2013 FB Final: Louisiana 35, Georgia State 21

[Hammer58]

Even though I HATE it, the soft, dont give up TD over the top D, which seemed to start after stAte, has led to 3 Ws. Again, I HATE watching it but 3 wins later, we're.sitting atop the conference at 8-2...

Our D definitely stiffens in the red zone so I WANT to believe this is all just part of the plan. I hope thats true.

And I have to imagine the game plan will be different for Monroe. Browning will set records on us if we dont pressure him. But what do I know...

And the secondary has to play disciplined assignment football and stay with their man regardless of Brownings scrambling. He can sling it on the run and you can't give him an open receiver to chuck it to.

[billbeck451]

I was suppised to go to mobile with a friend who is a south alum but its a swim team weekend

[RaginScotsman]

Even though I HATE it, the soft, dont give up TD over the top D, which seemed to start after stAte, has led to 3 Ws. Again, I HATE watching it but 3 wins later, we're.sitting atop the conference at 8-2...

Our D definitely stiffens in the red zone so I WANT to believe this is all just part of the plan. I hope thats true.

And I have to imagine the game plan will be different for Monroe. Browning will set records on us if we dont pressure him. But what do I know...

I feel the same way. The soft zone makes me feel like our guys can't match up man to man on whatever competition we face. Now, we know that's not the case. We have some great athletes. The coaching staff is doing whatever it takes to win and it's working. The idea, at least in this game, was to not let anyone behind them for the big play and it worked. I don't see the game plan changing for monroe.

[RaginScotsman]

On another note, how to apply this counting formula to our attendance? 14,415 reported for today's game in Atlanta.

[CajunDreDog]

Actual x 10 = Announced

[Hammer58]

I feel the same way. The soft zone makes me feel like our guys can't match up man to man on whatever competition we face. Now, we know that's not the case. We have some great athletes. The coaching staff is doing whatever it takes to win and it's working. The idea, at least in this game, was to not let anyone behind them for the big play and it worked. I don't see the game plan changing for monroe.

Yea, but it just seems that by letting them just march quickly down field you basically give them a short field to play with if you are relying on tightening up in the red zone. Why not make them work for it?

[phideaux]

Obamaland being Hawaii or Chicago ???

I thought obamaland meant he was unemployed

[angeleast]

our yardage given up on defence must be obscene

[Boomer]

Its 3rd down for the Monroes--2 wide on either side---Cajuns in a 3 man rush--snap to Browning has a lot of time and drifts out of the pocket and will now run and throws to ????on the come back for a first down--(or)--- scrambles for 10 yards and goes out of bounds for the first down!!! Guys we have been very LUCKEY in the red zone like the QB fumble and missed check off last week---We CANNOT keep giving up all this yardage and Field POSITION!!!

[RCAJUN90]

Jay put it all in prospective. The last time we won 8 straight, Ford was the President! It was a strange game where at times it seemed like we could score at will. The players seemed unconcerned although GSU kept hanging around. Jay also said, you know things are going well when fans are complaining about winning. We Will play for a ring in two weeks!

[BirdofParadise]

The defense has given up, in reality, two touchdowns in each of the last two weeks.

At the end of the game, whoever has the most points wins, regardless of yardage given up.

Both Troy and GSU had all conference receivers and the idea was not to let them get behind our secondary. We let the tight end do it a couple of times, but Wilson, like Eric Thomas the week before, wasn't a huge factor in the game.

That isn't necessarily great defense. But it is SMART defense.

[Hammer58]

It's ridiculous to say that fans can't critique a team's performance even when they win. No one is downplaying the win. Yes, I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day. But I'm greedy. I'd prefer a pretty win.

In the previous "ugly" wins we rationalized that NMSU was a "trap" game. We rationalized the performance against Troy due to the short week, crazy weeknight schedules and the flu. But thus was a game coming after 10 days "rest", against a winless team of largely undersized underclassmen with supposedly only two or three truly quality players. Yet our lines were pretty much handled on both sides of the ball. Considering the advantage we were supposed to have I don't think its unrealistic to nit expect fans asking questions. And his many mire games are we going to see teams hit that pass in the seam up the middle of the field between three or four defenders? Browning will eat our lunch if we don't pressure him and play a soft zone on his receivers.