Would you rather....

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TuffGuy84 said
"With all that said, I don't think we'll have to worry about that situation."

That is one "worry" I would like to have!

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[HoustonCajun]

Understandable and I agree. However, I do want to contradict one thing you said to make your point about the 96 season. That year we did beat A&M and did have a losing record, however, that was also arguably our toughest schedule in history so I have be impressed with the amount of wins we had based on that alone.

1996 was by far our most impressive schedule and we faired well with a 5-6 record with close losses to Houston and UAB. That win over Texas A&M should have been UL's springboard to a better program and a better conference. We were competing with an beating teams in this and other years like Memphis, E. Carolina, Houston, N. Illinois, Colorado State, Tulsa, UAB, Rice, and Tulane. Instead, athletic funding was cut, we went to the Sun Belt instead of CUSA, and our program has never recovered, UNTIL NOW, under new leadership.

Florida - L
Texas A&M - W
Southen Miss - L
LA Tech - W
Houston - L
Ark. State - W
UAB - L
Memphis - W
VA Tech - L
N. Illinois - W
Texas Tech - L

[Just1More]

Understandable and I agree. However, I do want to contradict one thing you said to make your point about the 96 season. That year we did beat A&M and did have a losing record, however, that was also arguably our toughest schedule in history so I have be impressed with the amount of wins we had based on that alone.

That's an excellent point about that season - how tough the schedule was. I know where ULGrad@HOU is coming from, however, I see "consistency" about like "change". They don't define anything substantitive. We could be consistently horrible. That would be consistent... and not good. Our past football campaigns simply did not have the full undivided support that was required. Those peaks and valleys of inconsistency were attributable to poor UL administrative management of football. That has improved radically.

Improvement is on the way... and we will see signs of it this Saturday. It may not be obvious on the scoreboard and the signs of it will likely be subtle. It is not about anything but "improving" at this point. "Winning" is a result. That result is coming.

I'm going to respond to something you mentioned regarding personnel in another thread.

[ULGrad@HOU]

I'm looking for you to consistently show up in Lafayette for the games this year. That's exactly where I hope we see improvement. Consistency. Play tough against opposition opposing your trip to Lafayette. I'm really hoping you will bring that brand of fanship to the Cajuns. You have a history of coming to Lafayette and tailgating very well, and laying an egg the next week. Make Game 1, have an excuse for Game 2. Make Game 3, struggle to be there for Game 4. Too many of those to mention. Consistency.

You are so right J1M, I will try my best to make them all. You better be there!

[ULGrad@HOU]

1996 was by far our most impressive schedule and we faired well with a 5-6 record with close losses to Houston and UAB. That win over Texas A&M should have been UL's springboard to a better program and a better conference. We were competing with an beating teams in this and other years like Memphis, E. Carolina, Houston, N. Illinois, Colorado State, Tulsa, UAB, Rice, and Tulane. Instead, athletic funding was cut, we went to the Sun Belt instead of CUSA, and our program has never recovered, UNTIL NOW, under new leadership.

Florida - L
Texas A&M - W
Southen Miss - L
LA Tech - W
Houston - L
Ark. State - W
UAB - L
Memphis - W
VA Tech - L
N. Illinois - W
Texas Tech - L

That was one tough schedule, though we should have beaten UAB and Southern Miss. I get sick when thinking what Dr. A did to our program, and where we should be right now. Thank goodness for Dr. Savoie.

[Turbine]

TT forfeited the 96 game.

UL went 6-5

Even by todays standard "vacated" UL went 5-5