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Quit trying to talk with REASON to some of these @$$es. They just can't comprehend.
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Originally Posted by McNeese72
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Quit trying to talk with REASON to some of these @$$es. They just can't comprehend.
Couldn't take your own advice and stay away, huh? I guess those t-shirt you guys are selling had it right; you can't quit us.
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Three players will be limited physically when UL's football team begins its fall training camp today, and one could be out for the season.
Senior defensive end Greg Hathorn, who had two starts and played in all 12 games last season, suffered a cracked skull while working security during the summer.
Reportedly, Hathorn was hit from behind by someone swinging a glass bottle.
Hathorn had a physical examination Friday and is scheduled to be re-evaluated in early September, at which time a decision will be made on the Louisville, Miss., product's availability for the season.
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"That's a defensive starter that won't be with us for now. That's big for us. He's a heck of a player," said Cajun coach Rickey Bustle. "The good thing about it is he does have a redshirt year, so we're going to make sure he's OK before he does anything."
Senior cornerback Kyle Ward of Dallas was on crutches Friday after a summer hip operation. Ward, also a hurdler on the Cajun track team, injured his hip during a summer workout and was originally forecast to be ready to play by the season opener. Ward does not have a redshirt year available, so he will play as soon as he is physically able.
"It's an injury that some hurdlers get," Bustle said.
Senior cornerback Torres Kingsby of Haynesville had surgery on both shoulders following spring drills and continues his rehabilitation. He likely won't be in contact drills for a couple of weeks but should also be ready for the opener.
Senior safety Lamar Morgan of Copperas Cove, Texas, had a tumor removed from his hip during the spring, but has been released for full practice.
FAN INFO: UL's practices have always been open to the public, and Bustle said that won't change even when the Cajuns go indoors in the new practice facility.
"We always had people come in and watch us at (Virginia) Tech, and we've got more room inside here," Bustle said. "There'll be some room on the sidelines."
Right now, the sidelines are not defined since the field hasn't been repainted. Turf installation was completed on Thursday.
"They put 50,000 pounds of rubber in there the last couple of days," Bustle said of the substance that solidifies the turf surface. "We appreciate them getting it done for us."
PHYSICALS: NCAA regulations allow teams to have only 105 players in preseason practices, but the UL athletic training staff did more physicals than that 105 figure on Friday.
The rules state that if players in the 105-man group are forced off the field, they may be replaced by other players. The UL staff gave physicals to players who are not currently on the 105-man roster but could be added in case of departures.
Among the players taking physicals Friday, two Lafayette High products were on opposite ends of the height spectrum. Offensive tackle Kyle Pirtle was the tallest at 6-6 and running back Caleb Rubin was the shortest at 5-6.
Offensive guard Junior Ramos of Compton, Calif., weighed in at 324 pounds, the heaviest on the squad.
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UL's football team reported on Friday for the start of preseason camp, but for many of the Ragin' Cajuns it was like they never left.
Most of the Cajun players were in Lafayette this summer and worked out together, and coach Rickey Bustle was anxious to see the carry-over from those workouts.
"It won't take us long to get a gauge of where we are," Bustle said after welcoming 103 players for a 2 p.m. team meeting. "Probably all but five or six of our scholarship players were here in the summer, and four or five of our freshman signees were here. Counting the walk-on guys, we may have had 80 or 85 guys here."
Junior wide receiver Jason Chery was one of those who didn't head back to his Delray Beach, Fla., home, staying the summer to work out while also taking 16 hours of classes.
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"I worked out some with the group and did some by myself," Chery said during Friday's physical exams. "Sometimes I'd work out at midnight, 1 a.m. I've got certain goals I want to reach, and doing that will help me get ahead of the game now."
The Cajuns had 103 of their expected 105 check in prior to the first team meeting. Senior tackle Damian Jones had the brakes go out on his car in the Baton Rouge area during his drive from his Utica, Miss., hometown, and sophomore defensive end Hall Davis had a flight delay while returning from an award ceremony for his father.
Davis arrived in town by late afternoon, but Jones was still a no-show by the time the Cajuns held a 7 p.m. team meeting. Jones will have to take a physical before he can take part in workouts, including today's 3:30 p.m. opening practice.
