Depth helps as UL readies for Tulane and Homecoming

UL football coach Mark Hudspeth has been bragging on the improvement in his team's depth this season, and more and more people are starting to believe him.

Through four games, the Ragin' Cajuns have lost their entire starting backfield to injury -- tailback Montrel Carter to a season-ending knee injury in the very first game and quarterback Blaine Gautier to a broken left (throwing) hand last Saturday night during the runaway 48-20 win over FIU.
Without those two, the Cajun offense had its best performance of the season against the Panthers, and rolled up its highest point total in five years.

Sophomore Alonzo Harris -- admittedly a full-time starter most of last season when he was the Sun Belt Conference's Freshman of the Year -- and freshman Effrem Reed have filled in admirably, combining for 430 yards rushing and four scores through four games.

And when Gautier went down, Terrance Broadway didn't miss a beat. The sophomore, who transferred to UL from Houston last year and became eligible this year (apparently, just in time), completed 15-of-19 passes for 228 yards and one score in Saturday's final three quarters, while also running for two touchdowns. He'd had similar success two games earlier when Gautier suffered bruised ribs in the Sun Belt opener against Troy.


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