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The next game is on the following Saturday. May 9th.
The ticket was general admission $18.50 on the ticket but they only charged $15. Not bad for the action.
They have a bye next weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedBug58
The next game is on the following Saturday. May 9th.
The ticket was general admission $18.50 on the ticket but they only charged $15. Not bad for the action.
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Lafayette, LA – With an estimated 1,650 in attendance, the Acadiana Mudbugs won their third game of the season, defeating the Houma Conquerors 31-23 in what turned out to be a barn burner that saw the Mudbugs trailing for the first time in their short history.
The Mudbugs, 3-0, took the number one spot in the SIFL after the Louisiana Swashbucklers lost their first regular season game in two years against the Austin Turfcats. The Swashbucklers were tied with the Mudbugs for first place last week.
The Conquerors were the first to score when for former Troy University quarterback Omar Haugabook connected with Gerald Landry for a five yard score.
With a little over a minute remaining, Acadiana struck back and scored when Bo Bartik connected with Johnny Williams for a four yard score. This tied the game 7-7 at the end of the first.
After 43 seconds of play in the second quarter, Bartik connected again with Williams for a 22 yard score. The Mudbugs led 13-7.
Houma was threatening to score again, but their drive was halted when Anthony Parks intercepted a Hougabook pass in the end zone.
The Conquerors were given two points when Bartik was called for intentional grounding in the endzone with 37 seconds left in the half. Nineteen seconds later, Haugabook connected for the second time with Landry for a 35-yard score. The score going into the locker room at half time was Houma 16 Mudbugs 13.
The Mudbugs were the first to score in the second half, when Bartik connected with Parks from seven yards out. This score gave the Mudbugs a three-point cushion.
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That cushion was torn when Haugabook connected with Landry for a 26 yard score, giving Houma a four-point advantage.
The Mudbugs answered back quickly when Bartik hit Parks again from nine yards out. This gave Acadiana a two-point lead at the end of the third quarter.
Acadiana was the only team to score in the fourth quarter. Antonio Logan took a toss into the end zone from three yards out with 8:22 remaining. The final score was Mudbugs 31 Conquerors 23.
The Mudbugs’ offense was lead by William’s 55 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Parks followed with 53 yards and two touchdowns. Logan led with 17 rushing yards and one touchdown. Bartik threw for 161 yards and four touchdowns. Total offensive yards for the Mudbugs was 198.
Defensively, Kemmie Lewis led the night with 9.5 tackles and one interception. Blake Guidry had 6.5 tackles. Lewis, Parks and Brandon Davis each had one interception. The Mudbugs held the Conquerors to 180 yards total offense.
Broc Menard led on special teams with two returns for 59 yards.
Lewis was named Mudbug’s defensive player, Broc Menard was named Mudbug’s special teams player and Johnny Williams was named Mudbug’s offensive player for the game.
The Mudbugs will visit the Louisiana Swashbucklers Sat., May 16 in Lake Charles. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. Tickets for home games can be purchased by calling 1-888-380-BUGS, or by visiting WOW on Bertrand, Baja Sports Grill or Red’s.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (May 16, 2009) -- Alvin Bartie threw for 254 yards and seven touchdowns as the Louisiana Swashbucklers defeated the previously unbeaten Acadiana Mudbugs 56-35 in a Southern Indoor Football League before 3,819 Saturday.
Bartie connected with Sammy Knight (seven catches, 110 yards) for three scores as the Bucs (3-1) jumped out to a 28-7 halftime lead. Placekicker Tommy Hebert went 8-8 on PAT attempts to improve to 29 of 30 for the season.
Mudbugs (3-1) quarterback Bo Bartik threw four touchdowns, but was intercepted three times, twice by Damien Huren.
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Acadina defensive Kemmie Lewis posted one interception to increase his league-leading to total to seven.
