Cajuns win it

[RaginWaldo]

No offense to zephyr, but im starting to think if he started throwing alot more interceptions Zephyr would still stick up for Masson and say that the receivers just weren't getting open and he had to throw it somewhere... there's gotta be a personal connection to the guy or something.

[zephyr]

_ No offense to zephyr, but im starting to think if he started throwing alot more interceptions Zephyr would still stick up for Masson and say that the receivers just weren't getting open and he had to throw it somewhere... there's gotta be a personal connection to the guy or something. _

LOL! I would take you more seriously but all I can do is picture you in that goofy Waldo getup....All jokes aside, there is absolutely no connection. I've never met the young man except for at fan day. As a matter of fact, I was posturing for Gautier to be the starter ALL of preseason. I think he will be that good. However, you base your opinion because McGuire stepped in for a part of ONE series. Yes, he ran the ball hard for a grand total of 14 yards and didn't even average 4 yards per carry and he should be the starter? He didn't attempt one pass and was removed on passing downs. That tells me something. You are saying that our starter should be removed because he had a poor game and the backup came in and was responsible for 14 total yards! Did the running game improve when McGuire entered the game? Yes, however I think that would be les of a factor if he was named the starter. Don't forget, it was Masson who engineered the game winning drive and made the plays when they needed to be made.

Masson had at least 5 drops by his receivers. That would have given him a 18-29 stat line and at least 30-50 more yards. He threw a TD and ran for a TD. The lack of offense, to me, is not on him but the lack of adjustments that are being made by the coaching staff. He has played well all year considering the competition and has looked worse because of his receiving corps. Think what you will. If you are simply looking at stat lines, there's not a lot that I can say that will change your minds so have at it.

[zephyr]

_ Zeph,

I agree with everything you say here except for the defense failing us. They where on the field almost the entire first half. You can't expect your D to perform great when you don't get first downs. Defense won that game last night. I don't think there is any question about that. FYI, 80+ snaps is alot of plays. NT had over 80 plays last night. _

Crapdaddy, I understand the point and I agree as that has been the case up until now. However, the Defense gave up a large bulk of its yards in the 1st and second quarters before it was on the field too long. If they were to stop NT on some of those drives, they would do themselves a favor and get off the field. We forced a whopping two punts all night. The fact is, we allowed NT to drive the field all night and could do little.

The key to this defense is getting the front 4 playing aggressive and penetrating the line on both running and pass plays. I feel very strongly about that. The problem with Saturday night was they did not do this. On running plays, the NT linemen were able to get into the second level and get some direct blocks on the LB's which is why you saw us gashed up the middle. Like I said, NT is going to spread you out and run with those two good RB's they have with mismatches up the middle and they did exactly that. Dunbar averaged 6 yards a carry. That can't keep happening or we will not sniff conference.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Crapdaddy, I understand the point and I agree as that has been the case up until now. However, the Defense gave up a large bulk of its yards in the 1st and second quarters before it was on the field too long. If they were to stop NT on some of those drives, they would do themselves a favor and get off the field. We forced a whopping two punts all night. The fact is, we allowed NT to drive the field all night and could do little.

The key to this defense is getting the front 4 playing aggressive and penetrating the line on both running and pass plays. I feel very strongly about that. The problem with Saturday night was they did not do this. On running plays, the NT linemen were able to get into the second level and get some direct blocks on the LB's which is why you saw us gashed up the middle. Like I said, NT is going to spread you out and run with those two good RB's they have with mismatches up the middle and they did exactly that. Dunbar averaged 6 yards a carry. That can't keep happening or we will not sniff conference. _

You start two DT at 267 lbs. and 5'11" and 285 lbs. and expect to stop anyone? Our interior line was easily blocked and our middle LB was taken out of many plays which was why they ran at will. If we don't do something to shore up the interior D Line, we are going to finish with a dissappointing season.

[Clutch0364]

_ LOL! I would take you more seriously but all I can do is picture you in that goofy Waldo getup....All jokes aside, there is absolutely no connection. I've never met the young man except for at fan day. As a matter of fact, I was posturing for Gautier to be the starter ALL of preseason. I think he will be that good. However, you base your opinion because McGuire stepped in for a part of ONE series. Yes, he ran the ball hard for a grand total of 14 yards and didn't even average 4 yards per carry and he should be the starter? He didn't attempt one pass and was removed on passing downs. That tells me something. You are saying that our starter should be removed because he had a poor game and the backup came in and was responsible for 14 total yards! Did the running game improve when McGuire entered the game? Yes, however I think that would be les of a factor if he was named the starter. Don't forget, it was Masson who engineered the game winning drive and made the plays when they needed to be made.

Masson had at least 5 drops by his receivers. That would have given him a 18-29 stat line and at least 30-50 more yards. He threw a TD and ran for a TD. The lack of offense, to me, is not on him but the lack of adjustments that are being made by the coaching staff. He has played well all year considering the competition and has looked worse because of his receiving corps. Think what you will. If you are simply looking at stat lines, there's not a lot that I can say that will change your minds so have at it. _

The fantasy football era has made people think that you can simply look at a stat line and see how good someone is doing. Wouldn't Masson's stat line look great if the drops that were made against lsu were caught? Are how about Bently dropping the INT against lsu, wouldn't his stat line look better? Stats can tell you a story but definitely not the whole story and anyone who is basing their opinion off of that or the fact that Mcguire played well against Ark State last year, when he had the best RB in school history grinding out yards for him and the biggest catches made by a SR (Derek Smith), are missing a lot of what Masson supporters are seeing. Mcguire is a very capable QB and I think if anything happens to Masson he will do a good job for us but like Zeph I do not think it is time to make the change.