NCAAF 2020 Week 08 Louisiana-Lafayette vs UAB

college football and cbs sports network is presented by geico this is historic legion field in birmingham it's hosted iron bowls sec championship games and for a final season home to uab football conference usa tonight the blazers host louisiana from the sunbelt conference uav starts tonight with the nation's third longest active home win streak 21 in a row dating back to the start of the 2017 season only clemson and notre dame have longer active streaks welcome college football fans friday night football for you here from birmingham alabama great to have you with us dave ryan alongside corey chambers former star nfl defensive back joined by justin walters throughout the broadcast field level as well jay bottom line great inner conference matchup and what has been a very unusual 2020 season it has been david and these coaches you can feel they they know it's a big game they were both a little bit nervous in anticipation and why wouldn't they be because they know that the team on the other side both teams know the other other side is really good it's been a brick wall it's been impenetrable what a defense for uab it's been the name of their game since 2017 with that win streak the last three games they've given up 12.3 points a game and their third down defense it's amazing 26.4 during that streak but during this season it's almost been exactly the same and this is a game changer for uab jordan smith love his length six seven well he's unbelievable when you think about some of the things he's been able to do off the edge uh you see him right here he gets a tipped interception that against western kentucky he's one of those players that's an energizer for this defense right talk about production from louisiana it's got to be the offensive line creating so many opportunities for their great quarterback levi lewis yeah no doubt and you look at the offensive line right here they're passing off a stunt and then levi lewis is able to get out on the outside and find smith for a touchdown and this osiris torrance gets up to the second level and makes this block elijah mitchell goes on to score this offensive line had two draft picks last year in the nfl they've been a staple of this program since its inception corey is such a sad day august 1st of this year during summer workouts dj looney offensive line coach for the ragin cajuns passed away justin has more on that and how louisiana will pay tribute to him tonight dave there's an overflow of emotion and motivation tonight on louisiana's sideline on the back of every player's jersey you'll see the name looney it's an honor former assistant coach dj looney who died of a heart attack this year during a team workout looney's impact on this program is well documented he had a dynamic personality and was always filled with positive energy while making some people laugh and smile all the time there are more than a dozen family and friends in attendance tonight fort looney who grew up in birmingham and also played high school bald hair among those at tonight's game are dj's parents sarah and david he's remembered so fondly in lafayette justin thanks for that and they honor his memory tonight his family here at legion field two-time all-state offensive lineman mississippi state had a great career in the sec and was an up-and-coming star in the coaching ranks at louisiana before his passing 20 capacity at the old gray lady here tonight in birmingham 18 000 max face mass required no tailgating temperature checks required for the fans coming in louisiana won the toss electing to defer and the kickoff goes out of bounds for an early penalty leg of kicker nate snyder so uab will start this game tonight for the 35. the team will be placed at the 35-yard line first down kevin randall our referee here tonight [Applause] so here's bryce and lucero only a redshirt freshman from loma colorado western part of the state he told us yesterday but went to img academy in florida and an incredible story that we'll get into tonight basically off some coaches tape and practice film got an offer from brian vincent the offensive coordinator of uab he's perfect so far 3-0 as a starter just turned 20 years old last week and has become one of the bright young stars in conference usa playful and lucero airs it out looking for austin watkins and it's incomplete that was a pretty good job on the outside that time by eric garrer really a double move they try to start the game off and and really just test this louisiana defense down the field that's something that they want to do is extend the field a little bit tonight this offensive line has played pretty well they made some changes on that left side dave [Applause] their second attempt [Applause] carry early that's about the 39-yard line the freshman gets a call before it's to be a big factor tonight trying to stop this run game with spencer brown i think he's probably the most active player up front five yard pickup on the play there from lucious stanley you'll see plenty of dwayne mcbride spencer brown a record center on third down here brown in motion and then tries for the quick dump off pass from lucero some good heat some good pressure and andre jones in the face of bryce and lacero it's incomplete punt time here for uab we've talked so much about the uab defense but louisiana defense also they've got an active defensive front as well and you can see right there number 62 sidney wells he just couldn't handle the movement of andre jones he's a longer player than about six foot five kyle greenwell punts here for uab third year kicker for the blazers fair catch eric garros got a punt return for a touchdown this year against iowa state 35-yard punt for kyle greenwell uab first time we'll see levi lewis tonight all sun belt pit and a big game last year against app state 354 yards and four touchdowns he is a multi-threat quarterback he's a lefty times in his career thrown for multiple touchdowns dangerous anytime [Applause] [Music] senior from baton rouge louisiana [Applause] beautifully and slams levi lewis to the ground tackle for loss for uab lewis they got him involved in the run game a week ago and and mole anticipating it and get it gets inside and makes a very good stop early and he's an energizer bunny as well for this defense last season had over 100 tackles very active player first team all-conference last year loss of seven on second and 17. one play goes really nowhere third and long coming up carry from mitchell i think that their center shane battle is going to have to have a good game he's going to get some very big players inside tony fair fish mcwilliams they're going to challenge him inside and he's going to have to stand up and their running game is going to get going this could be a screen down potentially long yardage [Applause] 15 whistles and flags first ball start gonna back up the raging cajuns five [Applause] defense number 14 disconcerting signals five yard penalty third down all right correct that initially the call from one of the officials was a false start and said to lay a game bill clark head coach not pleased that's the second week in a row we've had that call too dave we had the last week as well and giving those signals to potentially influence the offense they've been cracking down on the officials early in the season there's a ranger cajuns five yards 30-10 louis time pocket collapses rogers has the catch daryl rogers jr that's a good pickup for louisiana he needed the 36 for a first down anytime you run these crossing routes the linebacker is going to have to match you'll see number six chris mull he's going to come down and try to match this route and rogers is able to get away from k-9 shy by a yard for the first down so here's rhys burns from melbourne not melbourne florida my hometown melbourne australia another pro kick product so many in college football these days here's a good one for louisiana myron mitchell deep to receive the kick explosive return man for the blazers grabs it at about the 25 looks for a crease can be dropped at the 33. that's where uab takes over first and 10. got a timeout from historic legion field in birmingham alabama no score early on seven iron bulls 14 birmingham bowls two sec championship games an nfl game back in 1968 we got some more details on that later on broadcast love being here final season uab football at legion field lucero the freshman hands to spencer brown [Applause] short gain on first down zion hill preseason sunbelt conference evolved in the stop nice chat with spencer yesterday big subject of discussion losing some weight yeah he has he was excited about having lost a little bit of weight and he's gotten quicker got all the way down uh almost with 209 pounds coach said hey you got to put some of that weight back on slow down from 238 to about 205. now he's up to the 210 range and that's a false start unless it was a defensive delay of game like we've seen the last couple weeks right false start offense number 77 five yard penalty second down kadeem telford jr from miami is the guilty part tonight's keys to the game brought to you by ryan well we talked about the russian attack rush hour you've got to have five or more yards for kerry and really they've got to be able to not only maintain it but convert drives to get off the field on third down extending the field uab we saw them try that early and negativity a lot of tackles for loss behind the line of scrimmage for uab second alarm passing down for the freshman from colorado who fires and behind his tight end hayden pittman incomplete near midfield sets up third and long russell cerro big peyton manning fan nice chat with him via zoom i kind of like these zoom calls cory this year you're gonna see their faces you know as opposed to telephone conference calls we've had for years and covering college football and i was impressed this guy was recruited by harvard pan and yale he's a smart kid and he understands what defenses are trying to do to him and and that's kind of rare for a young quarterback [Applause] on third and long lucero over the middle pitman can't bring it in and whistles first manak had the pick for louisiana and he lost his helmet but hang on a minute we say he understands defenses he gets fooled by defense and menek almost comes up with the interception if not for the flag there was no put prior to the play false start offense number 61. five yard penalty remaining or down that's back number 17 does not have to leave the game for losing his helmet there we go good call a good definition there from our referee and clarification from kevin randle so treehearn guilty party was dead ball right here you can see treehearn and actually they've got andrew smith playing center behind we thought maybe we'd see a little reichert in there but spencer brown trojan knocks him out of bounds good play for louisiana defensively three picks this year for the louisiana defense pump time gain of four spencer brown and the uab offense sputters for a second attempt tonight louisiana honoring the late dj looney with the name plates for this game tonight it's a really nice gesture for their former offensive line coach i think gear is a really interesting punt returner you saw him take one back against iowa state to keep eric garrett wants a fair catch indicates four and makes the grab just shy of the 33. raging cajuns levi lewis their exciting quarterback back on the field after the 39-yard punt from uab's kyle greenwell louise got a 3-1 record they've had some close calls corey three straight games decided by three points or less been a great season knocked off number 23 iowa state at ames first ever road win over a top 25 team then the walk-off overtime win thanks to mitchell's run ben snyder over georgia southern but last week i lost to coastal carolina we could go wednesday was their last game for billy napier's team three and one their record the big breakthrough ever then number 23 iowa state of the big 12 to begin the season we had a nice chat with billy today by zoom and they said such an emotional year losing dj looney but so proud of his guys for the way they played yeah he really was he still feels like their best football is ahead of them though i think that was the most surprising thing [Applause] first down run ray regis 12 times in his career picks up four there has a hundred plus yards so regas and elijah mitchell quite a one-two punch 29 career touchdown runs for trey regas power back at 2 30. on second down they'll feed regas again bounces off the tackler and drags a couple beyond the sticks smith eventually makes the play varegas has a first down for louisiana change move finally here left side of that offensive line max mitchell a veteran along with ken marks doing a good job of creating forward movement against the uab front first first down raging cajuns first down ramregas again second effort leans ahead picks up two so these guys can get it done talk about prolific running backs in lafayette elijah had mitchell really had a very good year in terms of scoring a year ago 16 touchdowns on the ground regas got it done in terms of catching the football 25 plus catches last season so they're very versatile in the way they're being used on second down the lefty levi lewis flush gonna run with it mole trying to line him up and bring him down and help from noah wyler good play by chris mull the senior first-team all-conference usa pick linebacker a year ago this team hasn't been as productive as they would like on third down that's why you see them picking up the pace right here so uab can't line up they'll go fast smith the carry breaks a tackle leads forward and mull finishes him off when he gets to the 45-yard line at uab and the chains move on first down for louisiana chris smith has got some wheels as well big touchdown kickoff return against iowa state i'm sure it's hard to keep him off the field you see him break three tackles and he runs with a low center of gravity very explosive player picks up three that time another first down for the raging cajuns each time in uab territory tonight on first down chris smith left side got about four on the first down run taylor makes the play for uab defensive lane coordinator david reeves third best pass defense in the nation less than 155 yards yield of the game through the air they're good smith again fish mick williams makes a play there that might have been an opportunity for lewis to keep it and he went ahead and handed it off inside but i think the more they incorporate him in terms of these zone reads as a runner then that can loosen up this uab defense [Applause] sets up third down 37 on the year for louisiana one for two tonight [Applause] gossip the motion man elijah mitchell pounds ahead off left tackle and gets to about the 39 needs four more for first down so decision time here for billy napier we know nate snyder has been good from 53 as we saw to beat georgia southern in lafayette but he's been up and down and they're out of his range anyway big play here fourth and three and louisiana tries to keep the drive alive lewis incomplete mitchell intended receiver on the quick sideline route to the start running back in the raging cajuns but it can't click and uab takes over that's been one of one things that you've seen from him at times is a little bit too hot on some of the screen passes and easy completion and we're back in the fourth down play that we just saw that would seem like an easy completion we're gonna have elijah mitchell he's gonna go to the flats and then take a look at the number 50 noah wilder you see it gets out flanked it's an easy completion and basically lewis just kind of airmails it and that has to be frustrating you can see his technique it just throws it too hard and when you throw into a running back dave it's different than throwing to a wide receiver so it's it's more imperative to put more touch on the football it was an excellent play call by this louisiana staff unfortunate miss uab