They should have taken the bus.

[Turbine]

you forget that Baton Rouge can turn into a several hour standstill and if there is a wreck on the basin then all bets are off, the plane ride was the right decision, the UL fans were loud and great the $6 dollar tickets that usm dumped to every trailer park in the county was pathetic, watched a trash bomb try to start a fight with two lady UL fans just over form out seat. the concessions were a joke, got a pretzel and it was so hard it probably was left over from their last home game, restrooms looked like something that belonged in a prison, aisle ended is walls, the suites are nice but all that insurance money that they got after the tornado a few years ago must have gone into someone's pocket because that stadium is pathetic.

I can't buy into the "what ifs" of traveling for 4 hours. I could probably come up with 100 reasons never to leave my house.

If it really is a road block (pun) to success, leave early, create a lunch bucket mindset.

Take 90 south, make it 4:15 and go to 190

Getting past BR is a nothing burger.

If there were a little adversity it would draw the team together, weird how those things work.

[fanof71]

"as much as it is lack of mental toughness"....

Sure, Cajuns could have rolled over after the first quarter and folded like a cheap suit, instead UL kept digging and digging...that displayed their mental toughness..Ben running down the DB (?) after another turnover showed me he's not quiting...guys with mental toughness don't quit...UL didn't quit...

[Turbine]

"as much as it is lack of mental toughness"....

Sure, Cajuns could have rolled over after the first quarter and folded like a cheap suit, instead UL kept digging and digging...that displayed their mental toughness..Ben running down the DB (?) after another turnover showed me he's not quiting...guys with mental toughness don't quit...UL didn't quit...

True Dat!

It's "Out the Gate" preparedness that is lacking.

Beyond that, this team has no quit.

[CharlieK]

All that typing and missed Ziyon.

[JMV JustMyView]

They don't need to flush anything. they need to use this game as a whipping stick & a learning tool of how not act like they have arrived yet, when clearly they still have a long journey to their destination of stardom. Mean, down & dirty needs to be the mantra from here on out. This Hollywood playboy stuff Mike's been pumping their mushy brains full of needs to go.

YOU need to flush the L and move on.

[Bandwagon King]

"as much as it is lack of mental toughness"....

Sure, Cajuns could have rolled over after the first quarter and folded like a cheap suit, instead UL kept digging and digging...that displayed their mental toughness..Ben running down the DB (?) after another turnover showed me he's not quiting...guys with mental toughness don't quit...UL didn't quit...

Being mentally prepared & not shooting yourself in the foot every time you get within striking range of someone you weren't mentally prepared to play begin with is every bit as much are part of being mentally tough as having a don't quit attitude. In this race it doesn't matter if you don't quit if you allow someone who is physically inferior put a beat down on you the whole time while you continue to climb back into a contest you really should have never lost control of to begin with. And you can't tell me that last series our guys didn't quit. Because it sure looked like it to me.

[Cajunsmike]

A four hour classroom ride "coaches clinic" between Louisiana and Hattiesburg would have been the perfect short week reset button to get the teams focus and mindset back on tract.

With only 4-days between games the short bus ride could have been used to Louisiana's advantage, with a series of coaching shorts from the front of the bus.

Instead a Jet Set attitude added to the head spinning turn around week.

The team didn't know what hit them till it was to late.

One of the main reasons the team flew to USM and back was because of academics. Some players had class today. Had it been a Saturday game, they would have taken the bus.

[Cajunrunner]

you forget that Baton Rouge can turn into a several hour standstill and if there is a wreck on the basin then all bets are off, the plane ride was the right decision, the UL fans were loud and great the $6 dollar tickets that usm dumped to every trailer park in the county was pathetic, watched a trash bomb try to start a fight with two lady UL fans just over form out seat. the concessions were a joke, got a pretzel and it was so hard it probably was left over from their last home game, restrooms looked like something that belonged in a prison, aisle ended is walls, the suites are nice but all that insurance money that they got after the tornado a few years ago must have gone into someone's pocket because that stadium is pathetic.

Well their student sections appeared to show up nice.

[billbeck451]

That stadium is miles better than Cajun Field, inside and out. Who cares what a ____er looks like?

the boxes are, but the rest is a piece of ____,

[Bandwagon King]

One of the main reasons the team flew to USM and back was because of academics. Some players had class today. Had it been a Saturday game, they would have taken the bus.

Didn't USM have the day off because of the game? It's nice to see some schools have their priorities in order.

[Turbine]

One of the main reasons the team flew to USM and back was because of academics. Some players had class today. Had it been a Saturday game, they would have taken the bus.

Considering how many days basketball is away from campus, I find this to be a false narrative concern.

How many consecutive days is golf gone?

With online classes being the norm now, the rush to rush back for the 2 days a year football is away on a week night?

[CajunVic]

Considering how many days basketball is away from campus, I find this to be a false narrative concern.

How many consecutive days is golf gone?

With online classes being the norm now, the rush to rush back for the 2 days a year football is away on a week night?

And what about baseball . . .