2021 FB Final: Louisiana 18, Texas 38

[BeauCajun]

I’m thinking 18-38 with us -1 in TO.

[DieHard 1280]

I think a lot of us, myself included have been drinking too much kool-aid. We are still one of the best G-5 schools out there, but we're never going to have the players to go toe to toe consistently with P-5 schools like Texas with 10x our budget. I'm not going to say last year's game with Iowa State was a fluke, but the stars simply aligned for us last year. We had to play an almost perfect game and get some breaks to beat Texas and for them to help us out. Instead, we did not play up to our potential, and they didn't make mistakes.

We need to forget about making a NY6 bowl, and go out and win an outright freaking Sunbelt championship!

[Boomer]

Yea. Robinson was impressive. Dude was just plowing Cajuns over. His jukes were NFL caliber. He is a stud. He pretty much is all they needed.

…..and then it was mentioned that he is a Heismen sp candidate ….what a great talent!

[JMV JustMyView]

I’m thinking 18-38 with us -1 in TO.

Beau knows.

[TuffGuy84]

Just a random observation, we suffered not having ragas this year. So many 3rd and short that we failed to pick up and rages was a consistent chain mover for us.

[ultracajun]

We need to face reality. As much as we want Levi to run he's not going to and everyone knows it. He doesn't have the desire to and he no longer has Ragas and Mitchell to do it. The RBs we have better step up. They weren't good enough today.

[Fais do-do]

What I watched was a error ridden game in both sides of the ball. Can we pass the ball more than 10 yards downfield and we cannot pound the ball like last year. Enjoyed the national coverage but the loss sucks.

[SlickRick]

Lol woolridge will not beat out fields

Neither will beat out the LL2.

[NewsCopy]

The Ragin' Cajuns fell to the Longhorns in the season-opening matchup of top 25 teams.

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[Turbine]

For me the key word is "time."

Whichever team wins the overall Time Machine battle at the line of scrimmage, wins the game.

Known variable: Experience.

Man About Town on Ragin Review accurately pointed out that experienced players just "do" inexperienced players have to take a split second to think. Advantage Louisiana.

Experience can accomplish the same thing a dominant line can. Just like a dominant OL can expand time for the offense and DL can shorten time for the opponent's offense.

Players who just do slow down the clock for themselves and speed up the clock for their opponent.

Let me add to this that coaching turnover can make an experienced player, inexperienced.

ps I know Texas had much more coaching turnover than Louisiana, but you don't always get the desired results just plugging in assistants.