Cajuns' scheduling is questionable......

[Just1More]

Get over the rent a _____ statement its a fact of life for the cajuns-they need the money so they have to rent themselves out.

Are you independently wealthy... or do you _____, or I mean rent, yourself out?

[RoundUP]

I don't get this quote. Is that supposed to be a dig at McNeese or what?
Like it or not McNeese is a very well respected D1AA school and can actually play competitively against some lower level D1A schools such as the Sunbelt schools.

Of course it is. What does being outscored 96-10 tell you ?

[RCAJUN90]

I am an LSU fan but I take no joy watching any Louisiana team get drilled two weeks in a row for nothing more than a payday.

Whoever is making out the football schedules for the Cajuns should have his head examined. It is ridiculous schedule two teams which outclass the Cajuns
in talent to open the season back to back. Two blowout losses like that to start a season can almost ruin a teams confidence before it even has a chance to get going and anyone who says they thought the outcomes would be different is smoking rope.

It's not just the fact that the Cajuns are 0-2 but they have been humiliated
twice in the first two weekd of the season and for what?

The point is this. Why doesn't UL schedule some OOC teams early on which they have a realistic chance to compete against and possibly win a game or two before you play teams with such a huge talent advantage over the Cajuns? I can see playing a game here or there for monetary reasons but to start the season the way your administration has done really doesn't give UL much of a chance. Other than a paycheck, I see no point in this mentality and if all UL is in it for is a check then why not just play D1AA ball and become a powerhouse instead of being nothing more than a rent-a-win?

I know some of you will take offense here but I am not trying to be offensive at all, I am merely stating the obvious that doing this type of thing year-in & year-out is leading nowhere and getting there fast. I just don't get it.

No offense taken and you are correct. Right now I don't feel like we could break through a wet paper bag. As a fan I'm completely demoralized. I guess we can only take what we can get. I would be better if we had an easy 1-AA or 1-A school before the payday games.

[DestinCajun]

I don't get this quote. Is that supposed to be a dig at McNeese or what?
Like it or not McNeese is a very well respected D1AA school and can actually play competitively against some lower level D1A schools such as the Sunbelt schools.

Ask the players about playing La'State? Ask them about playing Tx A&M.

PSSSSST Next season we play Tennessee and USC but please don't spread it around. And, guess what -- McNeese St. U. Hope you can make the game.

[RoundUP]

No offense taken and you are correct. Right now I don't feel like we could break through a wet paper bag. As a fan I'm completely demoralized.

I would be also. It's one thing not to move the ball against the first team D of A&M. But to only manage 17 yds passing against the second team D ? Unable to establish a ground game capable of running out the clock ?

Those are major problems for me to ignore and accept.

[Snuffy]

While I do not totally disagree with your synopsis I feel very strongly that you get better by playing better competition. Time will tell

I am an LSU fan but I take no joy watching any Louisiana team get drilled two weeks in a row for nothing more than a payday.

Whoever is making out the football schedules for the Cajuns should have his head examined. It is ridiculous schedule two teams which outclass the Cajuns
in talent to open the season back to back. Two blowout losses like that to start a season can almost ruin a teams confidence before it even has a chance to get going and anyone who says they thought the outcomes would be different is smoking rope.

It's not just the fact that the Cajuns are 0-2 but they have been humiliated
twice in the first two weekd of the season and for what?

The point is this. Why doesn't UL schedule some OOC teams early on which they have a realistic chance to compete against and possibly win a game or two before you play teams with such a huge talent advantage over the Cajuns? I can see playing a game here or there for monetary reasons but to start the season the way your administration has done really doesn't give UL much of a chance. Other than a paycheck, I see no point in this mentality and if all UL is in it for is a check then why not just play D1AA ball and become a powerhouse instead of being nothing more than a rent-a-win?

I know some of you will take offense here but I am not trying to be offensive at all, I am merely stating the obvious that doing this type of thing year-in & year-out is leading nowhere and getting there fast. I just don't get it.

[Clutch0364]

While I do not totally disagree with your synopsis I feel very strongly that you get better by playing better competition. Time will tell

You are exactly right...Just like Fresno State and Southern Miss. have the policy of playing anyone, anywhere, at anytime. Players love playing in these big games...its just disappointing and I believe hurts the players when they get beat like they did the last 2 weeks. I want this program to get to the point where teams don't want to schedule us because they know they are giving us big money and its not a given that they will win.

[CajunRebel]

I am an LSU fan but I take no joy watching any Louisiana team get drilled two weeks in a row for nothing more than a payday.

Whoever is making out the football schedules for the Cajuns should have his head examined. It is ridiculous schedule two teams which outclass the Cajuns
in talent to open the season back to back. Two blowout losses like that to start a season can almost ruin a teams confidence before it even has a chance to get going and anyone who says they thought the outcomes would be different is smoking rope.

It's not just the fact that the Cajuns are 0-2 but they have been humiliated
twice in the first two weekd of the season and for what?

The point is this. Why doesn't UL schedule some OOC teams early on which they have a realistic chance to compete against and possibly win a game or two before you play teams with such a huge talent advantage over the Cajuns? I can see playing a game here or there for monetary reasons but to start the season the way your administration has done really doesn't give UL much of a chance. Other than a paycheck, I see no point in this mentality and if all UL is in it for is a check then why not just play D1AA ball and become a powerhouse instead of being nothing more than a rent-a-win?

I know some of you will take offense here but I am not trying to be offensive at all, I am merely stating the obvious that doing this type of thing year-in & year-out is leading nowhere and getting there fast. I just don't get it.

First of all, thanks for taking an interest in UL.

