Final: Louisiana (27) vs. Kansas St (48)

[raginsaints]

I feel like we'd be much better on offense if we just committed to running the ball more. First series of the game, Harris goes for 14 yards then doesn't see the ball again and we punt. We have some very talented running backs. Run the damn ball. It would also help to give our defense a break.


Also, the 10-15 yard cushion crap needs to die.

[RCAJUN90]

I think your post was meant for me. And yes I was around. I go back to the Robertson days. I wouldn't trade our coach for anyone. I just want to see some more aggressiveness from this guy before he leaves for greener pastures.

Then I read you entirely wrong. You know the pain and suffering before Hud. I truly feel we will be very happy at the end of the season.

[Big Buds]

So why didn't Alonzo Harris play much in the second half?

I saw him double tap on his helmet on the last play he was in. It looked like he was favering his shoulder.

[raginsaints]

My dad mentioned that too. Guess I missed it. We did run the ball 40 times so it's hard to say we need to run it more but I really think it's what our oline does well and we have the running backs to do it. Some aggressiveness on defense would be nice too. I'm so frustrated.

[lcitsh]

i just hope this doesn't make college football final

It's Kansas State. Of course it will.

[johnnyusa3000]

I think your post was meant for me. And yes I was around. I go back to the Robertson days. I wouldn't trade our coach for anyone. I just want to see some more aggressiveness from this guy before he leaves for greener pastures.

That is the good part. We will probably have Hud next year.

[DannyP]

Ran the ball too much/ too little... Weren't aggressive tonight until the game was "on the line"...
After 2 game I think we've done a serviceable job of playing "their game", but NOT ours!
We have to THROW the ball before the 4th quarter if we want to an these games!

[Camz]

well at least we don't have to worry about HUD leaving any time soon

[cajunhawk]

well at least we don't have to worry about HUD leaving any time soon

That's a good thing...his 2014 team will be his most talented team. And the schedule won't be such a buzzkill.

[CrappDaddy]

Looked like the d backs started playing up on the receivers in the 2nd half and the offense finally looked in sync. I expect a different team from this point on but I also expect there will be 2 conference games where we get beat like we did tonight. Final result... Another 8-4 season and a bowl game. I'll take it

[zephyr]

So why didn't Alonzo Harris play much in the second half?

think he was banged up. Took himself out of the game after a run and never came back in

[zephyr]

Tale of two halves. The first 6 quarters of this season have been very frustrating to say the least. It still upsets me that we don't have that true defining victory in the regular season over a bigger opponent. I think that is something that will hurt Hud's chances of getting that big time job offer in the very near future. We have some huge issues to address immediately if we want to match the success of the past two years, especially on defense.

On offense, I've stated this so many times but we tend to start slowly every year. I don't know what the similarities are between Hud and Bustle in that regard but we've just never really started off the year playing well. This is even more frustrating when you hear how well the offense was playing in camp before the season started. I do think that a portion of that cause is coaching and possibly not wanting to show your cards too much before conference which just drives me nuts. Our offense was buzzing last year towards the end of the year when all teams have had a chance to scout us and see what we are doing. Funny how not many could stop us. We need to just be willing to run our offense and put our guys in the best position to be successful.

On defense, he have a lot of work to do. I was worried going into this year on defense due to our alarming stats we gave up last year having some really good corners and more experience. I think some of our issues are lack of experience but I still think a lot of our issues stem from coaching and playcalling. The huge cushions we have been giving receivers on the line is not the players doing this on their own. They are being instructed to do this and Chris Simms was right about his criticism of it. Maybe someone who has coached football can explain to me why you have 10 yard cushions on receivers when its 3rd and 5? I try to think of a logical reason as to why this occurs but just can't. At that point, it doesn't matter how good your pass rush is since you aren't going to give them the opportunity to get to the QB. I'm not surprised we have only one sack so far this season and it was a J. Anderson Middle blitz since we aren't giving ourselves opportunities. I also don't put all of that on Willis. Hud's philosophy in the pass defense has been to keep everything in front of us. We did this with Stewart and we are doing it now.

I still think we will win 7-8 games and likely be in a bowl but I just don't think we are putting ourselves in the best position to win. People have a right to be frustrated and upset, especially after having watched the first 6 quarters we've played. I was near the point of turning the game off myself last night, especially after the kickoff return to start the second half. I did like the heart I saw in the second half and it certainly appears that Broadway found some rhythm and confidence there so I hope that kind of kickstarts him moving forward. Receivers need to stop dropping the ball and we need to be willing to run Broadway as this offense is truly successful when there is the threat of the QB running it.

I still don't think we will be able to win conference however, as we are just too spotty on defense to hold some of the offenses we will be facing down. As bad as these first two games have looked, we looked absolutely horrible last year at OSU as well and we got things together after that. At some point, we will need to start getting some signature wins against teams like K-State and Arkansas but we will now have to worry about winning conference and getting to a bowl.