.
After UL-Lafayette tumbled to a 3-9 record last fall, Cajuns coach Rickey Bustle shuffled his coaching staff. He shifted offensive line coach Ron Hudson to offensive coordinator and hired Jorge Munoz as quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. Munoz will handle play calling.
Unfazed by the latest wave of changes, Desormeaux got a copy of Munoz’s scheme as quickly as he could and spent extra time with Hudson to familiarize himself better than ever with the o-line blocking schemes.
“I’ve always looked at it as an opportunity to learn more,” said Desormeaux, who last season led the Cajuns with 1,141 rushing yards and became the first UL-Lafayette player since Brian Mitchell to average more than 100 yards a game.
“To me, you can’t ever learn enough as a quarterback. Going back to high school, I’ve been around four different offensive coordinators and four different schemes and I’ve picked something up from each one of them. That helps me be a more complete player because I know there are a lot of different ways to make an offense work.”
Making the Cajuns offense click this season will depend heavily on how well Desormeaux adapts to the new — but not completely revamped — offense.
Senior running back Tyrell Fenroy enters the 2008 season on the cusp of several school and Sun Belt Conference rushing records and will still be a major pillar for Hudson and Munoz.
But Desormeaux should get more chances to stretch the field with his arm.
“Coach Munoz brought some new wrinkles and wants to throw the ball a little more downfield, which I think will really improve our offense,” Desormeaux said. “Last year we had a real quick passing game that was mostly horizontal and sideline-to-sideline. Now we can stretch the defense a little bit and that helps because we have one of the most talented running backs you’ll find anywhere. Last year defenses could crowd the box and take a lot away from us. They won’t be able to do that this year.”
As much as Desormeaux relishes the chance to loosen his arm up from time to time, his biggest task remains the same.
“With your quarterback, you want to know strengths and weaknesses and with Mike it’s always been that we trust him to put us in the best situations,” Bustle said. “He can make plays and that’s important, but the thing you look for as well is that when maybe plays aren’t there sometime, he doesn’t try to do too much. He’s smart and reactive and a competitor out there who’s going to do things to help you win.”
That was certainly the case two years ago when Desormeaux was operating as the backup quarterback to Jerry Babb.
As a redshirt freshman in 2005, Desormeaux filled in for four games when Babb was injured. In 2006, Babb stayed healthy and Desormeaux remained active as a wide receiver, the nickel back on defense and a member of three special-teams units.
Desormeaux’s final stats for the year included six receptions for 52 yards, a 51-yard rush on a fake punt and three fumble recoveries, plus an onsides kick recovery, on special teams.
“I was in Coach Bustle’s hair all the time, trying to get on the field,” Desormeaux said with a grin. “I just wanted to play and help out the team any way I could. Maybe he just got tired of saying no, but he knew I wanted to play and he respected that.”
There was enough respect for Desormeaux’s potential as a quarterback for Bustle to talk him out of moving positions. Desormeaux approached Bustle with the idea after the 2005 season, but stayed put when another backup QB transferred.
Last year, Desormeaux got his chance to take the reins of the Cajuns offense and teamed with Fenroy to form a potent one-two punch.
Desormeaux passed for 1,405 yards and 10 touchdowns, completing passes to 16 different receivers. He also clipped off 6.1 yards a rush to complement Fenroy, who piled up 1,021 yards on the ground.
“Having a quarterback like Mike is great because he keeps the pressure off me,” Fenroy said. “I know I don’t have to put the game on my back alone because he can control the game as a passer or a runner.”
With yet another new system to learn, Desormeaux’s role is enhanced even more in his final season.
The UL-Lafayette coaches have gradually given him more leeway to audible if he sees that the called play might not work.
This season Desormeaux will get a chance to supply input before a game plan is finalized, as well as while a game unfolds.
“If I have a suggestion, I know they’ll think about doing it because they know I have a good feel for what’s happening on the field,” Desormeaux said. “They’ve given me some freedom in our offense and they trust me to make some checks if I see something that might work better.”
It also means Desormeaux has done his homework, something he has proven to do very well on and off the field.
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I got Matt and Mike's Aunt to give me this magnet.
