Live Game Talk: Louisiana vs. Northwestern State

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Originally Posted by BeauCajun

Good observation.

On a side note, thank you for the refreshments last night.

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Bud light?

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Originally Posted by BeauCajun

Good observation.

On a side note, thank you for the refreshments last night.

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My pleasure sir. Hope you had a happy birthday!

This was a tough watch.

Offense: OL was horrible as most here probably noted. We average 320 pounds per man but we can't pass block nor do we create any interior holes for our backs. Very similar to last year. I honestly think a lot of the issues with BW were scheme oriented. We very rarely threatened anything down the seams or downfield itself. When we did, we were mostly successful. They knew this and basically played cover 1 all night and blitzed him and were successful. We were just too willing to do the little out passes and such. If we don't throw some variations in there, more of the same will follow.

Defense: Looked good. As good as we looked their QB helped us out as well. He was horrible. Not sure how that kid is a collegiate athlete. There were receivers open and if he could hit a barn, that game would have been much more in doubt. I do like the swagger of the defense and we seem to have some depth. It will be interesting to see how they do against the better teams in the league.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Chandler graduates in December. I expect him to play elsewhere next season as a grad transfer. Note, I have no inside knowledge of this. Just a prediction. As far as OL play goes, even Coach Dez said it needs improvement. First thing he said in post game interview with Cody. Now recall last season that unit improved as season went along. I think not having the guy slated to start at RT was a bigger issue than anticipated. Wonder if they will use a back to chip oncoming rushers going forward. Personally I think running the ball more would help the passing game. A positive was the few Cajun penalties. Another was execution on our successful fourth and one run play. Faking trying to draw Demons offsides with QB under center and snapping ball before play clock expired was a nice touch.

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Mike, Jay was talking about this pregame in regards to running the ball. We tried to run the ball but were largely ineffective outside of the long Washington TD run. We had to go to the passing game more often, especially early in the downs.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Chandler graduates in December. I expect him to play elsewhere next season as a grad transfer. Note, I have no inside knowledge of this. Just a prediction. As far as OL play goes, even Coach Dez said it needs improvement. First thing he said in post game interview with Cody. Now recall last season that unit improved as season went along. I think not having the guy slated to start at RT was a bigger issue than anticipated. Wonder if they will use a back to chip oncoming rushers going forward. Personally I think running the ball more would help the passing game. A positive was the few Cajun penalties. Another was execution on our successful fourth and one run play. Faking trying to draw Demons offsides with QB under center and snapping ball before play clock expired was a nice touch.

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I would venture to say you are correct on CF.

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Originally Posted by fanof71

It's a RPCA kind of morning....

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Funny thing is you play sideline coach as much as anybody. LOL

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Originally Posted by Policarp

Just did my rewatch......

Defense gets a solid A. They did pretty much everything expected. Played as a cohesive unit at a high level......including tackling. I don't recall any obvious missed tackles the entire game.

I'm expecting our OL/QB to improve in week 2. Kinda hard not to......they didn't sustain a single long, time consuming drive the entire game.

OL had plenty issues. BUT.....At same time.....QB has to know where his hot route is. My biggest concern after watching game again is the large # of inaccurate SHORT passes. Ben was late in finding his hot route and when he did the passes were mostly terrible. At least 5 should have been caught......at same time most of these incomplete passes were within 5-10 yards from the line of scrimmage.

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Rewatching now if there is a faster D in the belt this year I’d like to know who it is. I’m gonna say there isn’t.

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Offense was not on point. Hopefully they find their rhythm. Defense will keep us in every game this year. With any kind of consistency with the offense this is a 70 point game. NWST is not a good team.

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Do you have anything positive to say?

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

Rewatching now if there is a faster D in the belt this year I’d like to know who it is. I’m gonna say there isn’t.

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Agreed we are very fast on D. I thought while our line was stout we didn’t have a great pass rush.

It was the first game of the season and we tend to always play up or down to the competition. The OL will figure it out. I still say we win 9 games.

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Agreed we are very fast on D. I thought while our line was stout we didn’t have a great pass rush.

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One of the main D Line guys was out. He would have helped with the rotation.

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Originally Posted by Million$Mullet

Agreed we are very fast on D. I thought while our line was stout we didn’t have a great pass rush.

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My only concern right now would be how we would hold up against the better, more physical teams with a physical OL in the running game. We are quick but we are a little light when you look at our DL many of our guys who get big minutes are in the 265 pound range.

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Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView

One of the main D Line guys was out. He would have helped with the rotation.

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That is correct. Mason Narcisse’s father unexpectedly passed away. Hopefully the Narcisse family is doing well.

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Originally Posted by Big Buds

That is correct. Mason Narcisse’s father unexpectedly passed away. Hopefully the Narcisse family is doing well.

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I highly doubt they are doing well with an unexpected death. Praying for the Narcisse family.

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Originally Posted by JamesTheJeweler

Still about 12 hours til game time and already have a dime sized pee spot in my pants! Predicting quarter to half dollar size by noon.

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This was the best part of the entire thread....LOL

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Originally Posted by zephyr

This was the best part of the entire thread....LOL

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POO POO nailed it.