Now to your point. We would all love it if we could schedule more competitive OOC opponents, and perhaps even a few 1-AA opponents that we could really beat up on. It's not fun getting our butts kicked. But realistically, we don't have much choice. We have to schedule these games. As a Tiger fan, you have no idea how much us non-BCS schools struggle to compete. You guys have a budget that's somewhere around 45 million. We on the other hand have an 8 million dollar budget. So if we can pick up an extra million bucks you had better believe we will do it because we need all we can get our hands on. Unlike LSU, we don't have the luxury of having more money than we could ever need along with an athletic foundation throwing even more cash at us. That's why we do it and that's why nearly every other non-BCS conference does it.

[Oldman]

I am an LSU fan but I take no joy watching any Louisiana team get drilled two weeks in a row for nothing more than a payday.

Whoever is making out the football schedules for the Cajuns should have his head examined. It is ridiculous schedule two teams which outclass the Cajuns
in talent to open the season back to back. Two blowout losses like that to start a season can almost ruin a teams confidence before it even has a chance to get going and anyone who says they thought the outcomes would be different is smoking rope.

It's not just the fact that the Cajuns are 0-2 but they have been humiliated
twice in the first two weekd of the season and for what?

The point is this. Why doesn't UL schedule some OOC teams early on which they have a realistic chance to compete against and possibly win a game or two before you play teams with such a huge talent advantage over the Cajuns? I can see playing a game here or there for monetary reasons but to start the season the way your administration has done really doesn't give UL much of a chance. Other than a paycheck, I see no point in this mentality and if all UL is in it for is a check then why not just play D1AA ball and become a powerhouse instead of being nothing more than a rent-a-win?

I know some of you will take offense here but I am not trying to be offensive at all, I am merely stating the obvious that doing this type of thing year-in & year-out is leading nowhere and getting there fast. I just don't get it.

well bengal, it's nice to know you can get into our teams head and predict what will be the outcome, maybe you should apply for the job and see that we no longer try to play any 1a schools and as you say "no our place" maybe you should stick to your team.......and i don't know what "rent-a-win" means, now that you guys are having some success that's good for you but to suggest that we change the our way is STUPID and play 1aa teams is also STUPID, please don't worry about us we will be fine, i'm dissapointed to see the way we played but sometimes things happen that way, trust me when i say the players a dissapointed in their performance as well and will make the necessary adjustments, you are entitle to your opinion but don't give me that ____ you're talking because it gives you and people like you much pleasure to say "we told you so" mentality and i must add there are ul fans(so call fans)who feel the same way. i could go on but it wouldn't do any good because at the end of the season is when the story ends not now, so if you are concern don't be.

[ShowDog]

All of these posts are solid. Major program scheduling is a must for Sunbelt schools. The money, and the availability of teams to schedule totally affects that decision. We are in the unenviable position that we have to do so. The team, the school, and its fans are not ignorant of the risk. We are set up to take a thrashing in most cases. It gets done early, hopefully, and you regroup for the remainder of your season. And, in some cases, the games are played close... and the upsets do happen.

Regardless, the question is still there as to whether it helps or hurts. I say it is simply necessary at this point. For a system like LSU, they can't comprehend it. That is an argument for another day.

We have been D1A football since the NCAA started it in the 70s. There isn't much to be gained by being a "powerhouse DIAA". First, no matter how large or small D1A is, there is always a pecking order. The size of Lafayette, with its resources, if they ever get tapped properly, UL can become a significant member of D1A football. As anyone knows, once you build it, it becomes self-generating.

I know how LSU works... one loss to anyone and many think the season is over. They have tasted the national championship, and now it is the measuring stick. UL is trying to put together winning seasons, and be bowl eligible thru its own conference. We are currently limited to that pinnacle alone. Once some level of success is achieved... we may either get out of "money games"... or perhaps compete in those "money games"... or perhaps win those "money games"... or dare I say... be one to "offer a money game".

Some people thought we were building it over 10 years ago. When Mitchell played, we came close against the likes of Bama, Auburn, Ole Miss etc.

We are getting creamed now and it shows a lack of good recruiting and possibly coaching. UL has looked very unprepared the last two weeks. Citadel looked better against A & M than we did. Appalachian State and Troy have given LSU better games than we have.

How can UAB do what they are doing, Troy will prove to get to the next level before we do.(Yeah I know we beat them last year). Their is either a lack of dedication from the coaching staff or the players themselves. Some of Bustle's statements to the media make it sound like he has no tools to motivate the players.

We deserve better than what we're getting. Authement needs to make sports more of a priority as it is the attention grabber for a university.

[Bengal70816]

well bengal, it's nice to know you can get into our teams head and predict what will be the outcome, maybe you should apply for the job and see that we no longer try to play any 1a schools and as you say "no our place" maybe you should stick to your team.......and i don't know what "rent-a-win" means, now that you guys are having some success that's good for you but to suggest that we change the our way is STUPID and play 1aa teams is also STUPID, please don't worry about us we will be fine, i'm dissapointed to see the way we played but sometimes things happen that way, trust me when i say the players a dissapointed in their performance as well and will make the necessary adjustments, you are entitle to your opinion but don't give me that ____ you're talking because it gives you and people like you much pleasure to say "we told you so" mentality and i must add there are ul fans(so call fans)who feel the same way. i could go on but it wouldn't do any good because at the end of the season is when the story ends not now, so if you are concern don't be.

Man, get a grip, then go invest in a dictionary. By the way, I never said anything about you should "no (know) your place".

Regarding playing D1AA teams, apparently McNeese is already on your schedule for next season. Grow up.

[Mineshaft]

Did the Aggies score again?