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UL's football team wrapped up its major preparations for the Red-White Spring Game Wednesday, and Cajun head coach Rickey Bustle predicted a more competitive contest than his team's first two scrimmage sessions.

The Cajuns' first full scrimmage of spring drills was controlled by the offensive unit, and last Saturday's second scrimmage session was dominated by a defense that pitched a shutout. Bustle said that Saturday's noon game at Cajun Field likely will split the difference.

"Both of them competed pretty good today," Bustle said of Wednesday's 40-play scrimmage that wrapped up practice. "Saturday, the defense was the only one competing. Today, we ran some situational things, and it was pretty even."

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Cajun quarterback Michael Desormeaux was responsible for two scores in Wednesday's abbreviated session, throwing for one score and running for another, while running back Tyrell Fenroy had two long runs.
Friday's practice will be little more than preparation for Saturday's game, which will pit the first and second offenses and defenses on the two teams - similar to the format UL has used for its Saturday spring scrimmages.

"We needed another scrimmage with the same guys working together," Bustle said. "I know it's helped us the last three or four practices because we've been a lot sharper."




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&nbsp; UL's football squad will wrap up its spring practice session today, and like normal it'll be in the Red-White game. However, this year's game will look different from spring games of the recent past.

During the past several years, the senior members of the squad were divided into groups, and the seniors drafted the rest of their teammates. It made for fairly equal squads, but players did not see action with the units they had worked with all season.

"When we looked at that, it's a little counter-productive," said Cajun head coach Rickey Bustle. "When you've been lining up next to somebody all spring, it makes sense to have them line up the same way in what's supposed to be a game-type atmosphere."

When today's game kicks off at noon at Cajun Field, the Red unit will include the number one offensive and defensive units with a handful of backups available. The White unit will be the number two offenses and defenses, as well as most of the reserves.

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"We felt like we needed that one more scrimmage with the same guys working together," Bustle said. "We'll look at it a little different because of the format."

Because of the division, the White team will get a 10-point head start in the game, which will be played with eight-minute quarters and will feature several rule changes. There is no charge for admission.

Special-teams play will be limited, with no kickoffs (offenses will start at their own 30 to start each half and after scores) and no rush or returns on punts. The 25-second clock will not be used, teams are allowed one trick play and teams may not use goal-line defenses.

From scrimmage, though, all plays will be live including hits on the quarterbacks, and field goals will be live.

Some of the changes are a by-product of a major overhaul during spring drills. The Cajuns have four new coaches, including new offensive coordinator Blake Anderson and defensive coordinator Kevin Fouquier, and Bustle said much of what UL will be doing in the Sept. 1 opener at South Carolina isn't installed yet.

"You never really get finished installing," he said. "We got a good bit in, but with 13 real practices you don't get everything done. We felt like we needed to hold it where we were and get better on the things we have in."

Quarterbacks Michael Desormeaux and John Hundley will head up the Red and White units respectively. Desormeaux accounted for two touchdowns in a brief 40-play scrimmage at the end of Wednesday's practice, one running and one throwing, after the UL defense pitched a shutout in last Saturday's second scrimmage of spring drills.

The quarterbacks' performance, as well as every other position, will be evaluated next week and will go a long way toward determining starting slots and depth charts entering fall practice in August.

"We've thrown a lot at them," Bustle said, "and pulling back some has helped us the last three or four practices. You never know what pace you're going to be able to put things in. We're going to be looking at competition and be looking for effort more than anything else."


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RED


Mike Desormeaux


Jesse Newman


Greg Hathorn


Brent Burkhalter





WHITE


John Hundley


Lanier Coleman


Daylon McCoy


Chris Lanaux





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RED


Brian Mitchell


Ike Taylor


D'Anthony Batiste


Blake Anderson


Ron Hudson


Walt Bell


Shawn Quinn


Hurlie Brown


Rob Phillips


Nick Fouquier





WHITE


Brandon Stokley


Antwain Spann


Bill Sampy


Troy Wingerter


Brian Jenkins


Darryl Mason


Sam Robinson


Kevin Fouquier


Jim Jackson


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Vermilion won 24-23

The game was called due to rain after the first series of the 2nd half. (I heard Dan say thru Jay)

The white must have scored on that series because it was 23-17 at half time.

