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

[alum81]

Hud said in postgame interview NT made some adjustments at half. Coach sounded confident at halftime. Sounds like, outcoached? Just saying.

[SlappyCajun]

Losing Peoples wasn't bad luck? C'mon. That's having bad luck. Having Baer blow two punts is also highly out of the ordinary. Bad luck. We are the better team...just got caught up in the on the road blues.

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.

[cajunhawk]

Turnovers were not luck.

That last turnover was pure bad luck...you just answered your own question.

[DieHard1280]

Apologies for my over reactions earlier, but this was the absolute worst time to fall apart. National tv, and we practically take a dive. We'll be lucky to get 20k in the stadium next week. Of course that 20k will look like 15k. This was the worst possible scenario. Our luck, a monsoon will blow through Lafayette at around 5:00 next Tuesday night.

[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.