New Orleans Bowl: (FINAL) Tulane (21) vs. Louisiana (24)

[Hudsheen#Fired]

This is a little ofd topic, but i was sure surprised to see simeon thomas soooo much in the game. He rarely played during the season, except garbage time.

Did he just have a better week off practice than any corner, or is he just a far superior man coverage corner.
I must say he played pretty darn well, even though tulane tended to pick on him alot. I was just curious about how we went from barely playing to starting haha

[VObserver]

He didn't start. Tulane made burnt toast out of Trev Patt twice early on; Thomas replaced him.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

He didn't start. Tulane made burnt toast out of Trev Patt twice early on; Thomas replaced him.

What i meant by start was that he played majority of the game. I don't remember trev getting burnt.
Thanks

[HOUCajun]

What i meant by start was that he played majority of the game. I don't remember trev getting burnt.
Thanks

I remember Patt limping off. May have been hurt?

[Cajunsmike]

Jay had a good point on his show today. Cajuns did very well in the kicking game throughout. We did well punting (including coverage), kicking off, place kicking, and Surgent had a good punt return. That was a factor in the game. Still biggest factor was the CajunNation taking over the building of the opponents home field and making enough noise to influence the outcome. If Tulane fans do not think that is a factor to recruits, they are living in LA LA land. Remember what BasinBear said, we have not lost one guy we really wanted to Tulane since Hud has been here. Now they have talented players or they would not be rated so well defensively which means we went after different guys. I don't think they understand how much of an impact their LSU transfer DT meant to them. It will be interesting to see if they are as good defensively without him. We may have a similar issue when we have to replace Hamilton and Ringo in a year.

[jllanclos]

Check out this nugget from the Lean Wave board(YOGWF.com). I don't remember what yo yo posted it....

"And FWIW all of the LSU fans in my section (there were three groups) thought ULL looked totally outmatched athletically, and my understanding is that the ESPN announcers intimated the same. That speaks well of our recruiting (compared to other in state schools). It also points to where our weaknesses are---mental errors, mental preparedness."

Boy that is a great source right there........getting funnier by the day..........

Bruh... go watch the 1st quarter on ESPN3 and tell me how "outmatched" they thought we were. After the first drive for either team, those cats thought the game was over.

[Go_UL]

Bruh... go watch the 1st quarter on ESPN3 and tell me how "outmatched" they thought we were. After the first drive for either team, those cats thought the game was over.

Agree......no body likes us.....Winning will cause that.......they will take any chance they get to put us down becasue "they scared".......

[jumboragncajun]

Check out this nugget from the Lean Wave board(YOGWF.com). I don't remember what yo yo posted it....

"And FWIW all of the LSU fans in my section (there were three groups) thought ULL looked totally outmatched athletically, and my understanding is that the ESPN announcers intimated the same."

Boy that is a great source right there........getting funnier by the day..........

I did not get that sentiment at all from watching the broadcast. I think the waveprof just has to spin it to make himself feel good. That's okay, it does not matter how I tried to spin it, this is what I came up with:

0 14 7 0 21
14 7 0 3 24


If we even out how "dominant" they were for 3 quarters....it still adds up to fewer points than we had:
0 7 7 7 21
14 7 0 3 24

Or what if they blew their wad in one quarter:
21 0 0 0 21
14 7 0 3 24

There is just no way to spin the points earned. I tried.

It's kinda like the formula for work: you can push a 100lb block for 10 feet, or a 10lb block for 100'- you've done the same amount of work either way.

Six in one; half a dozen in the other.

C'est tout les meme maird.

Our dominant opening outperformed/out worked the rest of their game. Period. I just thought a professor at the "Harvard of the South" would get this. Maybe they should become the MIT of the south....MIT is much more advanced on the technical sciences.

[basinbear]

We weren't outmatched where it counted...the scoreboard.


Yea, if nothing else those guys are entertaining

Edit: ROTFLMAO!!!! That yo yo you refer to is none other than WaveProf.

Hammer, that quote about being athletically outmatched is gut busting hilarious....

[Zeebart21]

Hammer, that quote about being athletically outmatched is gut busting hilarious....

When you are one of the tens of Tulane fans, you have to stretch for whatever you can get.

Z

[Just1More]

Our dominant opening outperformed/out worked the rest of their game. Period. I just thought a professor at the "Harvard of the South" would get this. Maybe they should become the MIT of the south....MIT is much more advanced on the technical sciences.

Correct on all accounts, except that they are not the MIT or the Harvard of the south. They are closer to Harvard, but that's a huge stretch.

Anyway, the game analysis you summarized is right... but I'd add that two of the Tulane TD drives were hugely aided by ugly lame duck prayer bombs. We didn't cover well and they counted... but to say "Tulane dominated" is a joke. They made it a contest. They never had the lead, and I believe we started thinking we could hammer home the running game and be done after the 21 point lead. That allowed them to look good defensively, since they basically had no choice but to stuff people between the tackles and hope for 3rd and long. And their desperation play on offense got them back in the contest. It's a joke to say they "dominated" anything.

And we definitely have the better athletes overall. Tulane was delusional before the contest and their handful of mouthy fans continue to be delusional. They should, if they were as smart as they purport, be complimenting us. They don't know UL and they've been wrong all along... in every regard.

[Boomer]

Jay had a good point on his show today. Cajuns did very well in the kicking game throughout. We did well punting (including coverage), kicking off, place kicking, and Surgent had a good punt return. That was a factor in the game. Still biggest factor was the CajunNation taking over the building of the opponents home field and making enough noise to influence the outcome. If Tulane fans do not think that is a factor to recruits, they are living in LA LA land. Remember what BasinBear said, we have not lost one guy we really wanted to Tulane since Hud has been here. Now they have talented players or they would not be rated so well defensively which means we went after different guys. I don't think they understand how much of an impact their LSU transfer DT meant to them. It will be interesting to see if they are as good defensively without him. We may have a similar issue when we have to replace Hamilton and Ringo in a year.

-------WOOOAAAHHH----If you think that there aren't any players that Tulane has signed in the last 2-3 years that we wanted you are not correct Sorry BB I just don't buy that!!! But I will check it out!!! That is saying that arouond 75 kids that agreed to go to Tulane were not wanted by UL----again, I don't think so---maybe a lil hyperbole!!!!