takes over first and ten here mcbride to carry slides down the first one there put down dwayne mcbride a freshman from ocala floor it's a loss of one jordan quebeco there richard jr from lafayette he's a good one forced fumble against iowa state louisiana might be underrated defensively a bit second down watkins has the catch on the slant and carrier has the tackle defensively for louisiana he's got a size advantage over here on the outside gear is only about 176 pounds see really a quick passing game to the outside with watkins who's really about 200 pounds so he's got about a 25 to 30 pound weight advantage some of that quick game will work for them if watkins can make the physical catches there's third down maybe about 45 percent third down try so far that pass for hayden pittman flicks into louisiana territory make that garrett prince the big tight end has the catch it's an 18-yard gain and a first down for uab well he's working against patrick manson inside you see lucero look off and then he comes back a little bit behind an excellent catch that time by prince prince in motion sets to the right for the qb that's what we did last week against western kentucky spinning off tacklers and a good pickup for dwayne mcbride the freshman he's an angry runner yeah i think this is what we saw the spin moves a week ago and that led to the 77 yard touchdown watch him right here he's going to lower his pass and bam he runs right through quebec though and then you have his offensive lineman continuing to work for him number 53 colby ragland a leader for this football team move the left guard and they're running to his side zion hill richard junior new iberia louisiana is down for the raging cages zion hill shaking up corey a moment ago pre-season second team all sunbelt performer really good one for the raging cages he really is and you can look at the 283 pounds and be fooled now right here he's going against andrew smith number 55 and smith shifts his weight on him and you can see him still getting off to make the tackle against mcbride and that kind of really shows you what he's all about he's slippery but yet he's very strong that's a big thing with hill and that's what you lose with him out of the lineup but again they still have other defensive linemen like taylon humphrey number 99 who we'll see also very impressive here's second down the other crown that's jermaine brown for a wide receiver now running back at uab and a mobile alabama picks up four we told you they have got a stable of running backs here for uab spencer brown dwayne mcbride jermaine brown we saw a little lucha stanley begin the game got some talent at that position first down here for uab spencer brown looks for a whole and just about broke that one for a big game tripped up up front mason narcisse freshman out of reserve louisiana makes the play here mason narcisse he does a pretty good job of defeating the cut block that time for a number 77 kadeem teleport and anytime you can be able to get off the block and still make a play laterally it's a very good job i think that's the thing that you like about this louisiana defensive line they're quick so they're not very big necessarily but they're very quick going side to side good second now spencer brown again tries the right side plows ahead joe dylan got a piece of him another pre-season first team all sunbelt pick gain of one for spencer brown third down coming up here for bill clark's blazers and the coaches talked about you talked about that weight earlier they said he might have lost playing time you see him coming off the field now for mcbride they said he might not have played with these backs that you just talked about dave if he hadn't lost the weight you're talking about one of the school's all-time leading rushers would be maybe struggling for playing time here on third down quick game number five right here [Applause] lucero throws catch pittman and the big tight end with a long hair has got the grab for uab chain mover first down for the blazers big play it's always for them they have to be very excited when they get down to this part of the field because they got 18 touchdowns in the red zone out of 22 potential possessions so they've basically scored 21 times and 18 of them have been touchdowns tonight's red zone brought to you by verizon there are the stats mitchell the motion man lebron carrick it gets to about the 16-yard line sam carries 131 yards for the freshman against western kentucky last week here at legion 70-plus yard touchdown run james told you about he bounced into the line of scrimmage i thought well it's just going to be you know yard gain or so maybe even a loss he spun around there were no hilltoppers near him he just kept on going and a touchdown for uab pretty spectacular play here's second down quite fake lucero the freshman lost it he's hoping that is an incomplete pass and ruled that way as he gets away from the rock zion hills back in the louisiana lineup making plays in the fourth quarter he actually had a fumble last week off of the running back and that was just an excellent play we talked about zion held his impact and you can see this time trohan comes in and knocks it down rushing off the edge but hill's in the backfield as well third down they've got a one-on-one down here at the bottom and that's going to be watkins against garrow let's see if they take a look at that i thought he should have picked that one third down big play uab bryson lucero flags first here the whistles and playa stops just for two minutes to go here in our first quarter from birmingham to the play time out first that is their first it will be 30 seconds so bill clark big third down play coming up with his freshman quarterback and you got the feeling in speaking with bryce lucero and his offensive coordinator brian vincent yesterday bryant works harder than anyone first into the fieldhouse last out watches film constantly right tremendously dedicated but he's still a freshman court right and there are a lot of things to learn you make a good point dave and and i thought western kentucky going against deangelo malone who i thought was one of the the better defensive ends in in the country and and they actually brought a lot of pressure against him last week uneven i thought there were some moments when he was uneven so in this situation third down and seven what am i thinking him if i'm defensive coordinator patrick coney are you thinking coverage do you think about bringing some an extra rusher i think that's the thought process you're going through right now of your patrick coney and i believe that it might be a time to bring some heat let's find out third down [Applause] here comes the pressure as corey predicted looking there for watkins that ain't completed about the five-yard line too hot to handle for the uab star receiver austin watkins well you have both of your safeties and they decide to come he's a former safety's coach watch the safeties come up late you got trohan and then you also got number 27 cameron solomon and and when you see something on video on tape we talked about him watching tape they're watching tape too and they knew that you had some problems with the blitzes a week ago here's matt quinn to try the field goal for uab and he's got it we have our first points of the game hit all three field goal attempts last week against western kentucky good tonight and a three-nothing lead 33-yard field goal successful for quinn matt quit kicker for uab now five of six field goal tries this year start your sundays for that other pregame show as our crew gets you ready for every game on the nfl slate sunday morning at eight eastern on cbs sports network eagles win last night no it's a big win hey we we got a we got a fan and and justin are down here giggles big eagles from new york but he's eagles man you got to figure that one kobe neenan will kick off here for uab chris smith brought one to the house against iowa state in ames to begin the season bounces off of tackler and is dropped shy of the 25. 24-yard return for chris smith both of these special teams units they take on the personality of their coaches they both talked about their special teams units and you can tell they're proud of what the work that both robbie ditcher and heath thomas have done the special teams coaches for both teams elijah mitchell featured back here at 164 yards couple touchdowns in that overtime win in atlanta over georgia state [Applause] [Music] kerry's here on first down hit backfield chris mull is there again darting into the offensive backfield for the play moles very good instincts and when he sees something watch how he slithers and gets low he does a good job of rapping and you see moe's emotion hey i'm here i'm here i'm in the building good play by moe second down lewis airs this one out incomplete near midfield flag flies devin paulie intended receiver john turner stares at the official in disbelief [Applause] past interference defense number 14 15-yard penalty automatic first down junior from florence alabama guilty party there for the blazers he's an important part of their scheme lewis recognizes the matchup however and paulie is very savvy as a route runner he's a young kid redshirt sophomore but look how he goes back into the defensive back that's how you draw that flag you have to go back into his body as a veteran played by the sophomore i like that that's a good breakdown mitchell second level flag flies and the offensive backfield in the neighborhood generally of holding so this may come back for the raging cages let's find out nice burst there for mitchell we were talking about his burst earlier and how smooth he runs personal foul face mask defense number 22. 15 yard penalty from the end of the run addict first down i'm out for two on penalty predictions i'm done corey i'm done for the night jordan smith these face masks up at the top oh yeah you can see it right it was pretty obvious and he was going against a guy that we'd ask the coaches about zach robertson the asu transfer so that's a guy that can match his length and and if you go back to the cusa championship game last season uh i felt like that smith let it get personal don't let the game get personal tonight 50 seconds of count first quarter here from birmingham automatic first down ragin cajuns lewis on the play faith on the pass completing a good pick up on first down and this is the same play that they used a little bit earlier uh on the fourth down they go right back to it this time they give johnson a chance much better pass but you could throw it faster with the receivers neil johnson jr of the catch and a first down run on the second short play elijah mitchell final 30 seconds of our first quarter big numbers from the tight ends this year some good ones for louisiana pumpkin burrell bergeron [Applause] boy napier's got weapons no question about it offensively final moments of the quarter mitchell runs into trouble did you see that hit sure oh man tyler taylor made it taylor got there lsu player made some noise one quarter of the books corey from birmingham you're watching college football on cbs sports network presented by geico second quarter on the way defense name of the game corey we talked about on top of the broadcast for uab christopher mole is all over the field and he's one of those players that he's fast he's athletic you see him right here he'll bends again to make a tackle against elijah mitchell and then they're stud on the edge what's jordan smith he fights off a blocker and then he comes back and combines with tyler taylor to make a play for louisiana to get their run game going and it's going to be important here on second and long because they haven't been great on third down this year i think one of the things they're going to have to be able to do is run a little bit more inside let's start the second quarter from legion field dave great justin with you our entire group it's friday night football sunbelt conference usa head ahead second down here levi lewis record setting lefty qb wants williams who spins and can't bring it in incomplete near the pylon top targets jalen williams former baseball player let me go back at that john turner and this time he says no way he does a really good job but if you look at the body control by williams nearly snags the ball pretty good placement that time by lewis red sox organizational pitcher minor leagues pretty good athlete jalen williams couldn't bring that one in third down [Music] kimi draw lewis dancing lewis first down it's a big play offensively before louisiana gets to the nine first and goal here for the raging cajuns we told you he's multi threat i think this is something that they're going to continue to try to incorporate as the season goes on and look at the 342 pound osiris torrance leading the way down the field for him torrance the right guard is an impressive athlete and i tell you what when you've got guys like him up front not a hard decision to run the ball damon miller finally played made the play defensively for uab first and goal regas feature back lewis spins pressure coming there's chris mull again in the face of the southpaw qb for louisiana he's been everywhere tonight and that's the same play again from fourth down we've seen this play come up again it's somewhat of a misdirection this time he's looking for regis a little bit earlier we talked about throwing that ball too hot to the running back what i meant is the running backs oftentimes don't have as many repetitions catching the ball so if you throw it faster with too much speed it's a little bit more difficult for them to adjust to so he's got to get better with his touch in the flats to the running backs second goal mitchell his feature back to his right here [Applause] qb draw again lewis takes a shot mole again makes the play defensively for the blazers got to the four-yard line it's a gain of five for levi lewis sunbelt quarterback senior from baton rouge let's see if they go empty this time and have no backs in the backfield or do they do some type of off tackle run with elijah mitchell [Applause] third goal lewis thinking about the fade for lacey incomplete to kyron lacy one of their top targets coverage from td marshall cornerback for uab lacy lost his helmet and a field goal attempt coming up that's a good job you got a longer player at the cornerback position he plays through the inside shoulder that's what you want to do that's the technique you want to use this is a former wide receiver so an outstanding technique to squeeze lacy out of bounds jeff shot here for nate snyder but it's been up and down for this guy the indiana transfer three of seven this year on a short field gold tries got this one and we've got ourselves a tie game fourth made field goal of the year for nate schneider who in indiana just kicked off now it's a field goal kicker for the raging cajuns or all time [Music] tonight's fast facts brought to you by toms legion field boats love those leather helmets 47 iron balls alabama 32 and 15 record in those games 14 birmingham bowls two sec championship games and yes a regular season 1968 football game between the patriots and jets in the nfl 97 uab wins in this venerable historic stadium it'll be our last time here chains kind of cool be back and be a part of the ball history i'm wondering who was the quarterback for the patriots babe really in that game how about you know our nfl historian is right to my left our great stats man well he'll let me know if i got it wrong protective field new stadium it's a joint effort between the city of birmingham uab and donors 175 million facility will open next year for the blazers snyder to kick off and mitchell watches this go out of bounds for a penalty will get at the 35-yard line sunday our nfl we'll talk about the nfl in a moment hang on free kick out of bounds kicking team the ball will be placed at the 35-yard line it'll be first down second time we've seen that tonight sunday as we mentioned nfl and cbs