Chris Masson

[Frenchie35]

_ I thin,k that the Bullok(sp) kid from CHS New Iberia is the real deal----looked great on tv last night ---I worked up a list of about 25 guys from CHS who have played for the Cajuns--Will give it to coach and try to get this kid here ---he has a commit to the Greenies but who knows --I heard that the kicker from Acadiana has now come to us!!!! _

That's Nellson from Acadiana. Saw him several times this year and he can kick. Granted he kicks off from the 40 yard line but he puts the ball out of the enc zone most of the time. With that said, in college he will but it in the end zone. And he will only get stronger with age....get this kid......

[MetryCajun]

_ That's Nellson from Acadiana. Saw him several times this year and he can kick. Granted he kicks off from the 40 yard line but he puts the ball out of the enc zone most of the time. With that said, in college he will but it in the end zone. And he will only get stronger with age....get this kid...... _

Hate to hijack this tread, but the kickoff situation for next year has to be fixed. We routinely give the other team a short field after a score. It is killing us. A guy who could kick the ball into the endzone would be worth 50-100 yards a game.

[Frenchie35]

_ I do still have a bone to pick with him never pulling the ball and taking it around the outside. The D is completely giving up on that option; probably because it has no credibility since he never, ever does it. _

I seen that Saturday night also. Go with it 2-3 times a game. He could have made some big yardage.

[Hammer58]

_ Hate to hijack this tread, but the kickoff situation for next year has to be fixed. We routinely give the other team a short field after a score. It is killing us. A guy who could kick the ball into the endzone would be worth 50-100 yards a game. _

It needs to be fixed bofore the Troy game Saturday. We cannot expect to beat Troy if we are having to drive 80 or more yards and they only have to go 60 or less to score.

[Hammer58]

_ I am very pleased with Chris's passing abilities. But, there are times, as Hammer says, that he should pull the ball and run. It isn't necessarily that he's going to gain a lot of yards... but the intent is to keep a defense guessing. I think he scampers off in open space because no defensive player takes him serious... and therefore it is there for you. I would not designate Chris to "run the ball 6-8 times"... although he would more than succeed if he "read" and "did". With Troy, they have to believe he will not pull the ball and take the end-around. I would pull one early just to serve notice. Jake was not nearly as good a runner as Chris... and he succeeded on the naked bootleg many times... when defenses least expected it. I think Chris misses some golden opportunities. But again... we are crazy if we do not acknowledge his nice passing skills.

As for McGuire... I see no reason why he doesn't come in more now that he's healthy. Some may disagree with me, but we will need to throw against Troy in order to win... and Chris tosses very well. We do not have the RB/QB combo, even with Brad in the game, to run the zone read and succeed against Troy. Of all the games, we need to play pitch and catch and have WRs hang onto the ball. I do think Brad should be a bigger factor than just the redzone short yardage QB. There are other down and yardage situations where Brad should be in the game.

I would much prefer seeing Brad run the Wild Cajun. If he came into the game and we ran the Wild Cajun... and Brad kept... he would roll up the middle for 10 easy ones. I am not sure what the coaches will decide to do after watching Troy on film this week... but I would not get silly and just play them straight up. Bustle has a habit of just having won a game he played conservatively... and gets mesmerized by it. No SBC team is nearly as potent as Troy. We have to throw some wrinkles into our offense against Troy... and our defense is going to have to fly to the ball like they've never done... in order to win... IMO _

We're going to need more wrinkles than Cloris Leechman after a three hour soak in a tub.

Seriously, we need to pull out all the stops on both sides of the ball. Everyone, players and staff, needs to realize that there is no tomorrow if this game is lost.

[MetryCajun]

_ It needs to be fixed bofore the Troy game Saturday. We cannot expect to beat Troy if we are having to drive 80 or more yards and they only have to go 60 or less to score. _

How can it be fixed? With few exceptions our kickers cannot get it past the 10yd line.

[Just1More]

_ How can it be fixed? With few exceptions our kickers cannot get it past the 10yd line. _

Our kicker needs to stop worrying about it going out of bounds and just bust the hell out of it. I prefer a screaming worm burner to that short soft floater that we cannot seem to cover. Going out of bounds and being "penalized" to their 40 seems not to be much of a penalty for us this year.

[ManAboutTown]

I got to tell you, I guess I don't know as much about the game as I thought because I cannot tell that he is strictly a one read QB. Maybe when he's got a large man bearing down upon him have I seen him get rid of it quickly but this offense is not based on reading one receiver. We really don't have a go-to guy and its going to whomever is open. He doesn't know who is going to be open until the play takes place so I would not agree with that assessment. If you want to say that he doens't have the strongest arm, then I I'm with you all the way but I haven't seen him to be deficient in his reads. I also believe that he will be better than you give him credit for. You discredit that rushing yards that "he leaves on the field" but I'm not sold that he is running the option on some of those plays rather than called dives. By that logic, you have to add about 40-50 yards to his passing stats due the drops that his receivers average of about 4-7 per game. This has plagued him all year.

Oh my god dude. Chris Masson is the definition of a one read Quarterback. Before the win saturday, the majority of the board brought this up every week! He has progressed, but he's still got a long way to go.. And weren't you the one belly-aching for Blaine Gautier in the offseason?! I have no bias because i said that i thought Masson would be the best choice. And maybe he is. But he still has issues. Again, serviceable; not great.
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[Hammer58]

_ How can it be fixed? With few exceptions our kickers cannot get it past the 10yd line. _

Apparently the coaches see it as a flaw since they even had Lance Kelly kicking in practice early in the season and reports were that he was putting it near the goal line. But for some reason the coaches are afraid to use Kelly in that role in the game and stick with Bear.

[CajunFun]

Jake was not nearly as good a runner as Chris... and he succeeded on the naked bootleg many times... when defenses least expected it.

One of my favorite Cajun Field memories is 1993, UL vs Memphis, Jake's a freshman, a skinny kid, not the NFL player he would become. We're 3rd & goal, I think UM had held us out once before. So it's do or die.

We're all sitting there, wondering what the Cajuns will call. And here comes Ichabod Crane, all knees & elbows, running right up the middle.

Stunned everybody, not least of all, UM...

UL won 17-15.