Live Game Talk: Louisiana vs. Northwestern State

[JMV JustMyView]

When the game started I thought it was close to 20k

20K in a newly renovated Cajun Field will look blah.

[cajun55]

20K in a newly renovated Cajun Field will look blah.

Hopefully we open it with a better opponent. What can we really expect vs an FCS and minimal area marketing, however 20k should always be the minimum.

[Policarp]

Just did my rewatch......

Defense gets a solid A. They did pretty much everything expected. Played as a cohesive unit at a high level......including tackling. I don't recall any obvious missed tackles the entire game.

I'm expecting our OL/QB to improve in week 2. Kinda hard not to......they didn't sustain a single long, time consuming drive the entire game.

OL had plenty issues. BUT.....At same time.....QB has to know where his hot route is. My biggest concern after watching game again is the large # of inaccurate SHORT passes. Ben was late in finding his hot route and when he did the passes were mostly terrible. At least 5 should have been caught......at same time most of these incomplete passes were within 5-10 yards from the line of scrimmage.

[BeauCajun]

Offense was not on point. Hopefully they find their rhythm. Defense will keep us in every game this year. With any kind of consistency with the offense this is a 70 point game. NWST is not a good team.

Good observation.

On a side note, thank you for the refreshments last night.

[JMV JustMyView]

Hopefully we open it with a better opponent. What can we really expect vs an FCS and minimal area marketing, however 20k should always be the minimum.

20K should be the floor, but is more like the ceiling. What good opponent can they get to come to Lafayette?

[JMV JustMyView]

Good observation.

On a side note, thank you for the refreshments last night.

Bud light?

[Million$Mullet]

Good observation.

On a side note, thank you for the refreshments last night.

My pleasure sir. Hope you had a happy birthday!

[zephyr]

This was a tough watch.

Offense: OL was horrible as most here probably noted. We average 320 pounds per man but we can't pass block nor do we create any interior holes for our backs. Very similar to last year. I honestly think a lot of the issues with BW were scheme oriented. We very rarely threatened anything down the seams or downfield itself. When we did, we were mostly successful. They knew this and basically played cover 1 all night and blitzed him and were successful. We were just too willing to do the little out passes and such. If we don't throw some variations in there, more of the same will follow.

Defense: Looked good. As good as we looked their QB helped us out as well. He was horrible. Not sure how that kid is a collegiate athlete. There were receivers open and if he could hit a barn, that game would have been much more in doubt. I do like the swagger of the defense and we seem to have some depth. It will be interesting to see how they do against the better teams in the league.

[zephyr]

Chandler graduates in December. I expect him to play elsewhere next season as a grad transfer. Note, I have no inside knowledge of this. Just a prediction. As far as OL play goes, even Coach Dez said it needs improvement. First thing he said in post game interview with Cody. Now recall last season that unit improved as season went along. I think not having the guy slated to start at RT was a bigger issue than anticipated. Wonder if they will use a back to chip oncoming rushers going forward. Personally I think running the ball more would help the passing game. A positive was the few Cajun penalties. Another was execution on our successful fourth and one run play. Faking trying to draw Demons offsides with QB under center and snapping ball before play clock expired was a nice touch.

Mike, Jay was talking about this pregame in regards to running the ball. We tried to run the ball but were largely ineffective outside of the long Washington TD run. We had to go to the passing game more often, especially early in the downs.

[KajunKrazy]

Chandler graduates in December. I expect him to play elsewhere next season as a grad transfer. Note, I have no inside knowledge of this. Just a prediction. As far as OL play goes, even Coach Dez said it needs improvement. First thing he said in post game interview with Cody. Now recall last season that unit improved as season went along. I think not having the guy slated to start at RT was a bigger issue than anticipated. Wonder if they will use a back to chip oncoming rushers going forward. Personally I think running the ball more would help the passing game. A positive was the few Cajun penalties. Another was execution on our successful fourth and one run play. Faking trying to draw Demons offsides with QB under center and snapping ball before play clock expired was a nice touch.

I would venture to say you are correct on CF.