doubleheader highlighted by two undefeated teams squaring off wins and steelers and the tightest followed by reunion between garoppolo's 49ers and the patriots or it's the chiefs in denver all begins the nfl today at noon eastern this sunday kevin dotson louisiana one of three drafted players jay what was your eval on him last year i thought he was a had a really good east west shrine week had a really good season overall robert hunt went down their other outstanding offensive lineman and dotson was a bell cow he started on sunday as well this past sunday fantastic fantastic run for spencer brown [Applause] wrestled down by lorenzo mccaskill leading tackler for louisiana gained a 12 for brown on the blazers well brown he does a really good job of running behind hayden pittman who makes a good cut block and then he cuts back off of that block and if not for mccaskill's tackle he might have gotten a lot more shift for pittman spencer brown again is loose second level then some big pickup for brown back to back first down sprints for spencer brown gets to the ragin cajun 35 game of 18. and i think hayden pittman has got to look at again watch number 10 he leads up and he really makes a cut off of that block on number two mccaskill you can see the quickness in the open field the ability to make defenders miss something that wasn't there in 2019 [Applause] on first down why not spencer brown again a nice pickup about six more blazer yards tyler guidry makes the play for the raging cajuns more on spencer second among active players most in school history 37 rushing touchdowns that's a uab record for a high school linebacker he had one offer in division one he told us yesterday and that was the uab coming off the shutdown the program didn't play for two years 2015 2016 rebirth and 17. [Applause] lebron lunging toward the sticks dragging raging cajun tacklers to about the 23 another first time for uab they're getting it done on the ground here chance well all night we've seen kobe ragland the left guard and their left tackle kadeem tell for look at what they're doing on that side and then they gotta give some credit andrew smith to center he's come back in the lineup will reichert started a week ago but he's come back in the lineup and he's kind of he's leaning on people just 300 pounds he's playing a lot bigger than his size would suggest against a very good player in taylor humphrey first down off the gate at six mcbride again sprints through that hole again and he's got another blazer first down 10 more yards for the star freshman running back dwayne mcbride [Applause] and this time they're doing a zone blocking scheme so off the edge you've got a chance to make the play tyler guidry and he's able to step through that ankle tackle and so when you you've got balance it really helps to be able to step up through some of those ankle tackles whistles and flags i'm not gonna do [Applause] first down get him telford left tackle for uab moves early it's been a journey for him we talked about the journey of jordan smith well he was also involved at florida and played at florida before moving here they the coaches talked about when they saw him at tight end i watched him against south alabama just moving bodies they had to get him in the lineup he's six eight three fifteen and he's a tremendous talent first down to penelope locero first time we see him throw in a while that's incomplete austin watkins jr and tenant receiver inside the 15-yard line he's well covered and trohan is one of those players that's very instinctive in center field right now we've got the world series going on watch him come down and look at the closing speed to really rake through the arms of watkins and that's one of the things i like about trojan when i watched him on tape i felt like he was very good in terms of being able to read off the quarterback's indicators that's what makes him a solid player nice pick jordan that high point interception brown spencer brown loose again tough to tackle been the story all night aj washington corner for the raging cajuns on the stop defensively it's a gain of 11. and the other theme is the left side and watch what they do is tell ford and look at raglan i mean he just rag dogs andrew jones and gets him up out of there and now you have to have an open field tackle from cameron solomon so the left side of that offensive line continues to make an imprint on this game third and four the freshman qb on the sprint right incomplete that's a good decision you don't want to throw back across your body he had watkins flashing in the back of the end zone throw the football away and settle for three points that's growing up it's a sprint out that's when they're good their concepts down here in the red zone nobody's open go ahead and get rid of the football and give your team a chance to get three points [Applause] quinn one for one so far good from 33. freshman from spanish fort alabama that's part of the state near mobile and the gulf this one 25. so it's been chip shot city some short field goals jay but hey good defense 6-3 game right oh yeah you got to love defense and both teams have really come out with a lot of energy on that side of the ball one field goal mate snyder from louisiana two for matt quinn of uab a 6-3 game and spencer brown has delivered tonight corey as expected well he has delivered and i think it's been between the tackles we've seen right here he's running off right tackle and gets up the field and mccaskill has to make a tackle up around the shoulder pass this time off of hayden pittman's block and look at the move right here on cameron solomon the give and go give a hip and take it away this time watch number 77 kadeem tell fort off the left side he just basically puts his man five yards down the field brown takes advantage he's been decisive dave and that's the one thing you want from your better running backs you have to be decisive when you get the football in your hands lost that weight big factor he's quicker he's stronger [Music] off made field goal neenan kicks off chris smith trouble dave you nailed it on the head the spencer brown we see now is a lot lighter and faster from a year ago you guys alluded to his weight loss of nearly 30 pounds from last season how he got there was by shedding a lot of weight and removing cereals like frosted flakes as well as cinnamon toast crunch out of his diet this coaching staff challenged him last year how do you want your legacy to be remembered and spencer took it personal and transformed his entire body it's a game changer oh no question justin we saw a picture this year last year and what a difference a year makes different guy elijah mitchell on first down carries for louisiana and poor progress about a yard and a half on the first down run stout play up front again i think justin was more concerned about that cinnamon toast crunch he was like what are you doing but the way justin works out i don't think he's eating too much of the cinnamon toast crunch but you look at this this defensive line for uab they've been much more stout against this running game for louisiana than on the other side mike carrio stanley a moment ago good play defensive late uab second and law mitchell again fish mcwilliams one of the first guys to will bowler help clean them up and mitchell picks up a couple third down coming up here for louisiana called third and three for the raging cajuns [Applause] and we've seen kind of why you have those misses and while you're only converting 37 you've got to make the gimmies and they've had a couple uh thus far really who is their third down receiver i don't think they've yet to establish the true guy jaylen williams number 18. he may be the closest thing to potentially a third down threat for them on this down and second from the top of the screen on this set here's lewis third down mitchell has the catch makes a nice move first down for the raging cages and then soon crosses the 30-yard line without the 32 and the chains move much needed the mon miller stopped defensively for the blazers game of 11. and this allows them to get their pace going because they're a team that likes to do a lot of shifting a lot of different formations and they're back up ready to snap it again on first down mitchell again fish mcwilliams tony fair those big guys defensive tackles each over 310 pounds are tough to get by but mitchell does got four yards on the first down run on the raging cajuns wearing looney on the back of their jersey to honor the late offensive line coach dj looney passed away out of his first tragic label heart attack during a team workout see the motion pre-snap for louisiana complex offense maybe too complex well let's wait and see what the flag is and we'll get into that but maybe maybe not as complex as you think offside defense number 90 with contact five yard penalty second down that's tony fair and we talked about the pre-snap and the movement he's right here inside but when you're moving and you've got to get lined up but you're 330 pounds like tony fair it's tough just to get lined up when you come with the pace and then you have the shifts where you might have to move and get into a new position before the snap you can see them like breathing on the sidelines pretty heavily that's what they're trying to get done sets up second short regis feature back levi lewis going to take a shot here on second and short for leblanc who elevates and can't make the catch on the sideline route near the 30. t.d marshall on coverage corner for uab leblanc's a very good athlete now he went to new iberia high school and he was a triple jumper and a long jumper and you can see the athleticism as he twists his body and really is a decent pass by lewis because he puts it on the outside shoulder now it's third and short you gotta get regis maybe involved here in the run game [Applause] on cue trey riggis plows forward that spot didn't get there he's about half a yard shy he needs nearly the 42 for the louisiana first down antonio moultrie involved in the play we saw the emotion from noah wilder as well defensive tackle moultrie sophomore from pensacola fourth down what's billy napier got in mind here i'll go right back to you go for it yeah no question and if you go for it give the ball right back to your running back your 220 pound running back at reagan's here's why you've got to make a statement at some point to wake your team up and i think this is where you do it right here and they're talking about it and maybe they're going to use a timeout here two for five this year fourth down tries but don't you see that a little bit david i'm with you you need a spark yeah they gotta get something going in a game they just haven't produced a lot offensively tonight we'll take a timeout and well we'll stay here and napier will think about it we will in fact take a break and be back in a moment into birmingham alabama play the game today coming up here in the second quarter a 6-3 game billy napier louisiana's head coach shape calls the timeout thinking about in his own territory going for him fourth and short you agree right i do i think this is an opportunity to kind of turn the tide in terms of your team's overall energy at this stage of the game mitchell feature back here's nego lumpkin the tight end shift to the right of lewis big play it's mitchell it's a first down spot looks good momentum carries it it looks like enough to move the chains for louisiana see what side they they ran to right behind number 67 ken marks good job by mitchell getting his pad level down and get a new set of downs and looks like actually ken marks was not in the game he's actually number 54 tyler brown so we have to check and see what maybe where he was at on that play but he's not in the game right now brown richard freshman from jackson mississippi [Applause] that's playing time here and hang on a minute that first spot looked really good to me i thought he had it by about half a yard but the actual spot was closer and we got a play stoppage here and some clarity from kevin randle our referee [Applause] timeout they are challenging that a first down was made and the client game was reached all right previous play clark goes for the challenge here and won a game if it's upheld you'll keep it if it's not lose the timeout and no more challenges for the rest of the ball game let's see here corey it was close did he get it i get a little bit really almost close to the 42-yard line let's see if he there's four progress i think it's going to be you're not going to be able to determine with the call you previously had on the field anything much from that angle now this might be a better angle to see it from it's an indisputable evidence to overturn the original call on the field i think from that point when it gets down low you have a tough time seeing where the ball was at whoa it's way short there if you yeah if you go by the line but is that indisputable upstairs the first intent line is unofficial that's our tv production right first 10 line blazers thought they had had him stop i thought he had it by about half a yard that replay certainly yields a different verdict well that's about the second effort it's about the forward progress too and as he gets low is that can you determine from that angle from an indisputable point of view that the call on the field uh basically should be overturned and and basically the spot overturned i've made some poor predictions tonight but i'm going on the record saying this is going to get overturned i think he's sure okay i'll make it sure i mean i'm hopeful i may as well keep swinging your guy mookie betts yeah bets has been swinging rosarina's been swinging too lines here the line of scrimmage and the first down line those are from our tv production truck here in birmingham now he's stopped the second effort it's all about the ball not his helmet it's about the ball where is that it's short it's short for that from that angle it looks short but this is the angle where you you couldn't tell how far before progress would have gotten them big fish mcwilliams envelops him like a shark our director mark grant was asking about that nickname fishman you're right and there it goes and i think he's been a had a pretty good season thus far he has sacked a couple of games had a sack against utsa that's a big play if mcwilliams ultimately end up overturning this because he's the reason why the forward progress actually would stop mick williams vic 315 pounder fishman williams tony fair those dudes are huge strong and stout up front for uab for pizza cola right pizza cola florida only a sophomore his high school coach i guess had animal nicknames for the players and he was fish so his brother his brother he's got mac mc williams on the team right but i love the nickname idea that's pretty cool what would you have been uh coach ave i'm talking about animal nickname oh animal nickname i'm uh jaguar i would say um puma let me see cheetah some you know fast strong cat bird is that cool sure call the field is louisiana first down for mitchell's run we think it's going to be overturned long booth review here i think he's short thanks to fish mcwilliams had company bill bola got in there and uav is going to get the football here they will stop there's louisiana there's fish [Applause] he knows he he knows he was the one who you can see him right there celebrating with tyree turner they they've gotten the confirmation and turner's another player who's played well for them this season that defensive line is good the runner was stopped short of the line of game it will be first to 10. call overturn and uab with their defense stands tall against billy napier's raging cajuns and on a short field they'll take over [Music] you can see the frustration my neighbor he he knows at that point what he was trying to get accomplished now right here if you uab i i'm thinking take a shot because somebody uh you've got to get really down the field at some point to see whether or not they're