Hudspeth in no hurry to name a starting quarterback

[Duggie35]

At least the defense made plays......They played well enough in games but you are right, we had no offense and thus, spent way too much time on the field.

Well what you state is like a double-edged sword. Don't forget, the defense can get off of the field if they stop the other teams offense!

[cajunhawk]

Well what you state is like a double-edged sword. Don't forget, the defense can get off of the field if they stop the other teams offense!

Not if they have to stop the other team 60 times.

[zephyr]

Well what you state is like a double-edged sword. Don't forget, the defense can get off of the field if they stop the other teams offense!

And then you are right back on when your offense sputters or turns the ball over...... At some point, fatigue is an issue when you are giving up 70+ snaps in a game.

[CrappDaddy]

And then you are right back on when your offense sputters or turns the ball over...... At some point, fatigue is an issue when you are giving up 70+ snaps in a game.

Yep. And I'll go even further and say in our league and most of college football in general, you have to have a good offense to win most games. There aren't many shut down defenses in college football. If you have one forcing a few punts a game and holding the other team to field goals a couple times a game, that should be good enough if your offense takes care of business.

[zephyr]

Yep. And I'll go even further and say in our league and most of college football in general, you have to have a good offense to win most games. There aren't many shut down defenses in college football. If you have one forcing a few punts a game and holding the other team to field goals a couple times a game, that should be good enough if your offense takes care of business.

We averaged 26 points a game this past year. That's down from 2014 where our offense was considered to be a disappointment by most standards and it was, by far, the worst we've put up since Hud has been here. Obviously that would mean that we would, on average, have to hold our opponents to under roughly 25 points per game just to have a net positive in point differential and we have not accomplished that type of defensive output for an entire season as long as I can remember. The defense was far from great but it wasn't the reason we got trounced by La Tech, App State and Troy and Akron

[CrappDaddy]

We averaged 26 points a game this past year. That's down from 2014 where our offense was considered to be a disappointment by most standards and it was, by far, the worst we've put up since Hud has been here. Obviously that would mean that we would, on average, have to hold our opponents to under roughly 25 points per game just to have a net positive in point differential and we have not accomplished that type of defensive output for an entire season as long as I can remember. The defense was far from great but it wasn't the reason we got trounced by La Tech, App State and Troy and Akron

I agree with you. My point was that the offense did not do it's job. The defense could have been better bit we've had much worse in the last decade.

[CajunEXPRESS]

They were on the field because they couldn't hold on third and any yard.

[axg8750]

They were on the field because they couldn't hold on third and any yard.

Last two seasons I preferred seeing the Cajun D in a 3rd and 4 rather than a 3rd and 15.

[Just1More]

They were on the field because they couldn't hold on third and any yard.

True. But last year the defense was back on the field in under a minute because our offensive coaching sucked (recruiting, assessing, teaching, conditioning, discipline, adjusting, thinking, applying common sense, etc).

But there's always the "next year" after the "down year". There's always the "back to great year" after the "anamoly year"... or so they tell me.

[Just1More]

Last two seasons I preferred seeing the Cajun D in a 3rd and 4 rather than a 3rd and 15.

Your preference skills are solid.

[Ragin4U]

Your preference skills are solid.

But on 3rd and 4, they only gave up 5 yards. 3rd and 15 they gave up 16.

The issue last year was on both sides of the ball. Yall are exactly correct. The offense did the D no favors by going 3 and out so often. The D did the offense no favors by needing them to score in the 30s and 40s to win a game. We need to see improvement in all phases this year or it will be another ugly one.

[cajunhawk]

But on 3rd and 4, they only gave up 5 yards. 3rd and 15 they gave up 16.

The issue last year was on both sides of the ball. Yall are exactly correct. The offense did the D no favors by going 3 and out so often. The D did the offense no favors by needing them to score in the 30s and 40s to win a game. We need to see improvement in all phases this year or it will be another ugly one.

What was the score against App State?