2024 New Mexico Bowl

[CrazyCajun]

CrazyCajun said we ran it down peoples throat. LOL

We generally do. You had 3 new starters on the Oline who practiced with the QB for 3 days who wasn’t a threat to run. We had 1 TE that played this year and we run out of 12 personnel, pretty hard to do with 1 TE. We had to move a RB to TE for the bowl game. Go back and look at the depth chart of the OL each week throughout the year, it was always different due to injury, the difference is our coach doesn’t cry about it. Also, with our “bad” OL we rushed for over 2300 yards as a team.

[zephyr]

Getting outscored in the last two games against arguably the best teams we faced all year by a combined 65-6 was not exactly the ending I'd put to a "great" season. Was it better than I thought going in? Yes. But next year will be Des' biggest one as he will have lost most of the remaining talent leftover from the Napier time and he has a lot of holes to fill.

By the responses I've seen thus far, I would have expected more people to be more upset than they are. This is not a Bustle program anymore. I would hope we would expect to not get drubbed by 30 on national tv to a mediocre team and certainly not be accepting of it.

[ZoomZoom]

Getting outscored in the last two games against arguably the best teams we faced all year by a combined 65-6 was not exactly the ending I'd put to a "great" season. Was it better than I thought going in? Yes. But next year will be Des' biggest one as he will have lost most of the remaining talent leftover from the Napier time and he has a lot of holes to fill.

By the responses I've seen thus far, I would have expected more people to be more upset than they are. This is not a Bustle program anymore. I would hope we would expect to not get drubbed by 30 on national tv to a mediocre team and certainly not be accepting of it.

With the SOS UL had, the Cajuns landed where they should have. Thou reasons abound, the crash and burn finish 0-2 post season leaves a lot of concerns for next season.

Another .500 season with a bowl loss next year is unacceptable. The portal is your friend. Bustle ball is not.

[RaginCajun77]

The portal is your friend.

Agree 100%. We need to hit the portal for guys on the OL and DL.

[ULGrad@HOU]

Getting outscored in the last two games against arguably the best teams we faced all year by a combined 65-6 was not exactly the ending I'd put to a "great" season. Was it better than I thought going in? Yes. But next year will be Des' biggest one as he will have lost most of the remaining talent leftover from the Napier time and he has a lot of holes to fill.

By the responses I've seen thus far, I would have expected more people to be more upset than they are. This is not a Bustle program anymore. I would hope we would expect to not get drubbed by 30 on national tv to a mediocre team and certainly not be accepting of it.

Everyone is numb to the gut punches of your team getting crushed the last 2 games and then seeing players jump ship and this is possibly the new norm of what we have to look forward to every year. Pretty bleak.

[Turbine]

Everyone is numb to the gut punches of your team getting crushed the last 2 games and then seeing players jump ship and this is possibly the new norm of what we have to look forward to every year. Pretty bleak.

This is why you have to find openings and play players all year long that normally in the past would not have seen the field all year.

The new norm is you need somewhat experienced players already prepared to replace end of season exits.

We saw the need with QB injuries to #1 and #2 and no prep behind them.

Now you need to prep for end of season portal exits as well.

It's a chess game.

[CrazyCajun]

This is why you have to find openings and play players all year long that normally in the past would not have seen the field all year.

The new norm is you need somewhat experienced players already prepared to replace end of season exits.

We saw the need with QB injuries to #1 and #2 and no prep behind them.

Now you need to prep for end of season portal exits as well.

It's a chess game.

It would be really hard and unfair to expect a coach to have an experienced #3 QB.

[CAJUNSby90]

It would be really hard and unfair to expect a coach to have an experienced #3 QB.

some people live in video game worlds

[Turbine]

It would be really hard and unfair to expect a coach to have an experienced #3 QB.

Agreed, but "experienced" is relative.

Minimal is needed.

Enough experience to get rid of the deer in the headlights syndrom of being thrown in with no warning...

[Turbine]

some people live in video game worlds

Guilty.

Still, changing players shouldn't require a reboot.

[CAJUNSby90]

Agreed, but "experienced" is relative.

Minimal is needed.

Enough experience to get rid of the deer in the headlights syndrom of being thrown in with no warning...

The chance of having an Experienced QB3 in the portal era is SLIM TO NONE

[Turbine]

The chance of having an Experienced QB3 in the portal era is SLIM TO NONE

Thats a jump.

Im refering to having the players already on your team being somewhat ready to fill in when needed.