LGT Final: Louisiana 33 Tulane 41

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Going for two this early is always a desperation move.

Way to much game ahead of you to sacrifice a point. At this point you have zero idea how scoring will go tge rest of the game.

In my opinion going for two this early emboldens the competition

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Yep, thought the same thing.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Quarterbacks need to stay out of the weight room on bye weeks.

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I love when this freezing cold take comes back around. I’ll give you credit T, you are consistent.

Ben played OK for 3.5 qtrs.he didn't handle blitz nor make the quick reads needed late in 4th.

Plays were definitely there to be made.

For me these teams are very close to each other. There were three main differences I saw.

1. The pick 6 was huge. Someone was wrong on this play, either Ben or Carter, because they were on very different pages.

2. Multiple times we got pressure on Mensah and could not complete the sack.

3. Defense could not get off the field on 3rd downs. Now Tulane did a good job of keeping the 3rd downs to manageable distances, but they always seemed to get a first down by just a yard or two.

Whenever predicting Cajuns scores. If you think we’ll win, predict that we’ll win by double digits. We cannot win one score games.

Looking at the stats, I think it’s a little fools gold. Tulane helped us out so many times with PIs and other penalties. We were garbage on 3rd down.

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Originally Posted by Fais do-do

Ben was off today. Passes were all over the place but the crap play calling made it worse.

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He was high on a lot of his throws warning up pre game. But, IMO, Ben is our best option to win games.

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Originally Posted by Clutch0364

Quit. This has always been a bad take by you and it will always be a bad take by you.

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I tried to warn the coaches last week.

Its so predictable its almost etched in stone.

Quarterbacks need to stay out of the arm strength weight room on bye weeks.

Happens every time.

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Originally Posted by SlickRick

He was high on a lot of his throws warning up pre game. But, IMO, Ben is our best option to win games.

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But was low most of the game. Had to make throws all game that were a beat earlier it seemed than he wanted.

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

For me these teams are very close to each other. There were three main differences I saw.

1. The pick 6 was huge. Someone was wrong on this play, either Ben or Carter, because they were on very different pages.

2. Multiple times we got pressure on Mensah and could not complete the sack.

3. Defense could not get off the field on 3rd downs. Now Tulane did a good job of keeping the 3rd downs to manageable distances, but they always seemed to get a first down by just a yard or two.

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Point 3 was main factor in game. By a huge margin in fact. All other evaluation of game pales in comparison to following sentence. Their OL won against our DL and LB’s the majority of the time. That is a physical issue, not scheme issue. That does not mean it would happen every game but likely most games. Has to be fixed via recruiting (including portal).

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Point 3 was main factor in game. By a huge margin in fact. All other evaluation of game pales in comparison to following sentence. Their OL won against our DL and LB’s the majority of the time. That is a physical issue, not scheme issue. That does not mean it would happen every game but likely most games. Has to be fixed via recruiting (including portal).

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I tend to agree, but there a scheme issue I have noticed the first couple of games. The defense tends to shift quite a bit to the strong side and are allowing big plays when teams run back to the weak side. It is basically leaving a CB to make a 1-1 tackle with a RB and it just hasn’t worked so far.

Good analysis there

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Point 3 was main factor in game. By a huge margin in fact. All other evaluation of game pales in comparison to following sentence. Their OL won against our DL and LB’s the majority of the time. That is a physical issue, not scheme issue. That does not mean it would happen every game but likely most games. Has to be fixed via recruiting (including portal).

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That can also be fixed in the weight room and training table

Watching this team under Des for 3 years, one thing is consistent. We beat teams that are worse than we are most of the time. Think about the wins and where those teams we beat finished at the end of the season. The exception to this may have been TXST last year. They struggle so much to play up and beat a good team. Consistently average. And it hurts to watch with this group. They have some great players.

Hard to win when line of scrimmage gets pushed backwards 5 yards when we are on defense. Add to that arm tackling and/or just running past the qb on a sure sack. Even stacking the box finally after all game I was calling for that didnt work at all. New DC mantra was communication and stop the run. BIG FAIL.

Well at least today was the biggest crowd of the year and will be the biggest of the season.

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Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView

Well at least today was the biggest crowd of the year and will be the biggest of the season.

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There were more for Grambling.

Black and white no grey was more like black and blue no tackling.


I didn’t have a KO td and a pick 6 on my bingo card.

Entertaining game we should have won. Hot as ____!!!

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Originally Posted by Jacob81

Entertaining game we should have won.

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100% accurate

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Originally Posted by RaginScotsman

There were more for Grambling.

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23K will be the highest regardless of the new stadium or not. Unless the team gets better, plans game management better or hires a new coach nothing will change. Many folks that went today will not go back again.

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Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView

23K will be the highest regardless of the new stadium or not. Unless the team gets better, plans game management better or hires a new coach nothing will change. Many folks that went today will not go back again.

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Well, that's not true. Next year, most games will be at capacity because of the novelty. After that, well, we'll see, you may be correct.

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Originally Posted by Jacob81

Black and white no grey was more like black and blue no tackling.


I didn’t have a KO td and a pick 6 on my bingo card.

Entertaining game we should have won. Hot as ____!!!

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Should’ve is a strong word. I would agree that it is a game that should’ve been closer and we probably could’ve had a chance to win it with a FG at the end of the game.

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Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView

23K will be the highest regardless of the new stadium or not. Unless the team gets better, plans game management better or hires a new coach nothing will change. Many folks that went today will not go back again.

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I hope you’re wrong, but that may be the case.

It’s a shame. I had a great experience at the grambling game. Missed it today, but it sounded miserable. Pair that with a loss, and you’ll lose people. App is the next game. Hoping for a night kick and 20k.

I thought the failed two point conversion attempt made Ben start pressing more than he should have. That was a turning point in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by ChanceEncounter

I thought the failed two point conversion attempt made Ben start pressing more than he should have. That was a turning point in my opinion.

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Don’t disagree that 2 point conversion was ill-advised, but he wasn’t the same after the pick 6.

I am not discouraged with this game going to Wake Forest. Our offense performed well against a solid defense. I think Tulane is better than Wake. I do believe Wake having a week off and us coming off playing a super physical game in this heat is going to be a real test.