FB Final: Louisiana 51 Southeastern LA 48

[RaginScotsman]

Should we even be talking about whether one pick would have decided the game against SLfreakinU?

I know. I'm just trying to find anything to feel a bit better about the situation. Davis and the Cajuns protected the ball. That was positive. We'll never know if a key turnover would have done us in, but Jennings had a tendency to find defensive backs with his passes.

[ManAboutTown]

I know. I'm just trying to find anything to feel a bit better about the situation. Davis and the Cajuns protected the ball. That was positive. We'll never know if a key turnover would have done us in, but Jennings had a tendency to find defensive backs with his passes.

Oline played better against smaller Dline.
Calais is fast. Davis can throw the deep ball.
Trahan from AHS has a clue. Will Hall isn't scared to open the playbook. Raheem Malone could be Harry Peoples.

Outside of that, we know nothing.

[Cajunfanatico]

Should we even be talking about whether one pick would have decided the game against SLfreakinU?

Understood MAT, but still, it's possible SLfreakinU will turn out to be a pretty good squad this year.

While I wanted to see us blow them out as much as anyone, I'm not ready to hit the panic button, especially considering the last couple of year's performance on offense. Again, I was most concerned about our ability to score, against anyone, and at least there's some real signs of life there.

Opening weekend and teams such as Illinois, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, ECU, Baylor, Nebraska, etc are all saying, WTF, today. It happens every year.

Now, if the rub is really just a continuation of the discussion of our coaching woes, then that's a horse of a different color.

[ULGrad@HOU]

I would love to be able to come on here @RP and praise the team for all kinds of things, because this is the only college team I care about and I want to have a nationally competitive football program. It's tough, and I see the effort by the players, I think they are trying. I blame it all on the coaches, specifically Hud. This team does not look talented, which is the result of recruiting. I know there are a few exceptions, but you can't field a winning football team with 5 talented players. Also, I'm not impressed with the scheme of either the offense or defense.

[RaginCajun77]

Thing is much of what we saw on defense and special teams is players not playing their assignments. That falls on coaching.

[ManAboutTown]

Understood MAT, but still, it's possible SLfreakinU will turn out to be a pretty good squad this year.

While I wanted to see us blow them out as much as anyone, I'm not ready to hit the panic button, especially considering the last couple of year's performance on offense. Again, I was most concerned about our ability to score, against anyone, and at least there's some real signs of life there.

Opening weekend and teams such as Illinois, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, ECU, Baylor, Nebraska, etc are all saying, WTF, today. It happens every year.

Now, if the rub is really just a continuation of the discussion of our coaching woes, then that's a horse of a different color.

For every Howard and Liberty there are 30 other games like VMI, Jackson St, CCSU, Fordham... I can go on and on. We are the KINGS of "yea but" around here. The team was not ready to play. When you can actually see players lack desire to make a tackle on a kid half their size in a home opener, that's a major warning sign.

My comments are not projecting forward at all. I'm specifically talking about what we saw last night. 2 of the 3 phases were horrendous. HORRENDOUS. Our defense was lost. Even worse, completely and thuroughly manhandled by a team that is not even in the division of football that we are a member of. THAT IS UNACCPETABLE. Period, end of conversation.

Meanwhile, our peers (by whom we should be judging ourselves) went out and competed with PAC12, MWC, Big 12, AAC, and SEC. The majority of them didnt embarrass themselves, rather, they competed.

And here we are making excuses for why SLU is "might turn out to be a good team".

[RaginScotsman]

Understood MAT, but still, it's possible SLfreakinU will turn out to be a pretty good squad this year.

While I wanted to see us blow them out as much as anyone, I'm not ready to hit the panic button, especially considering the last couple of year's performance on offense. Again, I was most concerned about our ability to score, against anyone, and at least there's some real signs of life there.

Opening weekend and teams such as Illinois, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, ECU, Baylor, Nebraska, etc are all saying, WTF, today. It happens every year.

Now, if the rub is really just a continuation of the discussion of our coaching woes, then that's a horse of a different color.

Howard beat UNLV too.

I know what today would have felt like if we lost. It would have made for a very depressing Labor Day. The game was tough to watch, but I'm really, really pumped that we won.

[alum81]

Do we still win that game with Jennings at QB? I feel he would have thrown a pick at some critical point. Davis was not anything special and he certainly missed a few throws, but he didn't turn it over.

I know it's early and it's not saying much but in my opinion, we are a LITTLE better than we were last year.

[axg8750]

Meanwhile, our peers (by whom we should be judging ourselves) went out and competed with PAC12, MWC, Big 12, AAC, and SEC. The majority of them didnt embarrass themselves, rather, they competed.

And here we are making excuses for why SLU is "might turn out to be a good team".

Good point....several Sunbelt team competed with SEC teams yesterday for 2-3 quarters. Has it been almost five years (Florida) since a Hud coached team was not out of the game when playing a P5 team?

[ManAboutTown]

This is how stupid we sound when the "yea but" people get started: