A record was set Saturday night at Cajun Field.

No, I'm not talking about Kenneth Dixon's 99-yard run in the first quarter that got Louisiana Tech on the board enroute to a 48-20 thrashing of the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns...a game that wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated.

No.  It was the Cajuns who set the record...they have now surpassed the ostrich for the record in laying the biggest egg.

The Cajuns sputtered offensively and didn't show up the last 40 minutes defensively.  The Louisiana Tech offense, which, other than Dixon wasn't considered to be great at all, gouged the Cajuns' defense for 533 yards.  Quarterback Cody Sokol threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns.  And, for the second straight week, the Cajuns failed to generate turnovers...oh, wait...I mean defensively.

The game was tied 7-7 with just over eight minutes to go in the first half when Sokol marched the Bulldogs down the field  The Iowa transfer was 6-6 in the drive with four of the completions for ten yards or more.  And then, after the Cajuns punted, Sokol started a drive at his own ten yard line with 2:15 to go and orchestrated a ten play, 79 yard drive ending with a 28 yard Jonathan Barnes field goal to give the Bulldogs a 17-7 lead.

But Brees....er....Sokol wasn't finished.  His first pass of the second half was a 78 yard touchdown to Sterling Griffin.  Manning's....er...Sokol's numbers on the three drives:  12-14, 218 yards, two touchdowns.

Game over.

Then it got worse.

Alonzo Harris fumbled, and although Tech didn't score on that turnover, they got a pick-six from Xavier Woods a couple of series later.  Then, on the Bulldogs' next offensive possession, it was another touchdown drive culminating in a Dixon 32 yard run.  (The Cajuns defense gave up four plays of 32 yards or more.  All resulted in points.)  Then Larry Pettis fumbled, leading to Barnes' second field goal.

The Cajuns got a couple of cosmetic touchdowns, but the cosmetics couldn't cover up the bruises or the black eye administered by a 14 point underdog.

Now, I've got to stop and give Louisiana Tech a lot of credit.  First of all, they have a much better team than any of us thought.  They came in with an attitude, which showed itself on the opening kickoff when Montrell Carter was belted by Jabari Prewitt at the 16-yard line.

But, this wasn't Oregon the Cajuns were playing.

Louisiana Tech receivers were consistently open.  Dixon was closing in on 200 yards rushing when he was pulled from the game.  Tech forced three turnovers.  The Cajuns are minus-five in turnover margin after two games. Mark Hudspeth took the blame in the locker room when it was over.  But this was a total team effort.  And, that's not a good thing.

Some Cajun fans believed Louisiana would be 3-1 after the first four games.  If that's going to happen, Louisiana will have to go on the road and beat two teams that are more talented than they are.

If they're going to keep from getting blown out in those two games, they have to get their heads out of the sand.

Quickly.

 

 

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