2021 FB Final: Louisiana 18, Texas 38

[JMV JustMyView]

You know we’ve said the same thing for about 10-12 years right.

Fenroy & Wallace
Harris & McGuire
Ragas, Mitchell & Calais
Ragas, Mitchell & Smith
Smith, Johnson & Bailey

Each group has gotten more talented.

Don't forget Mike Desormeaux.

[Rainman66]

You know we’ve said the same thing for about 10-12 years right.

Fenroy & Wallace
Harris & McGuire
Ragas, Mitchell & Calais
Ragas, Mitchell & Smith
Smith, Johnson & Bailey

Each group has gotten more talented.

More talented does not mean they are better. They still have to prove it on the field.

[moorecajun]

Silly question and I apologize up front for it!

Is there a way to see a replay of the game, without having recorded it? I want to see it to make a fair evaluation as I could not see the game very well live.

[Million$Mullet]

Silly question and I apologize up front for it!

Is there a way to see a replay of the game, without having recorded it? I want to see it to make a fair evaluation as I could not see the game very well live.

https://youtu.be/PhNc_MOkjJ8

[moorecajun]

https://youtu.be/PhNc_MOkjJ8

Awesome, thanks! I didn't even think of youtube.

To clarify, it is awesome you sent me the link!

[Boomer]

LL is who he is. He rarely cost us a game. But he will almost never take over and win you a game. It’s been proven over and over.

......No doubt he was disaoppointed in his game.... Drop passes didn't help but our best reception by Williams was catching an overthrown high pass.....he had a few wide open that he was too high on!

[Grantvb]

I disagree. With Levi not being able to take over and win us a game. I can recall (2) pretty big games. (1) APP St. 2020. (2) ULM 2019. His legs moved the chains and ran the clock.

[LouisianaB]

Other than the stuff thats already discussed, I had a few takeaways.

1. Cant take a delay of game in the 2nd. You have 10 coaches plus a bunch of GAs and even UGAs. Somebody has to be responsible for watching play clock at all times. It turned a 3rd and 3 to a 3rd and 8; we gained 5 yards and punted on 4th and 3.

2. Clock management at the end of the first half was terrible. Got the ball at 2:00 down 14-3 with all three TOs. Completed a pass of 9, ran for -1, ran for +1; that span took 1:20 off the clock. Texas calls TO hoping to get ball back, we forced to go for it on 4&1 and get it. Had a 1&10 on our 37, LL rush for 11 to the 38, and then completes pass for 1st down at Texas 31 with 7 seconds left, kick FG. We were only able to drive 44 yards in 2:00 with all three TOs. It was clear Billy was playing for the FG and not a TD, which I wouldnt mind if we got the ball in the 2nd half, but we didnt. We lost the middle eight 14-3.

3. Decision to go for 2 down 35-18 (17 point differential) with 9:31 left in the game. Instead of making it a two possession game by kicking PAT, we go for 2, fail, and it stays a three possession game. Sure, it seemed like all hope was lost at that point, but there was still time left. Dont go for 2 unless you have to, including limiting amount of possessions necessary to stay in the game.

Every decision in a game should be aimed towards winning the game, and the little things matter. I thought Billy managed the game poorly; I don't know if its a player talent issue or if he is still a young coach and learning. Of course, all of this is easy to b___ about after the fact, but we pay him a good bit of money to be good at it.

[Turbine]

Going for 2 so early reminded me of when John Fox panicked early in the Superbowl.

That took a point off the board for Carolina.

New England with nothing to lose goes for 2 and makes it.

Combining for a 3 point swing. The margin of victory.

Never go for two unless it is the very end of the game.

[RaginDave]

Going for 2 so early reminded me of when John Fox panicked early in the Superbowl.

That took a point off the board for Carolina.

New England with nothing to lose goes for 2 and makes it.

Combining for a 3 point swing. The margin of victory.

Never go for two unless it is the very end of the game.

I went back and forth over this in my head a ton of times and I still don't think it was an awful decision. If we kick the extra point we are down by 16, if we make the 2 point conversion we are down by 15, so the options were 17 or 16 which are very similar as it would be very difficult to get 2, 2 point conversions. But 15 only takes 1 2 point conversion to tie the game. I think he was trying to play the percentages. I don't nessacarily agree with the decision, but I see where he was going.

[JMV JustMyView]

Other than the stuff thats already discussed, I had a few takeaways.

1. Cant take a delay of game in the 2nd. You have 10 coaches plus a bunch of GAs and even UGAs. Somebody has to be responsible for watching play clock at all times. It turned a 3rd and 3 to a 3rd and 8; we gained 5 yards and punted on 4th and 3.

2. Clock management at the end of the first half was terrible. Got the ball at 2:00 down 14-3 with all three TOs. Completed a pass of 9, ran for -1, ran for +1; that span took 1:20 off the clock. Texas calls TO hoping to get ball back, we forced to go for it on 4&1 and get it. Had a 1&10 on our 37, LL rush for 11 to the 38, and then completes pass for 1st down at Texas 31 with 7 seconds left, kick FG. We were only able to drive 44 yards in 2:00 with all three TOs. It was clear Billy was playing for the FG and not a TD, which I wouldnt mind if we got the ball in the 2nd half, but we didnt. We lost the middle eight 14-3.

3. Decision to go for 2 down 35-18 (17 point differential) with 9:31 left in the game. Instead of making it a two possession game by kicking PAT, we go for 2, fail, and it stays a three possession game. Sure, it seemed like all hope was lost at that point, but there was still time left. Dont go for 2 unless you have to, including limiting amount of possessions necessary to stay in the game.

Every decision in a game should be aimed towards winning the game, and the little things matter. I thought Billy managed the game poorly; I don't know if its a player talent issue or if he is still a young coach and learning. Of course, all of this is easy to b___ about after the fact, but we pay him a good bit of money to be good at it.

B, I agree with all of this.

[Esqueleto]

I went back and forth over this in my head a ton of times and I still don't think it was an awful decision. If we kick the extra point we are down by 16, if we make the 2 point conversion we are down by 15, so the options were 17 or 16 which are very similar as it would be very difficult to get 2, 2 point conversions. But 15 only takes 1 2 point conversion to tie the game. I think he was trying to play the percentages. I don't nessacarily agree with the decision, but I see where he was going.

I don't think it matters when you go for 2 when you need 2 of them with only 8 minutes or so left in the game and having to hold Texas scoreless. The odds of being successful on both attempts are not good. It's a stupid thing to complain about.