(08-05-2014 03:03 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  Boise is a very difficult place to play, but more power to the Cajuns.
Go in with a chip on your shoulders.

So, here's the game theory question:

Say ULL goes all the way to the last game undefeated and a lock for a lucrative appearance.
Players, fans, and alums will want Troy to knock them off.

ADs, presidents, and all the other schools will want the Cajuns to bring home the bacon.

Do the Trojans honor the spirit of competition?
Or do they enrich the league's athletic departments by a few percent?

Fortunately the Aggies will have beaten the Cajuns earlier in the season,
so Troy will be spared this moral conundrum, but just askin'.

Houston was undefeated and headed to BCS and lost last game.....cost em about 7 million I think....so if a 8-3 Troy plays an undefeated UL team....pretty sure that ONLY Troy fans will want us to win that game.....but does set up a very historic moment for SBC if that would work out that way.

(08-05-2014 02:29 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I would be very surprised. They will have to beat Ole Miss, in my opinion, in order to garner enough respect to get their name in the ring.

Unfortunately, we've never beaten an SEC team and Ole Miss is a lot better than it was a few years ago.

And so are we, we aren't going into ole miss with Chris mason under center, we sure didn't have the RB tandem we do now. Ole miss is better, but we are a lot better than we were last time we played ole miss. We have never had depth like we do now. That's really the biggest difference is depth. We finally go 2 deep across the board, I don't ever remember having that.

(08-05-2014 03:42 PM)WhitetailWizard Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:26 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  I hope A-State wins the conference. This answers any scenario.

Ole Miss will beat ULL 3 TDs+

Other than that keeping Broadway healthy will be paramount to win the Sun Belt.

stAte/Troy do not have a better 22 but may very well a better 2 deep imo.USA is a wild card as nobody played more erratically week to week last year.

Hears to a healthy season to us all

While I won't predict a victory, I also can't see we'd lose by 3 or more touchdowns.

Hud's going to throw everything at them. The next week is Boise State and we have a bye before conference play after that. There's not a single reason why we wouldn't give them one hell of a fight regardless of how good they are.

Health will be a factor Ole Miss is going to be tough.

Boise will be a tough out but might be over rated.
The Lost to every good team they played last year.
They went 8-5 with two blowout losses to middle of the pack PAC teams. A win at Boise with even a close Loss to Ole Miss would lead to being ranked. Getting ranked that early is huge .
Climbing up the ladder through attrition.

I hope they make it share the title with us in 15 then we beat them in 16. Or we can just win it out right in 15 doesn't matter.

(08-05-2014 05:52 PM)MJG Wrote:  Health will be a factor Ole Miss is going to be tough.

Boise will be a tough out but might be over rated.
The Lost to every good team they played last year.
They went 8-5 with two blowout losses to middle of the pack PAC teams. A win at Boise with even a close Loss to Ole Miss would lead to being ranked. Getting ranked that early is huge .
Climbing up the ladder through attrition.

I hope they make it share the title with us in 15 then we beat them in 16. Or we can just win it out right in 15 doesn't matter.

I still believe that the turf gives Boise an unfair advantage. If your entire uniform matches your turf, you enjoy camouflage that your opponent doesn't. And in a game where split seconds may mean the difference between a completion and a sack, that camouflage undoubtedly gives Boise that extra split second.

(08-05-2014 03:19 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:03 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  Boise is a very difficult place to play, but more power to the Cajuns.
Go in with a chip on your shoulders.

So, here's the game theory question:

Say ULL goes all the way to the last game undefeated and a lock for a lucrative appearance.
Players, fans, and alums will want Troy to knock them off.

ADs, presidents, and all the other schools will want the Cajuns to bring home the bacon.

Do the Trojans honor the spirit of competition?
Or do they enrich the league's athletic departments by a few percent?

Fortunately the Aggies will have beaten the Cajuns earlier in the season,
so Troy will be spared this moral conundrum, but just askin'.

I'd expect Troy's best shot and be disappointed if they rolled over.

If the tables were turned I'd want the Cajuns to knock them off especially if losing costs us a bowl.

Troy wouldn't roll over. No worries there.

