Overpowered

[Just1More]

Guys, it had just a little bit to do with Arkansas. They owned both lines. On D, if you get zero QB hurries... even if the QB isn't that great, you are toast. He proved to have a good accurate arm, and he took care of us. Our secondary was not our problem. You can't have them making the tackles of the Arkansas quick powerful backfield AND expect blanket coverage of SEC caliber receivers. The entire D was culpable. And I absolutely guarantee you that they won't "look" this way in 9 out of 11 of our contests. But, our D kept this acceptably close for our offense.

I saw that our offense is going to destroy 7 of our remaining 11. I hope our coaches prepare a little better versus specific opponents, but I can understand we prepared for the balance of the season... not just Arkansas. A big coaching mistake was not attacking the middle of Arkansas. We let our first couple of drives lull us into a false sense that Arkansas wouldn't adjust. They started bullwhipping us up the middle, and Broadway still thought he could step up and watch for someone coming free upfield. The place to exploit was the fast toss over the middle (Harry Peoples ish). Arkansas LBs are their achilles heal. TEs and underneath was our ticket.

I also think Terrance ran 50% of his attempts of his own accord. He should have given up the rock more in that game. We'll depend on his legs this year, like last. But, he needs to run only in open fields (like last year). We are getting better, overall, and we don't need the Blaine Gautier/Michael Desormeaux heroic QB rushing attack. Terrance coming up lame could flip this season in a hurry.

I saw many positives. Robinson is rusty... but he is going to beast everyone else on our docket. McQuire is the real deal. Watch out! Carter is pacing himself, and he will take several to the house this year. Alonzo is money... just wait. Maxwell will finally get his deserved work, and make everyone reconsider the intelligent use of a TE.

Our DL, not our secondary, was the matchup problem. We will not see anything near Arkansas's physical OL this year. In a nutshell, that game had way more to do with 11 on 11... and we... on balance... were overpowered. And that was the tallest mountain in our path this year.

[HoustonCajun]

Man, if we would have connected on the screen pass to Elijah, it may have gone to the house. Instead, it was tipped and intercepted.

Our short passing game was working well. We abandon it and try to throw deeper and Broadway gets nailed in the pocket over and over. We have a light OL and they can't hold the DL that long. Looked like poor offensive play calling. Broadway didn't even see 2 receivers on different plays that were uncovered and would have scored. I don't think either Butler or Surgent had a catch and Robinson dropped 2 balls. Defense looked no different than last year.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

I agree, our corners looked pretty solid.
The safety play wasnt that great, but cant blame them, we were not getting any pressure

Also, what worried me somewhat was that Broadway was constantly looking for Robinson only and tried forcing it to him multiple times

[sportsfanatic21]

Let's not overlook the fact that Arkansas has 2 DEs and a DT that are gonna be NFL players. Our O-line struggled, but many SEC O-lines are gonna struggle with those guys.

And the D-line got no push. That said, Arkansas has SEC O-lineman, and we won't see anything near that the rest of the year. Kansas State's O-line really struggled this week against North Dakota St (granted, 2 time defending FCS champs, but FCS nonetheless). Look for a much more favorable matchup next week. I expect a much better result

[Just1More]

Our short passing game was working well. We abandon it and try to throw deeper and Broadway gets nailed in the pocket over and over. We have a light OL and they can't hold the DL that long. Looked like poor offensive play calling. Broadway didn't even see 2 receivers on different plays that were uncovered and would have scored. I don't think either Butler or Surgent had a catch and Robinson dropped 2 balls. Defense looked no different than last year.

You are right about Broadway. We weren't capable of him stepping up and waiting for gaps downfield... against Arkansas. The drops hurt, no doubt. I simply cannot assess the D yet. If our DL is no better against the balance of programs, we'll get plunked. But, I believe Arkansas (new coaches) turned a really solid OL into beasts. Both Arkansas lines played like upper level SEC.

[Just1More]

I agree, our corners looked pretty solid.
The safety play wasnt that great, but cant blame them, we were not getting any pressure

Also, what worried me somewhat was that Broadway was constantly looking for Robinson only and tried forcing it to him multiple times

Robinson will be a nuts-on mismatch for 9 of our remaining contests. You are right, Terrance wanted him on 75% of passing downs. That objective is probably solid from this point forward... not yesterday.

