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Originally Posted by 4LSU
Since we are going to be redistributing a whole bunch of things here shortly, I figured I'd do my part and spread the "pinhead" label around as well!!! :D
Hope you are well.
Z
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Originally Posted by 4LSU
Since we are going to be redistributing a whole bunch of things here shortly, I figured I'd do my part and spread the "pinhead" label around as well!!! :D
Hope you are well.
Z
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Originally Posted by Zeebart21
May we keep "corndog"? Pretty please, pretty please, and pretty please..............:D
Z, if I was any better I couldn't stand it....well, I could use a QB who threw more TD's to my team than the other team, but hey...we all have to suffer some...I hear it's good for the soul.;)
Hope you and yours are living large.
Arkstfan, you raise some good points. But as usual when the subject of La. Tech comes up, you don't tell the whole story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkstfan
Can you honestly blame anyone for having reservations about facing the first team to make a bowl in NCAA history w/ a losing record (UNT) in a brand-new bowl, which is what the New Orleans Bowl was back in '01? The choice was A) Local, new Bowl game vs. non-BCS opponent w/ losing record and consequently becoming part of the answer to a trivia question, or B) distant Bowl game vs. BCS opponent. I think Arkansas State or anyone else may have acted in the same fashion.
Congrats on this season, Cajun fans...good to see you guys with more W's than L's. I admire guys like Z and Destin who have stood by the Rajun Cajuns through the lean years.
look Z I would say that we have a hell of alot less UL bashing than you guys have Tech bashing. As a matter of fact Belt boards love to bash Tech. Its your favorite pass time. We even have a whole thread right now about admiring ULL. The majority of us don't look down on your school and want to see the series played on a regular basis.
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Hey LaTech visitors,
Nice win out at SJS. That one (a road win) surprised me.
Here's hoping plenty of you make down for the basketball game Saturday. Not the typical season opener.
You need to voice that opinion to your AD/Coach... We have been waiting for a home & home series with you guys for a really long time. I don't think we are the problem with getting that deal done... that only leaves Tech to blame!Quote:
Originally Posted by beaux66
I think most UL fans admire Tech's Football Program and would love to play every year. Hopefully it will happen soon!
Not sure how many will come since we have a home football game this Saturday against Utah St. Win it and we are bowl eligible. But there may be a few that come down.Quote:
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UL's football team still needs one non-conference game to complete its 2009 schedule, but the Cajuns have lined up their opponents for 2010.
The 2010 season kicks off on Sept. 4 at Georgia in the first meeting between the programs. UL will receive a guaranteed payout of $875,000 to play the Bulldogs in Sanford Stadium. That's according to a recently signed contract by UL athletic director David Walker.
Other non-conference games for the Cajuns in 2010 include at Ohio on Sept. 11, Oklahoma State on Sept. 25 at Cajun Field and at Ole Miss on Nov. 11.
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UL will return the trip to Oklahoma State in 2011 and receive $500,000 for a guaranteed game in Stillwater against the Cowboys in '12.
The payout for the Ole Miss game is $700,000.
"I think it's good for our program," Walker said of playing at Georgia and Ole Miss. "It's good for our kids to be in those stadiums that have so much tradition and a large fanbase.
"Playing an SEC teams is a challenge for them, but it's also fun."
The Cajuns lost at Oklahoma State, 56-3, in the most recent meeting in 2003. They lost at Ole Miss, 24-14, in 1987.
UL opens the 2009 season against Southern at Cajun Field before playing at LSU on Sept. 19 and at Nebraska on Sept. 26. The guaranteed payout from LSU is $650,000 and $700,000 by Nebraska. The Cajuns still need one additional non-conference home game on either Sept. 12 or Nov. 7.
"We're still one game short," said Scott Farmer, UL's associate senior athletic director. "And we're still looking hard trying to find someone to come here."
Odds and Ends
Despite last week's 37-24 loss to UTEP, the Cajuns will finish this season with a winning record at home. They are 3-1, with the lone remaining home game on Dec. 3 against Middle Tennessee. It marks the sixth time in seven years that the program has posted a winning home record ... UL coach Rickey Bustle is 12-11 lifetime in November. He gets another shot in Saturday's 3 p.m. game at defending Sun Belt and New Orleans Bowl champions Florida Atlantic ... With 4,448 career rushing yards, UL running back Tyrell Fenroy needs 110 yards to break the state's all-time mark of 4,557 set by former Carencro High and LSU star Kevin Faulk. Fenroy has rushed for at least 100 yards against every current Sun Belt school but Florida Atlantic. He ran for 82 yards and one touchdown against the Owls as a freshman, 91 yards as a sophomore and 90 yards as a junior ... FAU ranks 115th out of 119 FBS schools in turnover margin per game (negative-1.22). The Owls have turned it over 23 times and produced only 12 takeaways this season but have won three consecutive games.
