G5 Final: Louisiana 17, South Alabama 20

[SlickRick]

I do want to give props to Zion Hill.

That dude does not quit, does not take a play off, and he’s our best dude on this team. His motor is non-stop.

Thank you, Zion!

This!

[ZoomZoom]

This is exactly what I was screaming at the TV. There is no excuse for this. Complete mismanagement of the clock in a crucial situation. In fact, I was yelling at the officials to wind the clock on the previous play after the first down (they took a long time). What did the Cajuns do? They snapped it immediately, running no additional time off of the clock.

Simply not smart at all ... utterly frustrating and disappointing. That cannot happen at the college level.

I was also not happy when Coach declined the holding penalty on 2nd and 10 when South had the football at their own 25. In that situation, you want to make them traverse a longer field. Game situation management 101 and the coaching staff flunked.

Brian

ZHG sees the big picture. Wish it became contagious.

Remember how weak our schedule was rated preseason? Now it’s like who will we beat that’s left on the schedule?

Meanwhile…

Under five minutes…

[Bandwagon King]

Hard to manage the clock as a HC when you’re trying to call plays.

Well somebody needs to manage that job. We should have scored with around 20 seconds, or so left on the clock. It was poor management as was the end of the half. Instead of working the middle of the field like USA did at the end & using your TOs to get into field goal range which were obviously pretty close. We tried to work the sidelines & didn't get crap. But the good news is we saved all our time outs. We also saved the time out that we didn't use to freeze their college kicker. So there was that also. But what do I know. I've just been following, or participating in the game for 50 plus years.

[GoneGolfin]

While I believe Ben played well, and was happy to him lead us to tying the game, I believe we are seeing it’s tough to move on from a leader like Levi Lewis.

We’ve had a contingent of fans who thought Levi was holding us back the last three seasons. Now it’s evident that was not the case.

Absolutely. Levi was a proven winner. Every time someone suggested benching Levi for Fields last year, I just had to chuckle. Absurd.

It is too bad that the coaching staff made huge blunders down the stretch and did not afford Ben the opportunity to win the game in OT. That could have been a big momentum swing.

I can handle getting beat on the field. But when your coaching staff makes absurd mental blunders as it did in the closing minute tonight, it is simply difficult to accept. Especially when the team/offense is struggling but found a way to get back into the game late.

Brian

[Big Buds]

Absolutely. Levi was a proven winner. Every time someone suggested benching Levi for Fields last year, I just had to chuckle. Absurd.

It is too bad that the coaching staff made huge blunders down the stretch and did not afford Ben the opportunity to win the game in OT. That could have been a big momentum swing.

I can handle getting beat on the field. But when your coaching staff makes absurd mental blunders as it did in the closing minute tonight, it is simply difficult to accept. Especially when the team/offense is struggling but found a way to get back into the game late.

Brian

Facts

[zeppelincajun]

Proud of the way the players fought. This coaching staff? Oh brudder.

[Rainman66]

Two extremely costly time management blunders.

1. End of first half not taking a TO and getting an extra play in to get a better distance for your FG.

2. Taking the TO with 40-50 seconds left and 2nd or 3rd down. You left time when you had the opportunity to leave no time.

I agree, both of these are very questionable. Espete end of the 1H, I think there was 20-25 seconds wasted which is more than one play.

I don’t mind the declining of the holding, because it is 3rd and long with a time out remaining. Assuming you hold the, you get a chance to win the game in regulation.
Unfortunately, you give up a 20 yard run and then their WR makes an outstanding catch.

[speculator]

Had a friend that left a couple tickets on the dash of his truck. His door was locked, so someone decided to break out his window and leave him two more.

[BayouRichard]

Shoot I got tickets to USM, TxSt and FSU

Did you get a call about the FSU tickets. I put in for two several months ago and have not received a call yet.
No matter The record my wife and I are going. I promised her an outing. My bad .

[Turbine]

Most here did not give us even a chance today and now a meltdown when we don’t finish.

Most of you got much better than you predicted. Let’s ride that into the next game . . .

I picked Louisiana to win, but I couldn't come up with a score.

I'm blaming it on the 4pm kickoff, the QB in the weight room and no students allowed on the 50.

The team started playing after 6pm. Louisiana Saturday Night or bust.

[HelmutVII]

A Coulda, woulda shoulda game.

[barisaxman]

That is there jobs. If anyone with any broadcast organization says anything negative, Martin Hall is calling for their heads. Only happens if the contractor knows the ax is falling.

But looks like Mary Kay needs to send a box truck of lipstick to USL…

Went thru the all the coaches resume’. Worth the read.

Zoom—Understand and didn’t expect anything different—It’s just hard to be going through both the post Napier era AND the post Brees/Payton era at the same time…… sigh