**Lamar vs Nicholls St. Game Thread**

[KABrother88]

Kickoff set for 6:00 PM Thursday against the Nicholls State Colonels at Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana

 

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[KABrother88]

Cards Eye Thursday Showdown at Nicholls

 

Overcoming adversity – if the student-athletes on the Lamar University football roster didn't know how to handle adversity prior to this year they are receiving a crash course in 2016. The Cardinals (3-5/3-3 Southland) enter their Thursday night game at Nicholls trying to end a two-game skid, while at the same time looking to recover from having lost a starter for the season in each of the past four weeks.

 

Adding to that list, the Red and White has lost its starting quarterback in the first quarter each of the past two weeks. In Saturday's setback to Houston Baptist the Cardinals brought true freshman Case Robinson in to replace Andrew Allen, only to bring in another true freshman – Adam Morse – when Robinson got hurt later in the game.

 

If there is a silver lining in this, it is the fact that LU faced a three-game slide to start the season and they responded with some of their best football of the season. The Cards rattled off the longest in-season win streak since the program's return following the 0-3 start. For the Cardinals to start a new win streak Thursday, it will have to come against a very tough Nicholls squad (4-4/4-2 SLC).

 

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[geezer]

Nicholls takes opening kickoff and drives for a touchdown. Lamar completes about a twenty yard pass on their first play. And complete another pass before fumbling the snap and then missing on a long pass on third down. Three passes in the first four plays. Puddin should be happy. Come on defense

[KABrother88]

Well Nicholls walks down the field to score on the opening possession...Lamar comes out throwing but fails on a 3rd down after the receiver stopped his route after he burned the defense...forced to punt

 

7-0 Nicholls

[Bert]

On that first drive...wish that receiver would've not stopped his route

[KABrother88]

Defense holds and forces a Nicholls punt...Lamar ball near midfield

[BigNasty92]

Our d-line line is LAZY AF. EVERY team in the SLC... and I mean EVERY team has big, NASTY, aggressive d-linemen. It wouldn't piss me off as bad if I didn't know that ours were capable of so much more. Tebo, Miles, Carroll seem to have taken this season off. Tebo also took last season off. WTF.

[KABrother88]

And a 3-and-out for Lamar

[KABrother88]

Carranco 2 for 2 with good punts...43 yards to the 8 and 45 yards to the 6

[KABrother88]

Lamar holds on 3rd and short...Langley muffs the punt and was lucky to get it back. Lamar ball down 7-0 with 15 seconds left in the 1st

[KABrother88]

Actually every play has been a pass...only 2 "rushing attempts" were the bobbled snap where Morse took the loss and then a 1 yard pick up with no one open

[BigNasty92]

-7 first quarter yards?? Did I see that right?

[KABrother88]

Lamar on the move...Morse is looking really good

[KABrother88]

-7 first quarter yards?? Did I see that right?

 

Don't read into that...on 2 "attempts" one being a scramble and another were Morse gave himself up after a bobbled snap.

[geezer]

The passing attack by LU this game makes me wonder if the lack of it in previous games was because Earp wasn't capable of this kind of attack.

[KABrother88]

Drive stalls at the 10 and Carranco punches one through. 7-3 Nicholls

[Bert]

7-3 Nicholls...Morse doing a decent job so far..

[KABrother88]

Nicholls has no problem going down the field and putting 7 more on the board

[Bert]

14-3 Nicholls...gotta answer with a TD...no FGs

[geezer]

Defense needs to step up tonight. Nicholls is beating them both on the ground and through the air. Lamar's offense appears that they can move the ball well enough to give the defense some rest between series.

[Bert]

Lamar answers....with a fumble:wacko:

[Bert]

No pressure on Nicholls QB at all..

[KABrother88]

Cards get a pick to kill a Nicholls drive and Morse makes his first mistake the next play and gives it right back

[KABrother88]

And Nicholls punches it in...21-3 now with 1:52 left in the 1st half...

[KABrother88]

After a 1st down, 2 in completions and a sack...Nicholls gets the ball back with 41 seconds left at their own 36