Louisiana coach Michael Desormeaux sees his team’s road trip to face Missouri football as an examination — a test of his own team’s mettle.
“We’ll find out exactly where we are this week,” Desormeaux told reporters in Lafayette on Monday. “On defense, we’ve been really physical. We’ve stopped the run. We’ve done those things. We’ll find out this week if we’re really that type of team or not.”
No. 25/RV Missouri will host Louisiana this week for a noon kickoff Saturday in Columbia, with kickoff moved up three hours to avoid forecasted extreme heat in Columbia. The matchup has sold out, per Mizzou athletics.
MU (2-0) heads into the game on the back of a Border War win over Kansas.
Louisiana (1-1) fell to Rice in a home upset in Week 1 and lost starting quarterback Walker Howard to injury for the season. The Ragin’ Cajuns beat McNeese State last Saturday.
Ahead of the game during his pregame availability in Lafayette, here’s what Desormeaux said about Mizzou.
On the Mizzou offense through two games
Asked what the Mizzou offense does well, Desormeaux made a potentially long list nice and succinct.
“It’s everything right now,” the UL coach responded.
Missouri currently ranks No. 5 in the FBS for total offense with 577.5 yards per game.
Added Desormeaux: “They are huge up front. It’s an SEC O-line. They look like it. They’ve got really good running backs. … You know, we’re familiar with Coach Drinkwitz a little bit from a few years back, and it’s a similar formula to win. They’re going to run the football. They’re going to throw play-actions and naked (bootleg passes) and stuff like that off of it. They’re going to take shots down the field. You better have them covered, because they got some wideouts that can…
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