Mike D. #6# had a very nice run for a TD . . . late for work . . . later . . .ps the TD was early.
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My bro said Fenroy looks better than ever, faster and breaking more tackles...

Fenroy was impressive, I was also impressed by the deep pass for a TD by Conner Morel. Jason Cherry also seems to be catching the ball better.

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Vermilion won 24-23

The game was called due to rain after the first series of the 2nd half. (I heard Dan say thru Jay)

The white must have scored on that series because it was 23-17 at half time.

Mike D. #6# had a very nice run for a TD . . . late for work . . . later . . .ps the TD was early.
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Touchdown pass in the Northwest end zone. Do not remember the receiver but he came up a little gimpy, :???: :???: :???: :???: and the extra point was missed. Coach called the game right after that.

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Originally Posted by CajunCherokee

My bro said Fenroy looks better than ever, faster and breaking more tackles...

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Fenroy trucked a DB as he was going out of bounds. Everything was quiet in the stands and then you heard a loud collective ewwwww.

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Originally Posted by Cajun Express

Touchdown pass in the Northwest end zone. Do not remember the receiver but he came up a little gimpy, :???: :???: :???: :???: and the extra point was missed. Coach called the game right after that.

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Darrius Duffy made that catch and he also had the long TD pass from Morel.

The team looked good today. Wallace and Fenroy both ran the ball really well. WR's made catches (Don't believe I seen any drops), the reverse play to Cherry was great. Also I love the new formations I seen today, made me happy to see more than the same spread formations. If we keep that up we could be tough offensively. I will have a more indepth report of what I think coming soon :-)

Actually, Marlin Miller caught both touchdowns for the white team, and had an air cast on his ankle after the scrimmage, he could walk under his own power, so it doesn't seem to be that serious.

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun77

Fenroy was impressive, I was also impressed by the deep pass for a TD by Conner Morel. Jason Cherry also seems to be catching the ball better.

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It wasn't a matter of catching the ball better; it was a matter of the receivers getting separation, something they could not do last year. I said before and will say again, the best offseason pickup for the Cajuns was the WR coach.

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Originally Posted by Clutch0364

Darrius Duffy made that catch and he also had the long TD pass from Morel.

The team looked good today. Wallace and Fenroy both ran the ball really well. WR's made catches (Don't believe I seen any drops), the reverse play to Cherry was great. Also I love the new formations I seen today, made me happy to see more than the same spread formations. If we keep that up we could be tough offensively. I will have a more indepth report of what I think coming soon :-)

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What new formations did you see? Anxious to see what the offense looks like

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Originally Posted by EVCajun12

What new formations did you see? Anxious to see what the offense looks like

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Formations still similar to last year, trips, spread, shotgun with one back and two, I, etc., but the big thing I saw was the speed that the offense got to the line of scrimmage and was ready to run the next play. Every offensive play by both the Red & White teams was ready to be snapped when the whistle was blown to put the ball in play. I tell you what, if our defense had a hard time getting ready to line up and play, the defenses we play in the fall will be too. Play selection was good, kept the defense off balance most of game. Only concern I had from watching was the coverage by DB's, but hopefully this will get better by opening day.

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Originally Posted by CajunFan64

Actually, Marlin Miller caught both touchdowns for the white team, and had an air cast on his ankle after the scrimmage, he could walk under his own power, so it doesn't seem to be that serious.

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Really? on the roster I was looking at it said Duffy. My mistake, thanks!!!

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Originally Posted by b26s

Formations still similar to last year, trips, spread, shotgun with one back and two, I, etc., but the big thing I saw was the speed that the offense got to the line of scrimmage and was ready to run the next play. Every offensive play by both the Red & White teams was ready to be snapped when the whistle was blown to put the ball in play. I tell you what, if our defense had a hard time getting ready to line up and play, the defenses we play in the fall will be too. Play selection was good, kept the defense off balance most of game. Only concern I had from watching was the coverage by DB's, but hopefully this will get better by opening day.

