FB Final: Louisiana 51 Southeastern LA 48

[IberiaCajun]

Did anyone else notice that the clock did not move during the two point attempt and subsequent run back? It stayed at 14 seconds the entire play. I know because my wife was watching the clock instead of the game. She was ready to go.

PAT's are untimed plays.

[VObserver]

Junior year brother, he doesn't have a lot of time left to incubate this "growth" Having said that, I will actually say that I was more impressed with him than I thought I'd be. He struggled in the short passing game and missed easy throws but put the mid range and longer route passes on the money which is encouraging. He also seemed to make the right decision quite a bit more than I thought he would which was a major concern of mine. We will get a better idea of which JD to expect this season next week. Tulsa will be a big step up in competition although their defense doesn't appear to be a juggernaut either so I'm anxious to see how he does.

Didn't you actually watch Tulsa vs Oklahoma State?

I did. What I saw out of Tulsa scared me to death. Their offensive scheme and personnel are built to attack every one of the defensive weaknesses we showed last night.

Defensively they gave up 59 points; but their scheme was sound and their players were in position to make plays. They were just out athleted by a QB who has a legitimate shot at the Heisman and the best corps of wide receivers in the nation.

[zephyr]

Didn't you actually watch Tulsa vs Oklahoma State?

I did. What I saw out of Tulsa scared me to death. Their offensive scheme and personnel are built to attack every one of the defensive weaknesses we showed last night.

Defensively they gave up 59 points; but their scheme was sound and their players were in position to make plays. They were just out athleted by a QB who has a legitimate shot at the Heisman and the best corps of wide receivers in the nation.

OK State is no defensive juggernaut. We've put up more points on them in the past when they had better teams. I saw a QB very similar to JD. Raw but talented. He made some poor decisions and he had quite a time getting adjusted early. Outside of that, what did I say that you are arguing about? I don't think we have a shot in hell. I was just remarking about his actual development thus far and I think that game will show us more of what he's actually accomplished.

[CharlieK]

Play call wasn't that bad. The QB just missed WIDE open guy in the endzone. Good rush on our part to make him have to make a quicker decision but he just missed his guy wide open.

They had like 300 rushing. I'd have kicked the PAT, but if you going to go for it, dance with who brung you. They had boucoup drops etc. No way I leave that game to the passing attack when I'm running on the other team at will.

Edit: rewatched. Fair enough, dude was wide open.

[IberiaCajun]

If our staff would of had Davis run more clock down before the snap on 2nd and 3rd down up by 7 and under 5 minutes the end of the game, ran instead of thrown on third and let the ball roll dead inside the 10 instead of rush and down it at the 5, you would had been in the parking lot. There is a good 30-40 seconds of clock we gave SLU.

Poor clock management.

Yes! A friend of mine and I were wondering the same thing! Where was the clock mgmt.?! It was like they were in a hurry-up offense! They should have been using every bit of the 25 seconds before they snapped the ball. That's on the coaches!

[Turbine]

Not to mention WEAK spots!

Not all is bleak, areas where weak can be tweaked, I know they haven't peaked.

[CharlieK]

Not all is bleak, areas where weak can be tweaked, I know they haven't peaked.

A defense we seek. This one has sprung a leak. I fear we have seen HUD's peak. I'm scared of next week.

[LaCajunsFan]

BTW: I broke down and bought an Amazon Fire streaming media thingy, mainly for espn3, and movies. I'm in the process of watching the replay of the game, as painful as that is, but have to say production-wise it is pretty good: extremely clear and sharp pic, fairly good commentary, calling us by our correct name, etc. They also dud a good pre-game clip showing the BBQ TG's, Cajun dancing, great shots of the Tigue and Cajun walk. And at least for now when they show close ups of us after scores, etc., it is in the middle of the red zone.....when it was packed. Kind of putting us in the best light possible.
Was wondering if anyone else watched it via espn3.......
Oh, and I'm watching Calais' second ko return, the one for the 100 yards.

[ATXCajun]

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

I remain positive because I know that a lot of progress can happen between the first live contact and the second, and I liked some of the individual play. Now, hang on to your seats because I might be in the MAT camp.

This got real simple for me while I squirmed in my otherwise comfy chair-and-a-half watching this one. It has been nearly four decades since UL was in the SLC, Gulf South, or whatever. In fact, we allegedly compete in an entirely different league, have significantly better resources, and a million-dollar coach. At this point, I think it is reasonable that I should be able to relax when we play a team from the SLC. Instead, I have to sweat a 2 PAT for the win.

Reminding myself that UL did win the game (because it doesn't feel like it), I submit this:

You cannot lose to the FCS schools of our four-decades-ago past AND make a million dollars. That does not compute. I require more return on my investment. That's my benchmark. I accept that there will be good years and bad; but through it all, what almost happened tonight simply cannot happen.

[Cajunfanatico]

You cannot lose to the FCS schools of our four-decades-ago past AND make a million dollars. That does not compute. I require more return on my investment. That's my benchmark. I accept that there will be good years and bad; but through it all, what almost happened tonight simply cannot happen.

Agreed, and I think most of us are in "the MAT camp" as it relates to coaching. I don't know how many of our players actually take the time to read what we arm chair quaterbacks have to say, but I sometimes worry that speaking too harshly about individual performances may be counterproductive.

In the end, whether it's quality of talent, conditioning, gameplan, or execution, it's all on the coaches. We've got the facilities, we've got a great city with friendly people and some of the best food in the world. There's no reason we shouldn't be in the mix every year for the championship of whatever conference in which we compete.

[Just1More]

A defense we seek. This one has sprung a leak. I fear we have seen HUD's peak. I'm scared of next week.

Move over Eminem!

[Cajunfanatico]

Move over Eminem!

Let's call him TNT.