Final: Louisiana (31) vs WKU (27)

[RaginScotsman]

Can I get Harry on my fantasy team today? I need some major help.

[MetryCajun]

With all of this "let go of the rope" talk...how about WKU coach Taggert? 4th and 1 with a chance to end the game and you punt? They were killing us up the middle. What was their chance of failure? 5%?
I knew we were going to win as soon as they punted the ball. Thank you Coach Taggert for being a giant puss.

[CajunEXPRESS]

With all of this "let go of the rope" talk...how about WKU coach Taggert? 4th and 1 with a chance to end the game and you punt? They were killing us up the middle. What was their chance of failure? 5%?
I knew we were going to win as soon as they punted the ball. Thank you Coach Taggert for being a giant puss.

Solid evidence that all these coaches lie when they say they do not pay attention to what fans say. He called out the fans who picked up and left, and commented about all the talk last week about him letting go of the rope. Well coach they probably thought you were going to play for overtime. Oh, you could not you were losing.

Hud is a very solid coach, but come on Hud you cannot win a war of words with the fans, instead start talking up USA who wants to ruin your season.

[alum81]

This tells me Coach HUD has a strong desire to keep his finger on the pulse of the fans. He wants to have the fans understand what he's doing and he wants fans to be happy with, and supportive of, what he's doing. I think Coach HUD believes that if fans really understand how hard he and his team are working there is no way the fans would not do their part by showing up cheering like crazy and giving the guys a little love in the press and on boards like this. JMO

[Turbine]

This tells me Coach HUD has a strong desire to keep his finger on the pulse of the fans. He wants to have the fans understand what he's doing and he wants fans to be happy with, and supportive of, what he's doing. I think Coach HUD believes that if fans really understand how hard he and his team are working there is no way the fans would not do their part by showing up cheering like crazy and giving the guys a little love in the press and on boards like this. JMO

+1

HUD is the most connected coach I have ever come across. And it is of his own doing if a media outlet doesn't come knocking he will do his own.

At the same time I know he took the UF loss personal, not just the loss, but the reaction to the loss.

He didn't Tweet for a week.

[ULGrad@HOU]

I stayed to the very end, and very glad that I did. It was a great ending to a game that was looking bleak for a while. We could not stop them from running up the middle even though every single person in that stadium knew they were doing it. That was a sweet touchdown for sure.

I like the fact that Coach Hud pays attention to what's going on around him. It's refreshing to see a coach care about what the fans are thinking. He may not change his mind or sway with every opinion that the fans throw his way, and I wouldn't expect him to nor should he. I just like the fact that he is aware and is wanting the fans involvement in the program.

[Boomer]

Solid evidence that all these coaches lie when they say they do not pay attention to what fans say. He called out the fans who picked up and left, and commented about all the talk last week about him letting go of the rope. Well coach they probably thought you were going to play for overtime. Oh, you could not you were losing.

Hud is a very solid coach, but come on Hud you cannot win a war of words with the fans, instead start talking up USA who wants to ruin your season.

Yes we were losing but a FG was the first goal which we were shooting for (OVERTIME)---Per Hud this AM in paper as we got closer the TD winner became the deal!!!

[Just1More]

I stayed to the very end, and very glad that I did. It was a great ending to a game that was looking bleak for a while. We could not stop them from running up the middle even though every single person in that stadium knew they were doing it. That was a sweet touchdown for sure.

I like the fact that Coach Hud pays attention to what's going on around him. It's refreshing to see a coach care about what the fans are thinking. He may not change his mind or sway with every opinion that the fans throw his way, and I wouldn't expect him to nor should he. I just like the fact that he is aware and is wanting the fans involvement in the program.

Glad to see you got back to Houston safely. I agree with you on Hud that he stays engaged with fans, regardless of the ups and downs. I think some knuckleheads helped make too much out of the few people that said Hud "let go of he rope". Hud just messed up some play decisions and that's all that happened. Taggert messed up by not going for it on 4th and 1 last night. I'm sure that's how some WKU fans viewed it. I guess some probably said, Taggert "Gave up the hill" or whatever phrase they use. But in reality, whether that would have won it for WKU... Taggert should have ran it for the first and likely sealed the game for WKU. Of course, it's unthinkable that fans discuss whether play calls were good or bad. We're supposed to just pay money and support... but never criticize.

Good to see you and your son yesterday. When we left the restaurant, there was a OWI checkpoint on Johnson. I didn't get pulled over (just stopped and questioned) but Brick got pulled over and tested. I've never seen a city hold up a main drag like that to do sobriety checks.

[Sir Cajun]

Glad to see you got back to Houston safely. I agree with you on Hud that he stays engaged with fans, regardless of the ups and downs. I think some knuckleheads helped make too much out of the few people that said Hud "let go of he rope". Hud just messed up some play decisions and that's all that happened. Taggert messed up by not going for it on 4th and 1 last night. I'm sure that's how some WKU fans viewed it. I guess some probably said, Taggert "Gave up the hill" or whatever phrase they use. But in reality, whether that would have won it for WKU... Taggert should have ran it for the first and likely sealed the game for WKU. Of course, it's unthinkable that fans discuss whether play calls were good or bad. We're supposed to just pay money and support... but never criticize.

Good to see you and your son yesterday. When we left the restaurant, there was a OWI checkpoint on Johnson. I didn't get pulled over (just stopped and questioned) but Brick got pulled over and tested. I've never seen a city hold up a main drag like that to do sobriety checks.

I think the phrase you are looking for is "Gave up the goat"

[Zeebart21]

J1M, that checkpoint was a mess. Did not know the Brick got pulled over and checked..wow...

[Zeebart21]

I stayed to the very end, and very glad that I did. It was a great ending to a game that was looking bleak for a while. We could not stop them from running up the middle even though every single person in that stadium knew they were doing it. That was a sweet touchdown for sure.

I like the fact that Coach Hud pays attention to what's going on around him. It's refreshing to see a coach care about what the fans are thinking. He may not change his mind or sway with every opinion that the fans throw his way, and I wouldn't expect him to nor should he. I just like the fact that he is aware and is wanting the fans involvement in the program.

Hey, it was great seeing you and meeting your son yesterday..

Z

[Just1More]

I think the phrase you are looking for is "Gave up the goat"

Yes, and as that goat thought he owned our artificial grass last night, we charged at him in the final minutes... as our program seems to be capable of doing... and chased that goat back to the hills where he belongs.

Strangely, I had more confidence in our program, being down late, and fighting tooth and nail to win it... than had we been holding the lead and fighting off WKU with our defensive "strategy". I hope I'm not armchair QB'ing too heavy when I say "I've seldom seen a running back run so many times... straight up the middle... without being confronted... in a very long time.