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After Monday's weekly press conference, UL football coach Rickey Bustle walked down the hallway inside the Cox Communications Athletic Center toward the training room. His neck ached, and he needed some relief.
"I guess I'm getting old," Bustle said, in a joking manner. "I need somebody to work on me."
Count Bustle among the many walking wounded for the Cajuns after Saturday's 37-24 loss to UTEP at Cajun Field.
UL (5-4 overall, 4-0 Sun Belt) will try to recover - both literally and figuratively - this week. With three games left in the regular season, the first-place Cajuns look to move one step closer to winning the conference title at 3 p.m. Saturday against defending league champion Florida Atlantic (4-5, 2-2) at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Whether UL will be at full strength this weekend is another story. Bustle counted 11 players sitting out Sunday night's practice because of injuries. That included 10 starters.
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Among the injured: quarterback Mike Desormeaux (sprained right knee), running back Tyrell Fenroy (bruised shoulder), strong safety Derik Keyes (shoulder), linebacker Jezreel Washington (turf toe), offensive lineman Brad Bustle (shoulder), wide receiver Derrick Smith (unknown) and tight end Erik Jones (unknown).
Back-up quarterback Brad McGuire (hamstring) did not play last week after the redshirt freshman got hurt on Thursday. That left the Cajuns in a bind, bumping up redshirt freshman Chris Masson up to second from third on the depth chart. There was not enough time to get Masson properly prepared to play on one-day's notice.
Four other injured players saw limited practice time on Sunday.
"We've got a couple of guys banged up," said offensive lineman Jonathan Decoster. "But everybody should be good to go on Saturday."
Desormeaux is the biggest question mark.
Last week, he was probable because of a knee injury suffered on Oct. 11 against North Texas. The New Iberia native threw three interceptions and rushed for only 43 yards in his second game back since getting hurt.
The senior had thrown only five picks going into the game and was the conference leader in pass efficiency. He had averaged 102 rushing yards in his previous 22 starts at quarterback.
UL had averaged more than 37 points in its first eight games of the season. But Bustle admits that the offense is less dynamic with Desormeaux now at least one step slower because of injury.
"Mike is not going to be completely well," said Bustle, who rates Desormeaux at 85 percent. "I wish he could be, but he's got a meniscus floating around.
"It's going to catch him for a second and then he can't walk and then it moves around and he can move better."
The Cajuns are preparing for the worst-case scenario this week. Desormeaux and McGuire will split reps with the first-team offense. Masson will take all the snaps with the second unit.
Bustle said Fenroy should be "OK" for Saturday's game. The senior ranks fifth in the nation in rushing yards per game (130.8), is the leading career rusher among active players with 4,448 yards and is one of seven players in NCAA history with four 1,000-yard seasons.
The outlook for some of the other Cajuns will be unknown until later in the week.
"Players will always be playing with injuries at this time of the year," Bustle said. "We have a lot more people banged up than I would like, but that is the way it always goes."
Desormeaux said he felt "fine" after last week's loss. Instead of talking about his knee, he was more concerned about helping UL rebound with three games left in the regular season and postseason dreams on the line.
With another win, the Cajuns will become bowl-eligible. A win this week against FAU and at second-place Troy on Nov. 22 would give them the program's first outright league title in 38 years, regardless of the outcome in a Dec. 3 game against Middle Tennessee at Cajun Field.
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I don't know, we have alot of Tech fans in south Louisiana and alot of excitement generating around this year's MEN's basketball team; who would have thought. We will get our normal 20k(if that) at the football game. As far as renewing the series, I thought the series was scheduled to be picked up in the near future, but if it is not, us fans really don't have a whole lot of say in what our AD does. That however does not change the fact that the majority of the Tech fans, loved the series and coming down to Lafayette and want it played regularly. We do consider UL our real rivalry, and unlike ULM, there is a continuous interest in the game yearly as opposed to ULM that loses interest quickly.