2023 Louisiana College Football Preview 2023: McNeese State

McNeese State Cowboys By Grant Chachere All Photos Courtesy of McNeese State University Athletics Outlook McNeese State head coach Gary Goff enters his second year as the head coach. In Goff’s first season, the Cowboys were 1-7 going into its final three games but they managed to win them all to finish 4-7. Before that three-game winning streak,…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: Southern

Southern Jaguars By Grant Chachere All Photos Courtesy of Southern University Athletics Outlook Eric Dooley did an excellent job with Southern in his first year as the head coach. Dooley learned a lot from two legendary coaches Eddie Robinson, who he played for at Grambling from 1985-1988, and he was an assistant on Pete Richardson’s staff at Southern from 1997-2010. Southern…

2023 Louisiana College Preview: Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana Lions By Grant Chachere All Photos Courtesy of Southeastern Louisiana Athletics Outlook Southeastern Louisiana head coach Frank Scelfo has made this program into a consistent winner. Scelfo has led Southeastern to four straight winning seasons in which all of them had the Lions finishing in the Top 25 poll. The Lions have also…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: Northwestern State

Northwetsern State Demons By Grant Chachere All photos courtesy of Northwestern State Athletics   Outlook Although Northwestern State is coming off of a 4-7 season, they did finish with a winning conference record of 4-2, which was good enough for a third-place finish in the Southland Conference. Considering how hard Northwestern State’s schedule was, their season was…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: Tulane

Tulane Green Wave By Grant Chachere Outlook The Tulane Green Wave had one of the greatest turnarounds in college football history. After going 2-10 in 2021, Tulane defeated UCF in the American Athletic Conference Championship and stunned USC in the final seconds to win the Cotton Bowl to finish the season 12-2.  Head coach Willie Fritz has done a fantastic job…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: UL-Lafayette

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin Cajuns By Grant Chachere All Photos Courtesy of Louisiana Athletics   Outlook After having three straight 10+ win seasons under then-head coach Billy Napier, the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns stumbled to their first losing season since 2017 after they finished 6-7 after a tough loss to Houston in the Independence…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: UL-Monroe

University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks By Grant Chachere Outlook In Terry Bowden’s third year as the head coach, ULM is attempting to seek its first bowl game since the 2012 season. However, there is one massive problem: the Warhawks got torpedoed by the transfer portal. Last year’s starting quarterback, Chandler Rogers, transferred to North Texas while its left tackle, Victor Cutler, transferred to Ohio State.…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: Nicholls State

Nicholls State Colonels By Grant Chachere Head Coach: Tim Rebowe (9th Season) Offensive Coordinator: Rob Christophel Defensive Coordinator: Tommy Rybacki 2022 Record: 3-8 (3-3 Conference) Level/Conference: Division I (FCS)/ Southland Outlook Nicholls State suffered its first losing season (3-8) after having five straight winning seasons (2017-2021), three straight appearances to the FCS playoffs (2017-2019), and…

2023 Louisiana College Football Preview: Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs By Grant Chachere Head Coach: Sonny Cumbie (2nd Season) Offensive Coordinator: Jake Brown, Scott Parr (Both in their 2nd Season) Defensive Coordinator: Scott Power (2nd Season) 2022 Record: 3-9 (2-6 Conference) Level/Conference: Division I (FBS)/ Conference USA Outlook  Louisiana Tech head coach and former Mike Leach disciple Sonny Cumbie enters his second year as…