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Hey, everybody, it is great to be back with you for one more goal right here on Game Notes.

It's our postseason edition.

Welcome everyone.

I'm Victor Hall.

So glad you're with us here on LP.

Being from all of us, A game notes and LP to you and yours.

Hoping you're having a very Merry Christmas and a happy and blessed holiday season.

Yes, the season has been over from the regular season.

We're getting into postseason play, but a lot has happened throughout the stage since we last saw it.

We've had coaching changes, coaching hires, signing days, playoffs, postseason action, so much more coming up in the next 60 minutes.

We have at least four one on one interviews with coaches from around the state that you'll hear right here on game notes.

But let's tell you what else is coming up on our program, because we've got action on the field.

We've got action off the field, and players are making signing.

And yes, all of the coaching changes, including the big news with Lane Kiffin now officially the LSU head football coach.

And how about on the bluff?

Just a few hours before Kiffin was introduced earlier this month, Marshall Faulk takes over as a new head Jaguar up there at Southern University, and we will hear from him.

We'll also take a deep dive and one of the many programs, including the data from Northwestern State as they look to continue building under head coach Blake McCorkle.

But first, let's start with a team out of Lafayette with the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns.

And six weeks ago, you might have laughed at the fact that we'd be talking about the Cajuns on a postseason show.

Let alone just a bowl game.

After all, they were sitting at two and six, a depleted roster with injuries.

One game that led to several suspensions on the defensive side of the ball, and they had to win their last four games just to become bowl eligible, but give credit to head coach Michael Desormeaux and his team because with the field goal in overtime against the Warhawks on Monroe, they did make it eligible for bowls for the eighth straight season.

And Wednesday night, the Cajuns took the field in mobile, Alabama as part of the 68 Fentress Bowl, taking on Delaware, a team we saw here earlier this season on game notes.

When they beat Louisiana Tech early on.

The Cajuns get the big play to start this ballgame once Winfield finds Caden Johnson, his tight end, and he is wide open 40 plus yards before he finally gets brought down inside the 25 yard line, the drive would stall.

It would lead to a Tony Sterner 39 yard field goal, but he pushes it to the right.

It's no good okay, just defense stops Delaware.

So they get the ball back.

And now on fourth and goal lunch rolling out.

If he lets go this early he's got the touchdown.

But it's late out of his hands and it's picked off in the end zone.

Two missed opportunities for the Cajuns Delaware answers Joe Silver who would be named outstanding player in this ballgame with the big play early 61 yards untouched up the middle after he made one move.

And it's seven nothing Delaware on top.

Cajuns get the ball back Winfield is going to go across the middle now.

Second quarter he finds Trey Miller for the good gain.

Now inside the 15 down towards the ten.

But again the drive stall so sterner is back out this time for 26 yards.

It's good.

And we're tied at seven three rather Delaware up top now it's ten three at the half.

Third quarter.

Nick Coutu has been one of the better pastors all season long in college football.

35 yards to Shawn Wilson.

That made it 17 to 3.

Fourth quarter it's 20 to 6.

Delaware is looking to put it away but the key just blocked the field goal Jordan Lawson knocks it down and there is life.

The cages have him right where they want him down 14 but here they come.

Because we saw this over the last four games of the season.

Fourth down Winfield zips at the Shelton Sanford for the touchdown six yards out.

It's 2013.

The case is now just trail by a touchdown.

They hold on defense and get the ball back with under two minutes to go.

And Winfield who can barely walk because of the hits and he took all night long is still out there.

Watch him.

He doesn't want to move.

He waits.

He waits that he finally has to scramble.

And he finds Charles Robertson.

And look at the catch by Robertson.

32 yards and they are down deep in the territory.

Two seconds to go.

Third down.

You gotta have a touchdown.

Here's your ballgame.

When fields pass to Cain Johnson is broken up and deflected.

And that is how the game would end.

What a comeback though by the Cajuns.

What it looked like they were down and out but they make it just a seven point game Delaware gets the win 20 to 13 Winfield finishes 21 to 36 for 231 yards a touchdown.

And that one costly interception.

It really was a game of missed opportunities.

Three turnovers for the Cajuns that led to seven Delaware points.

Delaware did not turn the ball over, and in the red zone, we showed you the two missed opportunities for the Cajuns.

They went two for four.

Delaware two for two.

As they go on to get the win.

Game notes.

Was there in Mobile Wednesday night.

We have postgame sound with the players and an interview with head coach Michael Desormeaux.

You'll only see right here on game notes.

Since down 17, you know with all the like we all know it was again this is working for Marshall game.

Everybody knew everybody had the same believe same vision and same goal that we were gonna win that game.

You know, it was time to move with the belief on this team.

It's been unbelievable.

And now these two guys right here, the heartbeat of it, and all of the sides of the ball.

But there's no question you know, they will does in the position have a chance to win.

Yeah.

And, you know, it's hard to say why things work out the way they do sometimes, but, nothing can change how proud I am of this group.

You know, from two and 6 to 2 do not have an opportunity to be here today.

I'm really proud of, you know, we got a lot of really good, really good Ragin Cajuns up play their last football game.

That's so.

It's always tough when everything's like that.

We know what it takes.

Now we know what was was the standard we know we faced to get to this level.

And, we just got to build up obviously to and build for next week getting injured again.

And well, how hard was it because you were one that your natural in the nation and when you, you struggle and obviously when you just talked about handling dealing with that and making those decisions, everybody on the sideline, believe me, you know, you wanted me to get back on the news for Mosul.

Tell me somebody who's heard, those guys is on the fighting for a while or not.

And I want that one for myself to be joined by head coach Michael Decimal following the, bowl game here for us Cajuns.

Of course.

Quickly, about the game.

And I want to talk to you about the season, but if this didn't seem to encapsulate the season for you adversity down.

And then here you are seven yards away from tying it, possibly when it seemed like a, a perfect representation of what your team has been through this year.

Yeah.

I mean, it really is.

And that's, you know, it's the kind of kids that we have, you know, I mean, they they believe in each other and they fight hard for each other.

And, you know, I mean, I was I was proud of them tonight.

You know, we we had some opportunities to take the lead and get out in front and came up short.

But, you know, to have a chance in the, in there.

