Zeon Chriss

[CharlieK]

What my source said, what they saw in camp and lots of last season was one QB who takes care of the ball and doesn't give it to the opposition. The other QB put it in dangerous situation often and threw lots of picks throughout spring and fall camp. The football is the most valued thing on a football field. If you repeatedly give it to the other team that is not good.

He looked good Saturday avoiding that tendency. He had a couple dodgy choices, but a couple where he didn’t force it when he could have.

I know defenses will game plan differently for him and that will have an affect, but we will also have more time to game plan with him. Also the fact defenses will game plan for him means they will be forced to factor his running ability in, so if we are smart we can exploit openings created by that.

I agree….the key for him will be learning when to take risks and when not to. But this guy reminds me of Dez. They knew he could run too…and still couldn’t stop him.

[cajuns80]

Never said that at all. You do understand how film study and game planning works? Right. Defenses won't prepare the same for Zeon as they did for Ben. They had never seen film of Zeon. Defensive game plans will be different with Z in. Which means that Zone read and straight up QB runs won't be as wide open as they were on Saturday.

No tape? He played a full bowl game.

[RaginDave]

No tape? He played a full bowl game.

You do realize Zeon did not come into the Bowl game until midway through the 3rd quarter, right? Chandler was in the game until he got hurt around the 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

[cajuns80]

You do realize Zeon did not come into the Bowl game until midway through the 3rd quarter, right? Chandler was in the game until he got hurt around the 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Thought it was the second quarter...but still there is tape

[RaginDave]

Thought it was the second quarter...but still there is tape

No, according to the play by play, Chandler was in the game up until about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. That is when Zeon came in, so you might have about a quarter or so. In fact, Zeon was in on about 3 series in the entire game. He was in on the Chris Smith fumble drive, then took over the next series when the Cajuns punted the ball deep to the Cougars and a couple of plays later, they scored on a long pass. Then he threw an INT to end the game with .03 left.

Not a ton of tape.

[cajuns80]

No, according to the play by play, Chandler was in the game up until about 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. That is when Zeon came in, so you might have about a quarter or so. In fact, Zeon was in on about 3 series in the entire game. He was in on the Chris Smith fumble drive, then took over the next series when the Cajuns punted the ball deep to the Cougars and a couple of plays later, they scored on a long pass. Then he threw an INT to end the game with .03 left.

Not a ton of tape.

Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

[RaginDave]

Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

No, I am not touting that, just stating facts. I think the kid is special and is going to ball out the next few weeks and beyond.

[cajuns80]

No, I am not touting that, just stating facts. I think the kid is special and is going to ball out the next few weeks and beyond.

Right

[JayWalker]

Y'all keep touting it as he just played against an unprepared defense. He will just keep proving yall wrong.

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

[cajuns80]

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

I'm optimistic as well that he is going to show that he should, and will be, the starter for many years to come.

[cajun4life]

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

He will have growing pains. But his upside will shine through and we will be more explosive.

[RaginDave]

The defense wasn't unprepared. It was a bad defense.

It looks as though Zeon is going to have an opportunity to be a starter, probably for more than one game. We'll see what he does with that opportunity. I'm very optimistic. But I want to see how he does as a starter.

And it doesn't get much easier for a bad defense, they have Georgia this weekend and Tulane the following week. They then get a USF team that gave Alabama fits and then good UTSA team. This could be a long year for Coach Dilfer. I have to believe he would have thought at worst he would have split the SBC games between us and Georgia Southern, instead he gave up 49 vs them and 41 vs us. Georgia and Tulane (if Pratt is healthy) could put 80 on them.