re: McNeese names Arkansas St. transfer James Tabary starting QB. Is ULL ready?

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But honestly, ULL fans are legit insecure.

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I don't think I know any of those fans.

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"This is an easy win."
"McNeese has no chance."

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Specifically none of those.

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"Why are we scheduling McNeese?"
"We gain nothing by playing McNeese"

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These are legitimate statements to make, from a certain perspective, because McNeese is a powerhouse FCS program and are in no way an easy win. While it is arguable about whether there are "good losses", an FBS team losing to an FCS team is always percieved as a bad loss. Regardless of the quality of the FCS team.

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Other than playing in that powerhouse Sun Belt, I'm not sure there's much of a difference between the two programs

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Certainly true, in terms of football. I would argue that McNeese is far and away the better program. Undeniably so in the long term sense.

FTR I grew up in Lafayette, Live in Lafayette and am a Ragin Cajun alumni. I am, however only slightly better than a marginal UL Football fan.

I do wish more of the old rivalry games occurred more often (I harken back to the USL-Mcneese and USL-La Tech anual games). Although USL seemingly came out on the short end of the stick more often than not, the games were usually exciting.