2006: UL vs T A&M

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Originally Posted by Tbone1

Just out of curiosity...

Can you name even one single player on your team that warranted a scholarship offer from a major program?

And, NO, La Tech isn't a what I'd call a major program. ;)

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we got more, but my fingers were getting tired

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Originally Posted by Tbone1

Just out of curiosity...

Can you name even one single player on your team that warranted a scholarship offer from a major program?

And, NO, La Tech isn't a what I'd call a major program. ;)

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Crazycajun and ronmexico named a few but heres a few more

Derrick Smith - Wisconsin
Lamar Morgan - Georgia Tech
Matt Ulm - Southern Miss.
John Hundley - Ole Miss. and Southern Miss. showed interest
Gerren Bllout - was shown interest by Texas Tech

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Originally Posted by Tbone1

Just out of curiosity...

Can you name even one single player on your team that warranted a scholarship offer from a major program?

And, NO, La Tech isn't a what I'd call a major program. ;)

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Mike Desomeaux turned down Mississppi State.

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Originally Posted by aggie03

I hope some of your co-eds travel to the game.

I hope your team plays well, but it will take a lot of things to go your way for you to win. Do you really think there will be 4 fumbles again?

Good luck, and I hope to see you at the tailgating before the game and at The Dixie Chicken after the game.

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The Dixie Chicken is a legend. If you do travel for the game, make it a must do on the trip.

College Staion/Bryan is/are nice town(s). They should just name it the same thing (another topic). Kyle Field is one of the stadiums on the "must see a game at" list. On all of my visits the locals have been very nice to this coonass.

I was very surprised at this little know fact: "had a poverty rate of 44% in 2005 -- the highest number among small-to-midsize cities -- but so, too, did College Station, Texas, home of Texas A&M University. "That's very surprising," said Jim Gaines, an economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M."


http://articles.news.aol.com/busines...30084509990001

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Originally Posted by bmcollect

The Dixie Chicken is a legend. If you do travel for the game, make it a must do on the trip.

College Staion/Bryan is/are nice town(s). They should just name it the same thing (another topic). Kyle Field is one of the stadiums on the "must see a game at" list. On all of my visits the locals have been very nice to this Pure Cajun.

I was very surprised at this little know fact: "had a poverty rate of 44% in 2005 -- the highest number among small-to-midsize cities -- but so, too, did College Station, Texas, home of Texas A&M University. "That's very surprising," said Jim Gaines, an economist with the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M."


http://articles.news.aol.com/busines...30084509990001

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That poverty rate is actually including the 40,000+ students in the town. With the students making up somewhere around half the town and many not making $15,000 a year, it is quite easy to get that statistic. We are also one of the top 10 most educated cities in the country....go figure we would also be one of the poorest :)

<! Franchione on the hot seat ->

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&nbsp; An unidentified Big 12 Conference coach, when asked for a scouting report on Texas A&M's football team, didn't hold much back except his name.

The anonymous quote, printed in Athlon Sports' preseason college football magazine, said, "I don't know that Dennis Franchione was ever the right fit there ..."

That's not the only place where Franchione's job security has been questioned. The Texas A&M coach may have a contract through 2011, but several magazines and networks have put Franchione in their "coaching hot seat" category.

The Aggies may have taken a 35-3 victory over The Citadel last weekend and stand as a 20-point favorite over the University of Louisiana this Saturday, but it'll take a lot more than that for A&M fans to forget last year's 5-6 record - the Aggies' second losing mark in three years under Franchione.
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"I'm not trying to make excuses," Franchione said of the 2005 season. "I don't want to come off that way. I just think there were a lot of young guys out there at times, and they made young player mistakes that hopefully we'll be able to alleviate a little bit with a year of experience."

A&M should start taking dents out of the 16-19 record it's had in Franchione's first three years, mostly because the non-conference schedule isn't the strongest thing going. Games with The Citadel and the Cajuns will be followed by contests with Army and La. Tech before the Big 12 slate.

The Aggies should be better. Last year's offense was one of only 11 out of 119 Division I-A units to average 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing per game. And a defense that ranked 107th nationally and was dead last in pass defense has changed from a 4-3 alignment to a 4-2-5 to get more speed on the field.

That defense limited The Citadel to 4-of-17 third-down situations. Last season, the Aggies struggled on third downs, allowing opponents to convert nearly half the time.

Offensively, sophomore quarterback Stephen McGee didn't have to unexpectedly come off the bench to replace four-year starter Reggie McNeal, which he had to do last year when McGee went down with a season-ending ankle injury. McGee, who gave Texas fits in last year's regular-season finale, was 16-of-24 for 200 yards against The Citadel.

"He had three drops and three throwaways," said A&M offensive coordinator - and former UL staff member - Les Koenning. "So he didn't have a lot of negative plays for us."

But the questions still remain about how the Aggies will fare against the upper-level Big 12 teams. Of the 19 losses over the last three years, 11 of them have been by 20 or more points.

This year, though, Franchione's much closer to having a full team of his own recruits than in previous years.

"We really have a group that I'd call Aggies," he said. "They love Aggie passion and Texas A&M football. The experience they have and the maturity they have is pivotal to us."

For his part, Franchione downplays the rumblings about his future.

"This is just like every other year," he said at the Big 12's media days, where his team was picked to finish only fourth in the Big 12's South Division. "I don't feel a lot different about this year than any other year I've had in coaching."





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Originally Posted by CDeb

I have two engineering bachelor's degrees from UL and am working on a master's at TAMU in one of their signature areas (transportation engineering). Any difference I can tell between the difficulty of the two can be attributed to undergrad vs. grad schools. There are better resources available at TAMU and it's really great to be taught by (and work with) some of the giants in the field, but I don't find their classes to be difficult in and of themselves. Like I said, it is primarily just the undergrad vs. grad workload difference. .

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You are absolutly correct Cdeb. UL has no real funding for a proper engineering grad school. I too got my undergrad at UL and got my masters at TAMU. There was another UL grad who was a research assistant with me at the time. We both were well prepared and performed better than average throughout grad school.

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Originally Posted by bmcollect

Mike Desomeaux turned down Mississppi State.

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and Boston College

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Originally Posted by Tbone1

Just out of curiosity...

Can you name even one single player on your team that warranted a scholarship offer from a major program?

And, NO, La Tech isn't a what I'd call a major program. ;)

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You're one to talk. The aggies just pick up the refuse from OU, UT, and Texas Tech.

Helloe from a Tiger...just wanted to say that I wish the Cajun's all the best this season! What's the word on the game this weekend? Do you like y'alls chances against A&M? I will be the biggest ULL fan for that game...

It's nice to see your program coming along...LSU needs a good rivalry!!! Hopefully one day we can get it to that point.