Texas State was shut out for the first time in 19 years on Saturday, suffering a 45-0 road loss to reigning Sun Belt co-champion Louisiana.
“We all have to look ourselves in the mirror and do better than what we have,” head coach Jake Spavital said. “And that’s everybody in our organization. We have to continue to keep showing up. Again, a lot of credit to Coach (Billy) Napier and the program they’ve built here in Louisiana; it’s a solid program across the board. But, in order to beat them, we can’t have as many mistakes as we did. It got out of control at the end, because, physically, we just ran out of gas.”
Bobcats redshirt sophomore starting quarterback Brady McBride was held out of the game due to an ankle injury, allowing junior Tyler Vitt to make his season debut as the starter behind center. The maroon and gold only had one three-and-out all game, but gave up three takeaways and failed to score for the first time since a 16-0 loss at Portland State on Oct. 5, 2002.