I mean, I think it just speaks to what these guys are all about.

Now we go back to several weeks of we've been talking about on game notes all season long.

5 or 6 weeks ago.

You don't have like, you're going to be here, you're two and six.

It would have been easy for anybody to pack it up.

But I know you talked after the regular season what it meant to watch this team do what they did, to even get to this point and keep that streak alive, going bowling.

You know, it's just cool when you have a group of kids that care about each other a whole lot, and they care about they care about the university.

You know, we talked about they a bowl games in a row and that streak being on the line.

And you know how, you know a lot of people put in a lot of work to make that even possible.

And I don't know, you know, whenever you two and six, it's, you know, it's a rare thing for a group of people to stay together and push through.

We had great leadership on this team, you know, seniors, but but underclassmen too.

And tonight, I mean, you could tell how bad they wanted to win it tonight.

I mean, that was that was week after week.

And, you know, I mean, the injuries and things like that, that you have just for the next person to continue to step up and play.

Well, it's it's a beautiful thing and it's something, you know, I'm proud of them for.

I don't think you can overestimate what you're saying.

19 freshmen, you started seven different offensive lines that you had to use in 12 games.

But what you needed next man up, you were able to find next man up.

What does that do to you?

Were you expecting that number one.

And then when you saw the ability to do that, well, we felt like our offensive line was was a strong point for us this year with the depth that we had.

And we felt like we had about ten guys that we felt were ready to play.

You know, as time went on, though, you started getting into and the guys that you still felt like were a year or two away, you know, as we still recruit a ton of high school kids and, I knew they were going to battle and I knew they were going to play hard, and they did that.

But I really truthfully, I thought they played pretty well in spots and, you know, to to say that they stepped up in, in the moment and, and did everything they could for this team.

That's an understatement.

I mean, those guys were they were thrown in the fire and and they just continue to do it.

Let me end with this.

Did you learn more about yourself as a coach, or did you learn more about this team getting to where you don't have the seasons wrapped up?

When you think about all the adjustments you had to make offensively, defensively, suspensions, injuries, what do you learn more about the kids or the team or maybe yourself?

Well, that's a good question.

And I learned a lot about myself, you know, to be honest with you, there were days where it was really hard to get in front of them and try to try to speak life into into the situation.

We were in.

But I certainly saw how special of a group we have.

And, I told him today, not not many people, not many teams out there.

What a stay together and what a push.

And, you know, you hear people talking about how these games don't matter.

It mattered a whole lot to these kids.

And, you know, that was part of what kept our dream alive a little bit.

Try to, you know, play in a championship game and, you know, unfortunately, we came up short, and that's what I hate the most for them.

But, I've seen how resilient a group of people can be when they care about the same things.

We enjoyed covering your journey all season long on game notes, and I know you got a lot of young players to look forward to.

Season two.

Coach, I appreciate your time talking.

Congrats on the season and we'll look forward to next year.

Thank you for joining us.

Certainly appreciate Coach Decimos time after that bowl game, I mentioned you all, Monroe, who was in that game to the very end to close out the regular season before losing to the Cajuns in overtime.

Yes, the season didn't go the way head coach Brian Vincent wanted it to go up, and Monroe having lost their eight straight games to close out the season.

But sometimes you can find success beyond just the numbers.

A very good sign in class for the Warhawks to close out what coach is calling phase two.

We've heard him talk about that all season long, and sometimes you can find that success not just so much in the win loss column, but you can tell that the program is at least headed in the right direction.

We lost 27 seniors and we've got 35 juniors coming back.

You know, that'll be seniors and we've got a really good sophomore class, and we feel like our foundation and the team that we coming back, it's got to be about the right pieces.

So this December signing period is is you know each piece is critical.

We're excited about this group.

We're excited about these next four weeks because now obviously it's dead.

Up to what, January the 1st.

And we really can't go back out until the fifth.

So you know, you zero in now on that next February signing class to add those last 18 to 19 players in that February class.

So you know, you're looking at bringing in 40 new members overall is our goal to this football program with these two signing classes, we want kids that want to own turning this program around.

We want kids that want to own, you know, being part of the team that gets to that second bowl game in school history and wins that second, wins the first bowl game in school history.

We want kids that believe in winning a championship that you all them.

And we've been the same from day one.

And these guys, you know, it's not for everybody.

It's not it's for the right ones.

And we feel like we've gotten the right ones in this first class.

We wanted more quality than quantity.

We wanted the right ones.

So we want kids that want to be here.

We want kids that want to be a part of this mission.

We're not begging anybody to come here and fight for what we're fighting for.

So if guys don't want to be here, we don't want them here.

We want guys that want to be here.

And, you know, the conversations that I've had with our players throughout this week has been words like, coach, you know, yeah, this next year we're going to make sure we kick the door down.

You know there's a lot of leadership.

You know returning.

There's a lot of really good players returning.

And the response has been very positive.

Noah Fleming was named third team all Sunbelt Conference.

Congratulations to him from the Warhawks.

Key returners Aiden our mentor, quarterback Braylen McReynolds, a transfer from South Alabama.

Nick Trujillo and top five tacklers from this year's team were all underclassmen.

This class signed 20 players on the day Sunday signing day, and you see the balance say ten more on offense and ten were on defense from you.

Monroe, let's go down to Lake Charles and McNeese, where the Cowboys finished year one and phase two under Matt Viator and his return to the Cowboys.

They finished four and four in the Southeastern Conference for the first time since 2019.

So congratulations on that success for the Cowboys.

Well, there's always areas that you can find to improve on from Matt via tour.

There's certainly plenty to build off of his first year back in Lake Charles.

Really proud of the players.

You know, it's, wish the, you know, could have been a couple things obviously different in the season, but it didn't happen.

And, you know, we'll try to, take this.

I think there were some, you know, some improvements and some areas, we actually ended up leading the conference in rushing by 15 yards a game, I think, which, you know, credit.

I think we got better on the offensive line.

Thought our running backs played really good this year.

Second half of the year, I think, you know, including, our quarterbacks more in the run game.

Certainly helped us there.

We got a long ways to go in terms of what we're doing passing wise.

You know, which that's something we certainly have to work on.

We were, you know, we went from one of the most penalized teams in the league to one of the least been large teams in the league.