I think it is pretty cool.
very cool
I'd like a shirt like that..........;)
Desormeaux
on now, Bustle up next.
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NEW ORLEANS - After the way last season went for UL's football team, Michael Desormeaux understands why his Ragin' Cajuns were picked sixth in this year's preseason Sun Belt Conference poll.
Going 3-9 and tying for fifth in last year's conference standings left the voters, which included the league's eight head coaches and select media members, with little other choice.
"I can see why people are picking us to be near the bottom," Desormeaux said on Monday from the Sun Belt Conference Media Days. "After last year we deserved it. We didn't play very well.
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"But we're going to try to put a positive spin on it and use it to our advantage."
While the Cajuns fell in the preseason poll because of last year's struggles, Florida Atlantic benefited from a breakout season. The Owls - who tied Troy for the conference title last year and beat Memphis, 44-27, in the New Orleans Bowl - were picked to win the crown this season after garnering six of the eight first-place votes.
"I'd rather go in as the favorite than a dark horse," said FAU coach Howard Schnellenberger, whose Owls were sixth in last year's preseason poll. "We will have a better football team than last year. Whether that's reflected in our record remains to be seen."
A pair of FAU standouts - junior quarterback Rusty Smith and senior linebacker Frantz Joseph - received individual recognition. Smith was named the league's preseason offensive player of the year, with Joseph earning defensive player of the year honors.
"They got my vote," UL coach Rickey Bustle said of FAU, which went 8-5 last year. "Rusty is a solid, solid quarterback, and that's obviously where you start. (Joseph) is a heck of a player.
"They have a good football team."
Three Cajuns - senior running back Tyrell Fenroy, junior center Chris Fisher and senior kicker Drew Edmiston - were named to the preseason all-conference team.
Fenroy became the first player in conference history to record three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons on the ground when he ran for 1,021 yards and seven touchdowns last year. He was a first team all-conference selection and enters this season second among active players with 3,271 career rushing yards.
Not only is Fenroy one of 16 players with three 1,000-yard seasons, but he will likely become UL's and the conference's all-time rushing leader as a senior.
"He's one of the most steady players I've ever been around," said Bustle, who was Virginia Tech's quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator from 1995-2000. "This is my 31st year (as a college coach), and he's one of the best running backs I've ever been around.
"There's no question he could have played for us (at Virginia Tech)."
Fisher opened up holes for a UL team that became the first in conference history to top 3,000 rushing yards. The Cajuns ranked seventh nationally with 251.6 rushing yards per game as Fisher was a second team all-conference pick.
Edmiston also earned second team all-conference honors last year after making 10-of-13 field goals and 31-of-34 point-after attempts for 61 points.
"It tells you the type of kids we're recruiting and the respect people have for the program," Bustle said. "Hopefully, they'll be on the team at the end (of the season) - and maybe some more."
Troy finished second in the poll and got one first-place vote. The Trojans posted an 8-4 record but did not get invited to play in a bowl game.
UL Monroe was third and received a first-place vote. The Warhawks pulled one of the nation's biggest upsets last season when they knocked off Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee were picked fourth and fifth, respectively. After the Cajuns in sixth, North Texas and Florida International rounded out the preseason poll.
Desormeaux reflected on the past as UL looks to prove the critics wrong this season. The Cajuns did just that in 2005, sharing the conference title with Arkansas State and ULM after being picked near the bottom of the preseason poll.
"We're going to look at it positively," Desormeaux said. "We're going to try to build from it."
The conference also announced its television schedule on Monday for the upcoming season. The Cajuns play Illinois on Sept. 13 in a game that will air on the Big Ten Network and have two home games - against UTEP on Nov. 8 and Middle Tennessee on Dec. 3 - that will be televised on ESPN+Plus.
Among the other top televised conference games this season include Troy at LSU on Sept. 7 (Cox Sports), FAU at Michigan State on Sept. 13 (ESPN or ESPN2), Troy at Ohio State on Sept. 20 (Big Ten Network), FAU at Middle Tennessee on Sept. 30 (ESPN2), Troy at FAU on Oct. 7 (ESPN2) and the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 21 (ESPN2).
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