Zeon Chriss and NIL

[Rainman66]

I’ll maintain this.

NIL plus the opportunity to play in an offensive scheme that maximizes his talents and shows off his abilities to NFL scouts is what would entice Zeon to leave UL.

So it’s not just money, but also on our coaches to show that they can provide a high powered offensive scheme.

But he has to play for that to happen. The Venn diagram of places that will highlight his talent AND can guarantee him to start really isn’t that big.

[JamesTheJeweler]

I firmly believe Zeon stays and finishes his college career here......in stunning fashion.

[CajunVic]

I firmly believe Zeon stays and finishes his college career here......in stunning fashion.

. . . it’s nice to believe, but about a $100,000 a year donation for his career to the collective would go a long way to firm up that belief . . .

[Cajunrunner]

I firmly believe Zeon stays and finishes his college career here......in stunning fashion.

I hope you are right!

[Esqueleto]

. . . it’s nice to believe, but about a $100,000 a year donation for his career to the collective would go a long way to firm up that belief . . .

Well, he's gonna have to throw the ball and make better decisions than he did Saturday night if he wants $100,000 from me.

[CajunT]

Well, he's gonna have to throw the ball and make better decisions than he did Saturday night if he wants $100,000 from me.

LMAO! I doubt seriously you, me are anyone else will be forking over $100K for any athlete. As for Zeon's performance Saturday, he was the Cajun's offense the entire night. Without him, the game should have been over at halftime.

While he struggled at times to throw the football, all of it wasn't his fault. He is at his best and is really good running the RPO and not throwing from the pocket, much like the early years of Levi. The defense played 7 in the box most of the night and shut down the run game. We can expect more of the same this week against USA. The offense ran the RPO to the right side of the formation 4 times Saturday night and he completed all 4 of those passes to the TE including a TD to Carter. The interception at the end of the game was the same play but to the left of the formation. I don't understand why they would run it to the left of the formation when the defense considering the success of running the RPO to his right during the game, other than to give them another look. It was open, but he had not thrown it to that side of the formation most of the game.

Bottomline, it is the staff's responsibility to game plan around his abilities and don't ask him to do things he is not comfortable with, including throwing from the pocket. Your left tackle is playing on one leg and can't hold blocks for any period of time.

[Esqueleto]

LMAO! I doubt seriously you, me are anyone else will be forking over $100K for any athlete. As for Zeon's performance Saturday, he was the Cajun's offense the entire night. Without him, the game should have been over at halftime.

While he struggled at times to throw the football, all of it wasn't his fault. He is at his best is really good running the RPO and not throwing from the pocket, much like the early years of Levi. The defense played 7 in the box most of the night and shut down the run game. We can expect more of the same this week against USA. The offense ran the RPO to the right side of the formation 4 times Saturday night and he completed all 4 of those passes to the TE including a TD to Carter. The interception at the end of the game was the same play but to the left of the formation. I don't understand why they would not run it to the left of the formation when the defense considering the success of running the RPO to his right during the game.

Bottomline, it is the staff's responsibility to game plan around his abilities and don't ask him to do things he is not comfortable with, including throwing from the pocket. Your left tackle is playing on one leg and can't hold blocks for any period of time.

I totally agree that the passing game Saturday was not strictly his fault. 100%
But, he has to understand that the ONLY thing that couldn't happen on that last play was a turnover.
It was the coaches fault that a passing play was called with 2 TOs left on the 2. Still ____es me off.

[CajunT]

I totally agree that the passing game Saturday was not strictly his fault. 100%
But, he has to understand that the ONLY thing that couldn't happen on that last play was a turnover.
It was the coaches fault that a passing play was called with 2 TOs left on the 2. Still ____es me off.

No doubt! Had he run the RPO to the right he may score or make the first down or at worst set up the FG to go into overtime. That's on the staff.

[RaginDave]

The throw at the end of the game was on Zeon, just a young mistake, but he did everything in his power to get us to that point. He made a mistake that lots of FBS QB's might make. That ball should have been thrown where only Peter could have caught it, meaning a TD or throw it out of bounds. He was trying to make a play and watching the replay he saw an opening and tried to make the play. The other option was he had NJ underneath in front of the 3 guys playing Peter and may have even gotten a FD. We would all like the play back and I am sure Allmendares was going to hit the FG and we would have won in overtime.

ZC will get this corrected and still will be a special player at UL for years to come, I am positive of this.

[CajunT]

The throw at the end of the game was on Zeon, just a young mistake, but he did everything in his power to get us to that point. He made a mistake that lots of FBS QB's might make. That ball should have been thrown where only Peter could have caught it, meaning a TD or throw it out of bounds. He was trying to make a play and watching the replay he saw an opening and tried to make the play. The other option was he had NJ underneath in front of the 3 guys playing Peter and may have even gotten a FD. We would all like the play back and I am sure Allmendares was going to hit the FG and we would have won in overtime.

ZC will get this corrected and still will be a special player at UL for years to come, I am positive of this.

All true Dave, but my point is it is the staff's responsibility to put him in positions to succeed. He had been successful running that same play to the right side of the formation a handful of times during the game, including the TD to Carter. Throwing to the left of the formation for a right-handed QB is difficult especially for a young QB. Even Ben has problems at times throwing the ball to his left.

There is no doubt Zeon is the guy, he carried this team in the second half Saturday night.