Spring Practice Day 10 Scrimmage

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  The Ragin’ Cajuns held a one-hour and forty-five minute practice on Friday, their tenth of the spring, in preparation for the second scrimmage in March. The team will scrimmage on Saturday at 10am in Cajun Field.

Friday’s work was much lighter on both sides of the ball to make sure the players were ready for Saturday’s action. The Cajuns expect to see over 100 plays during the scrimmage.

“I thought we had a good practice today,” defensive backs coach Hurlie Brown stated. “Defensively, we added another third down package and the guys were trying to make sure they got it right.

“Practice wasn’t as fast as what it should be, but today was a learning day.”

The coaches will use Saturday’s scrimmage to continue the evaluation process. Seventeen players are not expected to compete in the scrimmage because of injury, although several of those have been out the entire spring.

The loss of players in the spring ultimately creates more playing time for other personnel and leads to better experience and depth.

“The injuries affect those players timing on the field, but they have been learning all spring,” Brown explained. “We have to play with the players we have healthy, no matter when the other guys come back, so other players need to be ready to play.”

The scrimmage will be scripted in certain series, while other possessions will be allowed to run their course. The script calls for several red zone and goal line scenarios.

“We are looking for those (in the scrimmage) who can be as close to technically perfect as possible,” Brown said. “The evaluation comes down to who we think will be able to play week in and week out at a high level.”

“This deep into the spring, we should be seeing guys playing up to their potential.

“You don’t expect perfection, but we want to see who can grasp it, retain it and then transfer it out onto the field. The scrimmage is a perfect way to see who can process 10 days of practice in a game-like situation.”

Following Saturday’s scrimmage, the team will have just three practices remaining before concluding with the Spring Game on Saturday, April 4 at noon.

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17 nicked up? Must have been a fierce week...

[BeauCajun]

_ 17 nicked up? Must have been a fierce week... _

17 really looked good this AM.

[J-Town Cajun]

What I saw today:

1. Blaine Guthier is our most dynamic QB. He may have completed every pass and threw at least 1 TD. He also lead the QB's in rushing and lead the team in ypc. This kid is very mobile, very accurate, has a strong arm, and is very good throwing on the run. My only concern is his height, but because of his mobility, he often rolls out and finds lanes to throw. The defense must respect his legs.

2. McGuire looked ok at times both throwing and running. He has a strong arm and seems comfortable with the offense. He did make a couple bad decisions but did throw a couple of TD's.

3. Masson did not look all that great. He should be #3. Brady Thomas ran the 4th team but does not have much of an arm. Keldric White did not play, I am assuming an injury as his knee was wrapped and he was limping. I would like to see a package ready for White (wild cajun). He can run.

4. It was hard to judge the running backs because they had no holes to run through. Undre Sails had the best day breaking two good runs. Booker may have had the 2nd best day and shows some promise. Shankle is injured and did not play. Walker played but was bottled up most plays. He did make one nice play on a screen play for big yardage.

5. The WR's again disappointed me. Way too many drops. Jawanza Mitchell is horrible. Last scrimmage he dropped many passes and again today dropped 2-3 more. Perrie Hill was knocked out early by a hit from Jezreel Washington. The other WR's did ok but nothing impresive, too many drops. We need Lance Kelly back on offense.

6. The TE's look to be a real strength. Luke Aubrey was awesome. He caught everything thrown his way including multiple TD's, one for big yardage. Green we know what he can do. Brendon Wilson had at least one catch.

7. FG kicking was horrible. Made one and missed many. Same last week.

8. Defense. As a whole this is the best defense since the mid 90's. I do not see a weakness other than size at DT. Dean, Moore, and Williams had good scrimmages. Our ends have more size than years past. Our LB's even without Brooks and Fleming are much more athletic than years past. The DB's have not been tested but they seem to be pretty good.

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_ What I saw today:

6. The TE's look to be a real strength. Luke Aubrey was awesome. He caught everything thrown his way including multiple TD's, one for big yardage. Green we know what he can do. Brendon Wilson had at least one catch.

I did not make it today, but will be there next weekend. Aubrey appears to be one of the most improved players on the field, a pleasant surprise for the coaching staff I imagine.

Someone mentioned Brendan's catch, they joked about it saying "it looked like people came off the sideline to help bring the boy down."

I hope that is true LOL...

[Turbine]

I have been touting Luke's ability/potential since he was junior at Tuerlings. This excites me.


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[BeauCajun]

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Someone mentioned Brendan's catch, they joked about it saying "it looked like people came off the sideline to help bring the boy down."

I hope that is true LOL... _

It was very true. Brendan was very tough to bring down on that play. Probably had 6 or 7 trying to bring him down. The tight ends really have a lot of depth. That should allow us to redshirt the two high school recruits.

Also a very nice crowd today.

I found the offense wasn't as crisp this weekend with their execution. Maybe that defense had something to do with it. I think we will have a couple of the high school recruits playing on the D-line this fall to help with the depth.

[CajunNation]

Normally, I hate rotating 2 QB's all game long.

However, I think this might be the way to go until at least conference starts.

Both McGuire and Gauthier bring something different to the table, but Mcguire is the more steady performer right now, and I trust him more to make throws.

Brad would be my starter until something changes my mind, but Iwould still rotate Gauthier in there as a change of pace.

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[Just1More]

_ Normally, I hate rotating 2 QB's all game long.

However, I think this might be the way to go until at least conference starts.

Both McGuire and Gauthier bring something different to the table, but Mcguire is the more steady performer right now, and I trust him more to make throws.

Brad would be my starter until something changes my mind, but Iwould still rotate Gauthier in there as a change of pace. _

I haven't seen the scrimmages, but agree completely.

[duggie85]

_ Normally, I hate rotating 2 QB's all game long.

However, I think this might be the way to go until at least conference starts.

Both McGuire and Gauthier bring something different to the table, but Mcguire is the more steady performer right now, and I trust him more to make throws.

Brad would be my starter until something changes my mind, but Iwould still rotate Gauthier in there as a change of pace. _

Respect your opinion, but from what we have seen, Gauthier has done nothing but impress me with his play. Brad on the other hand, has done nothing above average. To me, it seems like the first thing he does when he drops back is pump fake and take off running. He got sacked like 3 times today

[duggie85]

On the other hand, its hard to argue with his game against arkansas state!

I think either one will perform well, just trust Gauthier more so far.