In-Game Thread: Louisiana vs. Boise State

[31Ragin97]

But if we just schedule better teams we will fill the stadium!

I was wondering about that, haha, good post

[RaginScotsman]

Someone asked for photos of the stadium during the game. This was in the 3rd quarter right around the time the snap went past Jennings.

http://imgur.com/O3E9PBx

http://imgur.com/Npq6eSp

Thanks. I think that's equal parts heat and performance. I know it was moved for TV, but the administration needs to stand up and say NO to games before 4 pm in South Louisiana in September. How are we still learning these hard lessons after this many years?

[reddot]

Dry tailgating ...... All good!

[CrappDaddy]

Any reason that people keep referring to Simeon Thomas as an NFL prospect?

[Cajunnewby]

Any reason that people keep referring to Simeon Thomas as an NFL prospect?

OR anybody else on this pitiful defense.

[Turbine]

This is a pretty good Mountain West team. P5 and G5 was made up by the networks and money conferences, not by players actually on the field. With 85 scholarships there are enough really good players to create the Boise States, TCU's Utahs, and Houstons'. Granted TCU and Utah have moved to money conferences but they made their way in the so called little conferences.

As I stated in another thread losing to Boise in your first game isn't necessarily a bad thing. Oregon lost then went on to win the PAC, Virginia Tech lost then won the ACC, Georgia lost and won the SEC. Have faith in your team and go and win the Sun Belt!

Thanks for the encouragement.

You know we're joined at the slip, Boise took Louisiana's place in the Big West.

[duggie85]

But if we just schedule better teams we will fill the stadium!

Pathetic day. All around.

[cajunhawk]

Any reason that people keep referring to Simeon Thomas as an NFL prospect?

If he had a decent coach. At the moment he has a guy cashing checks, and taking in his shirt sleeves.

[BrockMeaux]

I generally liked what I saw from Jennings. He mostly made good decisions - and at the very worst avoided making bad decisions. Coutts is awesome. McGuire is healthy and Jordan Wright had a couple good carries, and I'm anxious to see Raymond Calais get some carries against more peer competition.

The rest...I don't know what to say. Boise State was great, there's no taking that away from them. They were in superior shape and they executed on a MUCH higher level. I just don't know how much of our failures were because they're so good or because we're just that bad. I want to think we'll round into shape as we get into our schedule. But we've got to fix some fundamental things. We tackled VERY poorly today. Our offensive line looked every bit the mess it was last year. We've got to be able to operate our offense without getting into 3rd and 30 situations because of our pre-snap penalty mistakes. There was no excuse for all those false start penalties on US, in OUR stadium, which happened to be pretty empty for a season opener.

And my last thought: I don't care if we ever play on TV again, and neither should our coaches. Starting at 11:00 AM helped nobody, and if I'm given the choice between playing better games at 6 only available on our local network or playing at 11 on national TV and THAT is the product we're putting out there, it's stupid to even entertain the idea of playing at 11.

[cajunhawk]

Since Stevie P isn't on RP, and most on this board won't be listening anyway, I'll fill in.......

REPEAT AFTER ME:

1. LARGE sample size!!
2. We're a YOUNG team!
3. It's NOT a conference game, so it's not important.
4. ALL our goals are STILL in front of us!!
5. Our GOAL is to win the SunBelt!!

You have got to be ____ing kidding me.

[TheFan]

BOISE STATE! I'M READY FOR YOU! I'VE BEEN LIFTING WEIGHTS AND DOING COCAINE ALL DAY!

Edit: For clarity, this is just a reference to one of my favorite lines in SNL history...my fat ___ has not come close to a dumbell in 5 years.

Well... Thank god you where doing cocaine, because the Cajuns blow.

[TheFan]

We pay Hud $1,000,000 for this.

This....