So the QB decision has made itself.

[CharlieK]

I like Bens pocket presence and patience better than chandler. they both can spin it with a clean pocket, but Ben looks better when the pocket is messy.

If we had last year's line, Chandler. With this year's line, Ben.

[CajunVic]

Trying to satisfy your controversy crave?

Quit feeding the troll with a meaningless and completely tangent post. You of all people . . .

[CajunVic]

But did he actually win it? Or did he inherit it? Like I said, I'm not mad at Chandler. But if he were really Mike's number one guy all along, don't you think Mike would have made the decision to go with Chandler from the start & we wouldn't have even seen Ben until last week? I have to believe that is what Mike's thinking was from the beginning, or he wouldn't have let this very counterproductive situation continue. And there is no doubt it has been counter productive to the point it has cost us games this season.

I would also like to add, something I said on the podcast which is true & most fans don't think about. Mike can lie to himself. He can lie to us. The fact is ALL coaches lie to the fans. But he can't lie to his team. And the whole team knows who the better QB is. And that defense plays better with Ben in the game. They played better against USA & they played lights out last night. And I think having one guy who I'm guessing is their guy has something to do with that. It's just the way it is.

This guy must think he gets a nickel or dollar a stroke of the keyboard. Boring . . .

[USL]

Allot to decipher here. I think we will disagree, I thought the pass protection for the most part was good last night. I thought they actually gave Ben a nice pocket on most plays and really protected him well. I know he had to scramble a few times, but for the most part the plays he made were because he had a clean pocket. I think the run blocking was aw F'N Full. All that being said, Ben played well, he made some mistakes and missed a few plays, but all in all it was our best performance throwing the ball this year. If we want to nit pick about things, the pass he threw to NJ on the side line, should have been picked off and should have been a pick 6, the DB missed an opportunity there and NJ made one hell of a play to bail us out. If that ball is a foot to the outside of NJ it is a perfect pass, if it is 6 inches inside we would all be screaming about how bad of a pass it was, he threw it much closer to being a terrible play than a good one. He also missed a couple of opportunities, specifically on a play to Michael Jefferson down the middle of the field on a single high safety look where it would have been MJ3 vs their safety and I will take MJ3 all day long in those situations.

All of the above being said, I liked the way BW played and think with more time he will be fine. We do have to clean up the OL issues, but I thought they were better in pass protection last night then I have seen all season.

I have to disagree with "should have been picked off and should have been a pick 6." Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. He didn't pick it off because the ball was out of his reach and was completed. He tried to make a play on the ball and he came up short. In the words of Jim Mora: coulda, shoulda, woulda.

[MetryCajun]

30 passes 34 runs. Half of Woolridge’s runs were designed passes, but I think we need to be 2/3 1/3 pass to run to be successful this year. The OL is not going to get better and the guys they tried to plug in were as bad or worse than the game 1 starters. Would like to see the screen game, but I have a hunch our OL cannot execute it.
On the plus side, the defense had another great day.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Ben had a great game. I would start Ben, and ride with him, he gives us the best chance to win. He still has plenty of room to improve. 57% completion is not good enough to win consistently, especially when you have issues rushing the ball.

The defense being able to stop Marshall's rushing attack is what was the deciding factor in the game though. They were aggressive, created turnovers and shook up their QB enough to get in his head.

[Big Buds]

Speaking of decisions, Lance Legendre needs a couple Wild Cat touches a game. 3 & short type stuff or just an added wrinkle. It was obvious he was the best athlete on the field when he had the ball in his hands. Dude looked like he was shot out of a cannon.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Speaking of decisions, Lance Legendre needs a couple Wild Cat touches a game. 3 & short type stuff or just an added wrinkle. It was obvious he was the best athlete on the field when he had the ball in his hands. Dude looked like he was shot out of a cannon.

He did look like he could do some damage on the defense. Very athletic, we need to get him the ball.

[CharlieK]

Speaking of decisions, Lance Legendre needs a couple Wild Cat touches a game. 3 & short type stuff or just an added wrinkle. It was obvious he was the best athlete on the field when he had the ball in his hands. Dude looked like he was shot out of a cannon.

He needs more touches for sure. Don't want to force it but Dez definitely has experience with a great athlete getting worked into the offense from his days behind Babb.

[JamesTheJeweler]

You noticed that huh? He must love cooking at home, because he always tries to stir the pot.

Because he is a troll. Nothing more. Nothing less. When you decide to create a burner account, it solidifies the truth. Don't feed the troll. Let it starve.

BTW, I'm sure this post will get deleted quickly. As usual.

[CajunVic]

Because he is a troll. Nothing more. Nothing less. When you decide to create a burner account, it solidifies the truth. Don't feed the troll. Let it starve.

BTW, I'm sure this post will get deleted quickly. As usual.

Everywhere you go it smells like POO.

[cajun55]

Same here. We committed to the passing game in the second half as they had nobody who could stop our big receivers on the outside and Ben threw some really nice passes. Our running game is still struggling to say the least and it wasn't just because Marshall has a good defense. We've been struggling all season. Put together a much better plan in the second half and executed better than they did and made less mistakes than they did. Good win but I don't necessarily call it a complete game either.

There were plenty mistakes and things to complain about, but at the end of the day we made adjustments and Des out-coached the Marshall coach. This was a huge win. I think he is well aware of what our weaknesses are and this staff is doing their best to put us in positions to still succeed despite some obvious holes to fill in the off season on this team.

Coach Des is 2-0 against Marshall. Credit where its
Due!

Geaux Cajuns!