HOW WE SEE IT
A very focused Ragin’ Cajuns team – perhaps spurred by a combination of a disappointing trip to South Alabama last week and the Sun Belt West – couldn’t have played any better against what was a red-hot Troy offense. The Cajuns ran the ball all over Troy’s defense, passed all over it and stifled a Trojans’ offense that was averaging 39 points and 477 total yards a game. Remember, the Cajuns lost to Troy 26-16 last year.
It’s not the opportunity UL’s football program has been waiting for since they walked off the field after the Sun Belt Conference championship…
TRENDING
UL senior kicker Stevie Artigue may have been struggling early in the season, or more specially the field goal team was. Artigue made all three field goals last week, but they were all short. If there was any lingering doubt that Artigue and his colleagues were totally back on track, Artigue nailed field goals of 49 and 45 yards in Saturday’s blowout to increase coach Billy Napier’s options for the rest of the season. He later added a 31-yarder to put Artigue 12-of-16 kicking on the season.
When defensive back Brenndan Johnson made the decision to make a graduate transfer from Texas-San Antonio to the UL Ragin’ Cajuns, he didn’t k…
FINAL THOUGHTS
Perhaps the South Alabama game shows there’s still a lingering question about UL’s rushing defense after rushing for 352 yards against the Cajuns last Saturday. But really, it would be difficult to point out any glaring weaknesses in UL’s squad entering the final regular season game of the season. Next week, the Cajuns host UL Monroe with a chance to nail down a 10th win for the first time in school history.
With the loss of redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Zi’Yon Hill for Saturday’s key Sun Belt contest against Troy, a larger burden falls on a …