2020 Louisiana vs ULM:

[CajunEXPRESS]

I approve of this threads title, foe not rival. We all know the dictionary meaning of rival, but the common usage is much more true.

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The nationally-ranked Ragin' Cajuns were out to make a point Saturday.

They wound up making plenty of them in a 70-20 win at ULM that boosted UL three spots in the Amway Coaches Poll.

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Apparently, the UL Ragin' Cajuns are listening.

Before the South Alabama game two weeks ago, coach Billy Napier and his staff harped all week about how the visiting Jaguars had dominated the line of scrimmage the past two seasons.

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No. 23 Louisiana scored a season-high 70 points behind five total touchdowns from quarterback Levi Lewis to cruise past in-state rival ULM, 70-20, on Saturday afternoon at Malone Stadium.

The 70 points scored by the Ragin' Cajuns (8-1, 6-1 SBC) marks the most points scored by either team in the series and Louisiana's most points since posting 77 against Texas Southern on Sept. 14, 2019. The 50-point margin of victory also marks series high.

Lewis did it all on Saturday, throwing for 147 yards and three scores, while rushing five times for 55 yards and two touchdowns, the first time in his career he has rushed for two scores in a single game.

With his three touchdown passes, Lewis passed Terrance Broadway to move into second place in all-time career passing touchdowns with 51, while becoming one of five Ragin' Cajuns to account for five total scores in one game in the last 20 years.

Freshman Kyren Lacy was the recipient of a game-high five passes for 48 yards and a 22-yard touchdown, with tight ends Johnny Lumpkin and Neal Johnson each bringing in two passes and a touchdown in the contest. Kaleb Carter also hauled in a touchdown pass, the first of his career.

The dynamic rushing duo of Trey Ragas and Elijah Mitchell were both stellar against ULM. Ragas rushed for 95 yards and a score and Mitchell added 93 yards and a score of his own.

Mitchell's touchdown was the 40th of his career, making him one five Ragin' Cajuns with 40 or more career rushing scores, while also becoming the sixth player in program history to eclipse the 3,000-yard mark. Ragas, on the other hand, continued to move up the all-time rushing list and further cemented himself into third place in all-time career rushing.

Louisiana finished the night with 511 total yards, 344 of which came on the ground, improving it to 14-1 when recording more than 500 yards.

Redshirt senior Blair Brooks had a career day on defense, leading the team with eight tackles, while Zi'Yon Hill added six tackles and 2.0 sacks, the first two-sack game of his career. The defense also forced three ULM fumbles, one of which was recovered by Lorenzo McCaskill.

Safety Bralen Trahan notched his fourth interception of the season, returning it 53 yards for the team's first interception return for a touchdown since Taboris Lee against Arkansas State in 2016. Trey Amos recorded the team's other interception, the first of his career.

After both teams went three-and-out on their first possessions, Louisiana opened the scoring with 11:26 showing on the clocked when Ragas waltzed his way into the end zone from 11-yards out to push his team ahead, 7-0.

Taking advantage of great field position following a recovered fumble by McCaskill, the offense took the ball into the red zone to set up an 11-yard rushing score from Lewis to double the advantage.

ULM scored its first touchdown of the day following a special teams turnover, but Mitchell was quick to respond on the next drive, bursting through a hole in the line and sprinting 44 yards to push the lead out to 21-7.

Following another Warhawk touchdown, the Ragin' Cajuns scored 28 unanswered points over the final 11:50 of the half, including a 53-yard pick six by Trahan, to give the visitors a 49-14 lead at the break.

Lewis added another score on the team's first drive on the second half, finding Lumpkin in the back of the end zone to push the lead to 56-14. ULM was able to muster up one score in the second half, but fourth quarter touchdowns by Michael Orphey, Jr., a 48-yard scamper, and Carter, wrapped up the 70-20 victory.

No. 23 Louisiana returns to action on Friday, Dec. 4, when it travels to Boone, N.C., to take on Appalachian State in a rematch of the last two Sun Belt Conference Championship Games. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. CST and will be broadcast on ESPN2.

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[CajunEXPRESS]

I don’t recall the Cajuns ever blowing out ULM and I am not young. I don’t see that ever Happening, including Saturday. Circumstances never factor in this game.

Just goes to show that things happen. And the Hoax didn’t deserve your concern. They’re a depleated awful program. It’s just that simple.

Also I thought the 2012 40/24 win was more dominant than the score.

[Turbine]

I don't know if history "applied" was hired, or even existed before yesterday.

I do know a new batch of history was made yesterday.

[NOCajun]

Note to the moderator: that's #20 Louisiana now!!

[DieHard 1280]

63-7 good guys win

Turned out much better than most of my predictions. I thought 63 was being generous, lol. We could seriously have put up 100 against them if we wanted to, but when I told my wife the final score, she asked why we ran the score up!

[Turbine]

Turned out much better than most of my predictions. I thought 63 was being generous, lol. We could seriously have put up 100 against them if we wanted to, but when I told my wife the final score, she asked why we ran the score up!

My wife asked me the same thing.

I said, "they didn't run up the score, they passed too."

ps good pick

[angeleast]

Heck, I thought it would be closer because of their so called "hate week". Boy I was glad to be wrong.

[zephyr]

If UL-Monroe's play could only match their trash talking, they'd be OK.

[moorecajun]

If UL-Monroe's play could only match their trash talking, they'd be OK.

I remember one play one of their players (# 10 I believe) made a tackle and you oud see the trash coming out of his mouth like an old Batman tv series; BAM ... POW

For making a tackle.

[billbeck451]

I had to run an errand at one point so I pulled up 1420 and the commentators were talking about one player that was constantly trash talking

[zephyr]

I remember one play one of their players (# 10 I believe) made a tackle and you oud see the trash coming out of his mouth like an old Batman tv series; BAM ... POW

For making a tackle.

And if I'm not mistaken, they were down by 30 or so.

[Esqueleto]

If UL-Monroe's play could only match their trash talking, they'd be OK.

That guy was starting ____ all day and the refs jus ignored it all. Hell, one guy even threw a couple of punches (#74 I think) and no flag.