Good starts are always a goal for football teams.

It might be more important than ever this season for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns in a 4 p.m. Saturday showdown with explosive Texas State at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium.

“Tempo hurt us early in the year,” UL inside linebackers coach Scott Stoker said. “We’ve gotten a lot better at it, but I don’t know if we’ve seen anybody this fast in tempo. We’re really going to have to do a good job with communication because that’s where all their big plays come from.”