on point off the play-action pass dropping the screen billy napier still getting the officials in earful before we just resume play and the blazers take over on first down as corey predicted play fake locero throws sideline hit man who can't bring it in that's incomplete and that's trojan again and really what he's been able to do thus far in the game is not only just break on the football you see you see him double pump in the pocket that time but that gives trohan a second step and he look at him get his hand in again to rake away another pass nice finish he almost picked that off he is really playing well tonight 11 tackles in that georgia southern thriller in lafayette one or the last second nate snyder 53-yard bomb field goal defense is going to have to be tough tonight for the raging cajuns spencer brown gets physical mccaskill tries to wrestle him down the ranger cages leading tackler but gets pushed forward a couple yards by the powerful spencer brown yeah i like what you said dave because it was the other guy getting physical as a linebacker you want to deliver the blow as opposed to catch the blow and coaches often refer to that as giving up hidden yardage and so now it's third down and this is a place where they've been pretty effective all season maybe pittman uh a line in the slot well he's gonna actually move in motion let's see if they run behind him spencer brown again powers through traffic gets physical runs north south gets to the 29. gain of five first down for the blazers it says home blocking scheme again taylon humphrey is struggling a little bit to stay on his feet number 99 he's probably their most powerful interior offensive lineman an nfl prospect and right now they're doing a really good job of taking care of him with the inside run game [Applause] on first down not much this time joe dillon reads the play nicely defensively for louisiana puts down spencer brown 71 rushing yards tonight on 10 carries prior to that effort so 7.1 to carry not bad for spencer brown out for now is really effective stable running backs for bill clark and they know who's on the other side they know reggie smith and mitchell are on the other side it's a battle of the running backs you know who's on the other team on second down jermaine brown nothing doing that play red perfectly again rod gardner player we talked with this morning via zoom physical and intimidating linebacker dayton ohio coffeyville junior college and he talked about the fact that he ran runs in that four four nine four five range i saw every bit of it when studying video of him in fact he's been the most impressive player for me on this defense thus far this season a very good football player deep second leading tackler entering play tonight third down pressure off the edge lucero perfectly delivered ball to shropshire who makes the catch on the stixx route gets to the 18. it's a gain of 11 for uab trey dropshy of the gram well there's some pressure coming off the edge you'll see it come from up here at the top and he gets it off just in time very good time in that time by lucero anytime you feel the pressure that's something that they did a week ago western kentucky this time he reacts to the pressure off the edge it makes a solid throw first down uab georgia first to get to transfer from georgia in the sec he's got a lot of attention from nfl scouts as well one of those players is long six foot three 251 pounds he's very slippery but he can control tight ends in fact on that last play he threw hayden pittman off of him easily and that's what makes him an attractive player for the next level because he can play some linebacker and defensive here he's a good one four star recruiter high school georgia j.c and then louisiana second down spencer brown stays busy zion hill got there fast so did manak and no gain as we head down to two minutes left first half see the pad level they're trying to do that zone blocking scheme and the cut off block by number 61 matthew treehurn is just demolished by number four zion hill you're not gonna cut him off reach him scoop him whatever type of block you want to do against him he can defeat it with his quickness he's played well thus far tonight time out louisiana a minute 58 to go here in the second quarter one time out remaining for the raging cajuns and two play stoppages for uab it's a challenge successful for bill clark they've helped louisiana on downs couple times coming up halftime report powered by ram trucks brent stover houston not kevin carter danny cannell standing by get you caught up on the night's action preview tomorrow's slate's all coming up on the halftime report powered by ram trucks wisconsin tonight against illinois the big ten is back byu playing in conference usa is jacksonville state it's also usf thank goodness corey mountain west pac-12 everybody's playing big ten college football back all 10 fps conferences no there won't be full seasons but it's it's here football has returned thank goodness some good games tomorrow absolutely third down off the timeout locera the freshman quarterback on the sprint right watkins the catch trying to power his way toward the pylon a second effort a spin got him a little extra real estate here's a good one austin watkins receiver uav first and goal watch the outro and watch the precision he sticks right out of it and he's able to beat jalen johnson to the spot that's an excellent route getting out of a comeback from the slot and you can see lucero we've seen that before haven't we you know last week against western kentucky the uh trying to get him a touchdown pass push push legal now right it is goal spencer brown to cut back trying to power his way for six points lunging and mark just shy off the goal line by the officiating crew that was close and right here i would take a timeout if i'm louisiana dave after this depending on and here's why you're letting the clock go down you're not going to have a chance to get the ball back if you continue to let this play clock run down so you want to get the timeout i believe now they've got one timeout left go ahead and use it now so you have some time to score at the end of the half take it with you all right that's your that's your philosophy you can't use those first half timeouts you know what i do second and goal feature back again here watch the two receivers at the bottom of the screen spencer brown enzo touchdown uav 38th rushing touchdown of his record-setting career as a blazer [Applause] well you talked about all night this offensive line number 77 kadeem kadeem telford you want to talk about a legitimate unbelievable block i mean he completely collapsed the entire left side of the offensive line for a six foot eight player his ability to be able to get down low to move bodies it has been really impressive not only coming into the game but also tonight matt quinn has a conference usa best 21 made p-a-t's this year perfect 21-21 freshman from spanish fort alabama stays perfect defense creates offense for uab and the cash in for spencer brown shave again well it all started with fishman williams he says no way you said he wanted to go fishing when he got out his net as you said and then on the touchdown watch number 77 kadeem tell fort opening up and brown pays it home [Music] college football on cemus sports network is sponsored by old trapper beef jerky what's your beef by rogue don't weekend and by navy federal credit union our members are the mission [Music] beautiful night college football here in birmingham alabama magic cities they call it here great history with steel and iron production and speaking of production spencer brown another rushing touchdown record 38th in his career capped off by the brown td run the fast drive interesting that billy napier didn't call the timeout toward the end of that drive jay the question is why well i think that's the question that we're going to be asking ourselves as they start this drive you know maybe there was a thought process that they would throw the ball in that situation but they certainly let the clock run down and they wasted about 20 seconds kobe needed kicks off for smith a run back for chris smith breaks a tackle look out chris smith in the clear no flags down and for the second time this season he'll take it to the house touchdown ragin cajuns 100 yards for chris smith [Music] i guess that's why he didn't call it a timeout that works doesn't it and the celebration staff is out got a mardi gras feel to it doesn't it second long kickoff return for a score this year for smith wow game changer schneider is in for the p-a-t there was a plan all along just know that smith bring him back for a touchdown forget about the same time schneider has the point after and we've got a new ball game here corey 13-10 first touchdown of the night for louisiana well their popular returns they double uh to the right side that's really what worked against iowa state it was a double of the fifth man in and again this time you see the move inside and look at the speed from smith he's an electric player it's hard to keep players like him off the field during your regular offense because he can change games with this type of speed he's done it really the last couple of seasons and you can see him becoming electric again when they need it most 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against iowa state at jack trice in ames to open the season the first road win ever over a ranked team for louisiana and one here tonight and and one thing to keep in mind they had a pretty good kickoff returner who's actually playing for the los angeles rams right now raymond coleas a year ago and he was unbelievable and so now he comes in and is basically averaging even more yards than calais was and he was one of the nation's leaders a year ago snyder kicks off and to the end zone myron mitchell watches that [Applause] go past him for a touch back talk about that iowa state game special team so big chris smith 95 yard kickoff return for a touchdown second quarter but that wasn't all they were done yet eric guerrero takes that cyclone punt returns it 83 yards for a score in the fourth quarter and yes the raging cajuns in ames opened the season and stopped one of three big sunbelt conference wins opening week and and a lot of starters on the team we talked to both of these coaches they play a lot of starters on special teams peter leblanc the starting receiver he was out blocking on the punt return and then when you look at their kickoff return you had another couple of starters out there as well so tyler gudry was on the punt return i believe leblanc was on the kickoff return so unbelievable two time outs 19 seconds lucero on the offense back on the field gonna hand in spencer browns had a big first half leaps tacklers and trucks ahead for about seven on the first down run final seconds about to tick away here in the first half and one play on special teams can change your entire mentality going into the half it's almost like you didn't control the first half anymore right it's that type of demoralizer a great special teams play against you brown ran for 85 yards in the first half little after the whistle to end the second quarter rough stuff going on between these two teams conference usa and sun belt head to head some emotions running high here louisiana's gonna get the second half and you probably don't want to kick it to chris smith do you well i wouldn't i think you got to work on some directional kicking directionally maybe kick it out of bounds again that might be more that's better give the race your case to the ball for 35 and not a touchdown for smith wow game changer here into the first half after the break in front of the gang you're watching college football on cbs sports network presented by geico blazers by three over the raging cajuns at the brick ah special teams they can make such a big difference louisiana returns its third kick of the season for a touchdown second kickoff return of the year for chris smith 13-10 game welcome back to the booth and birmingham dave corey rejoined by justin field level in a moment jamin you're great college career at vanderbilt nfl career 11 years you did it all in special teams you know what they mean to the game right man it's it's amazing when you see a special teams play come together for the special teams coach for the entire team because they really get everybody going and normally what you end up seeing from that is the team plays better football sleep number first half stats corey what do you see here i think the one thing about the third down conversions that's got to improve a little bit for louisiana they've struggled on that all season uh but in the first half for louisiana what did work was the kickoff return and and and when you think about this return let's look at one player that has to get blocked and here he goes number 25 larry wood in the running back a backup running back and a transfer from arkansas state they're doubling him so watch lakeland franklin no he's not done he stays with the double team and that opens it up for smith here's another look at that block on wooden and when you're running down on kickoff and you got to face a double team and that's really what popped it for them against iowa state they doubled uh the fifth man in he was the fourth man in but tell you what man when you can get a return here we go again let's see what they have planned do you even kick it to him again i wouldn't colby neden kicks off chris smith will not attempt to return deep in his end zone omni for a touch back back down to justin guys to no surprise coach bill clark was disappointed the way uab ended the first half he said his defense was playing extremely well but after that kickoff return for a touchdown it's a brand new game as for coach napair he said that after that special teams big play it's another reminder how big special teams has been for them the entire year when i asked him if he regrets going for it on fourth down deep into his own territory he smiled at me and said you've been watching this game and referenced his offensive struggles you got that right justin corey said it just trying for a spark on that fourth down attempt came up just short with elijah mitchell and the offense takes over to begin the third quarter here in birmingham tonight play fake levi lewis on first down avoids the heat on the move throws sideliner out and that's brought in by johnson he's got a second reception of this game here tonight well you can't forget right there you got jordan smith one-on-one with the chance to tackle levi lewis and he can't do it and that shows you his ability to be able to really get things taken care of in tight spaces picks up for him first down second and six for the raging cajuns mitchell passer out this time lewis going to run it moles shoves him out of a bounds sideline to sideline tight pursuit this mole's been everywhere tonight defensively for uab third down coming up if you're gonna run you have to make this decision quicker he wants to stay in the pocket you can tell that's that's really what his instincts tell him to do but he has enough speed and if not for moles outstanding speed he possibly could have gotten even more but now on third down really at some point leblanc is going to have to step up for him now he's isolated up here to the top of the screen let's see if they get him involved at some point tonight 102 total yards of offense that's it so far for louisiana trying to increase the number here on third down levi lewis flushed right sets the feet throws catch and chris smith who had a big return for a touchdown at the end of the first half has a big catch here to begin the second half chain mover first down louisiana this is very good by levi lewis so you get flushed out of the pocket now you got tony fair coming after you you reset your feet you look downfield and then you lead smith across the field away from td marshall a very good play by levi lewis 19 and a first down for the