(08-05-2014 06:42 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:19 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:03 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  Boise is a very difficult place to play, but more power to the Cajuns.
Go in with a chip on your shoulders.

So, here's the game theory question:

Say ULL goes all the way to the last game undefeated and a lock for a lucrative appearance.
Players, fans, and alums will want Troy to knock them off.

ADs, presidents, and all the other schools will want the Cajuns to bring home the bacon.

Do the Trojans honor the spirit of competition?
Or do they enrich the league's athletic departments by a few percent?

Fortunately the Aggies will have beaten the Cajuns earlier in the season,
so Troy will be spared this moral conundrum, but just askin'.

I'd expect Troy's best shot and be disappointed if they rolled over.

If the tables were turned I'd want the Cajuns to knock them off especially if losing costs us a bowl.

Troy wouldn't roll over. No worries there.

When have the Trojans ever rolled over in this game??? the Cajuns have never rolled over against Troy. Hell, last year was a damn war....will be the same this year.

(08-05-2014 05:13 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 02:29 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I would be very surprised. They will have to beat Ole Miss, in my opinion, in order to garner enough respect to get their name in the ring.

Unfortunately, we've never beaten an SEC team and Ole Miss is a lot better than it was a few years ago.

And so are we, we aren't going into ole miss with Chris mason under center, we sure didn't have the RB tandem we do now. Ole miss is better, but we are a lot better than we were last time we played ole miss. We have never had depth like we do now. That's really the biggest difference is depth. We finally go 2 deep across the board, I don't ever remember having that.

I don't think the talent gap will tell the whole story.

It will come down to how well Hud is able to adjust, which I don't have much confidence in.

That said, the staff at Ole Miss is the worst in the SEC when it comes to adjusting and Freeze is a horrendous game manager.

(08-05-2014 07:17 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 05:13 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 02:29 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  I would be very surprised. They will have to beat Ole Miss, in my opinion, in order to garner enough respect to get their name in the ring.

Unfortunately, we've never beaten an SEC team and Ole Miss is a lot better than it was a few years ago.

And so are we, we aren't going into ole miss with Chris mason under center, we sure didn't have the RB tandem we do now. Ole miss is better, but we are a lot better than we were last time we played ole miss. We have never had depth like we do now. That's really the biggest difference is depth. We finally go 2 deep across the board, I don't ever remember having that.

I don't think the talent gap will tell the whole story.

It will come down to how well Hud is able to adjust, which I don't have much confidence in.

That said, the staff at Ole Miss is the worst in the SEC when it comes to adjusting and Freeze is a horrendous game manager.

After all it took Sandra Bullock to straighten out a future NFL player for Hugh.....he can't be that good.......YES I am kidding...just liked the blind side

(08-05-2014 06:42 PM)Hemi Man Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:19 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:03 PM)DoubleAggie Wrote:  Boise is a very difficult place to play, but more power to the Cajuns.
Go in with a chip on your shoulders.

So, here's the game theory question:

Say ULL goes all the way to the last game undefeated and a lock for a lucrative appearance.
Players, fans, and alums will want Troy to knock them off.

ADs, presidents, and all the other schools will want the Cajuns to bring home the bacon.

Do the Trojans honor the spirit of competition?
Or do they enrich the league's athletic departments by a few percent?

Fortunately the Aggies will have beaten the Cajuns earlier in the season,
so Troy will be spared this moral conundrum, but just askin'.

I'd expect Troy's best shot and be disappointed if they rolled over.

If the tables were turned I'd want the Cajuns to knock them off especially if losing costs us a bowl.

Troy wouldn't roll over. No worries there.

Not worried at all. I know your going to give us your best shot. Like last year.

(08-05-2014 03:10 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 02:33 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Marshall has the easiest road.....by FAR!

I think an 11-1 Houston would get in over a 13-0 Marshall...SOS matters to the committee.

Houston has a pretty easy schedule...but they still have BYU, UCF, and Cincy.

They also have msu on the schedule. Weak sauce

z

Marshall does have an easy conference slate, ODU, FIU, S. Miss, UAB on the road. I'm not sure you could pick four easier CUSA road games.

