NorthoftheBorder

South Dakota is in 2nd place in the MVC

Very big game next week in Nacanowhere! Winner should have the top seed from the SLC! Although, McNeese will come to Beaumont with upset on their minds! LU has to have a laser focus and finish out strong.

In spite of the lack of offense, this is a big win! Go Cards!

I see on the depth chart Coleman is listed as QB1. Say what you want as to why, but we haven’t lost a game with McCown at QB.

Big game, lose and LU loses any possibility of making the playoffs. A win gets us to the next big game against SFA. We are looking at finishing anywhere from 7-5 to 10-2. McNeese isn’t going to roll over in the last regular season game! Go Cards!!

I have looked at this several times since we brought Football back. Even with the Montagne still there at the North end zone, and the Duaphin complex at the south end zone, there is a way to expand PVU to 35k plus seating without blocking the Dauphin. It would require at least a 6k upper deck on the east side of the stadium. Praying that one day there will be a need for that much capacity for LU football, before I pass or am too senile to even know that football games are being played.

USL's stadium, at time I believe, had a capacity of 42k. The newly renovated stadium seats 30,392. Looks like they have averaged around 22k attendance in 5 home games this year. Not to bad. Even with LSU right down the road, the Lafayette fans are a little more dedicated and loyal to USL than the Golden Triangle fans are to LU.

I saw Super Bowl VIII in 1974 at Rice Stadium. I also saw a Rice-A&M game in 1978 there. I was only there because I had an ex brother in law who was going to A&M at the time and my family went. Funny story, I rooted for Rice in the game (they lost naturally, and there were more Aggies in the stadium than Rice fans) and my whole family was mad at me. This stadium has gone unneeded at a 75k capacity for decades, since the Astrodome was built. Other than the Super Bowl in 1974, sadly, nothing of importance has taken place there. No shade at Rice, it is just that the times changed a long time ago that a private, High End (Ivy League quality) educational university will no likely longer field an elite football program that would require this large a stadium. This is a really good move on Rice's part.

We will see what happens, but I expect LU to drop out of the next iteration of the playoff projections.

Well, we didn’t free fall. Let’s see where we are in 2 weeks.

Well, I am thinking we will finish 8-4 and miss the playoffs. For sure, continued improvement year over year, but it will be a disappointment from where I was thinking we were going 2 days ago. If McCown can’t go the next two games, I hope we can at least keep the games close enough to not get embarrassed. For sure our offense will keep our defense on the field way more than it should be to have a chance to win.

To top it off, SELA is stomping ETAM 35-0 at half, and SFA is up 27-0 on UTRG at the half.

Disappointing outcome. Puts pressure on the remaining 3 games. I will say it again. We are a better offensive team with a healthy McCown at QB.

If we can’t pass for more than 46 yards in a half, we are toast. I really hope that this McCown really can’t go and it’s not a coaching decision.

I guess no one cares about the game today

Game Day! Let Go Big Red!

The Depth Chart in the Game Notes shows Coleman as QB1 and McCown at 2. Passing game is better with McCown, and he is a functional runner. Not sure what the coaching staff is thinking.

This one has all three SLC teams in, but they are all unseeded. And this one has LU going through NDSU again, which means they see LU as the third place team of the SLC and the last team in the bracket.

Do you think we have gotten this far with smoke and mirrors, or just a week schedule?

Let's start chatting about the upcoming game. LU owes them a whupping for the last 5 years! Hoping for the LU faithful to have a post game celebration on the Riverwalk!

Puddin, waiting on you to chime in here and give us some wisdom.

Agreed

This has SFA beating LU for the title and LU getting the last seeded playoff spot. A win would send them to North Dakota State. Hoping for a better seeding. I think that 11-1 would be a top ten seed.

We are 14 in both of the two polls that are likely the most respected in the FSC Poll stratosphere. To Gator's point, an 11-1 LU with wins over SFA & SELA will likely be a top ten team and would get a home game. It would also be the most historic, IMHO, regular season for Lamar Football! But I am getting ahead of myself. Only focusing on this weeks game in San Antonio. 😎

The SLC made a move upwards in this poll!