Practice Report Day 13

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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns endured their second scrimmage of camp on Saturday morning. The team worked almost exclusively on the running game, with most of the scrimmage devoted to series on the defenses side of the field. The heat index topped out at 99 degrees, which was significantly less that than Wednesday’s 111 degrees. The Cajuns ran on 70 percent of their offensive plays (54 of the 77). The team totaled 205 rushing yards and three touchdowns, led by Tyrell Fenroy who ran for 61 yards on 12 carries and scored a pair of touchdowns. Deon Wallace had 48 yards on six carries, giving the redshirt freshman a team-high total of 111 yards on 11 carries in both scrimmages. Twelve different players attempted a rush. The offense was able to break seven runs for 10 yards or more, but the defense held the ground attack to two yards or less on 24 attempts. “There were some good plays on both sides,” said head coach Rickey Bustle. “The guys gave a great effort and showed some enthusiasm.” UL threw for only 81 yards on 11 completions. There was not a single deep ball thrown, as the longest completion was only 12 yards. Kyle Ward was credited with an interception after he picked Connor Morel to stop a drive at the 11-yard line. “We had situations that we wanted to cover,” explained Bustle. “We were able to work on goal line, red zone and end zone and try to reach the goals that we have for those situations. “We wanted this scrimmage to be more physical. We didn’t throw the ball much by design today.” True freshman kicker Tyler Albrecht drilled a 41-yard field goal on the final play of the scrimmage under intense pressure from his teammates. “Tyler made a big kick at the end,” stated Bustle. “There was a lot of yelling and we tried to put it in a game situation. I wanted to add pressure.” The team will practice on Sunday at 4:00pm to finish fall camp. The players have Monday off to get acclimated on their first day of school. The Cajuns will then enjoy a normal week of afternoon practice before officially starting game week preparations next Sunday. LOUISIANA SI

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Cajuns focus on rushing, short passing in scrimmage The goal was to emphasize the running game and the short passing game, and that's what the University of Louisiana football squad did in its second full-scale scrimmage of fall camp Saturday. The Cajuns, two weeks away from their Sept. 2 season opener at LSU, ran the ball 54 times Saturday and only threw it 22 during the one-hour, 45-minute session at Cajun Field. Even those 22 throws were mostly possession-type attempts, with 11 completions accounting for 81 yards. "That was definitely by design," said quarterback Jerry Babb, who finished up 4-of-6 for 22 yards passing. "We wanted to see how the offensive line and our running backs would react to it, and we had some pretty good pops." The Cajuns ran 76 plays and five scrimmage kicks during the session, not including kicking periods that preceded each half, and accounted for 300 offensive yards of which 219 came on the ground. That total included a pair of goal-line series at the end of the first half when running back Tyrell Fenroy and fullback Chancellor Roberson each bulled in for touchdowns. "When we had goal line, that was huge," Babb said. "We have to be able to come away with points there." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com