LGT Sunbelt Championship Final: Louisiana 3, Marshall 31

[60swerethebest]

…..The bad luck was on penalty calls like the ko return that we got out to about their 40 yard line and comes back to our about 15 Yd line….and terrible holding non calls on them!….btw what was the penalty yards stat against us?

6-60 yds them
9-98 yds us

[Jacob81]

6-60 yds them
9-98 yds us

But the block in the back on the ko return was more like 50 yards on it own. Not 10

[Swamp]

But the block in the back on the ko return was more like 50 yards on it own. Not 10

We ended up punting from the goal line b/c of that! The return was wiped out, significant yardage was lost, on third down we got an offensive pi call but the call was behind the line of scrimmage (so it wasn't pi) but we lost a down and forced to punt from the goal line! Marshall's return man was at the 50! Two or three plays later, EZ. Add 6.

[Bandwagon King]

Has anyone come up with a sensible reason why UL just rolled over & crapped the bed last night? I mean it was for the conference championship. Did these guys just decide to mail it in for the semester? Will the real UL football team show up for it's bowl game? Did they just decide they wanted the 2nd place bowl over the 1st? Did someone really close to the program die? I just don't understand how any group of prideful players could play with such little effort all at once. Were they on strike? I'm seriously not trying to be funny. It was very sad & extremely unexpected to see this. It was for me anyway. I mean how do you let a conference foe come into your house & just beat your rear end like they caught you behind the bushes with their girlfriend?

[SlickRick]

It's a head scratcher!

[USLJim]

Has anyone come up with a sensible reason why UL just rolled over & crapped the bed last night? I mean it was for the conference championship. Did these guys just decide to mail it in for the semester? Will the real UL football team show up for it's bowl game? Did they just decide they wanted the 2nd place bowl over the 1st? Did someone really close to the program die? I just don't understand how any group of prideful players could play with such little effort all at once. Were they on strike? I'm seriously not trying to be funny. It was very sad & extremely unexpected to see this. It was for me anyway. I mean how do you let a conference foe come into your house & just beat your rear end like they caught you behind the bushes with their girlfriend?

My thoughts, this is their 13th game, I believe they are burnt out. Just plain ole exhausted from practicing hard, playing hard, long days from resting up.

Could weather plated a role in it??????

Play calling sucked.

All I want to say is, LET THESE GUYS REST UP TO SEE IF THAT HELPS.

You certainly don’t need 2 weeks of physical workouts to play a team. Be rested, play like you have all season, control your emotions, reduce the costly penalties, and be smart.
As for Marshall, they are good and they played on PURE ADRENALINE. with the come back win against JMU, they were ready.

Let’s hope they are a rested, ready team to play TCU

GEAUX CAJUNS

[Cajunrunner]

While we didn't look good on offense to start the game, losing Fields when it was only 10-3 and having to then play the game with a 18/19 year old true freshman who had only thrown 2 passes all season didn't exactly make things easy.

[olhardhead]

no mystery here at. all....freshman QB he'll tare
it up next year.....

[JamesTheJeweler]

My thoughts, this is their 13th game, I believe they are burnt out. Just plain ole exhausted from practicing hard, playing hard, long days from resting up.
Could weather plated a role in it??????

Tired? Burned out? You do know Marshall has played the same amount of games, right?

Weather???? LoL. Mild conditions that the other team is playing in the exact same conditions?

C'mon.

[Turbine]

While we didn't look good on offense to start the game, losing Fields when it was only 10-3 and having to then play the game with a 18/19 year old true freshman who had only thrown 2 passes all season didn't exactly make things easy.

I thought it was 7-3

I seem to remember "take the points (3) on 4th down so it is 7-6 and the freshmen doesn't start off a bundle of nerves thinking he has to save the day on 4th and two.

Start him off on a fresh set of downs. Easier on the nerves,

I may be misremembering.

[CAJUNSby90]

I thought it was 7-3

I seem to remember "take the points (3) on 4th down so it is 7-6 and the freshmen doesn't start off thinking he has to save the day on 4th and two.

Start him off on a fresh set of downs. Easier on the nerves,

I may be misremembering.

Or try to insert confidence in the kid telling him you trust in him to make a play

[Turbine]

Or try to insert confidence in the kid telling him you trust in him to make a play

So did I misremember?

Was it 10-3 or 7-3 when the freshman was forced into duty on 4th and 2?