Cajuns' scheduling is questionable......

[DaddyCajun]

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.

Everyone makes typo's and even the GGGRRREEEAAATTT lsu a&m @ br schedules D1AA teams! So get of your high horse and onto the wall, lets not do like humpty you(lsu) may have a great fall, and all the legislatures and all of their kin won't be able to put them back together again.


Sorry just read the story to my 4 year old, just had to use it,
good luck with the rest of your season!

DaddyCajun

[HoustonCajun]

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.

Bengal,

How do LSU and its fans view playing a UL vs. an Arizona with the same end result, a 45-3 thrashing (I believe statistically, UL did better than Arizona)?

Schedule wise, it is always better to play a fellow BCS team. Attendance wise, while I'm sure UL brought a lot more people to the game, I'm also sure LSU was able to sell Gen Admission tickets and still fill the stadium.

I think that one of our biggest problems to overcome is perception. The perception is that UL is out of its league in playing LSU, even though Arizona faired no better. When a UL or a Troy (vs. Florida State) are very competitive, its viewed as an anomaly, which it probably is unless/until that school is more consistently competitive or pulls the occassional upset (like USM has done or even LA Tech for that matter).

In my mind, we are all 1A schools, so UL should play an LSU, T A&M, Texas or Tennessee. Otherwise, why be a 1A classification. UL needs to continue to play BCS caliber teams to improve its scheduling, increase revenue, improve recruiting, etc. As a rebuilding program, we will surely take our lumps. Nobody questions whether Arkansas belongs in the SEC after a 77-7 bloss to USC last year and another 50+ loss this year. And, nobody questions Vanderbilt or Wake Forest or Duke because they have BCS conference affiliations.

UL has the Sun Belt conference to overcome and a total lack of tradition and winning in football. We expected/hoped that we would be more competitive this year, but evidentally we still have a way to go. The rest of our schedule will be more indicative of where our program is to date. I went to both the LSU and T A&M games and was surprised at how inept we were on both sides of the ball. We are still a young, inexperienced team that hasn't yet learned to win consistently. That will obviously take more time. Our goal should still be to win the conference and a bowl game and continue to build from that. After all, North Texas won the conference and went to bowl games for several straight years, but would lose to schools like Texas each year by 50+ points to start each season. UL has to regroup and win its next two games, going to Houston with a 2-2 record. Then, let's see where we stand. That one game will be more of an indicator of our progress to date than our first two games.

[Just1More]

Bengal,

How do LSU and its fans view playing a UL vs. an Arizona with the same end result, a 45-3 thrashing (I believe statistically, UL did better than Arizona)?

LSU friends who went to both UL and Arizona games told me that UL would have easily whipped Arizona. LSU made no unforced errors against UL, but made many against Arizona, and therefore could have/should have won by a greater margin. Not something to brag about, but we are not out of the thick of D1 football. Bengal isn't the typical insulting poster, but he is hitting on a raw nerve that he does not quite comprehend. If UL were granted admission into the SEC, we would be in the middle of the pact in short order. Many dispute my allegation... our recruiting as an SEC school, with their TV time, bowl money splits, and so on... get real. Half of the SEC schools wouldn't be D1 if they weren't propped up by the other half. OUT.

[ShowDog]

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.

What are we doing with the money??? We should be improving and we're not. Sou. Miss and Fresno State are at least competitive.

[DestinCajun]

Everyone makes typo's and even the GGGRRREEEAAATTT lsu a&m @ br schedules D1AA teams! So get of your high horse and onto the wall, lets not do like humpty you(lsu) may have a great fall, and all the legislatures and all of their kin won't be able to put them back together again.


Sorry just read the story to my 4 year old, just had to use it,
good luck with the rest of your season!

DaddyCajun

Here's hoping that all the State fans who travel to Auburn for the big game are well behaved. Those who don't reflect badly on all the citizens of Louisiana.

[Cajunsmike]

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.

The payday we get from those games like this is way more than we would get by being a power in 1AA. You have no idea how desperately that money is needed. I would prefer if the two "money" games were spread out a little bit vs having to be on the road in consecutive weeks.

[rhineaux]

LSU friends who went to both UL and Arizona games told me that UL would have easily whipped Arizona. LSU made no unforced errors against UL, but made many against Arizona, and therefore could have/should have won by a greater margin. Not something to brag about, but we are not out of the thick of D1 football. Bengal isn't the typical insulting poster, but he is hitting on a raw nerve that he does not quite comprehend. If UL were granted admission into the SEC, we would be in the middle of the pact in short order. Many dispute my allegation... our recruiting as an SEC school, with their TV time, bowl money splits, and so on... get real. Half of the SEC schools wouldn't be D1 if they weren't propped up by the other half. OUT.

Great Points. Most BCS schools are in BCS conferences for their own reasons. In the SEC, Kentucky is there for basketball, Vandy is there for Acedemics, etc. Without all SEC teams propping each other up, many wouldn't be much at all.

What I think that many people overlook, especially those who miss the boat about scheduling losses versus 'high quality teams', is that it goes both ways. Ohio State's, FSU's, Oklahoma's, don't want to schedule other powerful BCS schools to fill their non-conference schedule every year (with exception of Notre Dame, who doesn't have a conference, but they play more powerhouses than cupcakes) because, without a playoff, one loss ruins their chance at a Nat'l Championship. Therefore they pay smaller schools to come in to play, with a small chance of losing. Therefore, if all of the other mid-majors played each other, just because they can be competitive, they would be losing out on tons of cash. I am sure UL would love to have its five NC games to be against Houston, USM, TCU, etc. every year, but those teams are busy playing money games as well. And, if left with a game that is msot likely a loss with making $700k for it, or playing Joe-1AA two extra times, I take the cash, every time.

So, as USC is playing some money games, with some tougher competition added in (with Nebraska and Arkansas, even though they didn't show up), we are playing our money games, with easy NC teams (NCA&T) and competitive teams (Houston). Its the circle of life, folks.

P.S. Bengal, would you mind proofreading my post?

[BirdofParadise]

Great Points. Most BCS schools are in BCS conferences for their own reasons. In the SEC, Kentucky is there for basketball, Vandy is there for Acedemics, etc. Without all SEC teams propping each other up, many wouldn't be much at all.

What I think that many people overlook, especially those who miss the boat about scheduling losses versus 'high quality teams', is that it goes both ways. Ohio State's, FSU's, Oklahoma's, don't want to schedule other powerful BCS schools to fill their non-conference schedule every year (with exception of Notre Dame, who doesn't have a conference, but they play more powerhouses than cupcakes) because, without a playoff, one loss ruins their chance at a Nat'l Championship. Therefore they pay smaller schools to come in to play, with a small chance of losing. Therefore, if all of the other mid-majors played each other, just because they can be competitive, they would be losing out on tons of cash. I am sure UL would love to have its five NC games to be against Houston, USM, TCU, etc. every year, but those teams are busy playing money games as well. And, if left with a game that is msot likely a loss with making $700k for it, or playing Joe-1AA two extra times, I take the cash, every time.

So, as USC is playing some money games, with some tougher competition added in (with Nebraska and Arkansas, even though they didn't show up), we are playing our money games, with easy NC teams (NCA&T) and competitive teams (Houston). Its the circle of life, folks.

P.S. Bengal, would you mind proofreading my post?

If USC is playing money games, I'd like to know what they are. This year the Pac-10 is playing nine conference games.

USC, out of conference, is playing at Arkansas, Nebraska and Notre Dame. And, I don't think any of them are getting a paycheck for the ___ whipping.