Final: Louisiana (14) Arkansas (34)

[ULGrad@HOU]

I don't like the end result, had hoped to get a W. Certainly the defense still needs a lot of work. They had 2 major bad plays against them. One was the long pass, but our guy (not sure who) was right there with him, he just didn't get his head turned around to hit the ball away. The second was the long run, sometimes that happens, need to contain those. Yes, they were gashed up front, and we needed more pressure.

The special teams played well, except the missed FG. Maybe jitters, I don't know, but we really needed those points at that time.

The offense has problems on the ends, our OT's had a long day. They are new, so there is room to grow and improve. The RB's looked great, Alonzo ran hard, McGuire looks good and Pierce was a good change up. A bad drop by Jamal, otherwise he played well. TB wasn't in sync. Had some good plays but didn't throw great. Nice throws to the TE, but didn't spread the ball enough to other wide-outs. Many plays, he had plenty of time but couldn't find anyone. Then, they started getting to him in the second half and that was when it was over.

Got that off my chest, now going clear my head to get ready for next week.

[Just1More]

Geaux **** yourself you Edwin Edwards no class bastard...

Edwin told me that this cat used to suck grape jelly out of his bung hole when he was in the pen. He called it "Hog Heaven Governor Grape Delight".

[CajunRed]

I expected Arkansas to score 31 points. They scored 34.

It's our offense that disappointed me. I thought our receivers and Broadway would be tough to stop. NOT. I predicted 34. We ended up with less than half of that. Offense couldn't move the ball and run down enough time to give the D enough rest time. Just didnt look good.

[CajunRed]

Long live Edwards

Why that guy isn't still in prison is amazing. Should have been put away for life.

[RaginCajun77]

Surgent sure had a quiet game.

[CajunRed]

Surgent sure had a quiet game.

Yep...as did all receivers other than Jamal. Just not a good showing.

[irokcj5]

SEC is the toughest conference. SBC is 10th of 11 conferences in strength.....I really hoped we would play well enough to at least make it a good game, but we got beat at all positions. Doesn't mean we still cannot win the SBC conference, but talk of beating SEC teams is silly at this point. Hud is doing a good job recruiting, but it will take a while to attract the best of the best out of high school. Hopefully having coach Hud, the campus and stadium upgrades, TV time, and being tops in our conference will draw those guys here. Unless there is a fluke like almost happened against the gators last year, we probably will not beat SEC teams in the next 3-5 years, but we can start competing better and better every year till that blessed day!!

[NAVYCajun]

I love the respect Louisiana was shown by the broadcast. They referred to us as Louisiana and had a lot of good promotional footage. As for the game, it was decided exactly how I thought it would. The result just didn't match. I knew the O and D line would be key. Our O line had Broadway in constant trouble and our D line did not help our cause. I did have hope after the first quarter but it only got worse. This game does not represent this season. For that I am glad. The Cajuns will bounce back but this was a bad start. Now they play a Kansas St. team that is none too happy about dropping a home game to a lower lvl team, regardless of how good they are. Was hoping for better. I think by seasons end I will be happy with this season though.

[RaginCajun77]

Yep...as did all receivers other than Jamal. Just not a good showing.

Maxwell had a good game at TE.

[Turbine]

3 plays and its a 7 point game.

[Just1More]

Dudes... quit assessing the Cajuns and ignoring Arkansas. Arkansas has rebounded from last year. Plain and simple.

[basinbear]

Dudes... quit assessing the Cajuns and ignoring Arkansas. Arkansas has rebounded from last year. Plain and simple.

Yes they are better than last year but looking at their schedule they will have a average season....as for us....my problem with this game is not that we lost but that we did not play sound football...hope to see vast improvement next week