I think we were the first or second, at least with Rio Grande pinned last.

And that's good.

I mean, we have good kids and you know, and we certainly want to play the game.

The right way.

But, I'm just pointing that out because it was it was a big point of emphasis at the, summer meetings.

And they made sure to, to point out to every coach in the, in the deal that, you know, this had to be improved.

And, I'll say this, you know, I think the people here have done a, done a really good job.

I think we have what we need here to win.

It's just a matter of me doing the right things, getting the right people, whatever.

But the setup is here, and, and I look forward to, to, moving that way in the future for sure.

So, yeah, the Cowboys won two straight and 3 or 4 to end the 2025 season, including winning at Lamar, just a second road win on the air.

And as I mentioned, the first time since 2019 to be 500 or better in conference play, you heard coach say they led the South in conference in rushing.

And look at what they did on signing day.

17 players for the class right number one in the Southland Conference and number 13 overall in the FCS.

Well for the Cardinals from Nichols, no doubt they were playing their best football at the end of the season.

Season had to come to an end, but they finished four and four in a Southland Conference.

And once again, we are pleased to be joined by the head coach of the Nichols Colonels, Tommy Wright back here.

Joining us here as we close out the season.

Coaches great to see you again.

You know you won three of five down the stretch.

Coast.

Do you kind of wish the season was still going right now with the way your team was playing football.

Yeah a little bit.

You wanted to continue to make the progress that we're making down the stretch for sure.

And, you know, to close out the way that we did builds a lot of momentum for us here.

Moving forward into the off season.

Coach, was there a time this season when you felt like the switch got slipped?

You know, you were on the road, you had a couple of disappointing losses and you had a really close loss at Lamar, a team that we now know is going into the playoffs.

Then you have the home game with a big win over McNeese, and then all of a sudden it seeing the momentum switched around.

From your point of view.

At what point did you feel like maybe the switch got flipped for your team?

Yeah, I thought all throughout the season our team was practicing hard, preparing well, going into the game and playing with hard every time.

And then, you know, for us, we just weren't getting the results that we wanted, play in and play out in the games.

And some of them were getting away from us.

And, you know, when we got home and we got a chance to play against McNeese and then follow it up and play again at home versus Houston Christian, I thought that's when our team really found its identity.

And and down the stretch, we were able to play better, because we knew who we were.

Let's talk about some of the stats coach and some of the numbers that your team was able to put up the season in the South in college, you were tied for first in the conference in interceptions on the defensive end, second in passing defense.

Overall, I think you were second or third in penalties.

So you played very disciplined football and second in time of possession.

When you see those stats and the numbers for the team, what do you how do you interpret that?

What do you take from that?

Yeah, it means we're doing we're doing some things.

Well we're playing to our brand of football in some areas really.

Well, you know, I think, there's a style of football that we look to play each and every week.

And for us to be able to reach some of those measurables, when you look at the statistics and the way that it finished up is encouraging as we move forward.

Now there's some other statistics that we'd like to be up towards.

The top in.

That would be good indicators of how our team is playing.

I know there's numbers for the team and coaches.

Also some outstanding numbers, numbers from some of the individuals that play for you.

Coach Shane Lee, an outstanding running back as a freshman.

He finishes fourth in rushing in the league.

Jake Delgado, top ten in tackles I believe he's a junior.

And then you have Ian Rodrigue.

And we talked about him last time at quarterback and he's just a sophomore.

So how about those core guys being some of the money for the foundation you can now use to build moving forward in the next year based on the seasons they had this year?

Yeah, excited for those guys.

Them and so many others who got a chance to play and play for the first time.

You're talking about Shane Lee and Ian, who really hadn't had extended playing time up until, this season for them to be able to make the most of it, you know, a guy like Shane to show up week in and week out and show that he's a complete running back.

It's exciting for him, Ian, to step in and the type of heart and character that he plays with.

You know, the entire team feeds off of it.

And Jake's been a mainstay here now for the last two years at linebacker.

And so for him to be able to, you know, play a complete season at inside linebacker and put up some of the numbers that he has is encouraging and also, exciting for the future.

Let me ask a little more about Shane Lee, coach and his running, because as we watch the highlights, we see him power things across the middle.

And for Guy with his size, all of a sudden he finds a little hole and next thing you know he's showing speed.

It's deceptive speed for his size.

Is that something you knew he had all along, that he just surprised people when he had the chance to find that opening?

Yeah.

He was always fun to watch when he was that, your hand, you would see him break out some long runs.

I'm like, man, how is this guy doing this?

You know, you think of him as the thunder, the big back that's just downhill and and few yards and cloud of dust, you know.

But he is a guy that can separate.

And when he gets a crease, he's able to, make the most of it and score.

And I think some of it is just, you know, his ability to stretch out in the open field and run away from people and also some of the angles that we set up for a pursuit with, you know, the run schemes or the way that they, play out.

Coach, when you talk about players feeding off of certain things, I want to go back a couple of games and forgive me that I don't remember the opponent.

Everything's a blur.

But I do remember this.

Ian Rodrigue loses his helmet as quarterback and gets up, and he's just John with a defensive lineman.

And I'm not sure that defensive player for your opponent realized he was dealing with a guy from down in the Bayou parishes, helmet or no helmet.

But I want to know what your team took from that, because we noticed it right away as a guy that wasn't backing down from anybody.

Yeah, there's there's the formula for success here at Nichols, and you need to play with that type of grit.

It represents the people of this region, the people of this area.

And so, you know, when you watch Ian Rodrigue play, I mean, he's wearing his emotions on his sleeve and he's a guy that's as, intense competitor.

And so when he gets in those moments, sometimes things like that, take place in the team feeds off of it.

And I'm excited about, his competitive character.

It's not just that that he brings to the table, but it's also he's a good football player.

He's a smart football player.

He's capable as a runner and and also as a passer.

And so he's bringing a lot of different things to our offense and helping us, continue to build on, with these younger, this young group as we move forward into next year.

Yeah, we certainly saw the team respond to him.

Coach, let me ask you this about the challenges now, because a lot of the players we just discussed, coach, are all underclassmen.

And I know you're ready for signing period.

And you're in the recruiting process.