AUSTIN, Tex. (May 16,2009) - Deron Ellis rushed for two touchdowns and threw another while Darrick Wallace returned two missed field goals for touchdowns as the Austin Turfcats defeated the Houma Conquerors 55-27 in a Southern Indoor Football League game Saturday.
The Turfcats (3-1) defeated the Conquerors (0-4) for the second time this season.
Wallace's first return gave Austin a 14-0 first quarter lead. After Gerald Landry's 21-yard touchdown from Omar Haughbook narrowed it to 14-6, the Turfcats used an Ellis keeper and Michael Wallace's 20-yard interception return to take a 26-6 halftime lead.
Houma pulled to 33-19 on Haughbook's to Clevan White with 8:56 remaining in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Conquerors got in the second half.
Ellis, the SIFL's leading rusher, gained 58 yards on 10 carries while completing eight of 16 passes for 65 yards.
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The Southern Indoor Football League has expelled the PASM Florida Kings, President Thom Hager announced today.
The Kings were scheduled to play road games only against SIFL opponents in addition to their home games at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Fla. against non-league competition in 2009 before becoming a full-fledged SIFL member in 2010.
They played one game, an 81-0 loss to the Louisiana Swashbucklers on April 25 and were scheduled to face the Acadiana Mudbugs Monday.
"It’s regrettable that it has come to this,’’ Hager said. ``I sincerely wish the Kings' front office, coaches and players good fortune in their future endeavors.
"There comes a time when you have to make very hard decisions, and this is one of them,’’ Hager said. ``The SIFL is not going to subjugate its staff and teams to unneeded financial and unprofessional burdens that do not have any long-term benefit for its teams or the league.
"I regret that we’ve caused the entire sport of indoor football to take yet another credibility hit, but rather than justify our first-year problems by comparing and contrasting the trials other entities are enduring, we vow to focus our energy on solving these problems expediantly and working to ensure the long-term success of the SIFL,’’ Hager concluded. ``We WILL complete our inaugural season schedule.''
A replacement for the Kings’ remaining four games, included Monday’s game, is being finalized and will be announced this week.
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What a joke. This league just reasured me that it will not survive!!
So let me get this straight... A team that's not a member of the league got kicked out of the league they're not a member of yet, because they lost 81-0? What an I missing here?
igeaux.mobi
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I don't understand this either. They are not telling us what was unprofessional and a financial burden. Maybe after getting shalacked they didn't want to stay in SWLA?Quote:
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Is this the beginning of the end for the league?? :eek:
I don't know about that but hopefully it is the beginning of the end. There is room for only on football team in Acadiana and that is the Ragin Cajuns!.~.Quote:
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The Acadiana Mudbugs are traveling back east down I-10 tonight for a rematch with the Louisiana Swashbucklers. The in-state rival game will take place at 6:30 tonight in the Lake Charles Civic Center.
The team will be departing from Baja Sports Grill at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The Mudbugs received an unexpected week off last week after the Florida Kings were expelled from the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL). A rescheduled game with the Kings replacement, the North Texas Crunch, will take place on Saturday, June 20. Tickets for that game will be honored at any home game.
Leading the team offensively has been Anthony Parks' 205 receiving yards and six touchdowns. Johnny Williams is trailing behind with 163 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
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On the defensive side, Kemmie Lewis leads with 18.5 tackles. Mitch Craft follows with 13.5 tackles. Rudy Johnson has recorded two sacks and Renaldo Delcambre has had a sack.
The Swashbucklers are led by a couple of former Cajuns in receivers Raymond Harris and Marcus Wilridge. Wilridge has five touchdowns.
The Bucs are currently tied with Austin atop the SIFL standings with a 4-1 record. Acadiana (3-1) is one-half game behind the leaders.
The Swashbucklers defeated the Florida Kings 81-0 in the first week, beat the Texas Pirates 50-14 in the second week, lost to the Austin Turfcats 56-53 in the third week, defeated the Acadiana Mudbugs 56-35 in the fourth week and beat the Houma Conquerors 48-16 in the fifth week.