"They look excited to be here," Bustle said of the group. "A lot of these guys have been here in the summer but we haven't had any meetings. Today you got to kind of feel the enthusiasm."
The squad, which opens the season Sept. 1 at South Carolina, opens a new practice era with its indoor facility now ready for use. Bustle said having that building will help the staff and squad stick to its practice plan.
"The great thing is if it rains tomorrow, we'll go in there," he said. "That's awesome for us. Right now it's a back-up in case of weather, but even if it doesn't rain we'll go in there every few days just to get used to it."
The first five days of drills are an NCAA-mandated acclimation period, with the squad working in shorts today and Sunday and in shoulder pads Monday and Tuesday. The squad will put on full pads for the first time on Wednesday, and will hold its first two-a-day sessions on Thursday.
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Cox, Charter, and Time Warner dominate the state in major markets. Recently Comcast swapped some cities in the state with Time Warner, and Comcast carries CSS. Two cities or parish I know of are Houma, La., and St John The Baptist.
They will dominate the state as long as you let them. Sat or FIOS TV will change our options. Be proactive if you can and force them to change.Quote:
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Is the public allowed to watch the practices inside the Indoor Facility?..O..
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Anyone watching practice today? Dying to hear how everyone is doing?
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Well I don't know what to do 90? Cox sports channel carries a lot of UL sports, well some, and if I go to satellite I will lose that option, and I am not familiar with FIOS TV. In any case my cable company gives me CSS, Cox sports, and a number of the college sports channels, so I guess I will stay put for the moment.
I really do not believe that the state is ready to leave cable but I could well be wrong. For all it's flaws it is not being driven out of business, in fact the cable business has never been healthier.
Here is another thing I found on my cable system last night NFLN. Watched the Green Bay practice session. Cable ain't all bad.
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There was never a question that Grant Fleming and Lance Kelley were physically ready to handle college football.
What they may not have been ready for was the pace of UL's first practice session, and the speed at which things took place Saturday in the Ragin' Cajuns' fall camp opener.
"It was a lot more up-tempo," said Fleming, who worked with the safeties during Saturday's two-hour session. "You definitely had to pay attention a lot more."
"You don't walk anywhere out here," said wide receiver Kelley. "It's a big adjustment ... it's more intense and fast-paced."
The two St. Thomas More products and the only two locals in UL's spring signee class hit the ground running with 102 teammates Saturday. In their first collegiate practice, they began pairing up the physical with the mental aspects learned from playbooks and meetings.
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"The coaches made it easy to understand," said Kelley, an All-State selection who had significant yardage rushing, passing, receiving and on both kickoff and punt returns as a Cougar senior. "But you have to listen and keep your ears open."
Kelley was listening to new Cajun receivers coach Daryl Mason, a veteran of over two decades of college coaching and one who has seen many first-time freshman struggle on opening day.
"I knew he had good size going in, but I was impressed with the way he ran and caught," Mason said. "He's a good athlete. The toughest thing for the young guys is the tempo ... they're not used to going that fast and pushing like that, but he handled it well. He didn't have a lot of reps, but he went hard."
Fleming, also an All-State pick and a three-time 5-4A All-District selection at STM, made an instant impression on safeties coach Tim Rebowe during Saturday's drills.
"He picks up on things well," Rebowe said. "He's sharp and he understands what we're trying to get accomplished. You can tell he has a good background.
"He got a bunch of reps, and he wasn't a fish out of water. He was vocal and took charge. He made the checks and got us in the right calls."
Fleming isn't that far behind even the veterans since UL's defensive scheme has changed since the 2006 season, but he said that Saturday was a learning experience.
"The coaches did a good job of teaching it," he said, "but I know I learned a lot just from being out here today. We're all learning a whole new defense, and I'm getting a lot of help from the other safeties."
"It's so important to get a good foundation on the first day," Rebowe said. "You hear a lot of guys saying that they have time to catch up. But if you don't get it right and you forget the basics, you end up getting lost when we start adding more to it."
Neither of the two got lost on Saturday, even with their units making rapid-fire changes in field position including one quick session in the new indoor facility for each position group.
"I just tried to stay with the other receivers," Kelley said. "I kind of kept an eye on the guys like Derrick (Smith) and Jason Chery and kind of went where they went. They've been around for a while, so I figure if they're in the wrong place they'll get in trouble first."
