The Book: 2007 Football

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&nbsp; Homecoming activities for UL kick off Saturday with a triathlon offering a running start to the university's annual celebration that culminates on game day, Oct. 20.

This year's theme is "Rockin' with the Cajuns."

Saturday - 7:30 a.m. triathlon at the Student Aquatic Center at Bourgeois Hall on campus. For more details, visit www.lafayettefitness.org.

Sunday - Homecoming Mass at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Wisdom on campus. Student spirit displays on view from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in front of Dupré Library.
Monday - 11:45 a.m. cake giveaway and spirit banner signing at the Student Union. Faculty and residence hall decorating contest judging at 2 p.m. Free game tickets if order Ragin' Cajun lunch special from Gallaghers.

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Kickoff party 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Alumni Center, featuring free food, music by Terry and the Zydeco Bad Boys, the homecoming court, Pride of Acadiana Marching Band, Ragin' Cajun cheerleaders and Ragin' Jazz. Sponsored by the Alumni Association.

Tuesday - Student Car Rally at 5 p.m. Drive-in movie at 8 p.m. at Cajun Field parking lot. Free game tickets if order Ragin' Cajun lunch special at WOW Wingery.

Oct. 17 - Businesses participate in Paint the Town Red. Winners to be announced at game.

Oct. 18 -Cajuns Can Care from 10 a.m. to noon at the Alumni Center. National Pan-Hellenic Council Step Show in Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m.

Oct. 19 - 7:30 a.m. Homecoming Tennis Tournament. Call 482-0900. Paint the Town Red Schools contest. University Wind Ensemble homecoming concert at Angelle Hall at 7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Oct. 20 - Homecoming Day. Ragin' Road Race at 8 a.m. Alumni Center Open House at 9:30 a.m. Homecoming parade at 10 a.m. Tailgating cook-off at 1:30 p.m. Ragin' Cajuns take on Florida Atlantic at Cajun Field at 4 p.m.

For more information about Homecoming 2007 activities, contact the Alumni Association at (337) 482-0900 or the University Program Council at (337) 482-6939.




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&nbsp; Louisiana's Michael Desormeaux is the Sun Belt Conference's second-leading rusher.

And he's a quarterback.

"We have not seen anybody stop him yet on film," Arkansas State coach Steve Roberts said. "We have not seen any schemes or any personnel be able to stop him yet from running the football."

Arkansas State will try to stop the Ragin' Cajuns' unique signal-caller Saturday night in Jonesboro when the Indians host Louisiana-Lafayette for homecoming. Both teams are trying to avoid a second Sun Belt Conference loss, which could be devastating at this point in the season.

"I think it's a very big game, there is no doubt about that," Roberts said. "I'll never tell that it's a do-or-die game because there's too much left to be played this year but it is a very crucial game."

Louisiana-Lafayette (1-5, 1-1) beat North Texas 38-29 last week for its first win of the season. Desormeaux ran for 150 yards and threw for 114. He is now averaging 111 yards rushing per game.

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Arkansas State (2-3, 0-1) lost 30-13 to Louisiana-Monroe last week. The Warhawks had their own mobile quarterback in Kinsmon Lancaster, but Roberts said Louisiana-Lafayette plans Desormeaux's rushes more.

"They are much more deliberate in their quarterback runs," Roberts said. "They're going to design things to make sure he has the football."

Louisiana-Lafayette also has the No. 3 rusher in the Sun Belt. Tyrell Fenroy is averaging 86 yards per game.

Arkansas State's Reggie Arnold is fourth at 83 yards, although he left early in a win over Memphis late last month. Arnold ran for 52 yards on nine carries last week.

Roberts does not like to give specifics about injuries, but he indicated that Arnold will at least be slowed by his.

"I'll say this for the next seven weeks," Roberts said. "The next seven weeks I can just tell you to look back at your notes. Reggie will play, but he will not be full speed for the remainder of the year."