[Just1More]

Let's not overlook the fact that Arkansas has 2 DEs and a DT that are gonna be NFL players. Our O-line struggled, but many SEC O-lines are gonna struggle with those guys.

And the D-line got no push. That said, Arkansas has SEC O-lineman, and we won't see anything near that the rest of the year. Kansas State's O-line really struggled this week against North Dakota St (granted, 2 time defending FCS champs, but FCS nonetheless). Look for a much more favorable matchup next week. I expect a much better result

Rack em!

[RaginEsquire06]

You are right about Broadway. We weren't capable of him stepping up and waiting for gaps downfield... against Arkansas. The drops hurt, no doubt. I simply cannot assess the D yet. If our DL is no better against the balance of programs, we'll get plunked. But, I believe Arkansas (new coaches) turned a really solid OL into beasts. Both Arkansas lines played like upper level SEC.

...you are absolutely right Sir. J1M, this is what determined the outcome of the game yesterday. This is exactly what the sports pundits predicted. O-line play by Arkansas was light's out. D-line play by Arkansas was good and only became dominant once our Offense was forced into passing; thus, becoming more predictable. Despite the loss, a lot to be desired was displayed by the Cajuns, including the awesome Uni's.

[Hammer58]

Guys, it had just a little bit to do with Arkansas. They owned both lines. On D, if you get zero QB hurries... even if the QB isn't that great, you are toast. He proved to have a good accurate arm, and he took care of us. Our secondary was not our problem. You can't have them making the tackles of the Arkansas quick powerful backfield AND expect blanket coverage of SEC caliber receivers. The entire D was culpable. And I absolutely guarantee you that they won't "look" this way in 9 out of 11 of our contests. But, our D kept this acceptably close for our offense.

I saw that our offense is going to destroy 7 of our remaining 11. I hope our coaches prepare a little better versus specific opponents, but I can understand we prepared for the balance of the season... not just Arkansas. A big coaching mistake was not attacking the middle of Arkansas. We let our first couple of drives lull us into a false sense that Arkansas wouldn't adjust. They started bullwhipping us up the middle, and Broadway still thought he could step up and watch for someone coming free upfield. The place to exploit was the fast toss over the middle (Harry Peoples ish). Arkansas LBs are their achilles heal. TEs and underneath was our ticket.

I also think Terrance ran 50% of his attempts of his own accord. He should have given up the rock more in that game. We'll depend on his legs this year, like last. But, he needs to run only in open fields (like last year). We are getting better, overall, and we don't need the Blaine Gautier/Michael Desormeaux heroic QB rushing attack. Terrance coming up lame could flip this season in a hurry.

I saw many positives. Robinson is rusty... but he is going to beast everyone else on our docket. McQuire is the real deal. Watch out! Carter is pacing himself, and he will take several to the house this year. Alonzo is money... just wait. Maxwell will finally get his deserved work, and make everyone reconsider the intelligent use of a TE.

Our DL, not our secondary, was the matchup problem. We will not see anything near Arkansas's physical OL this year. In a nutshell, that game had way more to do with 11 on 11... and we... on balance... were overpowered. And that was the tallest mountain in our path this year.

Re: preparation by coaches, Hud mentioned repeatedly at QB Club that they were not sure exactly what we would see from Arkansas on both sides of the ball. Arkansas had a HC who was known for running at Wisconsin but his new OC was a fling it downfield guy. He thought they had a little better idea of what to expect from their D but there were still some unknowns. I think the uncertainty coupled with the "youth" of our secondary contributed o the lackluster defense. Still I was hoping for better from our defensive front.

[CrappDaddy]

O-line is a concern. Sunbelt D's will live in our backfield if we don't improve there.

[RaginEsquire06]

O-line is a concern. Sunbelt D's will live in our backfield if we don't improve there.

C-Daddy...our O-line played fine until our Offense was forced to play catch-up. Once we started being predictable, our O-lines lack of experience was exposed. Review of the first half of the game will show this.

[CrappDaddy]

R-esquire, I think broadway was sacked a total of 9 times last year. He went down 3 or 4 times yesterday.