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The new formations was more use of the FB in the wing position out of the single back sets and more double TE's out of the shotgun, more I formations play, and some broken I sets. The spread formations were basicly the same but I think much more time was spent under center than I have seen.

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&nbsp; UL's football staff, fans and players didn't get to see as much as they'd hoped, but they got to see plenty of offense in Saturday's rain-shortened Red-White spring game at Cajun Field.

By the time head coach Rickey Bustle shook the rain from his whistle and called proceedings to a halt midway through the third quarter, UL's first offense had scored on four of five possessions and the backup offense had scored twice operating against the Cajuns' top defense.

"It was exciting to see a lot of different people make plays," Bustle said, "but our secondary gave up some of those plays."

Officially, the Red team captured a 24-23 win thanks to a deflected extra point by defensive tackle LaQuincy Williams on the game's final play. The White unit, made up most of UL's No. 2 offense and defense, had driven 65 yards in a driving rain on the first series of the second half.

Connor Morel's second scoring linkup with Marlin Miller pulled the White team within a point, but the conversion failed in the quagmire that Cajun Field was rapidly becoming.

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Heavy rains began at the end of what became an abbreviated halftime.

"I don't know what we would have done if they'd made that extra point," Bustle said. "I was going to end it, but we wanted to give the White the chance to finish or the Red to stop them."

Neither team did much stopping during the scrimmage that wrapped up spring drills for the Cajun squad. There were no turnovers and only two punts, and the combined offenses tallied six times in 10 possessions.

"We got out of it what we needed to," said UL offensive coordinator Blake Anderson. "We told them before we started to have fun and play like they were eight years old. We didn't make it any more complicated than it needed to be."

The Red unit, which included the Cajuns' No. 1 units on both sides of the ball, spotted the White a 10-0 advantage as part of the game's ground rules. That was made up before the conclusion of the first two eight-minute quarters, with the only Red drive that didn't result in points coming when Drew Edmiston missed a 42-yard field goal into the wind late in the first period.

Quarterback Michael Desormeaux broke loose on a 60-yard option run on the scrimmage's third play and also hit on seven-of-11 passes for 92 yards. Backup John Hundley, splitting time between the Red and White teams, hit 5-of-6 passes for 82 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown strike to Jason Chery.

Chery also had a 21-yard touchdown run on a reverse and Edmiston hit a 27-yard field goal at the halftime horn as the skies began to darken.

White unit quarterback Morel had more than his share of success against the first-team Red defense, with a picture-perfect 75-yard strike to Miller on the last play of the first quarter. Morel finished 3-of-4 for 86 yards.

"In the second half we were going to open it up a little more and have some fun," Desormeaux said. "The first half we got what we needed to accomplish, but in the second half we wanted to get a lot more guys involved and we didn't get to do that."

The final spring action was in sharp contrast to the previous Saturday's scrimmage, when the defense dominated and did not allow a point from any of its units. In fact, the No. 1 defense hadn't given up a touchdown in any of the Cajun scrimmages before Saturday.

"That's part of it when you split up teams," said UL defensive coordinator Kevin Fouquier. "I'm pleased overall with what I saw all spring."





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I'm getting a little pumped about this team.

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Originally Posted by b26s

Formations still similar to last year, trips, spread, shotgun with one back and two, I, etc., but the big thing I saw was the speed that the offense got to the line of scrimmage and was ready to run the next play. Every offensive play by both the Red & White teams was ready to be snapped when the whistle was blown to put the ball in play. I tell you what, if our defense had a hard time getting ready to line up and play, the defenses we play in the fall will be too. Play selection was good, kept the defense off balance most of game. Only concern I had from watching was the coverage by DB's, but hopefully this will get better by opening day.

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It's a spread or run & shoot, with three wideouts. You will see two backs in a pro-fomation at times. Both Fenroy and Wallace at times in the same backfield. This offense will use the TE more down the seam and the flats. It's very similar to MT's and ULM's offense. Troy runs a similar version of the same sets at times.

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Originally Posted by redcajun

Fenroy trucked a DB as he was going out of bounds. Everything was quiet in the stands and then you heard a loud collective ewwwww.

