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

[ManAboutTown]

Absolute must-win game for CMD. I don’t care what anyone else says. This team underachieved this year and has the chance to finish 7-6, which would be an improvement from last year. I know they are 8-4, but we CANNOT lose to a CUSA team who only recently made the jump to FBS.

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.

[Jacob81]

Totally agree! We can not lose to a transition team!

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

[ZoomZoom]

Absolute must-win game for CMD. I don’t care what anyone else says. This team underachieved this year and has the chance to finish 7-6, which would be an improvement from last year. I know they are 8-4, but we CANNOT lose to a CUSA team who only recently made the jump to FBS.

Lose this game, two year record plus ‘21 bowl game will be 13-14. Either way, pretty much stagnant with Dez, not to mention huge drop off in the last 2 years.

[ManAboutTown]

This 10000x

Perception wise, this is a must-win.

We fought the perception battle for 15+ years. We've finally climbed out of the cellar and people wonder why it would be a setback to lose to a bottom dwelling conference member in a bowl game.... Does anyone pay attention?

[JMV JustMyView]

Are they? It seems like they have just turned to poking as many holes as possible in Cajun Athletics. Not saying you cannot call spades spades but ...fans maybe, but supporters ...? To be fair, I have not listened in a long time.

They are big supporters and give a lot of money and time. I have seen these guys at plenty of UL events so yes they do support UL sports.

[MetryCajun]

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.

Just looked at their schedule. They clearly have a better resume than us and look to be an equally matched foe. Don't see how losing to them sets the program back 10 years.
I would say this is a huge opportunity. We have a NOLA area QB who was played very well the last few games. Maybe he plays another solid game and gets the MVP. That would be a storybook ending.

[RedBug58]

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.

[Cajunsmike]

Just looked at their schedule. They clearly have a better resume than us and look to be an equally matched foe. Don't see how losing to them sets the program back 10 years.
I would say this is a huge opportunity. We have a NOLA area QB who was played very well the last few games. Maybe he plays another solid game and gets the MVP. That would be a storybook ending.

https://jaxstatesports.com/sports/football/stats/2023/

Linked above are Jacksonville State's stats for the season. They are more impressive than ours. Impressed with their rushing stats. Of course that is a weakness for the Cajuns. Forget perception. Data says they are a better team than the Cajuns. Of course that does not mean we can't win. At this level, anyone can beat anyone in any particular game.

[ManAboutTown]

Just looked at their schedule. They clearly have a better resume than us and look to be an equally matched foe. Don't see how losing to them sets the program back 10 years.
I would say this is a huge opportunity. We have a NOLA area QB who was played very well the last few games. Maybe he plays another solid game and gets the MVP. That would be a storybook ending.

Yes. I fully get that people don’t see how it sets us back. And that is the part that blows my mind.

[ManAboutTown]

https://jaxstatesports.com/sports/football/stats/2023/

Linked above are Jacksonville State's stats for the season. They are more impressive than ours. Impressed with their rushing stats. Of course that is a weakness for the Cajuns. Forget perception. Data says they are a better team than the Cajuns. Of course that does not mean we can't win. At this level, anyone can beat anyone in any particular game.

That’s because we aren’t a good football team and played a weak WEAK schedule. They may very well be better than us.

None of this is the point.

[CrazyCajun]

https://jaxstatesports.com/sports/football/stats/2023/

Linked above are Jacksonville State's stats for the season. They are more impressive than ours. Impressed with their rushing stats. Of course that is a weakness for the Cajuns. Forget perception. Data says they are a better team than the Cajuns. Of course that does not mean we can't win. At this level, anyone can beat anyone in any particular game.

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.

[Big Tyme]

Gotcha. Apologies to those guys