But how hard are you having to fight now the poachers, to keep them away from Thibodeau when they see these young players without who've been outstanding for you and to keep them there and not try to steal them from you, because I know that's a that's a new big challenge for head coaches.

Yeah, it is wild.

Some of the things that go on in college football nowadays, the, type of people and the amount of people that approach your players just on your roster, throughout the season and then especially now as the season closes out.

But our job is to have meaningful relationships with all these players and help guide them.

And what is best for them.

And some of them, you know, the best decision is going to be to stay here and continue to work and develop here.

You know, our motto is simple it's to recruit great players to retain those players and to develop the ones that are in our program.

And so we're going to continue to prioritize, you know, that model.

We're going to have great relationships with our players and able to guide them through some of these difficult times when they have to make a decision about what they want to do with their future, and we're going to help them make the best decision for them and their families.

You know, coach, when I had a chance to talk to you at the beginning of the season after your big win over UAW, when we talked mid-season, I was asking how you were doing.

And I know you don't talk a lot about yourself and you want to wait till the years over, but the years over.

So now I have the chance to talk to you.

You talk about self evaluating for the team, self evaluate for coach.

Right back.

How was a first year for you?

What things stood out to you.

Maybe positive and negative side, but just the first year the experience of calling the shots for the Colonels program.

Yeah, it's been a blast.

There's been a challenge every single day.

It's important that I manage my time well, and then I'm, doing the things that are going to help this program move forward.

But I've enjoyed every step of it.

I enjoy being around the players every single day.

It's, you know, really one of my most favorite things is to be involved with every single player on the roster.

And so that's exciting for me.

You know, when you look back on the year, even when I was the defensive coordinator, you'd always look back and criticize me and say, okay, maybe I could have done this differently or this differently, and it would have helped, put us in better position in a game or in a practice or in any type of, phase of the year.

And so it's constant self-evaluation of where some areas that I can continue to improve as, I look at the rest of the roster and the rest of the coaching staff as well.

Well, coach, I certainly enjoyed meeting you on campus back in August for camp and explaining what game notes was going to be about telling the stories.

We certainly enjoyed telling your stories all season long and watching your team progress.

Congratulations on your first year.

Thanks for being such a kind friend to hear us, our game notes, and, and for sharing your time with us throughout the season.

Wish you a happy and blessed Thanksgiving and look forward to doing it again next year.

We'll tell some more of your stories.

Yeah.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate all that you are doing to cover our state and to cover our programs in this state and look forward to next year.

Certainly appreciate coach right back and giving us time there at the end of November.

Let's turn our attention now to LSU is getting ready to play Houston over in the Kendall Texas Bowl that will be on December 27th.

The Tigers two and one all time.

Of course.

The Cougars are head coached by the former head coach at Tulane, who made it work for the Cougars and has an at nine and three on the season.

That game can be seen on ESPN now with LSU at Ole Miss.

As if the two schools don't already have a history, these last few weeks have been one for the books.

Just remember Ole Miss beat LSU and in September, Auburn, Oxford.

Then in December, LSU hired away Ole Miss as head coach and now reports this week are surfacing that the new Ole Miss head coach is ready to hire the interim LSU head coach.

Still with me, Frank Wilson now reportedly going to Oxford and will be on the staff at Ole Miss after he finishes coaching LSU in that Texas Bowl.

And we just talked about against Houston.

For now, he is coaching the program while Lane Kiffin is getting himself settled as a new head coach.

And Wilson talked about going to that bowl game this week with his LSU Tigers and said there was never a chance this team would not play in a bowl game.

I think anytime you put a brand on the field, it garners excitement.

I think any time you, wear that helmet, there's an expectation in the standard of going out, and playing with, high enthusiasm and fierce effort.

Fanatical effort.

I think you'll get that from our football team.

It's important to finish what we started.

That the experience for the student athlete is, is the ultimate, of what you're trying to accomplish.

And to take that from these young men, was something we never actually put on the table.

It's something that they wanted.

And it's something that we as a university wanted to do to complete the season.

And to send these seniors out, the right way, with an opportunity for victory as they conclude their, their careers here at LSU.

That's a forever thing, for us.

And so I don't I don't even know that there was discussion of not, competing in a bowl game that was never brought up to me.

And so we're, we're we're fortunate.

We're excited about the opportunity to finish the season the right way.

Well, after his debut in Baton Rouge, December 1st, when he was introduced as LSU's new head coach, Lane Kiffin, sightings have been few and far between in Baton Rouge, with Wilson coaching the team for the bowl game.

Kiffin has been behind the scenes, lining up his staff and evaluating his new team.

We all saw the tense drama of would he leave Ole Miss or not?

In real time, especially with the rebels advancing to the playoffs?

And while Kiffin admits it was a difficult decision to make, he got the guidance and advice from many that told him calling Baton Rouge should be his new home.

Someone very close to me reminded me this week in this decision that LSU is the best job in football.

When you take the history, tradition, passion and the great players in the state of Louisiana, no one can argue that when you're in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night, there is nothing like it.

And this place is built for championships with championship expectations.

We understand that.

But as an elite competitor, that's that's exactly what you want.

And that's why we're here.

He Carroll.

Really?

He told me.

He told me, you know, that he always told me and my dad that he he look out for me.

And so when we were talking, he really challenged him, you know, for knowing him for so long and, and he said this is exactly what he would do.

He would tell you, boy, go get it.

Go for it.

Coach Saban kind of coached at another place in this conference.

So I can't I can't really say exactly what he said, but I said, I'll say, I'll say I think the world of Coach Saban and I respect him.

And so there's a reason why I'm here.

Lane Kiffin was announced on December 1st as career head coaching record one, 17 and 53.

But look at what he did Ole Miss in six seasons, 55 and 19 and has the rebels in the playoffs this season.

The early signing period just a couple days after being announced.

Well, LSU got two five star defensive linemen, 11 four star players in the signing day.

But key names for next season quarterback, running back and offensive line.

And you can bet LSU and head coach Lane Kiffin will be very active when it comes time for the transfer portal to open up.

The Tulane Green Wave named Will Hall as its next head coach, with John Summerall taking the Florida job.

Hall comes back to Tulane.

He's back in January, served as the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach after having had a previous step in New Orleans.

This isn't his first time as the head coach.

