Too soon to tell if the Cajuns are Marlin's best team to date

[zephyr]

A UL win will not be an upset, but you still want to stack as many things in your favor as you can.

It won't be an upset but we are not favored to win technically so it would be an upset to a degree. That is the difference in playing on the road and at home, especially to a good team.

[CharlieK]

Nice win after a brutal, inhuman bus trip.

[CajunRebel]

I refuse to downplay expectations. This is a special team and I expect them to take care of business on this road trip.

Take a victory lap charliek.

[GeauxCajuns]

Last year we lost by 30 on the road to UTA and beat them at home on Senior night. There is a big difference in playing on the road and at home. They also had to bus in versus flying in. This can really make you lose your legs, at least at first. When we used to have to drive 45 minutes away, we were lethargic and had a noticeable difference in our energy. This is not an excuse but a fact. UTA is playing a step faster, especially on defense and its showed. We have to regroup. Good teams come back when down on the road. I'm expecting the same.

45 minutes, okay sir hyperbole. 45 minutes doesn't take anything out of you.

[CharlieK]

The prediction of some about a 50/50 split had nothing to do with "better team" and nothing to do with lowering expectations. Everyone who has ever followed sports knows that road swings cause losses. Home field advantage was not a term invented to lower expectations. It exists because of years and years of studying win/loss records.

Are you being dense on purpose? I understand it's harder to win on the road, that's not exactly a revelation. I am saying this is not your normal team and I expect them to win anyway. I think they are that good. I think they are good enough to sweep this conference, RECOGNIZING that's hard to do. Jesus.

BTW after the inhumanity of a bus ride we just won by 12. This is a good team, expect them to win. It's more fun.

[zephyr]

You've never played then. Go back and read all my posts and then come back. I said at first. That's why I also said that the good teams find a way in the second half.

[Turbine]

Are you being dense on purpose? I understand it's harder to win on the road, that's not exactly a revelation. I am saying this is not your normal team and I expect them to win anyway. I think they are that good. I think they are good enough to sweep this conference, RECOGNIZING that's hard to do. Jesus.

BTW after the inhumanity of a bus ride we just won by 12. This is a good team, expect them to win. It's more fun.

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

[GeauxCajuns]

You've never played then. Go back and read all my posts and then come back. I said at first. That's why I also said that the good teams find a way in the second half.

Well I played college football and lots of times our hotels were more than 45 minutes from the field we were playing at, you don't have to find an alternate way to win if you are on a bus for 5-6 hour ride, it won't affect play the next day.

[GeauxCajuns]

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

We had stale legs against ULM at home, how long was the bus ride from the dorms on campus to the cajundome?

[CharlieK]

I said I expected a win, you call that dense?

You saw the effects of stale legs early in the first half.

This team can overcome and did.

This team notoriously starts slow. Started slow against ULM last game too. UT just started off red hot. Once they cooled and Marlin made a few key adjustments it was church. Nothing to do with the damn bus ride.

The dense part is you continuing to lecture about road games being harder to win....and completely missing that my point is I KNOW THAT, that’s how good I think this team is.

Now, try reading it again: I refuse to downplay expectations. I expect them to take care of business on this road trip.

Not because road games are easy, because we are good!