UL to make defensive changes

[CajunNation]

Well we seem to be in agreement. My thoughts were that if the defense was successful being aggessive (blitzes, stunts, etc), then why back off? Of course we know the answer.........you don't want to get beat with the easy/fast scores. But if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Oh well.

When an opposing coach looks at our offense. He says, "We've got to control the ball and keep their offense off of the field."

Why would you want to "Bend and Break" and let them do that?

Totally wrong-headed way of looking at your defense.

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. - There's a change in the air at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and it has nothing to do with an approaching cold front. Instead the change -- or changes in this case -- have to do with the Ragin' Cajuns football team's current 1-5 record. More specifically, the changes have to do with a UL defense, which has proven to be the team's Achilles heel. In the Cajuns' most recent outing, the defense allowed Arkansas State 458 yards and four scores -- three touchdowns and a field goal -- in the final quarter. The result was a 39-36 Sun Belt Conference loss, their third straight, which dropped the Cajuns to 0-2 in the league. After six games, the unit ranks 112th in the country against the run (227.5 yards per game) and 108th in both total defense (448.7) and points allowed (35 points per game). "We going to make some changes in people; we're going make changes in the way we practice and we're going to make some changes in the way we do some of our drills," ULL coach Rickey Bustle said Monday at his weekly news conference. "We're going to help this defense because it's correctable. The big thing I told our team was there are some individuals who need to step up and do better. I don't use the word individuals often, at all, but in this case, if some individuals will improve, if a lot of individuals improve, this football team will improve. "There is no reason this football team can't win five football games if we take them one at a time." The rest of the story By GLENN QUEBEDEAUX Special to The Advocate

[CrazyCajun]

Whenever we do get a big lead in the game it seems the offensive play calling alway changes. We play not to lose instead of playing to win. Stick with whats working instead of draw plays on third and long. We have to be able to move the chains in the fourth to maintain leads.