Prior to coming to Tulane, he was head coach at Southern Miss in Hattiesburg for three plus seasons, and in fact, the year Tulane advanced to the Cotton Bowl, Hall led his Southern Miss team to win.

Over the way, Hall said he's confident he can continue the level of winning and success.

The wave of established these last several seasons.

Now, look, I'm honored to be your coach.

You know, I know that I wasn't the first choice for some people in here, but I can promise you this.

I am the best choice and the right choice for this place at this time.

How we're going to play.

We're going to play with an edge and we're going to be extremely physical.

David referenced it.

Man, a lot of times in my past as a head coach, we've led our league in rushing or been in the top two.

We've been extremely explosive offensively, and we've also led the league in total defense or scoring defense offensively offensively you guys know me.

Y'all know when I was here in 19 and 20 you've seen us.

Our offenses that have led will be pro-style very similar to what we've been already here right now with Coach Craddick.

But with a little more tempo.

We'll be quarterback driven.

Tulane attracts great quarterbacks.

Y'all know that.

I know that just in my lifetime we've had Jake Retzlaff to Michael Pratt to Justin Millen, Pat Ramsey, JP Lassman, Terrence Jones to Sean King.

And I hope I didn't leave anybody out and offend them.

But just in my lifetime something like that's a lot of great quarterbacks.

We will be a quarterback driven program.

We've attracted great quarterbacks.

We will continue.

This is a championship football program that has sustained a championship level through a lot of change in college football over the last few years.

You started winning because you made a commitment to win financially with support and resources.

You started winning because you hired a great leader of men and Willie Fritz that built this thing up from the ground.

You are still winning.

We are still winning because you then hired another great leader, and John Summerall that came in here and put his foot on the gas pedal and drove it forward as fast as you could drive it.

Two Lane is going to continue to win, because you just hired another great leader that's going to relentlessly pursue the very best on the field and off the field for these young men in every way.

I can assure you that now, there have been a lot of opinions around college football, with all the coaching changes and whether you stick with a team in a bowl game or not.

I absolutely love the way Tulane and Florida have worked out their coaching arrangement with John Summerall, who's been pulling double duty putting together a staff in Gainesville while coaching the way for their postseason playoff run.

Summerall is not shied away about his love for and appreciation of Tulane and the city of New Orleans.

So earlier this week, he and his wife donated $100,000 to the Green Wave Talent Fund to support Hall and the school's Nil initiative.

My wife and I, back two months ago made the decision to do this.

So I was doing this if I stayed and then when I decided in 2026, I'm going to be the coach at a different school, me and my wife, you know, if, you know, as we go in walks every day, right after practice, typically for about half an hour just so we can make sure we stay married and actually know what's going the real world, each other.

And, I don't know, a couple weeks ago when all this kind of started to unfold with 2026 maybe looking different for us.

One of the things we talked about was like, hey, we still want to do this.

I'll, I'll be honest with you.

I told the administration I still wanted to do that.

They hired a coach that approved of.

Okay.

And so if it hired some schmuck, I probably wouldn't have kept doing it.

But they hired Will Hall, who I have great respect for.

Will's been on our staff the last year.

I've coached against Will a long time.

And so I want to see Will have continued success.

And I would say this to this place, the university, the city, has meant the world to me and my family always will, I always will.

And so for us, the fact that we're not going to be here next year doesn't change that we're or Tulane fans, we're we're New Orleanians like, this is home in a lot of ways.

And my two oldest kids were born here.

So, you know, and I've talked a lot about when you leave a place that matters, how you leave it just as much as how you enter.

I want to leave on good terms, and I want to be able to come back in 20 years and celebrate this, this team that's won a championship already together and not be like, oh, the way you walked out the building was kind of questionable.

I want them to go.

And he did it the right way.

And so I want to see Tulane get better after I leave.

I want to see it continue to grow after I leave or my family leaves.

I don't want to.

I'm not.

I'm hoping for more.

I don't want this to be the end of anything.

I want to continue to build upon this.

Let's turn our attention now to the bluff and the Southern Jaguars in North Baton Rouge with.

After a dismal 2025 season, they certainly figured out a way to end the year with a dynamic one two punch.

First, they upset Grambling and in the process won their fourth straight Bayou Classic in New Orleans.

48 hours later, the Jaguars introduced their new head coach.

They went and found a man that certainly has football pedigree, and he knows the city in New Orleans.

While Marshall Faulk doesn't have years of coaching experience, he was an assistant this past season under Deion Sanders.

Off to Colorado.

You certainly can't deny his football knowledge.

Faulk was a rising star in his high school days down in New Orleans, carried that to a successful college career, and all of that launched him to a hall of Fame career in the NFL.

At his introductory press conference, Faulk shared his appreciation for this opportunity, and it was clear he understands the assignment he's been given for what's ahead on the plus.

For me to have my first head coaching job in this state, that gave me everything and provided everything for me as I sent that message to Aeneas, it means the world to me to be here.

I cannot have it be any other way and be any other place in here doing we're about to do.

Because I don't know if you guys these colors, and it might be a different rendition.

These colors.

They've been good to me.

There's no fear in me.

Winners win.

That's it.

Winners win.

And if you're a winner, then you win.

You go out and do what you do.

And, at every level, somehow, someway, I found a way to find the win.

And that's what we're going to do.

That's what we are going to do.

We are going to deliver a team that plays with heart, that plays with passion, and that goes out there and represent this community the way that the way that you want to be represented here.

Here's what's going to happen.

We're going to ask for money, but more than money, I need your time.

I need you sitting there.

I need you there with us.

The kids need to see you.

They need to feel your presence.

I've played in a lot of environments.

Trust me.

It's better to play with your fans in the stands cheering for you.

So if you commit to showing up, I commit to putting the best product that we can out there on that field, giving you all that they have to win football games.

Here's a look at the Marshall Faulk file.

As I mentioned, the first head coaching job, a 12 year NFL career when he won Super Bowl 34.

Also inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011 as a mentor.

An outstanding high school player down in New Orleans, we look forward to seeing his debut on the bluff when the 2026 season kicks off for the Southern Jaguars, well up in Ruston after what seemed to be an endless streak of bad breaks for Louisiana Tech close losses, bad bounces, losing two quarterbacks in consecutive weeks for the Bulldogs.

