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.
Re: Live Game Talk: Louisiana vs. Ohio
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