In-Game Thread: UL (23) vs. North Texas (30) Final

[cajunhawk]

How are we the better team? They just beat us. What metric makes us better out wins over teams with losing records?

I'm not doubting they may have had some luck, but we let a vet pedestrian offense score 30 on us.

We are the better team...North Texas just played over their heads...it happens when you play on the road in conference. Was Iowa State better than Oklahoma State last year?

[SlappyCajun]

We are the better team...North Texas just played over their heads...it happens when you play on the road in conference. Was Iowa State better than Oklahoma State last year?

That night they were.

[leeman]

Everything went wrong tonight...football on the road can go wrong sometimes...ask Oklahoma State what happened in Aimes last year. This is not the end of our season. This was just a trainwreck that we couldn't get out of the way of. Suck it up, and come back next week to get back on track.

Well Said!

[cajunhawk]

That night they were.

But the season is not one game long...

[SlappyCajun]

So the only way a superior team loses to an inferior team is luck.

When the Cajuns beat South Carolina in the Super Regional that was luck.

Luck discredits what UNT did which was line up and smash the football down our faces.

[sportsfanatic21]

I hope like hell a reporter asks why we completely abandoned the running game in the 2nd half. It almost seemed like after the opening 2nd half drive, we felt like the game was over, and we were "working" on the passing game for the future. Then all of a sudden, the game got tight, and we panicked. Not to mention how obvious we made all of our blitzes, leaving RBs wide open in the flats. And the lack of time of possession (due to the dismissal of the run game) kept the defense on the field WAY too long, and tired defenders are bad tacklers. That's your ball game in a nut shell folks. Again, I would be very interested to hear why the play calling was what it was in the second half tonight. Unbelievable.

[cajunhawk]

So the only way a superior team loses to an inferior team is luck.

When the Cajuns beat South Carolina in the Super Regional that was luck.

Luck discredits what UNT did which was line up and smash the football down our faces.

How else can I phrase this....____ happens on the road.

[SlappyCajun]

How else can I phrase this....____ happens on the road.

I don't disagree with that. It's hard to win on the road. You have to strap it up and go take a win from someone's house.

To do that you have to be mentally tough and execute. We weren't up to the challenge in the second half. We have to redouble our efforts to make sure we get bowl eligible and have a winning season.

[cajunhawk]

I don't disagree with that. It's hard to win on the road. You have to strap it up and go take a win from someone's house.

To do that you have to be mentally tough and execute. We weren't up to the challenge in T&E second half. We have to redouble our efforts to make sure we get bowl eligible and have a winning season.

I agree. We had the win in our hands and lost it. We will rebound next week.

[ManAboutTown]

Let me say that cliche' crap that everyone is obligated to preface their comments with around here: "I haven't let go of the rope; I'll be at the game next week; I still believe; better than things used to be around here; geaux cajuns"

NOW..
Bad luck? maybe some.
Momentum swing? sure.
Injuries? yep.
Blown calls? a couple.
On the road? matters...

But none of that stuff has anything to do with the following -
DEs and LBs lost containment all damn night long. Safety's got caught cheating up all night long. No one could make an open field tackle. Defensive line played well, but stayed on the field all night long, so they were completely exhausted.
Who the hell is wearing Surgent's #87 jersey, because it surely isn't the player I remember. Bubble screens worked well at the beginning of the game, but imagine this, UNT ADJUSTED. Did we gain more than 2 yards on a bubble screen after the first quarter? How often does this offense practice that play, because Broadway threw maybe 1 acceptable bubble screen pass that lead the receiver up field. Not to mention how long every single short passing play took to develop.
5 rushing attempts in the second half, home run balls on three straight 3rd and manageables in crunch time, awful play calling, awful clock management. Why would you not try to keep the ball AND score?
We played cocky football. We tried to out athlete them. We tried to surprise them. This conservative, base offense with a wrinkle here and there steam-rolled our #18 run defense in the country. 3rd and 8, and we blitz 3, including 2 LBs strong side?! How can your first thought not be "screen pass"?! Everyone in my house said, "WATCH THE SCREEN".
I understand that anything can happen on the road in conference. I understand you can't win them all. But losing like this, the things that we did wrong, and they way we epically crumbled at the end of that game tells me there is real problems on this team. This team misses Blaine Gauthier. Broadway may be the better passer, but this team played for BG last year. They miss his leadership on the field IMO. We were out coached, out played, out physical'd, more adjustments were made at halftime on their side, and as was said earlier, the team quit. We all knew the game was over with 10 min left in the 4th quarter. We fancy ourselves an "up and coming" program, or dare I say a fringe Top 25 team.. We're wrong. We have a lot of work to do.

That being said, everything is still in front of us. Gotta get it fixed.