At 19-3, Cajuns are starting to turn some heads

[HoustonCajun]

Not competing (NC) is any team outside of the 4 team playoff in football.

Sweet 16 in baseball is slam dunk competing in the National championship discussion.

How did the NCAA lose control of FBS football enabling it to become the only NCAA sport not declared an NCAA champion, now with a 4 team playoff instead of an NCAA tournament format?

[Turbine]

How did the NCAA lose control of FBS football enabling it to become the only NCAA sport not declared an NCAA champion, now with a 4 team playoff instead of an NCAA tournament format?

It's been a convoluted ride but the first bowl game predated the NCAA

[CajunEXPRESS]

They never had control of this. It’s hard to lose what you never owned. Now with the P5 being autonomous they cannot put the genie back into the bottle.

[MetryCajun]

This debate is easy to settle. Take person who knows of our university and casually follows college sports. Ask him about our teams. It will go something like this:
Baseball- UL always has a good team. That coach is great. They can compete with anyone.
Softball- UL always has a good team. They can compete with anyone, but what’s the deal with the coach?
Basketball - Man I remember y’all used to be good. What happened? I hear you have a good team this year.
Football - y’all suck. I can’t believe you are paying that much for coaches. How is it possible that you are not even top 3 in the state of Louisiana.

By my count that makes two Top 25 programs, one Top 100 program and an FBS football program still struggling for relevancy.

[Cajunsmike]

This debate is easy to settle. Take person who knows of our university and casually follows college sports. Ask him about our teams. It will go something like this:
Baseball- UL always has a good team. That coach is great. They can compete with anyone.
Softball- UL always has a good team. They can compete with anyone, but what’s the deal with the coach?
Basketball - Man I remember y’all used to be good. What happened? I hear you have a good team this year.
Football - y’all suck. I can’t believe you are paying that much for coaches. How is it possible that you are not even top 3 in the state of Louisiana.

By my count that makes two Top 25 programs, one Top 100 program and an FBS football program still struggling for relevancy.

That is probably what most people would say outside of Acadiana. That gives an opportunity to educate them that we have eighth best record in country this time in basketball. Also tell them the program has been trending upward recently as this will be our fifth straight winning season. Tell them only La Tech can mAtch that in Louisiana and we have beaten the Bulldogs four out of five. Football wise tell them our recent facility upgrades put us near the top of the G5 in that regard. That gives us optimism recruiting and the record will soon improve under a staff that has more Louisiana connections than the previous one.

[zephyr]

I don’t know, ask the people who ranked us. We will disagree that making the sweet 16 twice in 5 years is the same as every team begins the season competing for a national title, it’s not. Right now we are 1 special team away from even getting in the tournament in basketball, the baseball team is one special team away from winning it all.

I know I may be looking at it from a literal angle but I see difference between competing on a national level and competing for national championships as slightly different. I know what was meant by the statement but until we are advancing to the CWS, I will see a difference between the two.

[CrazyCajun]

I know I may be looking at it from a literal angle but I see difference between competing on a national level and competing for national championships as slightly different. I know what was meant by the statement but until we are advancing to the CWS, I will see a difference between the two.

Coastal Carolina was on a very similar path, then some young talent with good leadership and they made a run and won a title. You keep getting to supers you are staying close enough to make a run. Getting in the field of 64 once every 7 years...you aren’t making a run at anything.

[ManAboutTown]

This debate is easy to settle. Take person who knows of our university and casually follows college sports. Ask him about our teams. It will go something like this:
Baseball- UL always has a good team. That coach is great. They can compete with anyone.
Softball- UL always has a good team. They can compete with anyone, but what’s the deal with the coach?
Basketball - Man I remember y’all used to be good. What happened? I hear you have a good team this year.
Football - y’all suck. I can’t believe you are paying that much for coaches. How is it possible that you are not even top 3 in the state of Louisiana.

By my count that makes two Top 25 programs, one Top 100 program and an FBS football program still struggling for relevancy.

Chamblee is right again.. You are on a roll

[Cajunsmike]

This debate is easy to settle. Take person who knows of our university and casually follows college sports. Ask him about our teams. It will go something like this:
Baseball- UL always has a good team. That coach is great. They can compete with anyone.
Softball- UL always has a good team. They can compete with anyone, but what’s the deal with the coach?
Basketball - Man I remember y’all used to be good. What happened? I hear you have a good team this year.
Football - y’all suck. I can’t believe you are paying that much for coaches. How is it possible that you are not even top 3 in the state of Louisiana.

By my count that makes two Top 25 programs, one Top 100 program and an FBS football program still struggling for relevancy.

Here is some data indicating how special the season has been to date.

Louisiana is the only school in the country ranked in the top 25 in the following categories: Scoring Margin (8th, +15.2), assists per game (8th, 17.8), won-lost % (t-8th, .864), rebound margin (t-13th, 7.5), steals per game (t-17th, 8.4) and scoring offense (22nd, 83.9).

[MetryCajun]

It is hard to not be impressed. Wished they had beat Ole Miss. I think that win would have grabbed people’s attention.