VW 2007: Vermilion-24 White-23 in Rain Shortened game

[VObserver]

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

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

[Cajun Express]

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

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...

[rhineaux]

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

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.

[VObserver]

_ 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. _

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.

[rhineaux]

_ 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. _

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.

[RaginCajun77]

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.

The deep pass for a touchdown by Morel was a thing of beauty. I've had the chance to talk to Morel on more than one occasion, really nice guy. I think he could be a starter for this team if need be. My main concern is what happens if we are forced to throw the ball and the short stuff isn't working?

[Cajun Express]

My main concern is what happens if we are forced to throw the ball and the short stuff isn't working? _

Naw, that will never happen. We will never need to be able to hit a deep ball, or that fifteen yarder over the middle. Wait I think we saw what happens to the running game when we couldn't do that effectively last year.

In any case I am not nearly convinced we will not be able to do it when we want to, and only when we are forced to.

[cajunlove]

_ Naw, that will never happen. We will never need to be able to hit a deep ball, or that fifteen yarder over the middle. Wait I think we saw what happens to the running game when we couldn't do that effectively last year.

In any case I am not nearly convinced we will not be able to do it when we want to, and only when we are forced to. _

I thought Hundley was excellent at the 15 yard pass over the middle. I also thought that out of the 3 QBs, he had the best passing performance as a whole. Morel's deep pass was awesome but some of the other throws he made would have been inercepted by most sun belt starting defensive backs. I couldn't come to the same conclusion with Hundley's passes.

Desormeaux did show improvement. However it seems that receivers drop a lot of his passes. Remember his first start against FAU? Bill Sampy, a pretty sure handed receiver, dropped a couple of very catchable passes.

All that being said, Desormeaux is a proven leader and should have the start. I'm no expert though.

[Cajun Express]

_ I thought Hundley was excellent at the 15 yard pass over the middle. I also thought that out of the 3 QBs, he had the best passing performance as a whole. Morel's deep pass was awesome but some of the other throws he made would have been inercepted by most sun belt starting defensive backs. I couldn't come to the same conclusion with Hundley's passes.

Desormeaux did show improvement. However it seems that receivers drop a lot of his passes. Remember his first start against FAU? Bill Sampy, a pretty sure handed receiver, dropped a couple of very catchable passes.

All that being said, Desormeaux is a proven leader and should have the start. I'm no expert though. _

IMO, and I am just a casual observer not a coach or former player of note, well everybody knows that, Des throws a hard ball. It gets there in a hurry and it impacts the receivers hands with pop. It is the receivers job to catch up to that type of pass. Jake threw a wonderful pass to the receiver, always just enough to get there just ahead of the defender.

[Cajunsmike]

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.

There are other instances in which the other QB's will play. That is when we have a big lead. I think the 2nd team QB may spot play for a series or two in the first half in some games just to have them ready. VO, do you think the backup would play if we are down by 17 or so in the fourth quarter?