After tonight's contest, the two teams will face off again five days later at Blackham Coliseum on Saturday, June 6.
Tickets for the four remaining home games can be purchased by calling 1-888-380-BUGS, or by visiting WOW on Bertrand and in River Ranch, Baja Sports Grill, Brewski's on Johnston, Pete's on Johnston, Planet Beach on Kaliste Saloom, Stan's Downtown or Reds.
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I always thought Lake Chuck was west of here.
Today is opposite day, didn't the 5 year olds tell you? :)
igeaux.mobi
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With first place in the Southern Indoor Football League on the line, the Louisiana Swashbucklers proved they could go toe-to-toe for an entire fight, while the Acadiana Mudbugs struggled to get off the mat after taking the Swashbucklers’ best punch in a 56-35 Swashbucklers win Monday night.
The loss kno-cked the Mud-bugs (3-2) out of a three-way logjam atop the SIFL standings, while the Swashbuck-lers moved into first place at 5-1, just ahead of the 4-1 Austin Turfcats.
The Swashbucklers and Mudbugs will play again Saturday in Lafayette.
Both Mudbugs losses have come in Lake Charles, with identical final scores and a familiar pattern, the Swashbucklers blowing the game open in the second quarter.
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The Swashbucklers took control of Monday’s game by scoring 24 unanswered points in the first half, turning a 9-3 deficit into a 27-9 lead. The defense stopped the Mudbugs on three straight possessions, and the offense scored touchdowns on four straight second-quarter possessions, including touchdown receptions of 29 and 45 yards by Sammy Knight.
“I guess this is the norm for our games with them, us starting slow then taking a lead and holding on,” said Swashbucklers head coach Darnell Lee.
“I liked the game. We are not playing our best and did not execute well offensively in the second half, but in that second quarter we made some big plays. Brandon Thomas had another big interception, and our defense did what they do, shut people down. Offensively, (quarterback Alvin) Bartie started finding some open receivers.”
After completing just one of five passes for 9 yards in the first quarter, Bartie found his rhythm in the second, connecting on 8 of 13 attempts for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Kirt Duhon, making his first appearance of the season, added a 7-yard scoring run.
“I was just off target to start,” Bartie said. “But then I started seeing the open receivers. Both Marcus (Wilridge) and Sammy are brilliant. Sammy loves to go deep and we were able to hit a couple.”
Knight finished the game with five receptions for 123 yards and three touchdowns, while Wilridge added eight catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns.
Acadiana head coach John Fourcade said his team hasn’t learned how to bounce back from deficits.
“Our two losses have been to the Swashbucklers, and they are the only games we have been down,” he said.
“We keep having bad quarters. When we get behind, the team gets down. We need to learn to go toe-to-toe, tooth-and-nail with these guys. We need to score when they score, stop them when they stop us. We need to be the team creating the turnovers, but now we are the team making them. They have been together five or six years, we have been together five games, and it shows. We are going to bring in some fresh players for Saturday.”
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Houma will look to exact some revenge on Acadiana, currently in third place in the five-team league, tonight.
The Mudbugs won 31-23 on May 9 in Lafayette, though Houma led 16-13 at halftime.
"We played good defense against them the first time and were in it late," Thomas said. "That game got away from us. We had a chance to win. We didn't put enough points on the board, so hopefully we will this time, but if we continue to play well on defense, that will give us a chance to win."
The Mudbugs, coming off a tough 27-21 loss to the league leading Louisiana Swashbucklers (6-1), are led by quarterback Bo Bartik, who threw four touchdown passes in Acadiana's win over Houma on May 9, but was denied a potential game-winning quarterback sneak last week with under a minute to go.
Bartik has thrown 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions this season and his favorite target is Johnnie Williams, who has 21 catches for 221 yards and five touchdowns.
