Life After SLU

[Cajunsmike]

What happened to Trey Ragas? I saw him walking off the field holding his arm. Looked like a shoulder injury. I don't remember him playing after that.

Ragas did not play much after his long TD run. He did not play at all in the second half. Losing him was a factor as I do not believe Jordan Wright is big enough to count on for the first down in short yardage situations. I do not know the status of his injury at this stage.

[CajunPride]

Tracy Walker only played 2nd half and was still the leading tackler for game and most of those were solo. Apparently slu was attacking that part of the defense as part of their gameplan, knowing our other starting safety was out. They have experienced coaches and will win many games this season.

[MetryCajun]

JC linebacker is named Middleton and he played quite a bit. Fact he did after being here three weeks tells you that position is the major concern.

The LB's struggled mightily. Lets see this week what can be done to shore up this group. We certainly miss Lightfoot and Peters.

[Cajunsmike]

The LB's struggled mightily. Lets see this week what can be done to shore up this group. We certainly miss Lightfoot and Peters.

I don't know what can be done about the LB play. That is likely to be the main issue all season and could determine if we have a successful season or not.

[Cajunsmike]

Tracy Walker only played 2nd half and was still the leading tackler for game and most of those were solo. Apparently slu was attacking that part of the defense as part of their gameplan, knowing our other starting safety was out. They have experienced coaches and will win many games this season.

I agree SLU should have a successful season. They were 7 and 4 a year ago and have many players back. That LT transfer from LSU is a big positive for them. Some of our fans do not believe they will do well but I think that is simply because our performance was so poor at times that they cannot focus on anything else.

[Ragin4U]

JC linebacker is named Middleton and he played quite a bit. Fact he did after being here three weeks tells you that position is the major concern.

Middleton does not show up in the box score. No solo or asst tackles.

[Cajunfever]

What happened to Trey Ragas? I saw him walking off the field holding his arm. Looked like a shoulder injury. I don't remember him playing after that.

He injured his shoulder. They took the pads off and went back into the locker room. He did come back from the locker room with his pads on but did not go back into the game.

[HOUCajun]

Did the freshman DL Hill play?

[zephyr]

Tracy Walker only played 2nd half and was still the leading tackler for game and most of those were solo. Apparently slu was attacking that part of the defense as part of their gameplan, knowing our other starting safety was out. They have experienced coaches and will win many games this season.

You can only attack the safety position in the running game by dominating the D Line and Linebackers. Tracy was the leading tackler and that's never good for a defense who's safety plays off the line like he does as that means we are not doing our job up front.

[zephyr]

Middleton does not show up in the box score. No solo or asst tackles.

He definitely played as I remember seeing him quite a few times. We also played guys I've never heard of but i don't think they recorded tackles either.

[Cajunfanatico]

He definitely played as I remember seeing him quite a few times. We also played guys I've never heard of but i don't think they recorded tackles either.

I neither know, nor study the game and players like some of you guys, and while I realize losing a guy like Otha Peters was a hit, I don't recall that anyone here seemed to be particularly concerned about our D before that first game.

So what happened?

Coaching, conditioning, personnel, practicing for an offense outside the normal? And most importantly, can it be fixed, and fast? Inquiring minds want to know.

[Just1More]

I neither know, nor study the game and players like some of you guys, and while I realize losing a guy like Otha Peters was a hit, I don't recall that anyone here seemed to be particularly concerned about our D before that first game.

So what happened?

Coaching, conditioning, personnel, practicing for an offense outside the normal? And most importantly, can it be fixed, and fast? Inquiring minds want to know.

Everyone has been concerned about our LBs. From the 30,000 foot view, I felt like our defense over pursued, and then got caught in some well devised traps. We didn't get burned deep or get chewed up because we played too soft off the line. We were manhandled on the line of scrimmage by SLU's OL. If we are to believe what was stated, the Lions OL is the strength of their team. It is not inconceivable that they have an OL comparable to the better teams in the SBC. My gut is that we should be sounding all of the alarms based on our defensive play outcomes... but that the only thing that counts is whether Lucas and staff recognize what went sour... and how to sweeten it. But as for LBs, we've all known that we were in a bind with our LB'ing corps.