TROY, Ala. — There wasn’t much bowl talk going on around the University of Louisiana locker room Saturday night.

Even though the Ragin’ Cajuns can still reach bowl-eligibility in their final game of the season 10 days from now, there wasn’t a word said about the postseason.

That was a wise course of action, considering that they’d just absorbed a 48-3 beating from Sun Belt Conference rival Troy and looked less like a bowl team than at any point this season.

“We had a couple of chances in the red zone,” said Cajuns coach Rickey Bustle, whose 5-6 squad has now lost three in a row after a four-game win streak. “We didn’t get the job done a couple of times — that’s just not the way we play.”

The Cajuns offense, far and away the Sun Belt leader in third-down efficiency, was an anemic 1-for-12 against the Trojans.

UL entered the game ranked third nationally in rushing and was more than doubled up on the ground (391 yards to 183) by Troy.

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By DAN MCDONALD
Special to The Advocate