NorthoftheBorder

We have a great facility, I am guessing this will make it the best in the SLC and one of the best in FCS! Hopefully.

I heard Carthel say in the post game interview on ESPN+ that his kids turned down more money to stay at SFA and win a Championship. Not sure how many and what kids, but if that is true, then it worked out like he hoped for.

Thanks for running these polls down Coach! I am still a bit depressed from this weekend. All of my teams lost, starting with LU, with the exception of my grandson's peewee football game! I had to take a break to reset a bit. If LU had won Saturday, it would have been historic for the program. I was really hoping for a win. We have the defense to win big, but not the offense. I believe we have the weapons, and an experienced OL, to have a really good offense. We need to stick with McCown, and open up the offense a little more. The lack of offensive production puts to much pressure on the "D".

Rossomando has a big challenge to get them up for next week! A win by McNeese would be their season. We still may make the playoffs, but we will be traveling if we do!

Disappointing! WB and OL play was our Achilles heel in this game. Lack of offensive prodyput to much pressure on the D. Nobody agrees with me, but I would stick with McCown the rest of the way, however long that is.

I have to say, looking at the team statistics and comparing scores against common opponents, it will be an upset for LU to win today. But I think this team has resilience and a will to win. Let’s go Cardiac Cards!!

It’s game day! Go Big Red!

https://lamarcardinals.com/news/2025/11/13/football-cards-jacks-clash-in-nationally-ranked-southland-showdown.aspx

I hate slow days, Especially when we have the most important game for the football program in who knows when in less than 3 days.

We will need the same level, or maybe even higher, play from our defense that we had in the SELA game. And we are definitely going to need more offensive production than we had in the SELA game. Coleman is likely starting, I hope he has the best game of his career to date against SFA. A win puts us in the drivers seat for several things: Conference Championship, 10 win season, Seeding in the FCS playoffs and a first round home game. Not sure what what else the team needs for motivation, but they have two tough games left to get there. SFA will be the biggest test of the season other than NT, and the Cowpokes from Lake Chuck would love nothing more than to play spoiler and ruin all of the above mentioned potential accomplishments.

I will take a 14-12 win against SELA over a 45-42 loss to SELA where we racked up 400+ yards, but lost.

I just want LU to get in and win their first round game, which in all likelihood will be on the road. If they win the first game, that will give them a lot of confidence and maybe they can win two or three games and set up the program for the next few years. If that happens, Rossomando has definitely been a great hire. He already is a good hire! Hoping he stays around for a while. A winning program, even if the offense is not a continuous highlight reel, beats a losing program that puts up big numbers on offense!

Rossomando's presser from Monday.

Relevant comments about LU and the SLC in the Hero Sports bracketology article. SFA is in at 10-2 overall and 9-1 vs. the FCS, featuring one currently-ranked win over Lamar and enjoying a 10-game winning streak entering the playoffs. Lamar and Villanova are projected to hit nine wins. Lamar will have two currently-ranked wins over USD and Southeastern Louisiana. Villanova won’t have any currently-ranked wins. Both teams’ SOS are in the upper 40s or 50s. The last four in include a nine-win Southeastern Louisiana team at 9-1 vs. the FCS with no ranked wins.

Puddin said it, Massey doesn’t like LU!

From Hero Sports

This is from College Sports Madness

The FCS coaches like us lot more than the rest of the polls.

Well this doesn't value LU very much, being the last team seeded in a field of 24. We have wins over two programs with higher seeds, and our losses are to 1) a team that is on the bubble to be the Group of 5 entry to the FBS playoffs, and the other is to a team that beat the 13th seed with a 6-4 record, ACU. They must be reading Puddin's posts about our offense and discounting our chances. I mean really, we just beat SELA and they are ranked not only ahead of us, but 9 spots ahead. Disrespect of the highest order!! This also tells me that if we do lose to SFA, this guys thinks we are screwed. SELA will get the spot even with us having a head to head win.

I am predicting we will be around 15 in the top two polls this week. Our win over SD is looking better as they are going to be 2nd or 3rd place in the MVC this year.

The more I think about it, the more I realize what a big win this is. And we won it defensively! Defense wins championships! If we can find more offense, then we have a chance to make and do something in the playoffs! We just have a better passing offense with McCown at QB (not that it’s to Pudfin’s standards). I am hoping he is not too injured to play effectively. If he is, we are going to need another great defensive performance this Saturday to have a chance for victory!

Correction, RGV has the highest scoring offense, SELA is second

I am a little surprised we won, but not surprised we won ugly. SELA had the highest scoring offense in the SLC coming in to the game. Defense played great. Hoping for the same next week and for the offense to pick it up!