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Not sure I like the quote at the end....."Someone has to pay"
That scares me.
Bustle and the team needs to read this, and know how fired up Troy is going to be for this game..................................................or it could be a REALLY LONG NIGHT!
Burkhalter ____ed hot three times in the span of 5 weeks. Southall never did anything like that while he was here.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedBug58
Anyone read this yet???? This is bulletin board material. This should fire us up! We should get fired up just from how fired up they are going to be!!!
We did that out of respect for your schools request Z and you still _____ about it. Some people are never happy
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With UL's football team mired in a two-game losing streak, wide receiver Jason Chery offered his solution to getting back on track. The senior plans on using the approach this week as the Cajuns travel to play at Troy on Saturday in a matchup of Sun Belt co-leaders.
The winner of the 6 p.m. showdown between UL (5-5 overall, 4-1 Sun Belt) and the Trojans (6-4, 4-1) will earn at least a share of the conference championship.
A win would make the Cajuns bowl eligible. The loser will likely see its Sun Belt title aspirations come to an end barring some help in the final week of the regular season.
If the Cajuns beat Troy this week and Middle Tennessee on Dec. 3, they will earn their first outright league title and bowl berth since 1970.
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"We're going to have to come together and encourage each other and keep everything positive," Chery said after last week's 40-29 loss at Florida Atlantic. "We lost as a team, and we're going to have to keep pushing each other and being there for each other."
UL players and coaches need each other now more than ever.
After losing three of four to open the season, the Cajuns bounced back with four consecutive wins. But injuries, especially at linebacker, finally caught up with UL in the past two games, starting with a 37-24 loss to UTEP on Nov. 8 before last week's loss at FAU.
The Cajuns allowed a combined 77 points, 584 passing yards and nine touchdown passes in the past two weeks against pass-happy offenses. On offense, they have committed eight turnovers during that same stretch.
But leading tackler Daylon McCoy, a sophomore linebacker, is expected to play this weekend after sitting out last week with a hamstring injury. The verdict is still out on another injured starting linebacker, junior Jezreel Washington (turf toe).
Quarterback Mike Desormeaux threw for only 84 yards and was picked off twice last week, but he ran for 70 yards on 12 carries with a sprained right knee. The senior had a combined 13 carries for 87 yards the previous two games. He is still 30th in the nation in rushing yards per game (96.11) and 20th in total offense (269.56).
Given the recent struggles and injuries, UL went back to basics for Sunday's practice. The Cajuns practiced without helmets and pads in preparation for Troy, which allowed 37 unanswered points in the final 16 minutes of last week's 40-31 loss at LSU. Ten UL players wore black jerseys, which signify they had yet to be cleared for contact. Seven others donned non-contact green jerseys.
"We took the helmet and pads completely off and went through some recognition things offensively and defensively and spent some time with fundamentals again," UL coach Rickey Bustle said. "Those were things where some of the guys in the black and green jerseys could get some work."
Focus is the key right now, said linebacker Antwyne Zanders.
"We should be focusing right now, practicing the little things technique-wise and getting back to fundamentals," said Zanders, who started last week between freshmen linebackers Devon Lewis-Buchanan and Kyron Benoit. "That's basically what we did for Sunday's practice.
"I think we should come out and play well on Saturday."
For improved play on Saturday, the Cajuns must find a way to avoid tearing themselves apart from the inside. Strong team chemistry and leadership kept the team together when it played five of its first six games on the road.
Now that camaraderie is being challenged again. Senior wide receiver Caleb Rubin expects UL to pass the test.
"The moment you break down as an individual and try to blame someone else for what's happening, that's when the team morale is brought down," Rubin said. "Instead of trying to point the finger, you want to try to encourage, in a positive way, something they can do better.
"Maybe you can point out something that you can do better and help that guy come along with you and the rest of the guys that are on the same page."
On most teams the older guys talk, and the younger players listen. But for UL, every player is allowed to speak his mind for the betterment of the team.
"We talk to everyone on the team," Rubin said. "That's something the coaches have allowed us to do. What we preach is what we've been preaching all year. We're going to stay together as a team. The unity is unlike anything I've ever seen in this program.
"We're going to continue to stick together as a team and continue to work in each individual aspect - special teams, defense and offense - to try to bring this thing back home for us."
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TROY -- Troy's collapse Saturday night at LSU kept biting the Trojans on their trip home.
As the team rolled back dejectedly toward campus, reminders of its agonizing 40-31 loss kept coming, ironically, in the form of congratulatory phone calls.
Some friends, satisfied that Troy's 31-3 third-quarter lead was enough, switched off the game. As midnight approached, they called players to offer their compliments, only to find out that LSU had rallied to win.
"Every time someone called, I had to relive it," offensive lineman Chris Jamison said. "Luckily, my phone battery ran out, so I could just sit and think about it.
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By A. Stacy Long • slong1@gannett.com • November 18, 2008
Our scoreboard read "LaTech" instead of LaTex. We always respect our visiting opponents and fans unless they give reasons not to.Quote:
Originally Posted by beaux66
LOL! Is he also the BBU Cowboy fan who was going to report us all to the Texas Attorney General's Office? I can visualize that complaint being filed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeebart21
"Hello General, there's a bunch of them there Ragin' Cajun fans calling themselves "UL" and "Louisiana". We here good ole boys want the quietus interuptness put all over this here unAmerican activity NOW. Come back to me, good buddy, 10-4."
"We're all over it, old buck. I'm a sendin' in the Rangers to clear' em out. Hold tight and I'll be back atcha."
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Sounds like an investiagtion for Sheriff Buford T. Justice.
"Would you get out of my way? I'm in hot pursuit."
well ladies and gentlemen, the time has arrived. we blew a huge lead over LSU and embarressed ourselves a bit. I mean, yes, we embarressed the Tigers worse, but still...we should have won that game.
Now comes the match-up i've been fearing all year; Troy vs. Louisiana. I am in a wedding saturday, so i will have to listen to the game during the ceremony (oh yeah, it's that serious). Our Trojans are p*ssed to say the least, and looking for someone to take out all that aggression on. Your Cajuns are in the hunt for their first (?) title and hungry for a trip to New Orleans. This is going to be a clash of Sun Belt titans. here's to a great game, some great tailgating, and both of our teams going to great bowls. I wish all of you safe travels and an enjoyable experience in Troy. I wish I could be there, this kills me that I can't. Let's give the Sun Belt a game to remember!
Go Troy!
Go 'Belt!
it really was aweful. coach blakeney said it best, "it was the highest and lowest emotional points of his football coaching career." well, the trojan nation feels the same way. i had ordered the ppv, had friends over, and a few "adult beverages" downed. the 31-3 lead was like extasy, i was litterally jumping and screaming in my living room. then the wheels fell off. holy crap what a terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible 4th quarter. the company left immediately after the game. my wife could not console me, i was beside myself with anger and dissapointment. the only thing that kept me from putting a pistol in my mouth was the Titans win over Jacksonville on Sunday, and that was a come from behind (wanna talk about anxiety? lol).
i don't know if UL has ever had to go through something like that. we dominated LSU in every way, and then...blah. oh well, my nerves, and my heart, will be healed if we make it to a bowl.
Don't know about anyone else but the wife and I are going to be in Troy to support these fine young men. Anyone else?