raging cajuns he is quick fleet a foot can make so much happen on the field this raging cajun qb first down smith again the running back in a pass pattern rolling left to lefty throws on the move looking for gossip trying to high point it does bring it in and out of bounds at the two yard line khalif gossip who's a tall one at 6-6 188 pounds and a pensacola uses that basketball height it's a box out cory at a big completion there is a flag down so hang on it's back at the 46-yard line let's check it out holding offense number 74 10 yard penalty still first down that's the left tackle max mitchell wipe it out and it would have been a pickup of 48 yards on that catch by khalif gossip here's mitchell he's on the edge and he's working against antonio moultrie who's been a very good player for this football team this season and moultrie can use a variety of different hand moves to be able to disengage and that time he was working the inside shoulder and mitchell got too nosy with the hands but now you're backed up again that was a little bit of a positive though you mentioned the catch down the field it's still on video right and they know that they just exposed potentially a weakness on this uab defense in terms of a height mismatch first penalty of the night for louisiana first and 20. here's lewis the senior from baton rouge the deep ball it's incomplete and it had a man of caleb carter sprinting downfield on the go route with a step or two on the defense and carter can run we talked about potentially finding something outside carter he's one of their faster players that only has two catches coming into the game you see lewis he's going to move in the pocket outside the pocket and then make this throw on the run rose is about 55 yards in the air and carter gets behind the vodric vinyl yards passing tonight that's best effort so far a lot of football left some heat from smith and he'll sprint out of bounds in front of noah wilder the inside linebacker for uab game four and third and 16 here for louisiana you gotta wonder whether you're going to really drop back and give these pass rushers a chance to unleash or maybe get a screen set up some type of screen that's the big question right here or maybe a draw with lewis [Applause] flag flies false start back up louisiana five [Applause] snap infraction offense number 64. five yard penalty third down center shane below guilty party there richard jr from right there in lafayette for an undersized center he's a pretty good football player he loses some physical matchups from time to time but i was very impressed with how he competes and that's an uncommon snap infraction or mistake from valo third and a bunch here third and 21. lewis flushed again throws on the move again catch out to about the 46-yard line this decision-making time now right dave and it looks like they're gonna come right on up to the line now you can see him again on the move and this is a pretty good pass and jaylen williams nice catch they're sliding absolutely did he have it the ball's moving a bit he's getting a 17. it might be wise to get this on off from this formation would you go with the screen game here to one of these receivers out to the saturday we might have a review or timeout for uab and bill clark might want a previous play as further video reviews please check that out i'm not sure about the catch there james williams it was moving a little bit when he slid to the turf this last challenge worked really on the field was a catch he's one for one on challenges right let's take another look and see whether or not williams can get his arms underneath this ball all the pellets coming out of the artificial turf here it's tough to tell on that angle but let's see this should be a good angle is the ball moving when he gets to the ground well got some bodies in the way there it's tough to see might be too hard to see with the angles here replay crew in the booth kind of similar to the last decision maybe this might be a little bit of a better angle see whether or not it there's great effort there from jalen williams reaching behind him it was that catch 89 89 yards and touchdown against coastal carolina so maybe maybe this is you know the back-to-back weeks having productive games maybe this could be the start of a second one here's a close look at it got the hands underneath it all right i think so i think so too they even line them up in the backfield at times and motion them out after video review the ruling on the field stands it'll be fourth down not bad for a former minor league pitcher in the red sox organization right 2013 draft pick from boston former lsu player jalen williams team wearing looning in the back as a reminder if you're just joining us dj looney offensive line coach tragically passed away heart attack august 1st during team workouts only 31 years old great offensive lineman and a close friend of billy napier the head coach coach looney played at mississippi state he's from birmingham honoring him tonight all the players are wearing moody on the back of their jerseys fourth down at four and they'll punt this time and not try for it grease burns from australia [Applause] gets that good roll and it stops at about the 11-yard line and that's where uab will take over 33-yard punt if you're from melbourne australia say melbourne it's pretty good for the guy from teach me a little bit mel burn florida time out caught football on cbs sports network presented by geico 13-10 uab leads louisiana go back down to justin and talk about how these blazers stay in shape in the off-season dave we've heard of home is where the heart is but home field for uab is also where the winds are as you alluded to they're searching for their 22nd straight win at legion field and the reason why that they take these home streaks so seriously is because of the stadium steps during the dog days of summer the team is seen running for 10 minutes and they have to complete a certain amount a lot of players say that they're finishing and crawling to the very last minute and they said that because that they do this every game matters on this home turf this is the last season at legion field man justin did you go run those steps you got to give me some steps man spencer brown karis spencer told us yesterday about doing those off-season workouts it's usually at the crack of dawn 6am or so in the winter months 21 straight home wins longest active streak in uab history third active in the nation and boy they've played so well since the return first game back 2017 they had almost 50 000 in the stadium after the two-year hiatus for uab football 2018 conference usa champs championship game appearance last year been quite a run since the return for bill clark in this program it's incredible here's second down brown stays busy [Applause] [Music] lorenzo mccaskill first to get to him gain a five but it's tough to bring down spencer brown and that slimmed down stronger version is a tough guy to tackle isn't he yeah he is and i'm not always of the belief that if you slim down you necessarily get faster i think you get quicker i think sometimes when you you hear the adage bigger stronger faster sometimes you gain weight you can get faster but here is third down and they've actually got their guard in at tight end number 41 jacoby jones let's see if they run the right side brother pistol third down brown over 100 yards for the game first down makai garner trying to fight off the block there of shropshire and get to spencer brown unsuccessfully chain mover for the blazers once again we talked about zion hill he's struggling a little bit to get off of colby ragland inside the left guard last four possessions for uab a touchdown for brown mccashy and he's over 100 yards now 19 carries 102 yards 5.4 a tote for spencer brown a senior from warrior alabama here's first down more of spencer brown he has been busy tonight and he powers ahead for a couple of yards on the first down carry i think they're playing to their strength we talked about them having to extend the field and maybe take some shots down the field to to really loosen up this louisiana defense louisiana doesn't give up a lot of yards per carry it's almost like you have to win against their run defense by attrition and that's kind of what uab has done tonight they're just slowly churning away patient yardage brown out mcbride in brown has a 17th career hundred yard game tonight play fake lucero the freshman is throwing on the move mitchell lunges makes a nice catch on the sideline the extension from myron mitchell tonight first down uav offensive coordinator brian benson said that his ball skills were attracts the ball as well as anybody look at that catch wow i mean you're going out of bounds at full extension i mean tremendous body control for myron mitchell that is fantastic ability in terms of hand-eye coordination brian vinson told us yesterday ridiculous ability for mitchell that's true mcbride carries ahead powers through tackler it just keeps on going kai garner got there with first contact but the problem was that didn't bring him down gain of nine for the freshman running back to wayne mcbride of uab does anybody ever tackle him the first the first guy i don't think so it seems like he's just continuing to really get comfortable i mean anytime you're a younger player and you have the success he had last week 131 yards your comfort level level rises second and short garrett prince lines up to the left of lucero sort of an h-back spot here mcbride looks for room right bounces off a tackler and lunges forward does have a first down it's hella moved a little bit he was hoping for a face mask call gain of three another first down for uab i thought that time it was a very good job done by mason narcisse who's played okay he actually played and moved the line of scrimmage back but the linebackers weren't in position to feel so your defensive lineman they do part of the job the linebackers have to react off of their movement and that time they were a little bit disjointed defensively brown gave up the cereal gave up the juice all those sugary products back in the lineup now back on the field but lucero on the play fake looks for the default brought in ryan davis last week's special teams hero has the go route grab big pickup for uab deep in louisiana territory first down rolling to his left kind of a half roll that puts really good touch on the ball and davis gets behind jalen johnson their star and this is a pretty good job with the placement by lacero davis attacking the football in the air nakia easton blocked that punt last week against western kentucky and davis brought it back for a touchdown 8-28 on first down spencer brown again black flies makai karner first contact defensively for louisiana number 62 and number 61 of offense 15 yard penalty first down right tackle cindy wells right guard matthew treehurn guilty parties for bill clark's bunch and it backs him up came into the game averaging about nine penalties a game haven't really proven to be costly as of yet still a 4-1 ball team but here's where i'm on the right side wells was hitting him up high and treehound hits him low first and 25. that hurts the blazers ocero pittman has the catch makai garner yet again first to get to him but hayden pittman and company say you're not bringing me down now are you and a flag comes in late as well a rugby scrum bush push play there for uab gaining some more real estate here at legion and we could have a plus 15 at the end of the play let's check it out 17-yard gain of its stance these tight ends are tough i mean i love them on film pitman and prince you may do so much movement in the pre-snap personal foul defense number 99 hillary half the distance from the goal in an automatic first down taylor humphrey the fiu transfer former juco player a real star against the guilty party there yes you know we kind of had that last week two days late jump on the scrum and that's more of a player safety issue for the player himself you jump over the pile and you get flipped up and you fall the wrong way then it's kind of something to protect the the player that's jumping as well tonight's red zone being brought to you by verizon numbers tonight for the blazers could be round time spencer brown's in there although here the pistol look for lucero [Applause] on first and goal play fake locero the sprint right throws end zone and complete joss p on the reach of his intended receiver that was probably one of his better throws of the night and incompletion rajon johnson sanders player we thought we might see a little bit tonight yeah from st louis reported to spring ball here what would have been spring ball 265 pounds the coaches told us yesterday and the first thought was are you a left guard or a wide receiver but he slimmed down become really good in camping practice your second down here's spencer brown as we thought spencer brown powers through traffic pushes the pile turns the legs inside the five to about the two gain of five and a big third and goal call coming up here for the blazers we got a lot of options i mean the misdirection has worked they've been able to do a little bit of boot they haven't really gone to their boot game they like the bootleg to the field from time to time that's been a big principle they started off some games with that so that's always something to kind of look for but i mean really they've really just been running the ball to the left side that's pretty much the game plan has been run the football to the left side third and goal they run it to the left side spencer brown short marked short by about half a yard fourth and goal coming up here let's see mason northeast bottom of the pile for louisiana he does a good job of really just defeating uh the reach block by the number 55 andrew smith and then you got the farad gardner coming over the top to where's them off yeah there's a ball there might be something more challenging right they're trying to hurry up and snap it fourth and goal spencer brown touchdown uab his second of the night adds to his career record total six more on the board for uab they're changing it up and this time they run behind basically their former starting right guard now wearing number 41 jacoby jones he's actually the one who provides the down block that he runs off of and their offensive line has really played well tonight it's been a dominant performance up front quinn perfect p-a-t 40th career total touchdown for the great career of spencer brown that has a uab record for a guy with one offer in division one fbs uab spencer brownshade special [Music] statue of bear bryant auburn's suge jordan at the alabama sports hall of fame here in birmingham also home to the sec headquarters tomorrow sec on cbs features nick saban's second ranked crimson tide on the road in knoxville taking on rocky top tennessee volunteers get you set for kickoff with college football today at three eastern tomorrow the sec is on cbs alabama certainly close to the heart of billy napier spent sixth season as a crimson tied assistant nickname in two stints two-time national champ 2011-2015 also an assistant at clemson he got a little bit of the best of both worlds right a highly sought after candidate last year after louisiana made another sunbelt conference championship but he wanted to stay here though right to his right app state but stay in lafayette and loves that program was prominently mentioned in the ole miss and mississippi state openings that went to lane kiffin shoot he's got more draft picks than a lot of the bigger schools and mike no question so he's doing a good job of developing talent even coach demari cooper who's with the dallas cowboys while at alabama neenan kicks off we know what chris smith can do on a hop at the goal line chris smith runs into a wall of green outside the 20 this time and it stops that's where louisiana takes over first nintendo we're talking the break about levi lewis shave he's had a tough night stats six for 12 68 yards