Score prediction vs Northwestern St.

[Cajun_in_NM]

31-10 Cajuns

[RaginDave]

NWST is not Texas Southern from a few years ago, but they were not a good team last year. They got the doors blown off USM 64-10. This year they are picked 5th out of 8 Southland teams. Even if we were a bad FBS team, this game would not be close.

48-13.

This is not last year's NWST team, that being said, I am not saying they are going to be a good team, but I will say this, probably 50% of their 2 deep will be new transfers from FBS schools.

Coach Laird is on a hot seat. He has to win and has to win this year. He went out and signed a number of FBS transfers to make that happen, otherwise I believe he is done. Brad Laird has an overall HC coaching record at NWST of 16-35 and 15 of those wins were in the Southland Conference. I think Covid saved him otherwise he would have been gone already.

Their starting QB has FBS experience from Wyoming and was pretty good there, he then transferred to Idaho State. They return a number of really good players mixed with a number of transfers. I still think we win by a wide margin, but Coach Laird is putting all of his eggs in this years basket to save his JOB.

[Jacob81]

38-10

[cajun4life]

New clock rules…so 34-17.

[fanof71]

Some of you have an awfully low opinion of this team...

[RaginReview]

Until the defense proves itself, I'm not sold. 45-35. Cajuns pull away late.

Proves itself? Lol The defense will be the strength of this football team.

[CajunVic]

. . . proof is in the eye of the beholder . . . then they play the games . . . then it is in the video and results . . . I'm going with RR for now . . .

[fpc4life99]

Look, anything can happen, and we are certainly not a program that is too good to get upset by an FCS opponent; however, we beat Southeastern 24-7 out of the gate, and they defeated NW St. 23-7 last season.

If we have to "pull away late" to win this game by only 10 or 11 points, fans may have to buckle in for a LONG season.

Our defense with the strength of our team last year, with an almost completely new defense on the field and what I saw from the open practice, I'm going to reserve my expectations until we see a few solid performances before I get excited about a successful season.

I like having Ben behind what should be an improved O-Line, but we also have a talent difference at Wide Receiver than what we will have to improve so the RB's will have to carry the load for a little while. I hope we come out and make a statement, but until we see them on the field Saturday, my expectations are limited. Our conference mates are making talent strides while I think we have some holes to fill.

[Million$Mullet]

Any word on Lance Legendre?

[ZoomZoom]

NWST is not Texas Southern from a few years ago, but they were not a good team last year. They got the doors blown off USM 64-10. This year they are picked 5th out of 8 Southland teams. Even if we were a bad FBS team, this game SHOULD not be close.

FIFY.

Defense is young. Cajuns by less than a TD. Hope I’m wrong.

Unless it’s a blowout or injury, absolutely want to see one QB the whole way. Start that 2 QB mess like last year, we’re in trouble.