Hudspeth: UL quarterback battle now 'a three-man race'

[CajunT]

We aren't the laughing stock of football anymore due to 2011-2014 seasons....take it or leave it. The majority of that was due to a Transfer QB. We were picked to go winless in multiple magazines for years. We were always stuck in the bottom 10 with the FIU's, FAU's, ULM, etc. year after year. We get more respect these days and Hud's name is well known in college football.

I hope our new transfer puts up a solid year and gets us back to where we were during our prominent 4 year run.

Address next year when it comes. If we don't solidify a QB, start making friend with Juco's again until "the recruit" falls in our lap due to eligibility problems, hardships, etc.....because that's the only way to get "that" 3-4 year starter (We are still SunBelch - this does not help)

Exactly! Where did the discussion of the P5 come into play concerning the topic? Clearly I missed the post.

[cajunhawk]

How quickly you forget that you were part of that number cheering your a55 off at 4 bowl games. Beating the likes of SDSU, Nevada, Tulane, and East Carolina (not examples of SuckBelch with the exception of Tulane). If we would've had another 9 win season and a bowl win Hud would've gotten a call from someone. I'm sure a few calls haven't gone public because it was probably viewed as being a semi-lateral move...?

I was, and it was magical. To...us. To the outside world...no one gave...pardon my French...a flying ____. Then when we repeated it 3 more times...they were still less impressed. I'll tell you why...we lacked progression. We never took it to the next level. We slammed head long into our ceiling, and then we crashed and burned in 2015. This is what separates us from the "fast riser" programs. They built on what they accomplished, we didn't. Now as someone mentioned, the football team isn't 100% at fault for that because of the administration...and I 100% agree with that. But...the football team does deserve some of the blame. Recruiting had it's problems. Coaching had it's problems. I'm sure someone will call Hud's name eventually...and on the current course of the team and our administration...I fear it will be as an assistant at a P5 school.

[cajunhawk]

Your question to Scotto.

Quote Originally Posted by cajunhawk View Post

QB's on their backs don't help. QB's running for their lives don't help. Kill the body and the head will die. With no body...the head is a soccer ball.

La Tech is no better off because of their band aids. Their project QB just got popped for drunk driving, and is still undeveloped because transfers took his reps for two straight years. They don't have a gem at QB to take over. How are you supposed to recruit QB's, when all you do is hand reps to 5th year grad transfers? It's a Catch 22 scenario.

What transfer is that?


Hawk where did you ask the question in reference to the fast track of the P5 or putting us on the map of the P5? If you were talking about impact in that context, then say it. I answered your question in regards to how Broadway helped put us on the map of relevance, with 3 bowl wins. Anytime your football program is mentioned in the national media for winning a bowl game, at least on that day it made your program somewhat relevant in terms of recognition. He won 3 bowl games in a row, which is a significant accomplishment at this program.

I'm not down playing his accomplishments. To us...it was special. To the outside world...no one cared. No recruits came in because Broadway captained us to three straight bowl wins. You of all people should know that.

[cajunhawk]

We aren't the laughing stock of football anymore due to 2011-2014 seasons....take it or leave it. The majority of that was due to a Transfer QB. We were picked to go winless in multiple magazines for years. We were always stuck in the bottom 10 with the FIU's, FAU's, ULM, etc. year after year. We get more respect these days and Hud's name is well known in college football.

I hope our new transfer puts up a solid year and gets us back to where we were during our prominent 4 year run.

Address next year when it comes. If we don't solidify a QB, start making friend with Juco's again until "the recruit" falls in our lap due to eligibility problems, hardships, etc.....because that's the only way to get "that" 3-4 year starter (We are still SunBelch - this does not help)

We aren't gonna agree on this. I respect your opinion, I just think you are looking at things through your eyes...and not through everyone else's.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I just wish he would have not gotten hurt and we would have stayed with him instead of waisting time with the other (not a knock so much on Haack"s ability but rather what our offensive scheme was)---what an incredible stat of running and passing in that one game!!!

and what a humble kid with all the moves he has made!!!

Still pushing for the unable to throw accurate QB I see.

[scotto_25]

I was, and it was magical. To...us. To the outside world...no one gave...pardon my French...a flying ____. Then when we repeated it 3 more times...they were still less impressed. I'll tell you why...we lacked progression. We never took it to the next level. We slammed head long into our ceiling, and then we crashed and burned in 2015. This is what separates us from the "fast riser" programs. They built on what they accomplished, we didn't. Now as someone mentioned, the football team isn't 100% at fault for that because of the administration...and I 100% agree with that. But...the football team does deserve some of the blame. Recruiting had it's problems. Coaching had it's problems. I'm sure someone will call Hud's name eventually...and on the current course of the team and our administration...I fear it will be as an assistant at a P5 school.

Not one team in America can avoid "crash and burn" seasons. You miss on recruits all the time. Look at powerhouse teams like Texas, Michigan, Auburn, Nebraska to name a few. All had a few stinkers, multiple years of being down....it happens.

We aren't the SEC or BIG XII or ACC. We will not be a "household name" per say. Our 4 bowl wins were wired into how many tv sets across the nation? People had no idea what a Ragin Cajun was, then all of a sudden, boom.....4 years in a row those Ragin Cajuns are coming into their living rooms and beating "superior teams" on national tv.

[CajunT]

I'm not down playing his accomplishments. To us...it was special. To the outside world...no one cared. No recruits came in because Broadway captained us to three straight bowl wins. You of all people should know that.

Okay, cool! But don't flip the discussion on me adding another element like the P5, It wasn't part of the discussion in the context of QB's putting us on the map. I'm older than you, so I'm not good with the Jedi mind games.

[cajunhawk]

Not one team in America can avoid "crash and burn" seasons. You miss on recruits all the time. Look at powerhouse teams like Texas, Michigan, Auburn, Nebraska to name a few. All had a few stinkers, multiple years of being down....it happens.

We aren't the SEC or BIG XII or ACC. We will not be a "household name" per say. Our 4 bowl wins were wired into how many tv sets across the nation? People had no idea what a Ragin Cajun was, then all of a sudden, boom.....4 years in a row those Ragin Cajuns are coming into their living rooms and beating "superior teams" on national tv.

The difference there is...when they have down times, they have a rich tradition and history to fall back on. We don't. When we crash and burn, it's manifest destiny to everyone that isn't us.

All those tv sets...watched another bowl game after the one we played in. To everyone else it wasn't special at all. It was just...another game.

[scotto_25]

We aren't gonna agree on this. I respect your opinion, I just think you are looking at things through your eyes...and not through everyone else's.

You're right and I won't....

Our national perspective would change overnight if we were included in the next realignment (will it happen?).

[cajunhawk]

Okay, cool! But don't flip the discussion on me adding another element like the P5, It wasn't part of the discussion in the context of QB's putting us on the map. I'm older than you, so I'm not good with the Jedi mind games.

Fair enough.