no touchdowns no picks but has not been effective why well i think the length of you mentioned that word a lot you talked about length well you've got an interior defensive line that can push your the pocket back so they decided to roll him out quite a bit i think that some of their interior defensive linemen like antonio moultrie when you do roll out if they're using stunts you run right into it so it's been hard for him to find the passing lanes tonight i 93 total yards so far for the dynamic lefty qb on a play fake on first down feels some heat he throws on the move it's incomplete daryl rodgers jr the intended receiver vermont miller good coverage there is a flag down on the sideline right there for uab let's check out the marker kevin randolph referee tonight illegal substitution defense 12-minute formation five-yard penalty first down a break for the raging cajuns yeah it kind of kind of it kind of it kind of like it it gives you let's see if they got 12. let's see how quickly we can get to it yeah definitely illegal yep it was you're quick with that that was nice first out neagle in motion not much there eliza mitchell trying to left side and chad we also talked to the break about the trenches right the offensive dominated and louisiana on offense is that trouble you're exactly right dee and and part of the the reason now we're going to see taylor he's going to come up here and he's going to look how he comes downhill because those trenches having problems they're having problems blocking moultrie so they're trying to actually pull alignment but when any time you have alignment pulling you've got to be able to make sure that you get underneath either hammer or spill it and what that means is make it go bounce outside he bounced it right the tailor right there for the stop on second down [Applause] mitchell offended outside the 30-yard line and on the play offensive lineman osiris torrance loose of the helmets who's got to come out for at least one snap safety reasons david huts is going to come in and replace it junior from lafayette but right here is a key situation so if i'm louisiana and i run the football i'm thinking more or less let's try to run to the left side they're gonna actually move okay here we go third short big play here louisiana needs it play fake to mitchell lewis looking for meagle who trips the chip block and then he went out for the pass route and the tight end lost his footing it's incomplete i'll tell you what he had he had a wide open touchdown to johnny lumpkin uh you'll see number 88 he's wide open if he can get his feet set but he's not able to and not only does does migo slip but you've got somebody that's wide open for potentially six points and really neighbor just has to be so frustrated he's dialed up some good plays and right here on fourth to one in like we're going to go ahead and try this one more time try it again on fourth and short and mitchell's got the first down big conversion for louisiana and elijah mitchell agent cajuns have been over two going forward tonight on fourth down i'm with coach nather on that one because momentum is just desperately needed well i think the running backs have to take it upon their shoulders they see what's going on on the other side you've got spencer brown playing playing good football and their entire backfield is playing good football on the other side you've got to break some tackles if you're this louisiana offense running the running back crew mitchell tries the left side looks for the edge he's got it mole runs into him and sends him out of bounds but a good pick up on push you're going to try to come tackle me we're going to put our imprint on this game this is hey i'm elijah mitchell and so i think that those last couple of plays have been maybe something that can kind of get them going and maybe get lewis involved in the run game as well their second down mitchell again breaks a tackle second level then some first down for elijah mitchell oh man a big pick up noah wilder finally catches up with the what a speedy running back of louisiana first down and this is what i like about him right now you're gonna see the patriots he's running behind zach robertson and they make a good block then he makes somebody miss then he cuts back almost like a slalom skier as he goes back against his body i tell you what he's got tremendous balance he's somebody that you got to keep an eye on moving forward getting 13 with 56 seconds to go in the third and we have a timeout uab uab takes a turnout interesting at the end of the third we'll take one as well here in birmingham alabama [Music] all right course take a look at our geico difference makers spencer brown 17th career 100 yard rushing game tonight a couple touchdowns he set an all-time uab total touchdown record and of course chris smith with his long kickoff return made a difference for louisiana yeah he he's they both have been impactful throughout the game uh in different ways i think it's more of a bludgeoning with uh spencer brown whereas you've got a little bit of a burst with uh chris smith why the timeout is a question i want to ask you after we look at this play a moment ago look at johnny lumpkin right here number 88 you're gonna see him and he's gonna run a corner route and watch how wide open he is so if you can just buy a little bit of time uh levi lewis you might be able to get a touchdown look at he's walking to he's like wait a minute i'm wide open so unbelievable missed opportunity play fake first down after the timeout uab pass complete and a big play louisiana finally connecting kyran lacy touchdown third quarter georgia state win in atlanta on the road there is a flag down hang on [Music] freshman from thibodaux louisiana lace is a good one yes he is dave holding defense number 11. that penalty is declined the result of the play is the first down that was on kelly sanders and he's the guy we talked about on the kickoff team six foot six 250 pounds a defensive man running down on kickoffs but that was a costly penalty for the junior final 43 seconds and counting third quarter off the penalty first down and louisiana in great shape here in just a 10-point game play fake again lewis time to set his feet jalen williams has the catch jaylen williams lunging toward the end zone touchdown louisiana [Applause] 23 raging cajun yards and it's 2016. you know we've talked about the screen all night and then they used the screen to set up the screen and go to williams good job with the pump fake watch lewis with the pump fake you're gonna see him in the pocket see the part fight that's to the screen he said okay you're gonna leave him open and i'll fire it right in between the corner and the safety and then williams just gets physical against t.d marshall that was a really good job of lowering your shoulder and playing big boy football by jalen williams best drive of the night fourth down conversion helped snyder has the p-a-t for louisiana and we've got a new game again here first it was smith the touchdown return and the best drive of the evening levi lewis really got it going on that trimus he did and he's a veteran who's done a lot late in games we saw it against georgia southern and right now we're seeing it again [Music] last week career best against coastal carolina four catches 89 yards a touchdown jalen williams a touchdown tonight to make it 2017. let's go to justin a little celebration time right most certainly dave one of the new norms in college football is awarding players after a big play touchdown or turnover louisiana's version of this is the baller it's the baller ballad and for this players can twirl it they can do anything they want for taylor williams after he just scored the touchdown keep it going just uh do it as a flagstaff coach coach tiger told me that i had to dance with it in some type of fashion so i told him i wasn't going to let him down i mean look at the spinning technique and there you grab it and there you plant it ah jaylen wins this so cool they have the spiked shoulder pads too for the turnover we got to give just a defensive side we got to give justin some credit for the hand now was there some marching band experience maybe uh drum major there i mean that was pretty impressive it was i liked that guy they took it straight ahead too the whole time mitchell the touch back that was good i want to see you try that day wow yes that's what i'm talking about excellent technique fabulous he's still talking just poised i mean it's the no look that was he he nailed the report while throwing oh that was i think levi lewis could take a couple of lessons i mean that was pretty pretty cool that was pretty cool that was awesome first down sarah company see how they respond after louisiana's touchdown drive freshman hands off and that's gonna probably lose about half yard maybe get to the line of scrimmage for dwayne mcbride i'll tell you what man look that's a good shot right there from our crew of tyler guidry he's a pretty pretty interesting player it's a good one sophomore from baton rouge all right shane they're holding four fingers up here i know what that means fourth quarters in the way in a one-score game we can't wait to bring it to you here from birmingham you're watching college football on cbs sports network presented by geico thrilling fourth quarter is all away translation seventh all-time meeting uab head-to-head with louisiana lasers lead the series 4-2 inner conference matchup been fun to watch ready for the fourth here from birmingham welcome back dave and corey the baton twirling justin on the side that was yeah fabulous fabulous play in the field as well here chain as we look forward to the fourth quarter and we were talking to the break both coaches knew this could be a tough game coming in uab is trying to win a 22nd straight home game it means so much to players like jordan smith we talked to to keep that home win streak going right it really does and they feel the energy from this crowd as they enter the fourth quarter and it'll be interesting to see how levi lewis performs in the fourth quarter he's been a good fourth quarter performer this season fourth quarter underway completes the pass here prince big tight ends got a second grab of the night again involved he's been all over the field for the raging cages tonight yeah he's had a good game and you can see that pass a little bit behind prince and we talk so much about levi lewis how does the freshman in a tight game good question uh perform i think that's something that we're going to have to kind of keep our eye on and again i don't want to underesti you don't want to underestimate patrick coney the defensive coordinator for louisiana a safety's coach the skies could be important they play through down to start the fourth lacera the pump fake gonna run with it here and slides down way short now the first down andre jones made sure he stayed down and it's punt time for uab here you can kind of see what i'm talking about they're actually bringing one extra rush it's a pretty good blitz pickup that time by dewayne mcbride inside against gardner and then that forces him to flush but they showed him one look in the pre-snap and he talked about the film study we talked about that earlier but that time i think they did a good job of fooling him third three and out of the game for uab garror back to receive the bun here from kyle greenwell [Applause] and hang on a minute we've got an official timeout first timeout uab wow be a 30-second timeout interesting uab bill clark using its second timeout in a one-score game now to begin the fourth well and i do think that the first time we talked about it it was a little bit questionable the second one it's a little bit deeper hold that thought tomorrow starting at noon eastern oh look at this slate chad you ready full slate of college football first mercer army from mikey fall by houston navy mount west is back it kicks off wyo takes on nevada in reno at 10 30 the nightcap features unlv and san diego state only on cbs sports network we are so glad in the back of mount west big ten pac-12 are returning from action is coming your way november fourth six conference games yes it's reduced because of covet but hey it is back and the bowl situation to me will be fascinating this year it will without a full 12-game schedule a lot of non-conference play has been eliminated because of course other reduced schedule garrett retreats returns look out he's got one already garror is cut down by the punter kyle greenwell touchdown saving tackle for uab and a flag flies as well he got pumped up the flag is back at the 26 yard line which generally means it's on the returning team but i i probably shouldn't go out there and make guesses well you made some recovery from the first you're doing pretty good a pretty slow start today 39-yard return brown missed the tackle holding return team during the return number 41 10-yard penalty first down it was spencer brown down in coverage he was one of the first men down the star running back one of the first ones down hopefully napier is like ah forget about that [Music] all right cory's take a look at this week's ap top 10 powered by ram trucks several intriguing matchups yeah well i think this iowa state team has kind of battled their way back and right now you got oklahoma state it's the last chance for the big 12 maybe right you've got a couple of losses already from oklahoma and so oklahoma state has to stay unscathed particularly with the big ten and pac-12 returning to action so oklahoma state iowa state and iowa state has played much better as of late after that early season loss to louisiana i am not a fan of a lot of power five teams like ohio state being ranked without playing a game not a fan at all we'll get into that in a minute first down run chris smith in my mind shave it's absurd that ohio state that in michigan minnesota that oregon at the pac-12 were ranked without playing a game when all these programs like these two in the sun belt and conference usa as we see smith run here have gone through blood sweat and tears and covert testing and play football games those other programs out of game should not be ranked at all in my opinion that's just me second down that's strong smith off right tackle [Applause] stop short third down coming up agree or disagree i have to agree with you i think it's a situation where you're gonna have to like kind of earn your keep in terms of uh climbing the ladder and right now exactly this third down is so important for louisiana and here's why dave they really don't have a third down threat so let's see whether what they go to now they're going to go to their shift again does lewis get involved with the zone read run game third down it's smith breaks a tackle finds the edge has a first down and then some pumped out of bounds by noam wilder looked like he had him handed him for a second but smith is ultra quick that little duke to the right had a change move yeah you said it best and it's a really good angle of it here's the move right here and he gets outside because max mitchell held up enough on the edge against wilder and for smith he provides such a change of pace from regis and mitchell first down get a seven pistol look play fit louis to leblanc he's got his catch and he's dropped good pursuit defense [Music] harris had the pick last week on a beautiful one-handed tip and grabbed it brought it in against western kentucky has a tackle there that's a good it's a good call that really kind of talks about who he is he's always telling these guys about film study and we need to get ready and that's what the coaches like about him he's kind of a leader in the back end you can see his eyes he's a focused young man and that interception you talked about dave was proof of that focus senior fort myers florida old crafty bet they call there's second down it's mitchell tries to right side and he's enveloped outside the 30 by green jerseys and here's where louisiana has kind of struggled