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Rain doesn't delay Cajuns first football practice
A brief rain shower hit near the end of UL's first fall football practice Saturday, and Ragin' Cajun head coach Rickey Bustle didn't bat an eye.
In the past, rain was always cause for concern since the Cajuns had no escape from the elements, and practices were often delayed or canceled.
On Saturday, UL never deviated from its practice plan despite the 10-minute shower. Had it continued or worsened, the Cajuns held the trump card - the new indoor practice facility that's only 20 yards away from the outdoor practice fields.
"I'm sure a lot of people probably thought I was crazy," Bustle said after Saturday's two-hour and 15-minute session. "But I knew it wasn't going to last. It was a nice cool-off shower."
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The rain was a welcome relief from the warm conditions during Saturday's opening drills, but most of the Cajuns handled the warm conditions without difficulty. Only one player, freshman fullback Jonathan Thomas of Sugar Land, Texas-Dulles, had to leave the field with heat-related problems. Thomas suffered dizziness near the halfway point of practice.
"It looked like our conditioning held up pretty well," Bustle said. "Everyone was busting around pretty good at the start."
Saturday's practice was the first of two in shorts and helmets including today's 3:30 p.m. second set of drills, and UL will work for two days in shoulder pads before going into full gear on Wednesday. Working in shorts made the workout more mental, Bustle said.
"At this point you're looking for carryover from the spring," he said. "We've put a lot in, and we had a mental lapse there at the end today, but for the first day I thought it was good from a mental standpoint."
GOING INSIDE: Even before Saturday's quick shower, most of UL's position units had spent at least one period working in the new indoor facility. The offensive line, in fact, spent more than half the practice on the indoor turf.
"We wanted to get them in there so they could do their sled work, so that doesn't mess up the field," Bustle said. "We didn't even turn the lights on for that. Eventually, with the weather we have here, we'll get work in there.
"But having the line guys in there really saves the field, and it gave everybody a lot more space to work."
The quarterbacks, the offensive line and the defensive line held individual drills inside prior to the actual start of practice.
OUT: The Cajuns had 103 players go through Saturday's drills. The only player not going through practice was senior cornerback Kyle Ward, who was in a black (no practice) jersey and is continuing recovery from hip surgery.
Senior cornerback Torres Kingsby, who had surgery on both shoulders in the spring, went through full drills Saturday. He may be limited when the squad dons shoulder pads Monday and full gear on Wednesday.
ODOM OUT: UL signee Jaron Odom, a freshman offensive tackle from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-Boyd Anderson High, is not in fall camp and is still awaiting clearance by the NCAA Clearinghouse.
Bustle said Odom could join the squad immediately if he is cleared in the near future, or could enroll for the spring semester if he is not cleared by the time the fall semester begins.
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CAJUN BASIN - The first day of football for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns is in the books. The team practiced on Saturday afternoon for two hours under very hot conditions.
The team was able to utilize part of the new Leon Moncla Indoor Practice Facility, as both the offensive and defensive line conducted some drills inside.
"It was a typical first day," stated head coach Rickey Bustle. "I liked what I saw and I was elated to see the linemen inside the practice facility.
"I'd like to personally thank all the people who worked so hard to have the (indoor) facility ready for the start of camp."
The Cajuns were nearly forced inside by rain, but a heavy downpour lasted only a few minutes near the later portion of practice.
The athletes dedication to their summer workout program was evident as the pace of practice was crisp from the begining.
The team will continue to work in shorts and helmets with day two scheduled for Sunday at 3:30pm.
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FIOS TV is fiber optic tv. It has virtually no bandwidth issues and will be able to deliver more HD than any other platform. Unfortunately we live in an AT&T area and their fiber optic TV is still in its infancy. This is what they offer in Houston https://uma.att.com/assets/files/Houston.pdfQuote:
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As far as satellite TV, I use DirecTV mainly because our Charter cable stinks. As far as watching Cajun games, I'm able to watch many more on DirecTV then what CST offers. Perhaps your local cable company is good and you seem satisfied with it. DirecTV will start rolling out 150 HD channels in September. Including the NFL Network. There is no way cable can do this unless they start ripping up their old cable and laying fiber optic cable down. Over here Charter has started to remove channels to add another HD channel. They simply don't have bandwidth nor the desire it seems to be competitive with sat or fiber optic.
