Seven bold predictions for Ragin' Cajuns football, Michael Desormeaux in 2022

[CharlieK]

7 wins or less = poor
8 wins = good
9 wins or more = excellent

You literally gave the exact same numbers as me…the ones you took me to task over. Did you bump your head?

[HOUCajun]

Every team Louisiana plays will have, similar turnover.

How many teams on our schedule will lose the normal Allotment of seniors (5 of which are playing in college
All star games) plus have 6 returning players portal out to P5 schools?

[Turbine]

You literally gave the exact same numbers as me…the ones you took me to task over. Did you bump your head?

I asked you a question, I certainly didn't take you to task.

7-6 would not be good result.

[CharlieK]

I asked you a question, I certainly didn't take you to task.

7-6 would not be good result.

It could be, as we are not done with the portal shakeup yet. I’ll reserve my opinion on that exact scenario.

How many winning seasons have we had in 100+ years of football?

[Bandwagon King]

Look at Buckley . . . finishing the year with a nice piece . . . GEAUX Louisiana Football, GEAUX CMD . . . set the goals high and persevere . . .

Couple of questions, First of all where is UL ranked 17th? Secondly, if polls don't mean squat as Jay said, then how come all of his friends in the print media always start out with where someone is ranked from the year before when they talk about a team?

[Bandwagon King]

The 2021 season will be hard to top, but here are some bold predictions for coach Michael Desormeaux and the Ragin' Cajuns in 2022.

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Tim Buckley

I hope UL isn't depending on all of the players Buckley mentioned to get to where he said they were going. Because some of them won't be there.

[Turbine]

How many teams on our schedule will lose the normal Allotment of seniors (5 of which are playing in college
All star games) plus have 6 returning players portal out to P5 schools?

Most schools who have major success are top heavy.

However every school is dealing with the departure of Super Seniors.

[CharlieK]

Before the portal losses, I would have expected a reload versus rebuild year. Now, it's just too uncertain to just state right now that 7 or 8 wins wouldn't be a good year. Especially since we don't know if the portal losses are over.

I like the idea of keeping 10 wins as our seasonal expectation, but I'm also realistic. We did not lose an insignificant number of key players. Maybe the guys behind them slide right in and we don't miss a beat, but to think that will be automatically the case is naïve.

[CrazyCajun]

15 starters were recruited by hud and staff, if Billy and staff are who we think they are or claim to be we should have loads of talent. Given our success, the younger guys SHOULD be more talented if Billy is the recruiter he is supposed to be.

[Turbine]

How many winning seasons have we had in 100+ years of football?

Louisiana football has had 64 winning seasons in its history.

[CharlieK]

Louisiana football has had 64 winning seasons in its history.

In the last 50 years it has happened 20 times. Less than half the time. In that same time we have won 7 or more 13 times. 8 or more 9 times. So Anything 7 or more is rarified air for us.

I recognize the paradigm has shifted for us in the last few years. But to say 7 is automatically unacceptable is just ignoring history and the reality of the turnover this year.

I do think we have a huge potential upside, I wouldn't be shocked by double digit wins, but our downside this year is lower than the last couple.

[Turbine]

Fans pulling out a 2022 crying towel two weeks after a 13 win season is unacceptable.

I would never give back a winning season but predicting a 5 game drop to a winning season of 7-6 is unacceptable at this moment in time.

jmo