***Game Thread: #21 Texas vs. #23 Louisiana***

[HornSports Staff]

The Texas Longhorns will begin their 129th season on the gridiron on Saturday as they host the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.  The Cajuns will serve as new head coach Steve Sarkisian's debut in Austin, with the Longhorns looking to improve to 3-0 against Louisiana.  Saturday's matchup is the first that sees both teams ranked in the Top-25.

The Louisiana program is on the rise under 4th year head coach Billy Napier who is looking to improve his coaching record to 2-1 in season openers against Power 5 Conferences.

What: No. #19/21 Texas Longhorns (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs.# 23/23 Louisiana (0-0, 0-0 Sun Belt)
Venue: Darrell K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium
Location: Austin, Texas
When: Saturday, Sept. 4th, 2021
Time: 3:30 p.m. (CST)
TV: FOX
On the Call: Tim Brando (play-by-play), Spencer Tillman (analyst)
All-Time Series: Texas leads, 2-0
Last Meeting: Texas defeated Louisiana 60-3 (9/3/2005)

Relevant Information

Depth Chart - Texas vs. Louisiana

Scouting Report: Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns

Five things to Look for When Texas Takes on Louisiana

Staff Predictions:  #21 Texas vs #23 Louisiana

 

[java]

TEXAS!

 

[NEOkHorn]

FIGHT!!

 

[TexCoyote]

Hammer Time!!! Coach PK is going fire ? 

????

 

[Hiwood]

does anyone know if the home feed with Craig Way is on Sirius XM radio, and if so what channel ?

 

[zathras11]

I believe it is on Channel 83, 203 is Louisiana announcers.

 

[dillohorn]

I'm worried............................as always.

 

[UTfish]

I'm worried............................as always.

I laughed, but you could have good reason to worry. 

On paper, there's no way they should hang with Texas, but they believe they can and if the ball bounces right for them, they'll play with their hair on fire. Don't expect that to happen, though. 

Hope we play that way from  the get go and not let up for a minute. 

Man, I'm pumped. Hook'em!

 

[texasdalton]

im always surprised i make it it through the off-season. thank you lord, please bless me with a playoff berth this year. Ahmen 

 

[longhorn_mig]

We’ve been in line for 30 minutes to get into the game and it hasn’t moved.

 

[java]

We’ve been in line for 30 minutes to get into the game and it hasn’t moved.

Hallelujah!

I guess my routine of getting to games 2 hours early to watch warmups would have paid off!

Hook ‘em!

 

[java]

I approve of the play calling for 1st series, 1st game, sitting on the 10. 

 

[java]

Overshown!

 

[java]

Love it that Luke Brock was key on that stand!

 

[java]

Nice play call!

Card doesn’t play like a RS Freshman

 

[texasdalton]

holy crap that td feels good. give robinson the rock

 

[texbound]

I seriously thought Bijan moved that and didn't get set.  Was looking for a flag, but no flag no foul.

 

[java]

Card has an easy attitude that I really like. So does Bijan.

 

[texbound]

Come on Defense....get a stop