(08-05-2014 03:42 PM)WhitetailWizard Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:26 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  I hope A-State wins the conference. This answers any scenario.

Ole Miss will beat ULL 3 TDs+

Other than that keeping Broadway healthy will be paramount to win the Sun Belt.

stAte/Troy do not have a better 22 but may very well a better 2 deep imo.USA is a wild card as nobody played more erratically week to week last year.

Hears to a healthy season to us all

Dude I'll take the Cajuns and 3+ TD's what you want to put on that game.

(08-05-2014 09:52 PM)CAJUNCOUNTRY Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:42 PM)WhitetailWizard Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:26 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  I hope A-State wins the conference. This answers any scenario.

Ole Miss will beat ULL 3 TDs+

Other than that keeping Broadway healthy will be paramount to win the Sun Belt.

stAte/Troy do not have a better 22 but may very well a better 2 deep imo.USA is a wild card as nobody played more erratically week to week last year.

Hears to a healthy season to us all

Dude I'll take the Cajuns and 3+ TD's what you want to put on that game.

Go Big or Go Home............

Their gonna view you as LSU lite plus the tough baseball series and the gas pedal will get stuck a little longer than most of Freeze's guarantee games.

The DL will be enough mismatch that ULL will be disrupted on offense most of the day....Good Luck

Geaux Bronceauxs

(08-05-2014 10:35 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Geaux Bronceauxs

(08-05-2014 03:42 PM)WhitetailWizard Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:26 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  I hope A-State wins the conference. This answers any scenario.

Ole Miss will beat ULL 3 TDs+

Other than that keeping Broadway healthy will be paramount to win the Sun Belt.

stAte/Troy do not have a better 22 but may very well a better 2 deep imo.USA is a wild card as nobody played more erratically week to week last year.

Hears to a healthy season to us all

And that would be based upon what, your knowledge of UL's 2 deep? I thought I would ask because their is no depth chart listed anywhere for the Cajun's 2 deep. I have no idea what Arky's or Troy's depth chart will look like since fall camp just began. Sounds like speculation at this time.

(08-05-2014 09:47 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Marshall does have an easy conference slate, ODU, FIU, S. Miss, UAB on the road. I'm not sure you could pick four easier CUSA road games.

I never said Marshall didn't have an easy conference schedule. A Louisiana fan suggested that Marshall had a cakewalk through conference, where the Cajuns didn't have it quite so easy, which to be frank, is 100% crap.

To illustrate

(Orlando Sentinal/USA Today/NFL.com)

@ODU 83/106/121
MT 68/70/77
@FIU 127/127/125
FAU 87/97/108
@USM 112/113/103
Rice 45/62/60
@UAB 117/120/122
WKU 71/90/80


GSU 128/125/126
@Texas State 78/91/111
stAte 67/68/63
USA 86/72/94
@NMSU 111/115/127
@ULM 76/87/106
App 126/119/120
@Troy 69/77/100

Marshall averages 89/98/100

Louisiana averages 93/94/106


As I said before, the reason Marshall has an easier road to 12-0 is their dramatically weaker OOC schedule, not because of some supposed cakewalk of a conference schedule.

(08-05-2014 10:51 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:42 PM)WhitetailWizard Wrote:  

(08-05-2014 03:26 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  I hope A-State wins the conference. This answers any scenario.

Ole Miss will beat ULL 3 TDs+

Other than that keeping Broadway healthy will be paramount to win the Sun Belt.

stAte/Troy do not have a better 22 but may very well a better 2 deep imo.USA is a wild card as nobody played more erratically week to week last year.

Hears to a healthy season to us all

And that would be based upon what, your knowledge of UL's 2 deep? I thought I would ask because their is no depth chart listed anywhere for the Cajun's 2 deep. I have no idea what Arky's or Troy's depth chart will look like since fall camp just began. Sounds like speculation at this time.

Preseason == speculation...

I don't know if I'd call them a "sleeper" for the access bowl. It isn't like the Cajuns will be able to sneak up on anybody this year. UL-L's schedule could definitely make them a player for the access bowl game. Ole Miss and Boise are both winnable games, and UL-L should be favored in every conference game. One conference loss and they're out of contention though, and running the table in any conference is tough to do.