this year right they haven't been good in terms of time of possession they've led time and possession in just four out of their quarters so far and the reason why they do not convert on third down we keep talking about it let's take a look and see maybe karen lacy maybe he's the guy today to give a shot to now he's up there against the vodrick bynum maybe that's the one-on-one matchup you see if you're lewis one big play third down conversion try for louisiana sideline routes near midfield with a flag down now the catch made kyran lacy out muscles the defender it's a gain of 20 if it stands let's check out the flag but everyone's moving up field looks like it could be defensive holding or pi and that's uab and i like that match up because let's let them make the call here here's here's why i like the match up you're six foot three against bynum who's a good corner at 5 11. but his basketball ability you referenced it early it comes into play in those one-on-one match-ups james first down play fake levi lewis going to take a shot a deep ball knocked aside and incomplete inside the five-yard line looking for dante fleming at t.d marshall on coverage step for step with fleming knocks it aside look at td he says i'mma save a td look at the ability then off hand without grabbing the receiver preventing the pass interference and he's going against a pretty fast guy dante fleming from east st john high school down in louisiana a very good play by marshall who's had a strong season thus far right here in birmingham transfer from sanford big play for td marshall mitchell has groomed mitchell gets physical and lowers the shoulder lowers the boom he's marked down after a pickup of about eight or so on a powerful run they're going with pace so they got at the top of the screen they got the three receivers up at the top of the screen and now you you're spreading out you're spreading out their defense goal third and two elijah mitchell stays busy needs just shy of the 39. that spot looks a little short from here there's another flag though we might have some post play after the play another whistle oh snap dead ball yeah personal foul some swords coming after the play was over personal foul defense number 22. automatic first down now this is jordan smith big defensive and the star for uab's defense yeah and and that's his second one and and we need to kind of re here here he goes right here now let's just take a look and see what happens and right there that didn't seem like a lot to be honest but now he did have a number of penalties and this is maybe a better look at it kind of like rises up into max mitchell i'm not sure maybe it was just he had problems with the penalties in the c-u-s-a championship game um a year ago and similar types of penalties and here we go with regis and maybe wildcat wild cajun trey regis direct snap dries the middle and lunges forward to about the 20-yard line five-yard pickup one of the two-star running backs along with elijah mitchell the game has entirely turned louisiana dominating in a lot of categories after that long-scoring drive the touchdown the cash in and got the rock again in control time to ticket uab has just one out keep that in mind something you mentioned a little bit earlier in this quarter [Applause] runs again and runs into trouble antonio moultrie sophomore from pensacola he's a good player he is good he really is and the thing that he does with these zone schemes you're trying to beat him to an angle and he's so quick laterally that he can almost beat you to the spot sometimes and so he's to me maybe their most underrated player on defense six foot four about 285 pounds he's got a bright bright future certainly in the range of nate snyder who's been good from 53 this year but louisiana would like to keep this drive going 12th play of the current drive here for the raging cages on third down lewis keeps lewis first down and then sum gets down to the tent and first and goal coming up here no wild with the track down tackle gain of nine and they finally went to the quarterback run and this is what happened a week ago against coastal when they really needed it the changeup they were setting it up all game and you'll see this time he's gonna read it off of wilder and he says i'm gonna beat you to the spot and wilder just can't recover in time this kid is quick and now they're gonna do some pre-snap shifts and that's what they do to keep you off balance first and goal rogers motion matt mitchell has to leap over his own offensive lineman a helmet comes off in the scrum and in the end a game of about a yard for elijah mitchell and he lost his helmet so he's got to take a play off here for safety reasons but don't worry they've got trey reagan and then they got chris smith too don't forget chris you see they got some other guys in the pipeline as well i'll tell you what they've done an excellent job recruiting and not only just the high school level but also the junior college level and they have not done a good job with time of possession in recent weeks they're changing that script here on this drive long drive timeout called by uab here with 6 40 to go in the fourth quarter their last place stoppage of regulation now from a management perspective dave you wonder about how much that would affect you right bryce and lucero later on if they have to come back and score some type of you the game winning or game tying drive [Music] college football on cbs sports network is sponsored by tums goes to work in seconds for fast heartburn relief by ryan a leader in global tax services and by sleep number [Music] what a game friday night lights here in birmingham dave corey justin with you no timeouts left for uab this drive for billy napier's raging cages shape six minutes 35 seconds and counting and it's second and goal louisiana has three timeouts left interesting clock management from bill clark second down play fake to regis lewis throws touchdown for meagle pierce meagle first catch of the season is a touchdown for louisiana and the raging cajuns have the lead and they've been trying to get to this play all night right we've been asking for him to throw the ball with more touch so here goes miko he comes in motion and then all of a sudden he gets to the flats and they lose track of him it was chris mole and what an adjustment that time by lewis learning from the earlier mistakes and saying i'm gonna put the right amount of touch on this pass for the score [Music] schneider has the p-a-t for louisiana and the ragin cajuns now a four-point lead was 6 35 to go the game is totally turned around meagle is pumped they're playing this game for dj looney their late offensive line coach and playing well they've got a lead tonight in birmingham wretched sophomore tight end pierce meagle from tiny welsh louisiana his first catch of the season changed seventh career catch first career touchdown catch and time now for the old trapper player of the game levi lewis has turned it on second half chaff it's like a light switch at 180 for the first half and he's a fourth quarter player i think that's what we've seen from him this season and no other time was that more evident than just a week ago against coastal carolina and these were some of the passes he was missing earlier in the game but he understands look at him he's having fun he's doing the dance and i think for lewis they ride off of um his streaks and sometimes he can be a little bit streaky uh just trying to get that consistency he had a year ago snyder kicks off wow another round of bounds it's happened a few times here tonight and that's costly to the 35-yard line for uab now behind in this game and their freshman quarterback bryson lacero you're talking about major differences in terms of field position you have a team with no timeouts they can approach things a little bit differently now those 10 yards make a difference and so that's a that's a huge mistake from we talk about special teams and the great plays that was a monumental era at this point in the game the home win streak is on the line here third longest active in the nation notre dame by the way is at pitt tomorrow so uab if they can rally and win would tie the fighting irish spencer brown on the first down carry plows ahead physical with lorenzo mccaskill louisiana's leading tackler so if you go back to the last loss here at legion field 2014 that was before the shutdown remember they didn't play football here in 2015 and 2016. november 22nd 23-18 to marshall last time they lost in this stadium been a long time the win streak started to begin the 17 season after the return and this run play goes nowhere no game third down coming up zion hill said it i i got to step up you're talking about a streak and we're trying to get a streak going because we we just lost our last game so we're trying to get a win streak going and and that played there really based on how they've had the ball run on them most of the night as we see telford looks like he's coming off the field impressive florida transfer and if you if people at home are questioning whether or not he's big yes six eight 315 pounds from booker t washington high school and they could not keep him on the sidelines any longer dave there's a good one garden city community college juco transfer you were talking yesterday with brian vincent the offensive coordinator via zoom about his bend and mobility for such a big man at left tackle yeah now it'll be interesting to see kind of how he continues to develop because i thought kobe raglan their left tackle originally before they moved him the left guard was pretty good at left tackle let's see what happened to kadeem telfort here chave he's on the other side and it gets rolled up and we'll probably get another look at it maybe from another angle but from that uh low sideline there you can't see it but he's on the other side he got rolled up and again they do a lot of blocking at an angle in their zone schemes and here it goes up here you can see him kind of get rolled up up there by we were talking about kobe raglan he rag dog taylon humphrey who's been completely quiet tonight if there's been a disappointment at least in in terms of maybe the louisiana defense his lack of activity uh taylon humphrey who should have been a little bit more stout off the injury timeout big play here with under six to go in the fourth quarter and where's watkins at i think that's that's the big key i think he's up here at the top um lucero time steps delivers davis the catch lunging forward that spot looks pretty good ryan davis earning playing time and a big catch in the first half gain a six first down for uav much needed and this gives you so much confidence when a young player makes a hands catch like that i mean look at this all hands he never even brought it into his body this is a great shot from our crew spencer brown breaks a tackle mccaskill helps put him down in the end but that's a round bus through the second level picks up more real estate 120 plus rushing yards for brown in this game two touchdowns he's been a huge star gain of seven but his team only one loss this year to highly rank miami on the road in week two they are threatened here tonight by the raging cajuns brown again helmet down round down shy the marker about a yard and a half short needs the 44 for a first down mccaskill kind of turned the tide we were talking about him receiving the blows on so many of those tackles as you see andrew smith have to leave the field but and there goes uh will reichert who i think is a pretty good player too they've got a lot of depth both of these teams have tremendous depth along their lines along their secondaries linebackers a lot of depth on both teams each team 7 for 13 shape third down conversion tries tonight good before down territory here third and very short not a first down much needed for spencer brown up to 128 rushing yards in the game now chains move gate at two for uab well guess who he's running behind the guy that just comes in the game riker and then there's a very good block from the other side luda was raglan again first down welcera a deep ball it's intercepted picked up by louisiana on a huge play defensively cameron solomon plays center field and makes the pick for the ragin cajuns and afterwards things get really ugly in front of louisiana bench first turnover of the game tonight a redshirt senior from ashdown arkansas juco transfer has his first pick of the season and couldn't be a bigger play defensively for louisiana we haven't talked much about percy butler their outstanding junior safety and we talked about the depth here's an example cameron solomon who's played quite a bit you've got cam podesqlo and that depth paying off for the range of cages he had some injuries as well on the louisiana sideline we'll sort it all out but the man of the moment right now cameron solomon the redshirt senior juco transfer has a pick [Music] louisiana up 24-20 in the fourth quarter you want to play quarterback well you got to read cameron solomon in the middle of the field if you are bryce and lucero let's watch and see if he looks him off before throwing the ball and one on one we let it run right here here here it is it's cameron solomon he's already breaking towards that way you never looked him off to the other side that allows him to get the break an outstanding job by solomon and lucero for all the film study just those little fundamentals dave late in the game as you can see the poise on the sidelines still from lucero but those little things that make a difference because you got to defeat the free safety as the quarterback great breakdown champ fifth pick for locero throne this year first career reception made there by cameron sullivan joe dillon was hurt on the return no timeouts left uab that's big [Music] nowhere to go thanks to jordan smith for elijah mitchell revisiting our keys to the game chad brought to you by ryan well rush hour we thought that the raging cages would need to have more than five yards but carry they haven't done it but they and getting off the field they haven't done that either but and then extending the field uab hasn't really done that we thought they needed more four or more plays of 15 plus yards and negativity they have not had a lot of tackles for losses or sex because the coaching staff of louisiana has game plan their scheme to prevent them from rushing the passer and teeing off on lewis 21 game home win streak is on the line for uab here tonight second out louisiana in no case in point the run play again [Applause] about back to the original line of scrimmage for elijah mitchell yeah but this is an important decision right now if you're billy napier and rob sale because now do you throw the football right they have no timeouts i say you have to run the football but if you get a first down throwing it with your senior quarterback we've talked about him having an ice water in his brains levi lewis well if he can complete a third down pass the game is over if you run the football they still don't have any timeouts i think you have to run it watch out for kyra lacy go to receiver top of your screen big play clock rolling no timeouts for the blazers third and 10. no mitchell carries makes a cut back and does not get enough real estate for the first down gets to the 21 stopped again by noah wilder who's been everywhere defensively tonight there is a flag down in the secondary so hang on a minute prior to the snap delay of game offense five yard penalty third down we'll do it again coming up next inside college football presented by midas as the crew gets you up to speed in all the nice news and highlights right here on the 24 hour home of cbs sports wisconsin very impressive in the big ten over against illinois tonight i don't think necessarily though you got to delay a game penalty and the clock stops right you would like for it to continue to run but again once it gets back in play and we get it running again if they run the football you have no way to