I hope you're right. All purpose players normally don't shine at being a Div I QB and I'll be surprised if he does either. Here's hoping........Quote:
Originally Posted by Sid
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I hope you're right. All purpose players normally don't shine at being a Div I QB and I'll be surprised if he does either. Here's hoping........Quote:
Originally Posted by Sid
Especially like that Vince Young guy... I don't know if anyone's heard of him. Anyway, not that great...Quote:
Originally Posted by showdog
How about that Brian Mitchell guy?Quote:
Originally Posted by ULforlife
Sarcasm aside (and it was funny!), athletic, all-purpose QB's can do extremely well at the D1 level of college ball. It's the NFL where they usally flop.Quote:
Originally Posted by showdog
Let's look at a short list of the Athletic D1 QB's in the last .... 5 years?
If there are any more names needed, we can go back 5 more years.
- Vince Young
- Brad Smith (Mizzou)
- The Vicks (:hot:)
- Tim Teebow
- Dixon (Oregon)
- Michael Robinson (Penn State)
- Troy Smith
Point is, Desormeaux can do very well if he executes a good gameplan.
Don't forget the guy from Pat White from West VirginiaQuote:
Originally Posted by Damon
Nope. He would have never been good as a college QB. He was too short and stocky. He was a great athlete, but definitely not a QB. All-purpose athletes should stick to what they are told to do. It would have been interesting to see what he could have done as a Cajun QB. I really think he would have been fun to watch. Heck, he might have even set school records and perhaps an NCAA record. We will never know because he is just an all-purpose athlete.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
Go get em MD... and do it your way.
FWIW
We should go with Desmo as long as he can run with effectiveness. Forget the passing game. We don't have a QB on the roster that can throw effectively, right now.
If and when Desmo goes down, We should play Mcguire.
We are caught in this situation because of the messed up situation with a former QB recruit who is currently the QB for the defending SLC champions.
Fire away.
what situation??????
We sit better depth wise going into to this year than we did last.
The situation where if Desmo goes down, we are in deep do-do.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajuns67
Last season:
#1QB--2&1/2 years experience
#2QB--1/2 year experience
This season:
#1QB--1/2 year experiece
#2QB--1 year experience
No need to fire are away, but if you are talking about the young man that starts at McNeese St, he would have redshirted this past year behind Babb. And he would have a new quarterback coach and system to learn as well this year, so I'm not sure that what experience he would have brought to the table other then potential. Because he would not have played last year, so we can only speculate at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
What about Hundley? Some have said (former football palyers) that he has better touch on his passes than any other USL/UL quarterback. He was pretty impressive at the red and white game. And in the game that he played in, he didn't throw many passes, if any at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
You know, West Virginia's QB is not known as a passing QB. The RB/QB tamdem they have is enough to make them work. They do just enough short passing to keep teams guessing, and WVU's QB sure reminds alot of Desormeaux- except he is a heisman candidate:-)
The point being I could see our offense jell something to this philosphy. We do not need D to toss it for 300+ yards. We can win it with these two guys in the backfield.
Do you live in San Diego? What television package do you use to watch the UL play football. We live in Salem, Oregon and trying to find a good package to see as many games as possible. Also wanted to tell you my oldest son is getting married (not the one playing for UL) at the Hotel Del Coronado Dec 30. It is a really beautiful place. I would like some help on the TV thing if you have any advise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Damon
The best case for the Cajuns would be for a typical Saturday Des having about a 180 yards on 12 of 18 completions, a touch and no interceptions. If we get that production we will win 80% of the time. You are right EV, we do not need 300 yards per game. In fact with the offense we run, it probably means we are in deep doo doo if we have 300 or more yards.Quote:
Originally Posted by EVCajun12
SO you're telling me Des is another Vince Young??? Didn't know that. Funny but I didn't see his pic on the front of Street and Smith's.Quote:
Originally Posted by ULforlife
You're missing the point. You made a blanket statement about athletes being unable to play football at the D1A level. Many of us disagree with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by showdog
No one said #6 = #12
Mandy-
I don't really watch any of their games. I'm too poor to get the ESPN College Gameplan package. Since I graduated in 2002, I've only seen 2 (?) games on TV. I usually listen to the radio broadcast on the internet.
I just hope that we don't live and die by Desormeaux this year.
I realize the dynamic nature of Mike and love the guy. I am just very concerned with his throwing ability and throwing decision making. I know that true athletes tend to pick up on things quickly and I have high hopes that Mike will have taken care of the fundamentals and situational things before Conference games open up. And we can't judge Mike by the 2005 campaign. He was thrown in and had not been preparing to be an every game QB. Due to his obvious lack of confidence in throwing, his instincts took over and we saw brilliance in his scrambling.
I am behind Mike 110% and I think we are a better team with him behind center IF he can throw enough for defenses to not load the box. But if he doesn't or can't, our coaches have to put Hundley (or Morel) in. We can work in Mike other places and he will succeed (see the past two Sun Belt All Purpose awards). I just won't people able to tolerate hard-headedness in the event of Mike struggling at the QB position. If he hasn't shown drastic improvement in his throwing ability at the end of the 2nd conference game or so, Hundley or Morel has to go in. He is plenty competent enough and will stretch the field, ultimately opening it up for our bread-and-butter, #32.
Mike is the man. But the coaches (as well as Hundley & Morel) better be ready to make a change if necessary.
The little I saw of Desmo I like. A lot of heart and some talent. I will take that over talent and a little heart any day.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
Last season, as a TRUE Freshman, he:Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
1) Led McNeese to a Conference Championship
2) Was the #1 rated QB in the Conference.
3) Was the #2 rusher on his team as well.
Keep in mind he did 2) and 3) usually while running for his life every time dropped back to pass.
I'm not saying he would and should have started over Desmo had he come here. I am saying that this offense would run effectively with either QB. I can't say that about any QB on our roster except Desmo.
You'll get to see for yourself come September.
You missed something here. Derrick was not a TRUE freshman last year. He was a very old Redshirt freshman. FWIW he'll be 2 weeks shy of his 22nd birthday when he visits Cajun Field.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
No argument with what he has done at McNeese St. My only point to you is that you are using his performance last year to project what you think he might have done at UL. I don't make such projections, because he didn't play against three bowl teams in Houston, Troy and MTU.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
Ah... and while everyone was creaming about some other overbloated BCS QB from University of the Billions, Mr. Jake Delhomme came out of absolutely nowhere USA and had to do it without Street and Smith's... SO.... your point is?....Quote:
Originally Posted by showdog
He did play against 9-4, and bowl winner South Florida last season and had 91 yards rushing.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
Another tidbit. The best Morel could do at NWSt was a #4 QB rating in the SLC.
OK,I missed the USF game. Desormeaux had a 65 yard run against Texas, doesn't make him a better passer. I think Forroux has done really well and he may have fit into this system. But we will never know at this point, but I fully expect him to play well against the Cajuns.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOTBOUDIN
As for Morel, he is a good kid, but he is not starting here.