G5 Final: Louisiana 17, South Alabama 20

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Originally Posted by Gris-Gris

How do I return the rest of my football tickets for the remaining games?

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I'm not sure you can give them away.

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Originally Posted by IHateLaState

That was the decision that lost the game. I was screaming why are you calling TO

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This is exactly what I was screaming at the TV. There is no excuse for this. Complete mismanagement of the clock in a crucial situation. In fact, I was yelling at the officials to wind the clock on the previous play after the first down (they took a long time). What did the Cajuns do? They snapped it immediately, running no additional time off of the clock.

Simply not smart at all ... utterly frustrating and disappointing. That cannot happen at the college level.

I was also not happy when Coach declined the holding penalty on 2nd and 10 when South had the football at their own 25. In that situation, you want to make them traverse a longer field. Game situation management 101 and the coaching staff flunked.

Brian

Hard to manage the clock as a HC when you’re trying to call plays.

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Originally Posted by Jacob81

Hard to manage the clock as a HC when you’re trying to call plays.

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Plenty of other experienced coaches have done it.

Experienced, exactly

3.3 yards per pass attempt. You will never win with that average. Ever

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Originally Posted by Cajunrunner

I do want to give props to Zion Hill.

That dude does not quit, does not take a play off, and he’s our best dude on this team. His motor is non-stop.

Thank you, Zion!

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This!

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Originally Posted by GoneGolfin

This is exactly what I was screaming at the TV. There is no excuse for this. Complete mismanagement of the clock in a crucial situation. In fact, I was yelling at the officials to wind the clock on the previous play after the first down (they took a long time). What did the Cajuns do? They snapped it immediately, running no additional time off of the clock.

Simply not smart at all ... utterly frustrating and disappointing. That cannot happen at the college level.

I was also not happy when Coach declined the holding penalty on 2nd and 10 when South had the football at their own 25. In that situation, you want to make them traverse a longer field. Game situation management 101 and the coaching staff flunked.

Brian

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ZHG sees the big picture. Wish it became contagious.

Remember how weak our schedule was rated preseason? Now it’s like who will we beat that’s left on the schedule?

Meanwhile…

Under five minutes…

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Originally Posted by Jacob81

Hard to manage the clock as a HC when you’re trying to call plays.

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Well somebody needs to manage that job. We should have scored with around 20 seconds, or so left on the clock. It was poor management as was the end of the half. Instead of working the middle of the field like USA did at the end & using your TOs to get into field goal range which were obviously pretty close. We tried to work the sidelines & didn't get crap. But the good news is we saved all our time outs. We also saved the time out that we didn't use to freeze their college kicker. So there was that also. But what do I know. I've just been following, or participating in the game for 50 plus years.

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Originally Posted by Cajunrunner

While I believe Ben played well, and was happy to him lead us to tying the game, I believe we are seeing it’s tough to move on from a leader like Levi Lewis.

We’ve had a contingent of fans who thought Levi was holding us back the last three seasons. Now it’s evident that was not the case.

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Absolutely. Levi was a proven winner. Every time someone suggested benching Levi for Fields last year, I just had to chuckle. Absurd.

It is too bad that the coaching staff made huge blunders down the stretch and did not afford Ben the opportunity to win the game in OT. That could have been a big momentum swing.

I can handle getting beat on the field. But when your coaching staff makes absurd mental blunders as it did in the closing minute tonight, it is simply difficult to accept. Especially when the team/offense is struggling but found a way to get back into the game late.

Brian