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Originally Posted by JonathanSCS
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Very interesting, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by JonathanSCS
Just for the record.. I emailed Pete Fiutak at CFN.com and got him to correct the schedule on the UL preview...
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/s...te_preview.htm
Collegefootballnews has their Sun Belt preview posted. They have the Cajun's offense as the best in the conference with the Cajun's having the #1 QB, RB and OL rankings for the conference. Should be a banner year for the Cajuns and I look forward to seeing them dominate in New Orleans!
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/
I see where the New Orleans Bowl is on the 22nd, and if I'm not mistaken the Independence Bowl is the 27th. So if my Cajuns make the N.O. Bowl, and my Cyclones make the Independence bowl, (They've already played there 2 times in the last 5 years) old ISUCajunfan just may have to take a week and a half vacation and hit both. Now that would be one heck of a week!!
mais yeah sha. You gonna have to come down here and watch some spicy football action and eat some spicy cajun food. Eatin boudin and watchin both the Cyclones and Cajuns kick some ___, mais das passin a good time!
God Bless
GEAUX UL RAGIN CAJUNS!!!!!!
GEAUX ISU CYCLONES!!!!!!
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Offense - Expect more of the same from the nation's seventh best rushing team with running, running and more running. The passing attack will produce a bit more if QB Jerry Babb doesn't miss time like last year, but there won't be too much fun 'n' gun with Tyrell Fenroy leading a loaded backfield that gets to run behind Brandon Cox and one of the Sun Belt's best lines. The passing game is a question mark with the top two receivers gone from an attack that cranked out a mere three touchdown passes. Depth on the offensive line will be a concern early on.
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<table bgcolor=#eaeaea> <td> <font color=#000000> <blockquote> <p align=justify><b>1) The five games that will shape the Sun Belt race (in order) </b><li>Sept. 30, Middle Tennessee at North Texas
A few years ago these were the two Sun Belt powerhouses. Under new head coach Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee is hoping for a big win early in the conference race to get in the hunt.
<li>Oct. 7, FIU at North Texas
With the way the conference schedule shapes up, a win over the Mean Green might mean all FIU has to do is hold serve at home to win the Sun Belt title.
<li>Nov. 11, North Texas at UL Lafayette
If the Mean Green plans on reestablishing its dominance in the Sun Belt, this is the game it has to win.
<li>Nov. 18, UL Lafayette at FIU
Florida Atlantic has a ridiculously favorable schedule to end the year with four straight home games. This one against the Ragin' Cajuns will be the toughest of the bunch.
<li>Nov. 25, Arkansas State at UL Lafayette
The Indians won a 39-36 battle last year that turned out to be the difference in the race to get to the New Orleans Bowl. If things go according to plan, it'll be the league's best offense (ULL) vs. the league's best defense (ASU).
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has a free preview of the Cajuns! It's in the middle of the page under the Sunny Side up headline. Now can someone do me a favor and copy and paste this or email what it says to me? I know that sounds funny to ask, but for some reason this entire week I have been unable to access those blue ribbon articles, even from other computers in my office. Other people I have talked to have had absolutely no problems viewing them though. Some lsu or even worse, iowa fan has put a hex on me, I know it!
http://sports-att.espn.go.com/ncf/in...ollNCF_CollNCF
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It was a scene Ricky Bustle won't soon forget.
It was Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. The Ragin' Cajuns were preparing to open the season the next day against the Texas Longhorns. The coach's manual will tell you that no team in the country should have a hard time getting up for a game against Vince Young and the eventual national champions.
But, as Bustle soon learned, the coach's manual is written on paper, and life isn't lived on paper.
As the team was gathering for Friday night meetings to make some final preparations for the game, many players lingered out in the hallway. They were sending text messages to brothers, aunts, grandmothers and friends.
Think of the text messages as latter-day messages in bottles, cast out into the murky waters that blanketed New Orleans, addressed to loved ones not heard from since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and buried much of their hometown in a watery grave.
"They were trying to find out where they were," Bustle said, with a sense of disbelief still clouding his voice. "There's nothing in the coach's manual for that."
With 20 players on the roster from New Orleans, clearly many minds were elsewhere when Texas delivered Louisiana-Lafayette a 60-3 thrashing the next day. The losing didn't end with Texas, as the Ragin' Cajuns dropped five of their first six games. Bustle said he wasn't sure how to handle the situation. How do you come down hard on kids for losing football games as images of people stranded on their rooftops flicker across the television screen?
By the time Tuesday, Oct. 16, rolled around, the Ragin' Cajuns were 1-5, 0-2 in conference play. They were still smarting from a loss on Saturday in which the Ragin' Cajuns blew a 15-point lead before allowing Arkansas State to go 44 yards in the last 44 seconds to set up the game-winning field goal.
Much more important, the players had located every missing family member, and many of them had come to stay in Lafayette. However, the Ragin' Cajuns still seemed lost in a daze as they went through their paces in preparation for a game against Middle Tennessee.
Unable to take it any longer, Bustle blew his whistle and sat everyone down on the practice field.
The time had come to talk about it.
Bustle stomped through the eggshells he had been walking on and laid it on the line. He told his players he was tired of walking around with a knot in his stomach. He told them it was time to start playing some football. With that, he spun around and pointed at the Cajun Dome.
"There are thousands of people in the Cajun Dome who don't know where their next meal is coming from," Bustle said. "We may be 1-5, but we're the lucky ones. We're together."
Bustle had flipped the switch, and his team got down to business. It started that Saturday with a 13-10 come-from-behind win at Middle Tennessee. It continued with an emotional overtime win on homecoming against Troy.
The Ragin' Cajuns came from behind again on the road to claim a 31-28 win over North Texas before closing out the season with an easy 28-7 win over Florida International and a 54-21 blowout of rival Louisiana-Monroe.
The five-game winning streak tied them atop the conference standings, but it meant much more than any championship to those around the program. In the wake of a disaster like Katrina, sports can seem meaningless, but at the same time, sports can mean everything. With each win, excitement grew around the town of Lafayette, giving the storm-weary residents a three-hour escape each Saturday.
"We had every reason to throw in the towel, but we didn't do that," Bustle said. "And the excitement, that's a feeling we haven't had around here for a while."
During the spring, Bustle noticed a swagger within his team, a new attitude that can only come when a group of people has faced great adversity together and overcome it.
While no one knows what the 2006 season will bring, Bustle knows his program is stronger now than it's ever been. He's just hoping the players can ride the momentum gained in 2005. As far as that coach's manual, well, he seemed to do just fine without it.
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In a conference where depth at quarterback is almost unheard of, the Ragin' Cajuns appear to have just that going into this season. Jerry Babb (6-3, 218) is back for his senior year and is without a doubt the starter, but injuries in 2005 allowed his backup, sophomore Michael Desormeaux (6-1, 195) to get four starts and some valuable experience.
When Babb came back from his injury, he wasted little time reclaiming his job. Babb was 22-of-31 passing and averaged 6.7 yards per carry to close out the season. It was just more of the same for Babb, who has established himself as the most accurate passer in school history and has also proven to be a dangerous runner.
Babb has completed 58.1 percent of his passes and rushed for 1,130 yards in his career, racking up 21 passing touchdowns and 13 more on the ground.
When Babb went down last year, Desormeaux stepped up, taking control of the Sun Belt's top offense without missing a beat. The freshman completed 53 percent of his passes for 597 yards and added 487 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Desormeaux will likely spend one more season as Babb's understudy before stepping in to take over the job.
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