2019 FB G4: Louisiana 45, Ohio 25

[TheFan]

Hud would have lost this game had he remained coach. Trust the process, trust the QB. We have a football team that can beat any team left on the schedule.

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[angeleast]

Well, this was an entertaining read. LOL

A few general comments about what I'm seeing.

First and foremost, I'm having trouble recalling the last time we had a football team that was this physical. We are whipping people up front on both sides of the ball. Mark Hocke is making a lot of money. He's earning it.

Rourke wasn't good yesterday but we were responsible for a lot of that. Not all of it. We got good pressure a good part of the day. You can point out the deficiencies of the secondary but in addition to three picks, we also had SEVEN pass breakups. That's a lot for a Cajun team in recent history.

Some of you are so quick to hammer the quarterback you 1) don't realize some of this falls on teammates and not on him and 2) he makes plays you overlook. He's certainly not all-conference caliber and his game has weak points. But he's doing what he needs to do to help us win. Some of the criticism of his stats is because some of you want someone who stretches the field vertically, like it's the only thing that makes you a good QB. I'll take 19-29 for nearly 200 and no turnovers every time. (And, that snap was horrible on the fumble.)

Yesterday was the absolute worst homer officiating I've seen. Mike D. was right about the home cooking. THAT is why when you negotiate contracts for OOC, you insist on your officials on the road. That was a bad negotiation. Yes, many of those penalties were legit. But Ohio got away with a lot of the same stuff.

This isn't Solich's best team. But they'll be playing for a league championship in December.

Georgia Southern will be a difficult test because it's so hard to prepare for them in one week. They are coming off an open date so they have an advantage. And Werts will be back for that game. Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying we won't win the game. But we will have to play better next week in my opinion if we are going to come back from Statesboro with a W. I do think we will be the more physical team once again.

We had an excellent game plan yesterday. Coaching staff deserves a lot of credit, despite the play call criticism.

After the bad snap, Vallot came back and played on one leg. We can't afford to lose him.

Ferrod. Freaking. Gardner. He was the player of the game. And, he did it in his home state with lots of friends and family in attendance. And, it's crazy in 38 pages of comments, none of you mentioned him a single time.

And, to those of you who synced up the broadcast, thank you. It was great to have G back in the booth. Looking forward to Lanaux's return next week. G had the best line of the day...."snakes can't make tackles."

If you need a translation, let me know.

Cheers, guys. 3-1 non conference is a good thing.

Wasn't aware of Vallot injury. Is he ok? Being our 2nd string center you are right. We cant lose him.

[zephyr]

Well, this was an entertaining read. LOL

A few general comments about what I'm seeing.

First and foremost, I'm having trouble recalling the last time we had a football team that was this physical. We are whipping people up front on both sides of the ball. Mark Hocke is making a lot of money. He's earning it.

Rourke wasn't good yesterday but we were responsible for a lot of that. Not all of it. We got good pressure a good part of the day. You can point out the deficiencies of the secondary but in addition to three picks, we also had SEVEN pass breakups. That's a lot for a Cajun team in recent history.

Some of you are so quick to hammer the quarterback you 1) don't realize some of this falls on teammates and not on him and 2) he makes plays you overlook. He's certainly not all-conference caliber and his game has weak points. But he's doing what he needs to do to help us win. Some of the criticism of his stats is because some of you want someone who stretches the field vertically, like it's the only thing that makes you a good QB. I'll take 19-29 for nearly 200 and no turnovers every time. (And, that snap was horrible on the fumble.)

Yesterday was the absolute worst homer officiating I've seen. Mike D. was right about the home cooking. THAT is why when you negotiate contracts for OOC, you insist on your officials on the road. That was a bad negotiation. Yes, many of those penalties were legit. But Ohio got away with a lot of the same stuff.

This isn't Solich's best team. But they'll be playing for a league championship in December.

Georgia Southern will be a difficult test because it's so hard to prepare for them in one week. They are coming off an open date so they have an advantage. And Werts will be back for that game. Don't get me wrong...I'm not saying we won't win the game. But we will have to play better next week in my opinion if we are going to come back from Statesboro with a W. I do think we will be the more physical team once again.

We had an excellent game plan yesterday. Coaching staff deserves a lot of credit, despite the play call criticism.

After the bad snap, Vallot came back and played on one leg. We can't afford to lose him.

Ferrod. Freaking. Gardner. He was the player of the game. And, he did it in his home state with lots of friends and family in attendance. And, it's crazy in 38 pages of comments, none of you mentioned him a single time.

And, to those of you who synced up the broadcast, thank you. It was great to have G back in the booth. Looking forward to Lanaux's return next week. G had the best line of the day...."snakes can't make tackles."

If you need a translation, let me know.

Cheers, guys. 3-1 non conference is a good thing.

You are right. We haven't talked about a number of positive contributions we've received from a number of players because good or bad, our comments tend to gravitate towards Levi win or lose. I'd point out a number of guys on defense as this is the part of the team that has been most surprising to me thus far. I've seen some really solid things from guys like Andre Jones, Gardner, Garror, Solomon etc. These guys do deserve more recognition.

[zephyr]

I'm just going back to read some of this in game thread but holy ____. Pages around 23-25 were some epic emotional roller coasters. LOL.

[ULGrad@HOU]

I agree with all of this. You will not have great players at every single position, and great QBs are even harder to find. We just have to trust that Coach Nap is putting in the players who give us the best chance to win. Those players and coaches have put in the work and are out there doing their very best. We are getting noticeably better every year under Coach Nap.

Agree.

[alum81]

snakes can't make tackles

Explain please

[zephyr]

One thing. We have a defence gents!!! Our secondary is improving alot

Sorry for the obligatory grammar check but this is like the 16th time you've spelled it this way. Defense.... lol

[zephyr]

The weight room is causing his bad passing.

He didn't get recruited to be a college quarterback for not being able to pass.

As in the words of the great Chris Carter: Come on man!

[MetryCajun]

I'm just going back to read some of this in game thread but holy ____. Pages around 23-25 were some epic emotional roller coasters. LOL.

LOL. Thanks for posting this.

[talktomewillis]

snakes can't make tackles

Explain please

You can't tackle people without using your arms. When the defense just hits you and doesn't wrap up you don't go down. Those players are snakes. Snakes can't make tackles.

G-ism.