Louisiana Tech certainly finished the season on a bit of a high note.

They finished with a two game win streak, and for the first time since 2019, they earned the right to go bowling.

And now they find out they're going bowling just down the interstate on I-20 over in Shreveport, head coach Sonny Cumbie sees it as the perfect scenario for the chance to close out 2025 on a three game win streak, and to be able to do it in front of some very familiar faces.

I think that if you asked our football team if you wanted to go to a bowl game where the hospitality is as best as I've ever been around and I've been to a lot of different bowl games.

If the people that that open their arms and they treat you, top notch, you have an opportunity to compete against a future, Sunbelt opponent, and a great venue.

Where last year, I think we had the largest attended, Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in the last decade.

And we had about two and a half weeks really to to market that one.

We got a whole month to prepare for that.

From that standpoint, I understand the importance of of this game in this location and in this venue.

When you have, really the history that is in this bowl game, you know, from the standpoint of the players that have played, you know, when you think about it, Kevin Faulk, Seneca Wallace, Eli Manning, Daniel Jones at Tokyo Spikes, all of those names have played in this bowl game over the course of the years.

And and I hope that for our football team that we have a guy or two that will follow along ten years, 15 years from now, you know, in the same footsteps as those guys and just a great opportunity continue to play football.

I think this bowl game was instrumental for our chemistry and camaraderie that I've talked about all year.

From the standpoint of us being able to do that, because I think the value, there's a lot of value that you have in being able to play this bowl game and being able to stay together for one more game.

And you think about the development that your younger kids have, the opportunity for more practices, the opportunity for your team to continue to compete with each other and to compete against an opponent, is extremely important.

And again, it's basically another month of our guys being around each other.

And I and a big majority of these guys are all coming back for next year's team.

And so you have that core to build upon, of really good players and good people.

And so our expectation is to have a great crowd and also, the biggest thing for us as a football team is to have a great performance.

You know, you have an opportunity at Louisiana Tech to be the ninth team in 50 years to win a bowl game, a bowl championship.

You also have the opportunity to finish at eight five, you know, and so I think that there's a lot of things that are, exciting for our football team.

It should be a fun one.

At the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl up in Shreveport.

It's also a preview of what's to come, because Louisiana Tech is leaving conference USA and heading to the Sunbelt, and that's where Coastal Carolina plays.

Those teams will meet December 30th.

It's a 1:00 kick up in Shreveport.

Hope you get up there and close out the season at a fun bowl game.

If you can't.

Don't worry, you'll be able to see all the action on ESPN.

Well, the line for southeastern will reportedly be looking to replace one of their two quarterbacks on this season.

Carson Camp has entered the transfer portal he threw for almost 1800 yards and 14 touchdowns this year, leading the team in both of those categories.

Well, what a week it's been for senior ly and defensive stars Caleb Proctor and K.K.

Reno both have received four countdown four different All-America team recognitions this week.

They are the fourth and fifth players in program history to be named All-Americans by four different outlets.

Reno ended the season as South and Conference Defensive Player of the year.

Proctor the conference's overall player of the year, and is the second Lions since the return of football in 2003 to be named a consensus All-American.

Here's my one on one interview with head coach Frank self about the season and saying goodbye to a lot of leadership in an interview you'll only see on game notes.

You say goodbye to 25 seniors, some really big names on that list, especially on the defensive side.

K.K.

Reno, he's your defensive player of the year in the conference.

Caleb Proctor is the player of the year.

Ian Connolly, Goodley is your guy.

You and I talked about the beginning of the season, some really big names you had to say goodbye to.

I'm sure that's difficult, but by the same token, I'm sure there's a lot of pride in saying goodbye to those seniors and what they've helped you build.

I've been doing this a long time, and every year you're going to have some guys that leave your program, that, that you wish you could have one more time, but sooner or later it's going to end.

But, we'll tell you this.

These guys have left an indelible mark on the program.

And, they will always be remembered in the nationals of, of, southeast Louisiana football.

They made a mark that they've they've, individual rewards will come.

That was those happen.

But the team success that we've had is, pretty much that that's the tribute that we can all look at them and point our finger to them and know that, you know, they were such an integral part of coach.

Earlier this season, I had the chance to come to your campus and talk to your two quarterbacks, and we talk about that offensive system.

But I want to ask you about one player in particular who we have enjoyed watching Grow, and that's Jalen DiMaggio.

This season.

He's over 300 yards more than what he had last year.

He has ten more touchdowns this year from what he had last year.

And quite honestly, coach, the way I've described it, sometimes it's like a cheat code.

It almost looks illegal what he's doing out there.

Almost unstoppable.

And Man-To-Man coverage.

Can you talk about his development and what you have seen him do this year?

Jalen has worked himself into a really outstanding player and I you can't put it any, any, any.

You know, we can talk about coaching.

We can talk about schemes and all those other things.

Jalen DiMaggio has worked himself into a good player.

And he's a he is a guy that everybody on his team respects because of his work ethic and what he's willing and do for the success of the team.

He knows if he plays well, the team will have success, and if he's not able to do that, then we're not going to have as much success as a team.

And he's been able to do that, since he's gotten here.

And when you start stacking those years on top of each other, you're going to get the results that you're getting this year that, people that waited sometimes guys wait 2 or 3 years before they apply their trade, you know, and he's been doing it since he got here.

That's that to me is epitomizes everything about him.

Well, you and I talked on campus coach in August.

You said your biggest surprise coming out of camp.

As you said, you always like to watch the growth and the leadership develop on your team.

Well, that growth and leadership got you to nine wins this season.

It's the most the school has had since 2013.

You also told me that it's not that the games are anticlimactic, but you like to see how they develop on the field.

You had a front row seat.

Now that the regular season is over, what was your view of the leadership and watching this team take you to where you are right now?

It was where I thought it could be coming out of camp.

And then the next question once that happens is can it be consistent for a 12 game season?

And it was.

And that's why we got those results.

And we were our team.

Our guys were concerned.

They showed up every day ready to work.

If you come to one of our practices on Monday or Tuesday after a big win, you see a lot of energy.

You see a lot of guys running around and, paying attention, locked in on what's going on.

You come in Monday and Tuesday after a defeat, you see the exact same thing.

