(09-22-2020 03:57 PM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  I don't think anyone knows for sure how good our teams are. But it sure does look like the bottom of the league has really improved. Texas State actually has an offense, South Alabama is going to be competitive every week and Coastal has played good football.

Unfortunately for them ULM has taken a step back and I"m afraid it's going to be a long year for them.

Is Troy that much better? Or is MTSU just really bad this year?

App State lost a football game Saturday. It would be a mistake to suggest they are on the downslide. They are the gold standard until someone proves otherwise.

Is Arkansas State even going to play another game this year? If they do, they'll be good...as always.

Georgia State is pretty much who I thought they were. The guys up front on offense will make them competitive every week. They kept the pass rush off Quad and the QB didn't lose his poise a whole lot. He needs to want to run more. The WRs looked just average to me. The front seven is good defensively, but got worn down as the Cajun running game kept pounding until they had success.

We know nothing about Georgia Southern 2020. They played with half their team on the sidelines in their first game. Eagles +15 is the lock of the century. GS has never committed a turnover against the Cajuns in the brief history. Louisiana did a good job last year against the GS offense, but Werts wasn't 100% and Kennedy didn't play. Cajuns' errors on special teams kept GS in the game otherwise it would have been a rout. I expect this will be a much more difficult game than last year was. Those of you predicting a blowout need to go to the doctor cuz you're running fever.

Cajuns do miss those two big uglies that are playing in the NFL now. Dotson really covered up other sins on the OL and he's not there any more. And, the Cajuns have nothing but puppies in their WR corps. They lost two good ones and four of their next six on the depth chart are out for the year. They'll probably play as many as four natural freshmen this Saturday.

And, of course, both teams still have to do COVID testing. Cajuns had ten out last week, but only four in the two deep.

Come to think of it...we play Saturday. Our outbreak appears to be slowing down.