Final: Louisiana (9) @ Boise State (34)

[basinbear]

The window for "striking while the iron is hot" is closing rapidly.....I hope and pray that the Staff can turn this around...

[basinbear]

I'm just praying that we don't lose to Georgia State in 2 weeks. The way we are playing, it's difficult not to give G State a good shot at beating us in our own house.

Because of the circumstances this is the most critical game of Huds career at UL......it may go South at a rapid pace if that game is lost...

[Just1More]

The window for "striking while the iron is hot" is closing rapidly.....I hope and pray that the Staff can turn this around...

Do you think the issues that appear to be affecting us most are something a staff (this staff) can or will tackle midseason? Do they even think something's broke at this point... besides the stupid "execution and turnover ratio" meaningless tripe?

Personally, I'd get our race car back in the shop, pull the engine, and start overhauling. I think this staff will rotate the tires and think that we're out of the curves now... it's just straightaways ahead in the SBC. If that is the case that our staff thinks that way, I believe we're going to get slammed.

[basinbear]

Over the years of being on the sidelines, I have seen some good things occur during an off week. I am not ready to panic yet. Mentally for our Coaches and kids this will be like starting a new season. we will also have a 10 day window after the Georgia St game before our 1st Tuesday night game. A lot can get corrected over this time.

[basinbear]

The biggest thing that I saw last night is we still struggle in securing the edge. I would like to see a replay that I can stop and rewind to see exactly what is happening...other than running under blocks, which I still see too much of

[ULalum06]

Did anyone see Georgia State and Texas State last night? umm..if we play like we've been playing we won't make it to .500. They will dismantle us.

[Hammer58]

The window for "striking while the iron is hot" is closing rapidly.....I hope and pray that the Staff can turn this around...

Don't know about the coaching staff, but our administration has never shown any propensity for striking while the iron is hot. They move at their own comfortable, glacial pace and then seem shocked and dissapointed when the window slams shut in their face. Unfortunately I don't see any signs of change.

[Bandwagon King]

The biggest thing that I saw last night is we still struggle in securing the edge. I would like to see a replay that I can stop and rewind to see exactly what is happening...other than running under blocks, which I still see too much of

It looks to me like we're either too light in the pants, or the guys who have bulked up enough are too heavy to have any mobility. You add all that up with a very passive defense & DBs who are scared to put tight coverage on these WRs running around, & a defensive scheme which sucks. It gives you the recipe for what's going on.

[Just1More]

Thanks basinbear. I hope they do figure out how to get on track. I only see 50% a superior opponent issue. That aspect doesn't have to be dealt with at this point forward. No one ahead is unbeatable. I just hope our staff recognizes that the other 50% of the issue is on their head to resolve. I can't stand the thought that a group of middle-aged men are going to yell this out of these young men. You can't yell a bad defensive scheme good.

[basinbear]

The scheme appears to be the same one as Alabama's and a few others...Is our personnel capable of running this scheme? I do not attend the practices and I do not have access to team game video where you see the whole picture at once, so I cannot answer that question. Television does not allow for a complete picture of a play. We have to trust our Coaches to get things right.

[Just1More]

The scheme appears to be the same one as Alabama's and a few others...Is our personnel capable of running this scheme? I do not attend the practices and I do not have access to team game video where you see the whole picture at once, so I cannot answer that question. Television does not allow for a complete picture of a play. We have to trust our Coaches to get things right.

When you have overwhelming talent on defense, you can drop back and react. Your speed and size advantage can overcome the opposing team's offensive intent. Essentially, you can do just about any scheme you want. I can't blame the premier program in the SEC for this scheme implementation. But when Alabama runs a particular scheme, and the vast majority of other team's DCs don't copy it... where did UL decide that "we and Alabama" are birds of a similar hue... and we should play a "Allow their QB to think they he throw to this or that guy... but our closing speed will either pick it, deflect it, or hit the guy so hard he'll throw his groceries from last year?". We are not Alabama.

I've watched our defense make every QB, including the SBC, look like NFL prospects. We allow and react. It doesn't work. No player we recruit, and they all see the spread in HS now, is going to feel comfortable not being a "I'm going to clean your clock football player.". How can this "Only molest me a little bit... and then I'll try to stop you" defense be good for the psyche of a southern defensive football athlete?

[RaginEsquire06]

After watching the game last night, I have come to the conclusion that Coach Hud is unwilling to show any variations of our offense or defense before the start of conference play. Cajuns have played pretty much vanilla all four games thus far. At the end of the game, a few adjustments in scheme were implemented on both sides of the ball and it appeared to work. We looked like a different team. Aside from our players tackling and blocking woes, I hope this is the reason for our subpar performance.