stop the clock [Applause] there we go here's the clock this is the enemy right now for uav [Music] [Applause] playing this game for dj looning their late offensive line coach who's from the city of birmingham names on the back trying to break the street somewhat to the line for louisiana tonight whistles again before that play to elijah mitchell which was stopped way short of a yard blind game at about the 28th a lot of penalties tonight the previous play is for further review and play stoppages 15 total penalties by the way for 127 total yards and let's see what they're looking at man they got to be looking at and see when exactly whether or not the play clock actually was all the way down before the ball was snapped here he goes right here okay it gets to zero yep play a game now you got some serious management issues to get everything back situated in terms of some some laundry issue so officials are checking the game clock because it should have been stopped with a delay of game which actually aids uab if they come back and are able to put more time back on the clock there [Music] [Music] bryce lucero the freshman quarterback hoping to get a shot get his team a win need a touchdown obviously try to win this game and keep the home win streak alive if they restore some time now our guys in the truck say two minutes 17 seconds right and i don't think you want to take it if you have to punt the football you don't want to take a delay of game and one thing you got to also remember last week uab blocked the punt so the further you're back down here in this side of minus territory the more dangerous that pump becomes because they're going to come with an all-out uh pump block and you don't have enough time to just run it all the way down so it's important decision right here explanation already to billy napier now to bill clark on the other side the fifth year uab head coach doing such a remarkable job bringing the program back from being shut down for two seasons to become a powerhouse in conference usa they're gonna go back to the 217 mark the defense with the option after two minutes and 17 seconds and the clock will start on the snap all right there's the explanation and we're ready to resume there's a lot of football still to be played in this game absolutely and this is a very you know you got to be thinking about stream you got to be thinking about holding on to the football right now so they've got their most dependable guy in the game elijah mitchell you're probably getting man coverage on the other side if you decide to throw the football which i just don't think they would do [Applause] maybe so checks play clock rogers in motion on the sprint out with some heat does throw mitchell's got the cat slides down though at about the 20 so needed the 28 for a first down clock's gonna roll gain of seven louisiana will punt but take its time in doing so and i think that one of the things we noticed was that it was going to give the punter a little bit more room and once again levi lewis getting around jordan smith he's had problems incontained tonight zapping a lot tonight yeah yeah you know now we've got to do reece burns likes to go directional will he do go standard here that's the big key probably want to get it off quick and not go with any type of directional punch mitchell deep to receive this huge kick style the australian born punter and timeout call by louisiana they take the playcock all the way down and we're down to a minute 28 to go in the fourth so let's go back to last week and and how did they block the punt right well what happened was they played they had both of their guys in the inside gaps of western kentucky and nakia eason was one of those players along with i believe it was luke brazier number 32 and they rush up the middle and if your back line is not capable of being able to handle them a little bit different alignment from a punt perspective with louisiana but that's where they get their pressure from a lot of times the inside portion of their pump return team east in the punt block davis the scoop and score and he liked the way he shoved the way his teammate out of the way a little box out get out i'm going to the end zone big play last week against western kentucky they would love a block punt here of course or a big return from myron mitchell junior from jasper alabama rhys burns gets the punt away and it's a beauty over the head of mitchell and look at this punt from rhys burns it's down inside the 10 to about the six yard line and that's where uab gets it back an unbelievable kick by the australian-born punter reese burns wow yeah that was that was a 74 yards corn and he was under pressure watch number 11 kelly sanders he almost gets there he he actually gets knocked over and that's not necessarily a good decision by mitchell you've got to go ahead and attack that i know the ball kind of you misjudged it off of his foot but you give up so much hidden yardage in that situation and for as happy as burns is heath thomas has to be just that disappointed with mitchell so the freshman quarterback three-and-oh is the starter with a home win streak on his shoulders bryce locero first and tenth all the way back at the six from his end zone deep ball looks for watkins you got spun around it's out of balance it incomplete garror on coverage for louisiana second and ten man at this point even though you don't have any timeouts you wonder how much the middle of the field may be an opera there may be an opportunity for them there they've got watkins outside a little bit surprised that that a lot of his big plays have come inside if you're going to throw the football and vertically push it vertically maybe mitchell somebody you think about who also aligns in the slot in fact he's the line right here now [Applause] second down some pressure off the edge locero for watkins incomplete again go ahead and name rhys burns the sunbelt conference special teams player of the week right now i just did is that okay 74-yard punt 21 yards longer than its best punt of the year and it basically wins the game for your team in a traditional punt too right you got 90 give the other team 95 yards to go with no timeouts yeah you did forget about chris i mean chris smith did he's done that twice this year but you got to give it to the punch does that eliminate him how about co special teams players of the week in the sun third down lucero from his end zone again fires intercepted the pick nearly a pick six for louisiana braylon trahan [Music] the knockout punch for the raging cajuns and he's been close all night right we've been talking about how close he's been coming into getting one and now they're going to take a team pitcher and he's leading that team picture get off the field watch that again unfortunately call well there you go you called you called that one you got that one right dave there's the flag nfl yes right college football milk not inside the playing surface i hope they would change their rule too i want to be able to let the collegian celebrate a little bit more after the play was over unfortunately like conduct louisiana lafayette 15 yard penalty it'll be first down they should just be taking me anyway the victory celebration but what a night and what a road win potentially here for the raging cajuns to snap that 21-game home win streak for uab two picks tonight for lucero who struggled trying to get that to shropshire well patrick coney the defensive coordinator for louisiana we need to talk about him he's a former safeties coach he took over the defensive coordinator duties when ron roberts actually went to baylor and he was all the way back in southeastern louisiana and the safeties were a huge factor tonight for louisiana in fact and you basically saw both safeties get interceptions late in this game it's been a long time since they lost at home before the shutdown which cost this program 2015 and 2016. nearly six years ago against marshall fourth quarter defensive lineman rashad myers recovers a fumble in the end zone for a go-ahead touchdown uab loses the game 23-18 they had until tonight won their last 21 at legion field third longest active win streak in the fbs that is about to end for louisiana [Applause] reached a program record with the 19th ranking after their great start to the year the 3-0 start hadn't been ranked since 1943 and tonight thanks to special teams chris smith the kickoff return for a touchdown reece burns the huge punt and they're going to win this one 24-20 to move to 4-1 of the year blazers fall to four and two impressive road winches it really was it was about perseverance it was about being able to kind of go through some tough times during the game and actually just work your way through those times to finally get some rhythm because they didn't have a lot of rhythm for much of this game as the numbers would suggest but when it came down to it in the fourth quarter the secondary showed up and levi lewis the veteran he came up big in the fourth quarter once again taylor two halves you're right levi lewis a tremendous second 30 minutes here tonight at legion field and billy napier's team comes away with a critical road win well if they take care of business against coastal yeah we could go wednesday and it might be uh top 15 ish by now maybe better but let's don't forget though georgia southern that that game was again on the back of lewis late setting up snyder so they could have very easily have lost that game true 53 order to win it at home in lafayette because they were down at that point a lot of people forget that they actually went for two georgia southern to go up by one point what a finish that was spencer brown ran for 128 two touchdowns for uab big star but lucero's second pick they'll put this game away as did the punt from rhys burns facing pressure as he said from kelly sanders on the punk block attempt and myron mitchell you're right champion yeah got to feel that ball got to feel it listen at least gain some positive yardage and i've been in that situation right here you're going backwards because you've misjudged it off his foot remember the one thing about his style in terms of burns a lot of rugby style so you get a lot of different types of punts off his foot he showed tonight from a traditional perspective that he could basically punt and pretty much uh almost out punt the returner post-game prayer here for louisiana and what a night playing for d.j looney who's from here in birmingham former offensive line coach who passed away tragically during a pre-season workout august 1st heart attack he is so sorely missed by the players coaches fans and lafayette and with his family in attendance gosh a huge win for this program on many levels not just for their great season but for coach looney yeah and and just think about what coach looney meant to the program and we talked to on our offensive linemen to today ken marks and he said he was a big beam of light and loved to sing right he loved to sing in gospel country he was you know would light up a room he also heard someone there talk when you're talking about him they were saying uh what's understood doesn't have to be explained there was also the words from ken marx and it's a very special moment for the birmingham native and former high school wrestler all-state offensive lineman went to the sec mississippi state yeah from here in birmingham dj looney was by all accounts on the way up to be a major force in college football coaching probably head coach one day i had that kind of infectious personality i love the story we heard this morning from ken marks and from some of the guys you're talking with fraud gardner said they're in film session and coach looney said a ferrari you look pretty fast there on film and fraud said i am fast he said no no on film he just had a great sense of humor that's really what coach luna was all about but a great leader and he's missed so much by that staff at louisiana for sure pretty cool to pay tribute to him with his name on the back of the jerseys tonight it all came together for the raging cajuns moving to 4-1 mitchell ran for 67 yards by lewis 34 yards on the ground 152 and two touchdowns he really got going in the second half and so much emotion family and friends of dj looney gosh tears flowing shave it's something yeah it is and this is a this is a tight-knit unit uh when we talk to their staff and that's one of the things that you kept hearing was how tight they were and how this team was going to stick together no matter what and and i think what you've there's a group of guys that they're even closer than they were last year we heard that from ferrari gardner and i think that says a lot about these the pictures dj looney here tonight so right here birmingham as we talked about and just reported top of the broadcast louisiana folks have done such a good job keeping in contact with looney family 24-20 the final here tonight let's go down to justin with coach napier coach congrats on the win you told me at halftime you're right back in it your team ended the game with 14 unanswered points what was the turning point of this game well i think the turning point was a long time ago you know i think we lost a special member of our team coach dj looney passed away back in minnie camp at 31 years old and our team played for him tonight you know every player on our football team had his last name on their nameplate and we played for him tonight and there's no fight it there was no quit in this group a lot of fight certainly the kickoff return right before the half was huge but gotta give the staff credit for making adjustments trying to find a way to move the ball against a really good defensive team and then for our defensive team to go get stops but you know the turning point in the game was a long time ago i think this team's been through quite a bit um i think it's galvanized our team i really do we got a special group of people that have incredible intangibles a great level of belief play for each other and that's i think that's when it happened there was a lot of emotions heading into this you obviously had looney's family a part of this tribute how were you able to balance everything well we got great people you know we've hired a tremendous staff we've got great ownership amongst the players we've got really good leadership got a lot of guys that have been with us here we're in our third year um you know i mean it's a product of the people that we have and and um you know it was emotional it was very emotional but i do think when you got really good people around you gives you gives you a chance to have success how impressed were you with levi's play in the second half it appeared as if he turned the green light on a senior stepping up in the big moment yeah no i think um staff did a really good job of you know we kind of felt they were playing us a certain way he played just a little bit different in the first half and we needed to throw the ball you know and we handed him the ball we kind of picked from a little bit different menu of runs and he made the plays when they counted the most um so proud proud of this group man pretty special night right here i don't think i'm i won't forget this one i'm sure coach luna is smiling thanks coach enjoy this thank you thank you guys back to you guys justin coach thanks pj looney former start oak mountain high school right here in birmingham we saw us fam on the field celebrating lots of tears flowing after this game here tonight 24-20 the final louisiana ends uab's 21-game home win streak it was a third long to the nation it is no longer for corey chavis justin walters the entire crew i'm dave ryan saying so long from historic legion field it's been a presentation of cbs sports network the 24-hour home of cbs sports now to send you back to brent and the gang with inside college football history tonight guys louisiana does it on the road a win at uab

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Published: Sat Oct 24 2020