ULM profiting more?

[Esqueleto]

We never get the national ranking without beating Iowa State first. The odds of us getting another program changing win double if we schedule 2 of these per year instead of 1.

Agreed. How do you think Florida State did it in the 70's? Anybody, anywhere. Took em a decade of beating the LSUs of the world, but they would have never gotten there with UL's mindset of today, that's for sure.

[ULGrad@HOU]

If you play a good schedule and win 11 or 12 games, you have a shot. Napier beat one P5 team, Iowa St. and finished in the Top 25 twice. He didn't use your model of playing 3 guaranteed games a season like ULM. That model is outdated unless you want to start conference play with 3 losses every season.

The model still works, beat a P5 and you will get 10 times more recognition and it can spring you into the rankings, as beating Iowa St. did. If you don't play P5's, you can't beat them and the schedule will be considered weak overall no matter what Sun Belt teams you beat. I think it's a mistake not to schedule at least 2 per year.

[CajunT]

You dont think Napier could have won another Iowa St level game?

The bowl scenario would have been totally diferent and who knows what else.

Yes, and he played 1 P5 in 2020 and 1 P5 in 2021, UL ranked both seasons. In 2021 UL won 12 games and lost at Texas. The difference, only 1 loss during the season and won the conference championship. That is the path, not playing multiple P5 programs on the road. Beating a P5 on the road is great, but it's not the model needed.

[CajunT]

The model still works, beat a P5 and you will get 10 times more recognition and it can spring you into the rankings, as beating Iowa St. did. If you don't play P5's, you can't beat them and the schedule will be considered weak overall no matter what Sun Belt teams you beat. I think it's a mistake not to schedule at least 2 per year.

How many did UL play in 2020 and 2021? The path needed is winning the conference championships and defeating everyone on your conference schedule.

[CajunT]

We never get the national ranking without beating Iowa State first. The odds of us getting another program changing win double if we schedule 2 of these per year instead of 1.

Yet the better season was in 2021. We didn't beat Texas and defeated everyone on our conference schedule and won the SBC Championship. You don't get there by playing multiple P5's on the road every year. As for getting ranked, how did that work for Liberty?

[Turbine]

Yes, and he played 1 P5 in 2020 and 1 P5 in 2021, UL ranked both seasons. In 2021 UL won 12 games and lost at Texas. The difference, only 1 loss during the season and won the conference championship. That is the path, not playing multiple P5 programs on the road. Beating a P5 on the road is great, but it's not the model needed.

Yes Louisiana hit a buzz saw of energy in their first game that year with a new coach and no film.

I think Texas got as high as being ranked in the top-20 before the wheels fell off.

I'm not saying plan on playing multiple ranked P5 teams, play multiple P5 schools. There are 40 also rans every year. Mix it up.

[CajunT]

Yes Louisiana hit a buzz saw of energy in their first game that year with a new coach and no film.

I think Texas got as high as being ranked in the top-20 before the wheels fell off.

I'm not saying plan on playing multiple ranked P5 teams, play multiple P5 schools. There are 40 also rans every year. Mix it up.

This thread is about ULM right? I said they play multiple, sometimes three P5 games a year and that is not the model we want. You said we should "Go after the guaranteed money", is that not the same thing?

There is no guarantee when you schedule a future game with a P5 program that they won't be ranked. Sorry, it's not an exact science. Coaches get fired and programs transition. Again, if you are lucky enough to catch a buzz saw win at a road P5 game, that would be ideal. But the sure path is to beat every SBC program on your schedule, win the SBC Championship and limit your losses to the G5 out of conference schedule.

Billy Napier accomplished the greatest season in Ragin' Cajun Football history by winning a conference championship. He did it once.

[Turbine]

This thread is about ULM right? I said they play multiple, sometimes three P5 games a year and that is not the model we want. You said we should "Go after the guaranteed money", is that not the same thing?

There is no guarantee when you schedule a future game with a P5 program that they won't be ranked. Sorry, it's not an exact science. Coaches get fired and programs transition. Again, if you are lucky enough to catch a buzz saw win at a road P5 game, that would be ideal. But the sure path is to beat every SBC program on your schedule, win the SBC Championship and limit your losses to the G5 out of conference schedule.

Billy Napier accomplished the greatest season in Ragin' Cajun Football history by winning a conference championship. He did it once.

ULM has many more hurdles to jump to be competitive.

Playing a tough scheule will pay dividends. Their quality win resume, already puts Louisiana's to shame simply, because the have more opportunities.

The other roadblacks they have are their real problem not their schedule.

[CajunT]

ULM has many more hurdles to jump to be competitive.

Playing a tough scheule will pay dividends. Their quality win resume, already puts Louisiana's to shame simply, because the have more opportunities.

The other roadblacks they have are their real problem not their schedule.

They have being doing so for over a decade, it hasn't paid off yet.

[ZoomZoom]

Beat a ranked team with a media darling, surf the heck out that wave. Brock Purdy was supposedly a big deal. Media loved him. In retrospect, yes he was and is a big deal.

Look at the last OOC game Alabama lost until Texas. Constantly brought up ULM.

UL needs to figure out multiple issues quick or we’ll really be on par with ULM.