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I can sent the original pictures to anyone who would like to have a copy. Just send me an email & let me know what pics you want sent to you.
The originals have a much higher pixel rating & should be better for printing.
By the looks of the last few pics [blurry, off center, heads chopped off] a good time was hard by all including the camera-person! LOL! :D
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Sorry the last couple of pictures were blury. I was a little excited when I was taking them & I guess I rushed things.
Just messing with ya. Great pics and thanks for sharing them! You rock! .~.
I have to totally agree with RaginCajun08, it was the best time I've ever had tailgating. Meeting and getting along with the MT fans was awsome. Let's give these guys the same great hospitality next year.
RC 08, thanks for the great photos. Couple of questions - (1) Was that the extent of their tailgating area? (2) The crowd looke slim. What was the attendance?
The attendance was 4,000 and change. I feel sorry for those guys. They have a better team than that.
<blockquote><p align=justify><b>Ragin’ Cajuns win 4-of-5 to spark optimism for ’04 </b>
The last time this many people got so excited about winning four games was when the Florida Marlins celebrated a World Series title on hallowed ground in Yankee Stadium earlier this fall.
Louisiana finished the 2003 season on a high note with last Saturday’s 57-51 quadruple overtime victory at Middle Tennessee, winning four of its last five for a 4-8 finish.
Usually four victories is not a lot to get excited about in college football, but the Ragin’ Cajuns haven’t posted that many wins since the 1996 squad finished 5-6 so it was time for some celebrations.
Not that too many people were on hand to watch. The crowd was announced at 4,311, but don’t you believe it. The MT dance team outnumbered fans in front of them in the south end zone during one of their numbers.
To quote A Chorus Line, “Dancin’ for my own enjoyment ... that ain’t it, kid, that ain’t it.”
It was rainy for most of the game. It was cool to chilly, depending upon how wet you were.
The Cajun fans on hand, a hearty bunch who had dropped in the Old Navy store on Saturday morning to find more warm clothing, did their part despite the conditions.
It seems like every time the Cajuns go to Mufreesboro, it’s like that. It certainly was last year. Perhaps the Cajuns and Blue Raiders need to play earlier in the year when it’s MT’s turn to host.
And, just for familiarity’s sake, the game reminded backers of the 2000 season finale in which MT escaped with a 41-38 home win over the Cajuns in two overtimes.
Not since a four-overtime, 48-42 home loss to North Alabama at Cajun Field in 1997 has a UL game gone that far into the evening. It was the longest game in Sun Belt Conference history.
<center><p><a href="http://www.theadvertiser.com/sports/html/8B5EAA14-D336-4AB3-A9BE-EE6D63F2FF8E.shtml">The rest of the story</a>
Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com
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When you see a game with both teams exceeding half-a-hundred points, you figure nobody played much defense. But in reality, the Cajuns controlled most of the contest with the glaring exception of Blue Raiders touchdown passes covering 35 and 60 yards.
Those helped boost an otherwise pedestrian day to 405 yards for the home team.
“In the first half, I thought we played well defensively,” said senior defensive end Derace James. “In the second half, they made some big plays and got the momentum going.
“We had to keep our poise and keep fighting to the end.”
That could be the theme for the 2003 season for coach Rickey Bustle’s Cajuns, who refused to fold after starting the year 0-7.
The finale was a showcase swan song for senior receiver Fred Stamps, as well as a coming out party for freshman quarterback Jerry Babb.
Babb played like someone with much more experience, hitting 14-of-20 passes for 141 yards in the first half, 8-of-9 on a gut-check 84-yard drive to tie the game and send it into overtime at 34-34 and was 8-of-11 through the air in the extra periods.
In all, he threw for 435 yards and four touchdowns, hitting 37-of-56 attempts. Babb also rushed for 39 yards and the game-winning score, giving Bustle and his staff a bright star around which to build their offense in 2004.
Sadly, 2004 will be spent without Stamps on the field for the Cajuns. His talent, work ethic and joy of playing will be missed, but he went out with a bang.
With 13 catches for 201 yards and 3 touchdowns, Stamps finished his senior year with 62 receptions for 973 yards and 7 TDs. He also leaves as UL’s No. 2 performer in career catches (180) and yards (2,789), with his 19 touchdown receptions third.
“It was a hell of a way to go out,” said Stamps, who was misty-eyed when he finally came off the field for the last time.
“It (the end) has come so fast. It seems like yesterday since I was a freshman who didn’t know where to go or what to do. I told the team in the locker room after the game not to take anything for granted.”
Stamps, who never took a day for granted, was a pleasure to watch.
So were Bustle’s 2003 Cajuns, for the most part — mainly because they never stopped trying to get better and never gave up on the season or on each other.
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Nothing official but we estimated they had about 200 people tailgating. Right next to the Hillbilly Hilton there was about the same size group as what we had. Other than that there was only a handfull scattered around the area.
They are in trouble & its pretty sad. They are a great group of people. We found out from them that many of the local residents follow UT football. Just like many people from Acadiana rather travel to the Chemical Plant capital of the world on Saturdays.
cool pics...........good job.
thanks for the shots, i was hoping to see the last OT, i was unable to listen at that time. great win, again thanks. "GEAUX CAJUNS."
Yeah, I bet sitting at the top of Neyland with a respirator and a telescope is big fun. Too bad the Coulee drains so quickly. We could pirogue to the Swamp just like Tennessee. Maybe Gerald can add a lock system to hold the water and a Coulee extension under Cajundome Blvd to the wish list. I guess the Pirogue Krewe would still need a pond to gather in.