Tweets from UL football press conference

[Parrott]

I've already filed my story for Friday and missed the Trace Wilson move to TE. Jesse Broadnax went to LB from DE and Lionel Stokes goes to S from CB.

The No. 2 TE right now behind Green is Maxwell. He had at least one pretty nice catch today in traffic.

[HoustonCajun]

_ I've already filed my story for Friday and missed the Trace Wilson move to TE. Jesse Broadnax went to LB from DE and Lionel Stokes goes to S from CB.

The No. 2 TE right now behind Green is Maxwell. He had at least one pretty nice catch today in traffic. _

I note on your blog that you will have the players heights and weights in a couple of days. I noticed UL has the 2010 roster on its website, but the returning player's weights look the same as last year. Is that just to show a current roster with last year's information until updated or is it accurate? I seem to remember last year different player sizes reported on UL's website vs. Scout, for example.

[CajunT]

_ I note on your blog that you will have the players heights and weights in a couple of days. I noticed UL has the 2010 roster on its website, but the returning player's weights look the same as last year. Is that just to show a current roster with last year's information until updated or is it accurate? I seem to remember last year different player sizes reported on UL's website vs. Scout, for example. _

I'm sure they will update their website. Once that is done, I will use those numbers unless I speak directly to an athlete and his gives me something entirely different. As JP noted in his report from yesterday, there a few examples of athletes that seem to be off. Amari Williams told us yesterday he was 264-pounds.

[Bunch24]

_ Gautier as the #2 QB on depth chart! I freakin love this. This kid needs to be on the field somehow. _

I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second, mainly because I'm curious myself.

But what has Gautier done to make you think he needs to be on the field? Not bashing the kid, it's an honest question, because I haven't seen him extensively since high school. He was fantastic in high school and like a lot of people, I had high hopes for him at UL, and still do.

The little bit of fall camp I caught last year, he was working at the No. 3 guy and struggled in the practices I saw.

So, I'm just curious. He's been here two years now, what has he done to make you feel the way you do?

And like I said, this is not a post meant to bash him. I'm asking honestly because I honestly haven't seen him that much since he got to UL.

[ManAboutTown]

_ I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second, mainly because I'm curious myself.

But what has Gautier done to make you think he needs to be on the field? Not bashing the kid, it's an honest question, because I haven't seen him extensively since high school. He was fantastic in high school and like a lot of people, I had high hopes for him at UL, and still do.

The little bit of fall camp I caught last year, he was working at the No. 3 guy and struggled in the practices I saw.

So, I'm just curious. He's been here two years now, what has he done to make you feel the way you do?

And like I said, this is not a post meant to bash him. I'm asking honestly because I honestly haven't seen him that much since he got to UL. _

Don't waste your time asking bro. I had posters fight me tooth and nail when I said that he wasn't ready to start, but they wanted him to start LAST year. Said he was polished enough and the whole bit. Educated football ppl around the program said he wasn't ready, coaches said he wasn't ready, and my personal opinion was the he wasn't and maybe still isn't ready.. perhaps that tune will change if he gets some playing time and impresses early in the year.. but until then, he hasn't proven a thing.. Ditto on the high hopes though.

[Cajunsmike]

_ I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second, mainly because I'm curious myself.

But what has Gautier done to make you think he needs to be on the field? Not bashing the kid, it's an honest question, because I haven't seen him extensively since high school. He was fantastic in high school and like a lot of people, I had high hopes for him at UL, and still do.

The little bit of fall camp I caught last year, he was working at the No. 3 guy and struggled in the practices I saw.

So, I'm just curious. He's been here two years now, what has he done to make you feel the way you do?

And like I said, this is not a post meant to bash him. I'm asking honestly because I honestly haven't seen him that much since he got to UL. _

Practices I saw in the spring and performance in the spring game tells me Gauthier is ready to contribute. He also did very well in the fourth quarter in the game against Troy last season. I am not saying he should be the starter. I am saying he will be able to step in and be effective if Chris is either injured or struggles.

[Boomer]

_ I've already filed my story for Friday and missed the Trace Wilson move to TE. Jesse Broadnax went to LB from DE and Lionel Stokes goes to S from CB.

The No. 2 TE right now behind Green is Maxwell. He had at least one pretty nice catch today in traffic. _

I have always wondered if the stat was true ----but can you confirm his vertical jump???? I thought that it was close to 40"---Can this be true??? With his hight I can just picture a fade route on short yardage!!!!

[Damon]

_ Don't waste your time asking bro. I had posters fight me tooth and nail when I said that he wasn't ready to start, but they wanted him to start LAST year. Said he was polished enough and the whole bit. Educated football ppl around the program said he wasn't ready, coaches said he wasn't ready, and my personal opinion was the he wasn't and maybe still isn't ready.. perhaps that tune will change if he gets some playing time and impresses early in the year.. but until then, he hasn't proven a thing.. Ditto on the high hopes though. _

Two words: local athlete

If he's from Ohio, he's just another kid on the depth chart.

[zephyr]

_ I'll play Devil's Advocate for a second, mainly because I'm curious myself.

But what has Gautier done to make you think he needs to be on the field? Not bashing the kid, it's an honest question, because I haven't seen him extensively since high school. He was fantastic in high school and like a lot of people, I had high hopes for him at UL, and still do.

The little bit of fall camp I caught last year, he was working at the No. 3 guy and struggled in the practices I saw.

So, I'm just curious. He's been here two years now, what has he done to make you feel the way you do?

And like I said, this is not a post meant to bash him. I'm asking honestly because I honestly haven't seen him that much since he got to UL. _

Every single scrimmage that he's participated in since being a Cajun, he looked the best of any of the QB's....Period. That was the same this spring. Granted, his time on the actual field in gameplay has been limited so forming an educated opinion is truly hard. However, if you saw how effective he was against Troy last year, you'd say that he has the most upside. I've pumped this kid up more than anybody. I know that he has the most upside and is the best dual threat QB we have which is the type of player that runs this offense the best. However, he has had trouble grasping certain aspects of the offense in the past according to the coaches but moving and keeping McGuire to other positions in the spring tells me that the coaches are much more comfortable with him in there. I think Masson had a really nice year last year. I think this poor kid is extremely underrated and gets no love. I truly don't care either way who the QB is as long as they move the ball and run the offense well. I'd love to be able to come on here and gloat about calling Gautier's name the past year but I just want the best QB out there.

[zephyr]

_ Two words: local athlete

If he's from Ohio, he's just another kid on the depth chart. _

Dude, if you only knew.It has nothing to do with him being a local kid.