Final UL 34 - OSU 61

[Turbine]

Relax pal. When the game was in doubt, the team was completely dismantled. I'll go ahead and give them a golf clap for not quitting; perhaps next home game, we can pass out girl scout cookies and milk to the players just for making the team.. The only time we were even competitive was against 3rd string freshmen and sophomores. We beat ourselves to death tonight, and THAT is nothing to be "pleased" with.. You get a grip.

The tone was set early, not many UL teams have ever scored 34 (however the means) when the opponent scores 61.

[ManAboutTown]

Sometimes I wonder how some of you function. We played decently against an elite team. Did you expect that we'd be mistake free with all these freshmen playing? Oklahoma State is going to put up a lot of points all year long against Big XII teams. Take a step back and think about this game reasonably.

I actually thought the defense was a bright spot. We agree that this team is an elite OFFENSE. The defense is no where near "Elite". They're no slouches but, they can be had. We showed it last year. I'm not going to get all giddy over the fact that our starters looked decent against 3rd string fresh and soph backups. I'm sorry that apparently bothers some of you. I understand what you're saying, but I'm not lying to myself. The Oline was better, but still got murdered; QB was average at BEST; Special teams was still awful and despite scoring twice on defense, we still allowed 61 points and 650 yards of offense. Granted, this team is gifted on that side of the ball, we all understand that.. The numbers still don't lie. Is the season over? HELL NO. I'm I still pumped for what HUD can do here? HELL YEA. But I'm not going to act like this performance doesn't deserve concern. Thats being reasonable.

[wcd35]

Pretty sure Pee Wee got hurt when they hung him out to dry on that ball in the EZ In the 3rd and he got smoked by the safety.

Also on the bright side, we won't play a better team all year

[ManAboutTown]

Pretty sure Pee Wee got hurt when they hung him out to dry on that ball in the EZ In the 3rd and he got smoked by the safety.

Also on the bright side, we won't play a better team all year

That offense alone can win them the BIGXII

[raginsaints]

I actually thought the defense was a bright spot. We agree that this team is an elite OFFENSE. The defense is no where near "Elite". They're no slouches but, they can be had. We showed it last year. I'm not going to get all giddy over the fact that our starters looked decent against 3rd string fresh and soph backups. I'm sorry that apparently bothers some of you. I understand what you're saying, but I'm not lying to myself. The Oline was better, but still got murdered; QB was average at BEST; Special teams was still awful and despite scoring twice on defense, we still allowed 61 points and 650 yards of offense. Granted, this team is gifted on that side of the ball, we all understand that.. The numbers still don't lie. Is the season over? HELL NO. I'm I still pumped for what HUD can do here? HELL YEA. But I'm not going to act like this performance doesn't deserve concern. Thats being reasonable.

I still think you cannot judge this team after a game against a top 10 team. We're overmatched, a lot of their backups would be starting on most teams in the Sun Belt, including us.

[ManAboutTown]

I still think you cannot judge this team after a game against a top 10 team. We're overmatched, a lot of their backups would be starting on most teams in the Sun Belt, including us.

Completely agree. Not being able to kick past the 20 yd line, dropping 7 passes, throwing screen passes into the grass, missing open receivers, RBs not blocking blitzing LBs, O line blowing assignments, and blowing coverages have nothing to do with being out classed.. These are the things I'm concerned about. The good thing is, all of these mistakes are fixable, as per Coach Hud.

[Turbine]

Did anyone catch Time of Possession?

[RaginFan2]

The tone was set early, not many UL teams have ever scored 34 (however the means) when the opponent scores 61.

Glad our offense scored more points than our defense. I was very disappointed in the offense in the first half. The numerous dropped passes, poor passes, and blocking breakdowns were not good. Maybe the OSU defense improved a lot over last year. I mean, they were decent but not elite like their offense. Perhaps they've shored that up. Glad to see Harris and Griffin (and the other first year guys) get some real game experience. I liked that we DID play to the end and not let things just slide. I think our defense was about where we feared it was. There was some spot improvements and some major breakdowns. Let's see if we get the necessary 2nd game improvements against a lesser (than OSU) team. Kent State should be more on our level, so a repeat of these problems (even if they don't beat us by 27), would be cause for concern.

[Turbine]

UL didn't score 34 points at all last year.

Like Hud said a team that didn't give up.

I'm happy for the future.

[wcd35]

My main concern is going to be the LB situation. Basically having DBs playing LB. When teams can run with power, there won't be much we can do. Many times tonight OSU would get their OL guys on our LB's and the Safeties were left making tackles 15 yds downfield.

I think most other aspects are really fixable.