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[Cajun Soldier]

My gut tells me we won't win 10 regular season games but my heart is praying for 10 wins. Interesting fact CBN(a former QB) was here for 4 seasons and never played with his Recruited guy(s) at QB.

[cajun_lannister]

My gut tells me we won't win 10 regular season games but my heart is praying for 10 wins. Interesting fact CBN(a former QB) was here for 4 seasons and never played with his Recruited guy(s) at QB.

Other teams won't sit still everyone is trying to get better

[UL_Cajuns]

Other teams won't sit still everyone is trying to get better

With the schedule, 10 wins is within reach; along with another SBC championship appearance.

[zephyr]

RPCA..just can't control themselves...

So, nobody can have any type of concerns heading into next season without being branded with this dumb acronym?

[Jacob81]

We have to have one of the easier schedules in the country. Not playing app or coastal in conference and FSU not their usual self.

At Marshall
At FSU
Arkansas state

Those are the 3 swing games to me. Any other loses are season killing. Going to need 11 wins if not 12 with this schedule to be ranked again.

[moorecajun]

Man, I am concerned many of you are overlooking our opponents. I am very hopeful for a very good season and I am all in on Coach MD, but I will take it one game at a time!

[Cantstandza]

Man, I am concerned many of you are overlooking our opponents. I am very hopeful for a very good season and I am all in on Coach MD, but I will take it one game at a time!

Marshall, USM, and FSU are the only potential losses I see on the schedule, tbh, and that's because they're on the road.

[Cajunrunner]

Man, I am concerned many of you are overlooking our opponents. I am very hopeful for a very good season and I am all in on Coach MD, but I will take it one game at a time!

Yep. The schedule may seem “easy”, but just remember:

2020: 3 of our 10 wins were by a field goal or less. Our only loss was by a field goal. That’s four games that honestly could have swung either way.

2021: 3 of our 13 wins by a FG or less (including having to recover an onside kick by Nicholls), and 4 pt win vs GA State and 5 pt win vs ULM.

In fact, just looking at scores alone, our wins in 2019 were more convincing than 2020 and 2021.

Now…good teams with good coaching no doubt figure out how to win those close games more times than not, and we were 6-1 the past two seasons in games decided by 3 points are less.

Hopefully that trend will continue under Coach Dez, but just goes to show how tight of a margin it is for us to try to win 10+ games in a season.

[cajun_lannister]

With the schedule, 10 wins is within reach; along with another SBC championship appearance.

Didn't we only beat South AL because of a shanked FG. As well as beating Ark state by 1 point....

[John Cocktolstoy]

You don't send your back up QB to do media events.... Chandler has been on local news shows a couple times now

I do recall both chandler and Ben talking to the media after the spring game. I don’t recall either of them in the media since. Can you refresh my memory on those chandler attended media events where Ben wasn’t there also?