You didn't see a team go up and down, with the either who we were playing or the results of the week before, it had to do with the standards that we've said here.

And they met those standards each and every day.

So every day was the same when they walked in the office, when they came in and went to work, they put forth everything we needed on the field to get the results that we got on Saturday.

But it was a process to go through Monday through Friday so that you could get what you wanted on Saturday.

Coach, I want to finish up with you with a personal question.

Is your eighth season there in Hammond?

It's your fourth time going into the postseason, the most wins for the program in 12 years.

As we mentioned earlier, I don't want to ask you to rank the season best or worst in your career where it stands, but I do want to ask you what this season has meant to you.

With 25 seniors, nine wins the most since 2013, another postseason appearance, but just kind of an overall view for you personally.

How has the season been?

The, the big thing that stood out for me is the consistency in which our players played, what they brought to the table every week, just like I talked about earlier.

I don't think there's we haven't had any highs and we haven't had any lows.

We wake up every morning, we show up here, we go to work and, you know, and when it's over with, we go back home and then we come back and do it again the next day.

There's been so few problems, so few issues, so few, bad practices, things like that.

And when you when you have a team like that, it comes from within it comes from the locker room.

It comes from the leadership.

And we've had spectacular leadership with our guys.

And, just can't thank the senior class enough.

They'll be sorely missed.

But like I said that that happens every year.

But we have been able because of, leads in a lot of our games, this, this, fall, we have been able to play a lot of younger guys.

And I don't see there's going to be a big drop off.

We got a lot of young talent that we think is going to be, able to step in and fill the shoes of these guys when this thing does finally end.

We got some young guys that are going to be ready and chomping at the bit to get in there.

But this season, these guys I'm always remember this season for the for the consistency on which our team played.

We had a chance to talk to head coach Blaine McCorkle early in the season, and now the season is over.

Once again, it's our pleasure to get to visit with the head coach of the demons from northwestern State, head coach player McCorkle joining us.

Coach, great to see you again.

Appreciate your time.

I know you just finished up meetings with the team.

With the end of the regular season, how did the meetings go now that the regular season is wrapped up?

Yeah, I think they went really well.

You know, obviously our record was not what we wanted.

But I think our players as a whole see the big picture.

They know why we are where we are.

And they know where we're going and what we have to do to get there.

So I think they they ended up really positive.

I think our kids are in a good frame of mind.

And then I think they'll be excited to get back to work in January and get bigger and stronger and, see, we can keep, keep growing this program, from below the ground, not even from the ground up.

Yeah.

When we talked to you earlier the season, you're coming off that big season opening win.

Yeah, that brutal stretch against a Big Ten team than the big 12 team.

Because then you had three one score losses throughout the season.

And for those of us who watched you on a regular basis, there's no doubt you could see growth in the program and what was going on.

I know, and the ultimate win loss column, it wasn't there.

But how what was the vibe of the team as you're going through having those one one score losses being right there, so close.

But then again, we know how young this team was.

Yeah.

Those those one score losses are brutally painful because you know how close you are.

But from my standpoint as a coach and putting the whole thing together and trying to get a 50,000ft view, they're also very encouraging at the same time because, you know, we entered this season having the longest losing streak in the country.

You get a win and then you do really take a pounding when you play, you know, things like Minnesota and Cincinnati.

And then immediately after that, two of those games came pretty quick.

You can spread your hustle, Christian.

Those are both field goal games.

And then you get later in the season you after, you know, 11 going straight there.

And you're really down in the last 41 seconds with a chance to beat Nicholls on the road.

So, kind of prove that our kids are growing.

They are getting better, they're sticking together, and they kind of kept fighting all the way through.

You know where a year ago, we didn't have a close game, you know, we really didn't.

Wasn't in points in year one.

And, you know, now we're competing, you know, every statistical category we improved in, which is a good thing.

You know, success is defined as improvement.

I've heard that forever.

And I think it's true.

So I think there were some successes there that we can build on.

We just got to keep all these kids together and keep them positive and locked in.

I think good things are coming.

And, you know, you mentioned the meetings.

One thing we kind of left the meetings with, you know, Bobby Mauldin, you just always talk about when you take over a bad program.

And this was a bad program.

You know, year one, you lose big year two, you lose close.

In year three, you wind close.

In year four, you win big and you know my previous state, that's the exact same model that went by and where we are in year one.

We lost big year two we lost close.

And we were really close, several times.

So there's some encouraging things to build on there for sure.

And, coach, we know a lot of times after the ball games, you emphasize having so many redshirt freshman, a true freshman playing in the game.

We know you had the youngest roster and all of.

So yes, it's easy to hear a head coach give that message because of your experiences.

But when you talk to the players about that, do you even at their young age, do you see them believing and buying into the message that you're explaining to them?

You improve from last year to this year.

Take this year's improvement and that's carried over to next year?

Yeah, I really think they do.

You know, I think it was week 6 or 7 somewhere in there at eight, maybe right before the Nicholls game.

I shared with them, some statistical things on the field and then some things within our program off the field that kind of don't get highlighted, to show them how much that they've improved.

And the room was kind of dead quiet after I read through a litany of things that, they had kind of forgotten about, of how far we've come.

And I think that really encouraged them.

And they kind of helped them continue to stay bought in at the right time.

And it's it's tangible, you know, that the scoreboard is not.

But if you're in our locker room, our meeting rooms every day, you can really see some just unbelievable progress and growth.

And, I think they know where they're going.

You can certainly throw in the names, coach.

I know the list is long and a lot of young players, but I do know this.

Two of your top three rushers underclassman, three of your top five receivers, underclassmen, three of your top five tacklers this year, all underclassmen.

So certainly seems like that foundation is there as long as they believe in and want to come back and continue.

Because the numbers show that even though they were young, they certainly rose to the top of what you were asking them to do.

Yeah, they did.

And, and, you know, just a couple numbers just go out there and show how young we were.

We can finish the season with 67 freshmen and sophomores on our roster, with 97 guys will last year, that year in.

So, that's that's really unheard of.

And then, you know, somewhere around midseason two, I just kind of studied our conference just to kind of see where we were.

Just on the offense, just from times sake.

You don't have to punch numbers all day.

