LAFAYETTE — Louisiana opens the 2025 season Saturday night against Rice, a program that snapped the Ragin’ Cajuns’ 15-game win streak back in 2022.

This time, the Owls will look much different. Rice enters the year under new head coach Scott Abell, who left Davidson to take over the program. Abell built Davidson into one of the top rushing offenses in the FCS, leaning heavily on the triple option.

They ran the football 80 percent of the time at Davidson, and their offensive coordinator followed him to Rice.

Defending the triple option presents challenges, but the Cajuns believe their up for it.

“You just got to play really disciplined football on defense,” Louisiana head coach Michael Desormeaux said. “It tests your physicality, your eye discipline, your ability to tackle in the open f

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