Ohh......Schultzy...LOL

On the final possession we got to see Kendrell Williams, RB come in. I'm intrigued by him because while I understand he was fresh, he also ran with a good burst of speed and ran hard.

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Originally Posted by RaginScotsman

Texas state is a bit worrisome. Happy for them. They dominated. We’ve never lost to them. I won’t be scared of them until they actually beat us.

ULM needed a miracle and they got 2 late scores to win. Army also turned it over 5 times and on 3 of their last 3 possessions. They had the game but gave it away. *See UL vs. ULM in 2022.

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Go ahead and lay money on Navy. Army was hard to watch.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

Rewatching now if there is a faster D in the belt this year I’d like to know who it is. I’m gonna say there isn’t.

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Speed is great, it’s what happens with execution once arriving. Saw a little of North Texas…fast on D, can’t tackle.

Disappointing offensive performance last night, but there was some positives.

1. Terrance Carter was a revelation. That guy looked FAST.
2. When Ben had time, I thought his long balls looked pretty good.
3. We did have receivers running fairly open deep, but not nearly enough time to get them the ball.
4. In limited targets both Williams and LeBlanc looked to be frontline WRs.
5. Perry's one KO return was electric.
6. Kendre' Gant and Kailep Edwards can fly to the ball.
7. Explosive plays. We had a handful of plays that really got us some chunks.

Now for the not so pretty.

1. Pass protection. I am sure OL had a lot to do with this, but I also saw on quite a few occasions we had 2 OL and a RB blocking one or two DL, allowing others to come free. Don't underestimate how important RB's are in pass pro.

2. Neal Johnson had a bad game. I believe he will bounce back, but for a guy that will counted upon so heavily, he needs to be better.

3. Not as down on Ben as some folks, but I am concerned about his short passing, it didn't look sharp.

4. Play calling. We passed way too much. Now, I do believe if this was a more competitive and important game, then it would have been called differently. One of the reasons you play these type of opponents is it gives you a chance to try out a whole of lot options.

5. Turnovers, the two fumbles were sloppy.


One interesting thing I heard on the broadcast is that Des is the main play caller, but Leger is calling 3rd and longs and 'special situations'. I would be interested in hearing more on why that came to pass.

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Originally Posted by Rainman66

Disappointing offensive performance last night, but there was some positives.

1. Terrance Carter was a revelation. That guy looked FAST.
2. When Ben had time, I thought his long balls looked pretty good.
3. We did have receivers running fairly open deep, but not nearly enough time to get them the ball.
4. In limited targets both Williams and LeBlanc looked to be frontline WRs.
5. Perry's one KO return was electric.
6. Kendre' Gant and Kailep Edwards can fly to the ball.
7. Explosive plays. We had a handful of plays that really got us some chunks.

Now for the not so pretty.

1. Pass protection. I am sure OL had a lot to do with this, but I also saw on quite a few occasions we had 2 OL and a RB blocking one or two DL, allowing others to come free. Don't underestimate how important RB's are in pass pro.

2. Neal Johnson had a bad game. I believe he will bounce back, but for a guy that will counted upon so heavily, he needs to be better.

3. Not as down on Ben as some folks, but I am concerned about his short passing, it didn't look sharp.

4. Play calling. We passed way too much. Now, I do believe if this was a more competitive and important game, then it would have been called differently. One of the reasons you play these type of opponents is it gives you a chance to try out a whole of lot options.

5. Turnovers, the two fumbles were sloppy.


One interesting thing I heard on the broadcast is that Des is the main play caller, but Leger is calling 3rd and longs and 'special situations'. I would be interested in hearing more on why that came to pass.

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In regards to the play calling, I don't think they would have called it differently if it was closer. Outside of the long carry for TD, we had trouble moving the ball on the ground outside of a couple 9 or 10 yarders. I think the scheme was bad in the sense that we did not go down the seams more. You're right, Ben threw a couple nice deep balls but they were also uncovered.

It's just a little concerning that you can't establish the run better against a team like NWSU especially when you average 320 pounds per man.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

I do not.

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🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Originally Posted by HelmutVII

Anybody know anything about the injury to the northwestern player

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Hopefully everything with this young man is OK. Prayers for the family.

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Originally Posted by Cajunsmike

Chandler graduates in December. I expect him to play elsewhere next season as a grad transfer. Note, I have no inside knowledge of this. Just a prediction. As far as OL play goes, even Coach Dez said it needs improvement. First thing he said in post game interview with Cody. Now recall last season that unit improved as season went along. I think not having the guy slated to start at RT was a bigger issue than anticipated. Wonder if they will use a back to chip oncoming rushers going forward. Personally I think running the ball more would help the passing game. A positive was the few Cajun penalties. Another was execution on our successful fourth and one run play. Faking trying to draw Demons offsides with QB under center and snapping ball before play clock expired was a nice touch.

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So you don't know if he graduates in December?

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Originally Posted by FeelDaRage

So you don't know if he graduates in December?

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He is saying he has no inside knowledge if he will play as a grad transfer elsewhere next season.