2006: Preseason Practice Reports

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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns worked 11 periods of practice on Thursday afternoon, followed by an extended conditioning session. The team wore shorts and shoulder pad during their fourteenth practice of the fall. Practice started with a corrections period from Wednesday morning’s scrimmage. The next eight periods had a familiar look before the team spent a 10-minute period installing goal line plays. Following the installation period came a brief eight-play varsity period and five field goal attempts. The first field goal attempt misfired due to a bad snap. Holder/punter Brit Framel was able to hit tight end Erik Jones with a 30-yard touchdown pass to the dismay of the defense. A conditioning session ended practice, with most position coaches putting their groups through extra conditioning. “We came back today with a good mental morning,” said Cajuns tight ends coach Troy Wingerter. “We watched film this morning and came out and made the corrections. “Practice was crisp. We had some good one-on-one competition against each other.” The quarterbacks attempted only one pass during Thursday’s team period. That total is in stark contrast to all of camp, which has seen numerous players involved in the aerial attack. Wednesday’s scrimmage featured 14 different players with at least one reception. “The ball is being spread around quite a bit,” added Wingerter. “The scrimmage was a pleasant surprise to see how far they’ve come.” Wingerter’s tight ends have perhaps the most difficult job on the Cajuns offense. Sometimes the tight ends are used as run blockers and other times as receiving targets. Often times the tight end is not even on the field when the Cajuns use a spread formation. “We roll a lot of personnel packages and it’s tough for the tight ends to get into the flow of the game,” stated Wingerter. “My guys are the kind of people that can sit on the sidelines and get cold, but come out 100 percent when called upon. “The fact is that we have some good offensive weapons and the tight ends are prepared to do whatever it takes to win football games.” The Cajuns have only three days left before the end of fall camp and the start of school on Monday. The team will practice twice on Friday before a scrimmage on Saturday at 8:30am. The team will finish camp with a practice on Sunday afternoon. LOUISIANA SI