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I was sure the refs were going to throw a flag on Fenroy for roughing the defender.
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It's a spread or run & shoot, with three wideouts. You will see two backs in a pro-fomation at times. Both Fenroy and Wallace at times in the same backfield. This offense will use the TE more down the seam and the flats. It's very similar to MT's and ULM's offense. Troy runs a similar version of the same sets at times.

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G, can you post a copy of the spring roster at scout or here or both? I couldn't get my hands on one.

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Originally Posted by NewsCopy

Connor Morel's second scoring linkup with Marlin Miller pulled the White team within a point, but the conversion failed in the quagmire that Cajun Field was rapidly becoming.

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Unless there is lightning practice on a wet field. Some of our biggest victories were under water.

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_ Unless there is lightning practice on a wet field. Some of our biggest victories were under water. _

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Not in the last practice of a Spring session. It is senseless to assume the additional risk of injury presented by slopppy conditions.

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_ Not in the last practice of a Spring session. It is senseless to assume the additional risk of injury presented by slopppy conditions. _

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Our last offensive play resulted in a hurt player as he caught the ball and came down hard for the touchdown. I think coach saw that and realized that he had enough. The condition had nothing to do with his slight injury but I think he saw enough.

By the way the receiver landed out of bounds but was given the touchdown because he would have come down in bounds had he not been pushed out by the defensive man. I think both players did the smart thing, the defense tried to get a cheap incompletion, and the the receiver never lost his concentration...

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_ G, can you post a copy of the spring roster at scout or here or both? I couldn't get my hands on one. _

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Anyone who was at the game, or who watched a few practices...Can you talk about the QB position. Was MD the only one who went with the #1's or did Morel or Hundley get time with the #1's or just the 2's? How did Morel look v. Hundley v. MD? I understand that they are all a bit different in their playing styles, so just curious if we're gonna see MD take 100% of the snaps, or if CM/JH are gonna come in and they are gonna move MD around. Just something we talked about a lot at the end of last season, but nobody mentioned since spring started.

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_ Anyone who was at the game, or who watched a few practices...Can you talk about the QB position. Was MD the only one who went with the #1's or did Morel or Hundley get time with the #1's or just the 2's? How did Morel look v. Hundley v. MD? I understand that they are all a bit different in their playing styles, so just curious if we're gonna see MD take 100% of the snaps, or if CM/JH are gonna come in and they are gonna move MD around. Just something we talked about a lot at the end of last season, but nobody mentioned since spring started. _

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MD worked only with the 1s. Morel worked only with the 2s. Hundley worked with both.

Mike will be the QB for every snap he isn't hurt. Take that to the bank. Morel IMO is the best passer in the bunch, and is pretty mobile. Hundley is a good thrower, is taller than Morel, but cannot run at all [at least compared with the other two]. Mike passes well enough for the offense we run and is so explosive with his legs that he opens up the running game for the TB's. Not to mention the rushing yards and TD's he will have. I do not believe we will change the system to accomodate Hundley's strengths, as both the QB's we recruited this year are Desormeaux types. Given our style, I'd play Morel before Hundley, but then they aren't paying me the big bucks to make that decision.

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_ MD worked only with the 1s. Morel worked only with the 2s. Hundley worked with both.

Mike will be the QB for every snap he isn't hurt. Take that to the bank. Morel IMO is the best passer in the bunch, and is pretty mobile. Hundley is a good thrower, is taller than Morel, but cannot run at all [at least compared with the other two]. Mike passes well enough for the offense we run and is so explosive with his legs that he opens up the running game for the TB's. Not to mention the rushing yards and TD's he will have. I do not believe we will change the system to accomodate Hundley's strengths, as both the QB's we recruited this year are Desormeaux types. Given our style, I'd play Morel before Hundley, but then they aren't paying me the big bucks to make that decision. _

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Well, where does that leave Hundley on this team. He will be a sophomore this coming season? That means he will be a senior once MD leaves, and the two that came in this year would be sophomores or freshmen depending on red-shirt status. In my opinion, not referring to the player or his character or anything, but i'd rather go from a senior QB (MD) to a soph QB (NewComer), than from a Senior QB (MD) to a Senior QB (JH), to a Jr QB (NC), if you follow that.