Louisiana vs Jacksonville State in 2023 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

[CharlieK]

You would think people would have changed their perception on this “move up” nonsense after watching app state, Georgia southern, coastal Carolina, jmu liberty and jax state move up and immediately start whipping people’s asses. Maybe that talent disparity between fcs and fbs wasn’t what people thought and more about 22 less scholarships.

It’s been clear for a long time that there is zero talent disparity between lower G5 and upper FCS.

[CharlieK]

They're 8-4 in the worst conference, by the numbers in 10 years. They are an FCS call up. Most people don't even know they moved up to FBS.

We are two years removed from the hottest coach in America, an SBC Championship, Top 20 ranking and longest win streak in college football.

Who in hell can't see that losing this game would be a HUGE setback?? It's comical.

I’m not saying losing to them wouldn’t be bad, but we won a ____ ton of games with Napier, and were rewarded with ho hum opponents in bowl games. And three years later we are here. Things can change in a hurry regardless of who we play or lose to in a bowl. I really don’t think anyone beyond a very small subset of college football fans give two ____s who we play in a bowl or if we win or lose. Far more damage can and has be done to the program by administration decisions, as has been proven so often.

TL;DR….win ok, lose bad, Martin hall decisions much much badder.

[Crawfish]

They are 8-4. They played in the weakest conference, but have a pretty good record. I am not excited about playing them, but I am not sure we would have had any better results if we had played their schedule.

Wins:

UTEP
ETSU
Eastern Mich
SHSU
Middle Tennessee
WKU
FIU
La Tech

Losses
Coastal Carolina
Liberty
South Carolina
NMSU

They did play a weak schedule, but in my opinion, they at least met expectations of a transition team. They did not lose any games to teams they should have beat. No matter who we play, some of you will call it a disappointment, but these guys had to earn their bowl. They did. I hope our team is not disrespecting them like some of you.

[Policarp]

Ragin Review.....love you guys!

Oddity....4th game vs team from Alabama. None at home

Not worried about Cajun Fields and our Offense vs Jax State. Our Defense vs Rich Rod quick/pressure offense? I can already see our DL standing, staring at sideline whilst JSU has snapped the ball.

[ManAboutTown]

I’m not saying losing to them wouldn’t be bad, but we won a ____ ton of games with Napier, and were rewarded with ho hum opponents in bowl games. And three years later we are here. Things can change in a hurry regardless of who we play or lose to in a bowl. I really don’t think anyone beyond a very small subset of college football fans give two ____s who we play in a bowl or if we win or lose. Far more damage can and has be done to the program by administration decisions, as has been proven so often.

TL;DR….win ok, lose bad, Martin hall decisions much much badder.

I'm with yall on all of this. But we are having two different conversations here. It's not really about the bowl or the reward of the bowl or the matchup or the possibility of winning or any of that.

[ManAboutTown]

Ragin Review.....love you guys!

Oddity....4th game vs team from Alabama. None at home

Not worried about Cajun Fields and our Offense vs Jax State. Our Defense vs Rich Rod quick/pressure offense? I can already see our DL standing, staring at sideline whilst JSU has snapped the ball.

Do they run tempo and spread? If so, we'll need to score a minimum of 36 points offensively to win the game.

[CharlieK]

I'm with yall on all of this. But we are having two different conversations here. It's not really about the bowl or the reward of the bowl or the matchup or the possibility of winning or any of that.

It’s about setting the program back 10 years. There is nothing that can happen in a bowl game almost nobody outside of the two fan bases will follow that could set us back 10 years. In two years we went from Huds train wreck to Napier success. From Napier to current mediocrity took 2 seasons, or 1 really. Things just aren’t that permanent. The one entity that can truly set us back for extended periods is Martin Hall.

[JamesTheJeweler]

You would think people would have changed their perception on this “move up” nonsense after watching app state, Georgia southern, coastal Carolina, jmu liberty and jax state move up and immediately start whipping people’s asses. Maybe that talent disparity between fcs and fbs wasn’t what people thought and more about 22 less scholarships.

Hard to dismiss

[Million$Mullet]

Do they run tempo and spread? If so, we'll need to score a minimum of 36 points offensively to win the game.

Like I said last night, Rich Rod must be lickin his chops getting to face off against Lamar the mask Morgan

[JamesTheJeweler]

Tell that to the 11 teams that lost to JMU this year.

JMU would wipe the floor with Jax St. Apples and Oranges again Jacob. You always leave out the ever important context.

[Big Buds]

Like I said last night, Rich Rod must be lickin his chops getting to face off against Lamar the mask Morgan

This is my main concern.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Kudos to Ragin Review or whomever caught this on Ticketmaster last night!
Also, what happened to “Any time, Any place”. Wasn’t that what Boise said in their rise to fame? We just have to lace ‘em up and kick some butt. Control the things that we can control.

Well, werent we supposed to be on "the revenge tour" this year? How'd that work out?