An article posted earlier this week stated that we expected 105 players on the field for the opening day of practice. But according to reports from the practice only 102 players were on the field. Does anyone know who the 3 players are that were missing and why they were missing?
Jaron Odem the OL from Fla. is still waiting for the NCAA to clear him and Damian Jones had transportation issues getting back to Lafayette. The third guy I have no idea who that may be.
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After reading this thread, I can't think of anything intelligent to say. I can't wait for the McNeese game to be over so I don't have to read all of this nonsense any more.
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The third guy was attending an award ceremony for his father. That is why we wasn't at the first meeting.Quote:
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Cajun Basin - Offensive Coordinator Blake Anderson was very pleased with the improvement that he saw on the second day of fall camp. The Cajuns worked 10 periods in two hours on Sunday afternoon.
The heat index topped 100 degrees for the first half of practice, as the temperature remained in the 90's throughout practice.
"It's hot," said Anderson. "I challenged the offense at the end of practice yesterday because I didn't like the way they finished.
"We had a good tempo today and I'm proud of what they did. Mentally, we decided not to let the heat get to us."
The offense worked on a lot of passing drills for the second straight day. Route running was stressed at the skill positions as the quarterbacks are still trying to get in sync with the running backs, tight ends and wide receivers.
"We are trying to work out the kinks," stated Anderson. "The coaches are throwing a lot at them even though it's early.
"More than anything we want everybody on the same page with the effort level we expect, the tempo we want to play at and to be accountable on every snap."
Even though the coaches are not allowed to watch players during the summer months, the coaching staff quickly saw how hard the team conditioned during the off-season. Drills that were conducted in the spring are still fresh in the players minds.
"You could see how hard they worked," added Anderson. "There hasn't been very many mental hiccups so obviously they were serious over the summer. They haven't lost much from the spring which has allowed us to move forward."
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UL's football team took a challenge to heart Sunday afternoon in its second practice of fall training camp.
The Ragin' Cajuns struggled at the end of Saturday's first practice, enough to draw harsh words from head coach Rickey Bustle and offensive coordinator Blake Anderson.
"We challenged them last night," Bustle said Sunday after putting his team through a two-hour and 15-minute workout. "This team needs to be mentally tougher. Last year we weren't mentally tough enough. It's got to be a mental thing.
"Working at our coaches' pace is different, and they've got to get back to that. They weren't ready for that yesterday."
The 24-hour change in the final periods of practice was obvious, with UL's offense much sharper in its practice-ending drills.
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"Yesterday was a little bit of a reality check," said Anderson. "It's hot out here. We didn't feel good yesterday about the way we finished up, but they did a phenomenal job today of pushing through it. I'm proud of what they did today."
The Cajuns held their second day of work in shorts and helmets as required by NCAA regulations, and will put on shoulder pads for the first time in today's 3:30 p.m. third workout. The squad will have two shoulder-pads practices before donning full gear for the first time Wednesday.
"They responded on both sides today," Bustle said. "I was pleased with how we responded after yesterday. But tomorrow's going to be a little harder. We'll have a little more contact, we'll get to go against people instead of working against dummies and we'll do some more team things. We'll take it up a notch."
LEARNING CURVE: Anderson said the Cajun offense's Sunday improvement was more mental than physical.
"I don't know if we made any steps X's and O's wise," he said, "but we made a step mentally. We didn't let the heat hurt us. Right now you're supposed to make mistakes since it's all about intensity, focus and effort. That's where we got better today."
The heat index was 103 degrees with a temperature of 94 at 4 p.m., 15 minutes after the start of practice. The index was down to 97 by the end of Sunday's drills.
HURTS: No serious injuries through two days of non-contact practice. Defensive backs Kyle Ward (hip surgery) and Torres Kingsby (shoulder surgery) were in black (no practice) jerseys, after Kingsby went through most of Saturday's practice.
Four players - wide receiver Caleb Rubin, defensive back Ross Goodlet and linebackers Tre' Green and Nate Douglas - were in green (limited practice) jerseys, but all four went through most of their individual position drills.
Freshman fullback Jonathan Thomas, who left the practice field Saturday with heat problems, returned to full drills Sunday.
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