If that's the case, quarterback Corey Leonard might have to pick up the slack on offense. Leonard is averaging 237 yards passing per game for the Indians, although he went just 14-of-35 for 206 yards with two interceptions against Louisiana-Monroe.

"He's a playmaker," Louisiana-Lafayette coach Ricky Bustle said. "He's making much better decisions."



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Originally Posted by LARaginCajun

We are one of 120 Division 1 football teams in the nation. People should support the football regardless of wins and loses. To say UL does not have a major college football team is just inaccurate. You do not know the facts.

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Louisiana is king of the frontrunners...


look at green bay and the saints... both have had some terrible years. green bay continually has a waiting list for tix, saints probably won't have one by the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by IHateLaState

_ uhhhhhh IF???? does the 5,000 butts last Saturday not yet convince you that we are THERE????????? _

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No kidding.... what does it take for people to realize this is one of the worst football programs in America?

Where are all of the predictions for this weekends game at ASU?

It would seem that there would be plenty of discussion about the game, especially after a win last week, but its fallen flat for some reason.


Lets hear some predictions, smack talk, anything at all abouth the game this weekend.
I get tired of looking at a lot of news articles and little else.


So lets go

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Originally Posted by IHateLaState

_ Geez... you should be a politician....lol...

No firing Bustle wont guarantee 20k... Keeping him WILL insure another 10k or less.....

My only hope is that someday we get some people who expect more..... maybe Im a lone voice in that area..

always... wait... lets wait a while longer... it could get better.... it might get better.... 6 years of waiting... ok.. I give up.....lets wait another year..... _

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We should start a club called the "Coach's Club". 2000 fans pledge $500/yr to a fund that supplements the pay coaches receive now. That would add $1,000,000.00 a year to the kitty to hire a good coach. If we can't get enough people to do that, we are in pitiful shape. I'd sign today.

We need a Cajun Athletic Foundation that resembles the Tiger Athletic Foundation on a smaller scale.

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Originally Posted by showdog

_ No kidding.... what does it take for people to realize this is one of the worst football programs in America? _

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I dont get it man..... I guess some people are afraid of change... But if we dont wake up SOON we are going to lose an entire generation of fans...

This losing mentality... the mentality that says we are happy to be mediocre in the worst conference in all of America... the mentality that says 6-5 is a BANNER year.... is what leads to the apathy that manifests in 5,000 butts in seats....

then you have the apologists and excuse makers running around blaming the weather and anything they can think of.... rather than the obvious... that the people in charge of this program are happy with the status-quo.... that change would not be good for THEM....

I think until someone that is agressive and stops making excuses is brought in nothing will change... In another thread it was traced back to Toby Warren in the late 70's the last time we had someone out there pushing the university... God bless him, Gerald Hebert is trying... but has ANYONE even seen our AD since he was hired?? He is a back room operative working behind the scenes... From what I hear he is effective in that role.... Why not keep him doing what he WAS doing and bring in a young dynamic AD??? Guess we will never know

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Originally Posted by showdog

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We need a Cajun Athletic Foundation that resembles the Tiger Athletic Foundation on a smaller scale. _

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Won't be too long of a wait..O..

UL 34 - ASU 31.

How's that?.~.

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Originally Posted by CajunKahouna

_ Won't be too long of a wait..O.. _

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I hope that its promoted like the TAF, but I also hope that its not called the CAF. That would be too close to theirs and would be seen with as a copycat type thing. Surely it could called something a little more creative. Not that i have any ideas or anything...

Well, maybe I do have some ideas. When I went to college station for the baseball regional, they had crap all over the place promoting the 12th man Building Champions fund, or something like that. I would like to see the new foundation be titled something like the Cajun Championship Fund (or Foundation) because not only is it a potential primary driver to improve this schools athletics, but it says, right there in the title, what the primary goal of this athletic department is, to win championships.