Well I guess you can call me greedy! :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by CajunZ1
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Well I guess you can call me greedy! :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by CajunZ1
possibly it is the tickets sold along with the folkes through the gate------But with the tarps there are just too many empty spaces to have the amount stated ---same thing at ULM--Fun took a photo and it just ain't so!!!!
I'm seriously contemplating pitching a tent on University Friday night. What's the sense of checking into a room 5 or 6 hours before you plan on heading out to the campus...just cut out the middle man, while ensuring prime parking?
I plan on leaving around 4 in the morning on Saturday.
Does everyone have tickets already?
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Given the success Florida Atlantic quarterback Rusty Smith enjoyed last season, his future was certainly bright.
The 6-foot-5, 230-pounder was productive. He was efficient. He was a leader.
Smith shattered Sun Belt Conference single-season records with 3,688 passing yards and 32 touchdown passes. He was named the conference player of the year after the Owls won a share of the league title with Troy.
<center><p><a href="http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20081114/SPORTS/811140332/1006" target="_blank">The rest of the story</a>
Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • November 14, 2008
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FAU earned the league's berth to the New Orleans Bowl, and Smith capped his sophomore year in style. He earned game MVP honors after passing for 336 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-27 win over Memphis.
Back in the preseason, Smith explained his approach entering his junior year.
"I can't say I'm trying to repeat what I did last year," Smith said at the time. "I'm just trying to do everything possible within the rules to win as many football games as we can."
Smith, the league's preseason offensive player of the year, found life much more difficult on the field early this season.
FAU struggled to continue last season's success, losing five of its first six games. That included losses at Texas, Michigan State and Minnesota, a last-second 14-13 loss to Middle Tennessee on a Hail Mary pass and a frustrating 30-17 loss to Troy.
Smith also struggled in those six games, throwing five touchdowns and nine interceptions. He later revealed that he suffered a separated shoulder early in a 52-10 loss at Texas in the season opener but played through the pain.
That slow start left the Owls (4-5 overall, 2-2 Sun Belt) in a must-win situation midway through the season. They have certainly responded, winning three consecutive games going into Saturday's 3 p.m. game against first-place UL (5-4, 4-0). Smith has been a catalyst, throwing for seven touchdowns and only three picks during FAU's 3-0 run.
Last week, Smith threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns in a 46-13 win over North Texas. He passed for 267 yards and two touchdowns the previous week in a 29-28 win over ULM, tossing the winning touchdown with 20 seconds left.
FAU coach Howard Schnellenberger has been impressed with Smith's play in recent weeks.
"I think our quarterback situation has improved," Schnellenberger said. "Rusty just was not the Rusty we had seen last year (early this season)."
Now Smith is starting to play more like a guy who will be in the NFL in the near future. Schnellenberger said in the preseason that Smith reminds him of one of his former pupils, ex-University of Miami and NFL standout Bernie Kosar.
FAU needs to continue its hot streak to stay on track for a second consecutive bowl berth. The Owls close the regular season with the Cajuns, Arkansas State and Florida International - all winnable games given how they've been playing recently, thanks in part to Smith.
UL coach Rickey Bustle is aware of the challenge awaiting his team. The Cajuns need one more victory to become bowl eligible and remain in control of their own destiny. They are in position to earn both their first outright league title and bowl berth in 38 years.
Smith, who lacks mobility but has a strong arm, will try to crush those dreams this weekend at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
"Rusty Smith is a good quarterback," Bustle said. "They have plenty of people for him to get the ball to.
"We need to trust our reads and the plan that we have to stop them."
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If the Cajuns needed a refresher course on defensing big, strong armed passing QBS they got it against UTEP's Vittatoe last week. Keeping the Fauls' Randy Smith's time on the field to a minium is likely the first important lesson.
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We have ours already, so that we can sit with the UL fans. Go get them from the Cajundome box office. They are about $26/ticket. We are in section 105, Row 9.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginCajun08
Here is the map of Movie Gallery Stadium http://www.troytrojans.com/pics6/0/U...B_OEM_ID=17200
Not bad seats. Is everyone else in sections 103, 105, or 107?
First of all, the Cajuns are having their first good year in a looooong time and I'm proud of y'all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Just1More
Second, I personally believe Tech would beat the Cajuns this year. Your strength is running the ball with the QB option. We have played a lot of QBs that like to run this year including a "pure" option team in Army. Our defense did pretty well against them even though we lost the game due to OLine play.
Currently La Tech sits at #10 in the nation in rush defense, even after allowing over 200 yards to Army (but only 3 ypc).
The Cajun defense doesn't look potent. I see a lot of high scoring games coming down to the wire.
As for the future, Dooley's recruits are great even considering their youth and we ought to have even better years ahead. Fenroy is on his way out.....
As for the "best La Tech years being beat in attendance by the worst Cajun years"....
source: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=1304
2007:
Tech had 18,562
Cajuns and ULM both had the same amount, 16,651.
2006 (the worst year of Tech football history culminating in the firing of Jack Bicknell):
Tech had 14,586
Cajuns had 14,516
2005:
Cajuns had 17,591
Tech had 16,416
2004 - NCAA website not showing a breakdown by school
2003:
Tech had 20,778
Cajuns had 13,995
2002 - On NCAA website only shows top 50 schools for some reason
2001:
Tech had 20,443
Cajuns had 9,456
2000:
Tech had 16,636
Cajuns had 14,624
1999:
Tech had 24,508
Cajuns had 15,901
1998:
Tech had 16,748
Cajuns had 9,548
So out of eight years of official NCAA data, Tech had more 7 times. The aggregate number is also largely in favor of Tech due to some 20K+ years really trumping some sub-10K years for the Cajuns.
The Cajuns are ahead this year though. I guess that would make 7 out of 9 for Tech :P
Not exactly what I'd call "always" in favor of the Cajuns.
Ya'll are elite for sure!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken_Horndawgs
Z
get lost.
I personally believe that if the Cajuns and Dawgs matched up in the Indy bowl that it would sell out.
I also think, due to the current energy in both programs, that a 1-1 series would be a good idea.