And, you know, if you say you have 13 offensive starters, depending on the personnel group, you know, take the other nine teams in the conference.

That's 117 potential starters on offense, not counting ourself.

And of the 117, there were five redshirt freshman, starting across the conference.

And then you look at ours and depending on the personnel group, we had 7 or 8 redshirt freshmen starting, so we had more than the entire conference combined out there playing and playing at a high level, not going back.

Adrian Johnson's a redshirt freshman and, was our leading rusher by the end of the season.

And I did a great job and grew tremendously throughout the year.

And then really, our top three, four receivers, freshman and a sophomore, tight end Joe Moreland, on a really, really old sophomore.

We kind of joke about their old sophomores on our team.

But three freshman year, Jimmy Duncan from, down at Ashland, Brennan Webb from Gilmer, Texas, and then Cam Davis right here at Natchitoches really were our top targets, receiving so and and defensively, the same thing.

Braden woods was a, redshirt freshman ends up, you know, five tackles for loss sacks on the year.

So across the board there's some really, really young players out there growing and developing.

And and it's only going to help them as they go.

We know how important so many players are throughout the roster.

Coach I want to pick on just one.

But I want to ask about Abraham Johnston.

We talked about him early in the season and we certainly saw his growth throughout the year, but he was the fifth starting quarterback in five years for Demon football.

So how much is how important is it for you and for the program to carry over, to have him come back with this full year of experience?

I know he got dinged up in the last game.

You had a senior, stepped in, had a great half, leading your team to two touchdowns there against even if Austin.

But to have consistency at the quarterback position, which is something you have not had since what what the 2019 season.

Yeah.

I really can't speak to, that far back.

That's only been here two years.

I've had two starting quarterbacks, you know, so I don't know about the ones before that.

I know that it was a little bit of a revolving door.

I pretty much every position for a long time here.

But yeah, the happy I mean, you know, he started a couple games a year ago, as a true freshman was able to keep his redshirt year.

So, even though he just finished his redshirt freshman year, I think he's got you know, 14, 15 starts under his belt.

And, that's great.

You know, you can't replace that.

And I can see him leading our team for a long time.

And, you know, by the time he's done here, there's no telling what his numbers will look like.

We can, you know, stay healthy and stay in that role.

It's gonna be a lot of fun to watch.

I know the importance coach of the recruiting you all do in the state of Louisiana.

I know your roster is littered with players from the state of Louisiana.

What's been the message to them as you've seen these players and they've seen what happened this year, but they've seen some of those close games that you talked about wanting to go back and get more kids to say, look, we're on the up.

We're coming, here at Northwestern State.

And here's what we here's why we want you at the demon program.

You're still putting that heavy emphasis on the Louisiana recruiting.

Well, absolutely.

Absolutely.

You know, our footprint is the entire state of Louisiana needs Texas.

And, you know, last year we finished our second recruiting class here.

After our first season.

And, you know, we're still recruiting classes.

I think 82% of our kids were from the state of Louisiana.

And if you look at all 13 Division one, programs in the state, and that was the top of the list in terms of bringing in-state guys home.

I just think there's so much value in that because, you know, when grandma can come see you play, it's a big deal, you know, and and you want to do that.

Your friends and your high school teammates, your high school coaches, can come sit in the stands and watch you play on Saturday.

Makes you want to play a little harder and it makes you want to stay.

You know, you're not so quick to, jump ship as opposed to a guy that we may bring in three states away.

He may want to get closer to home or look for something that he perceives to be a little bit better.

So I think there's tremendous value in that.

And and we all know what the talent is insane.

So, you know, why do we need to go three or 4 or 5 states away, to bring a guy home that we have set in our backyard.

What are the next big steps for you, coach?

Now, as you put this season to bed, you've had your meetings.

I know transfer portal is about to start opening up.

You've got all the new LSU signing day coming.

What's the big next step for you now and you and your staff?

Yeah, well the first high school signing day is is, here a week after Thanksgiving.

I'll open up on December 3rd.

We plan to sign 13, possibly 14 guys, on that day.

And that really will wrap up our high school class this year, that we're really, really excited about.

I'll be excited to release that that week.

And then after that, you know, our focus will go to a handful of specific guys out the court.

You know, that that window opens up on January 2nd.

But we all know you got to do your work ahead of time and kind of plan and predict who's going to pop up where, and be ready when they get in.

Because it truly is a, a race to the finish line when that thing is opened up.

It's it's the Wild West, as they say, for sure.

So there's you know, 6 or 7, maybe eight tops, guys on the border that will bring in specific spots, mostly on defense.

You know, our entire offense is back.

And, and, and defensively, we lost a couple guys that we had brought in a year ago out of the pool that graduated.

And we need to do that again just to allow some of our young, younger players to grow up a little bit.

You know, we don't want to make a limited wholesale build our team out of that because that was proven time and again not to work.

It may work in a season, but it doesn't work long term.

And we're not trying to quick fix anything.

We're trying to build something, sustainable.

So, we'll get in the portal here pretty quick and see what we can find.

And, and, you know, that's an area to the guys that we brought in.

Now, the portal so far have all been guys coming back to Louisiana or back to the East Texas area.

That maybe went off somewhere and realized there was something better close to home.

We heard coach say, help sign 13 or 14.

They got 11 new players in the early signing period.

Six were on offense, five on defense.

Look at how many got out of Texas, what the emphasis on Louisiana.

They got eight out of the state of Texas, three from here in Louisiana, including outstanding quarterback for North DeSoto.

But of course, you heard coach mentioned that they'll also still be very busy in the transfer portal.

And a second signing day that is on its way.

And with that, it is our time to say goodbye from game notes.

What a year it has been.

We thank you for joining us all season long.

We're already getting ready for year two, and we'll move game notes until then to the digital tier.

But until then, Merry Christmas from all of us here at Game Notes, NLP.

Goodbye everybody.

Major production funding for Game Notes is provided by Southern University and A&M College, and Hargrove Engineers and Constructors and the Pugh Agency, with additional support from Lafayette Travel, the LSU Alumni Association and the Cook Hotel and Conference Center at LSU, Louisiana Tech University, Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Northwestern State University, Red Stick Sports, the U.S.

Army Baton Rouge Recruiting Battalion, the Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting, and viewers like you.

Thank you.