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Sean Samuels came off the bench after starting quarterback Bo Bartik was injured and completed 9 of 13 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for another as the Mudbugs (5-3) won their second straight game.
Logan’s touchdowns came in the first quarter as the Mudbugs jumped out to a 14-0 lead.
Parks, who had missed the last two games due to injury, had eight catches for 91 yards.
Defensive back Kimmie Lewis registered his SIFL best 11th interception and also caught two passes for 27 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown.
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John Bryant produced all the Crunch scoring with a pair of 21-yard field goals.
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The Texas Hurricanes along with the Bryan-College Station Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Tuesday that the Southern Indoor Football League team will now call Bryan-College Station home.
Houston businessman Terry Williams recently purchased the franchise and is moving the team to College Station. Terry believes Aggieland is the right community for his team and isn't wasting any time moving the team to the Brazos Valley.
The Texas Hurricanes' first home game will be Sunday, July 5th against the Acadiana Mudbugs
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The 2010 season will see the Texas Hurricanes playing at the McFerrin Multi-Purpose Facility on the Texas A&M University campus.
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It is Friday evening in Blackham Coliseum. A group of men in their early to mid 20s mills about; a few are stretching, one is warming up with short sprints. These are clearly athletes, chiseled arms jutting from shirtless sleeves, confident in their physicality. Brilliant sunlight filters in through slits along the side of this has-been sports arena. A rickety fan whirs and rattles somewhere out of sight. Padded barricades define a space in the middle — 50 yards long, 25 yards wide — covered with ancient Astroturf, the unforgiving-to-the-body light green stuff that disappeared from most sports arenas more than a decade ago. The hash marks, yardage lines and numbers are faded. The exposed seams between sections of turf suggest it has been hastily laid out. This is a football field and these are professional football players. The Acadiana Mudbugs. Lots of guts, little glory.
In the middle of the field, kicker LJ Daughtry, sporting an LHS Mighty Lions Football T-shirt, warms up his leg, trying 30-yarders that sail toward an elevated net edged with vertical white stripes marking a 10-foot wide goal levitating over the north end zone. He hits some, he misses others. One kick flies high and thuds off an overhead light hanging from the rafters, sending a pair of pigeons scattering.
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This is do-it-yourself football in a do-it-yourself football league, the Southern Indoor Football League. Entrepreneurial owners throw together a team of young men with gridiron fantasies that just won’t go away. “It’s every big man’s dream to try to play somewhere else, try to make it to the next level,” admits cornerback Brandon Davis about his motivation for playing. The 5’10” 180-pounder played prep football at Comeaux High, but has no collegiate experience. “You get seen at this level, maybe you can get at the next level and eventually make it to where you need to be.
This is the inaugural season of the SIFL. It started off as six teams scattered across the Gulf Coast area from Austin to Pensacola; five teams now: Pensacola was punted from the league after repeatedly cancelling games because it couldn’t pony up for the travel costs for away games, which comes to about $5,000. Host teams pay for the visitor’s hotel rooms; travel teams use charter buses. The 12-game season kicked off April 18 and concludes with a championship game hosted by the team with the best record on July 25. Attendance at Mudbugs home games has been spotty this first year, reaching a plateau of about 1,500 for last week’s tilt against the Lake Charles Swashbucklers. For die-hard football fans, an arena season gets you from NFL withdrawal to NFL mini-camp, sort of a methadone for gridiron junkies, a little something to tide you over until your next fix.
“It’s a little unusual compared to playing 11 on 11,” says linebacker/running back Renaldo Delcambre, a former UL Ragin Cajun footballer, “but the concept is the same.”
Delcambre, like most of his teammates, played football at the collegiate level. Seven players on the Mudbugs’ roster are listed as former Cajuns. There’s a guy from McNeese, one from the Citadel, another from Duke. A game check is modest: it’ll cover groceries and utilities that week. All of the players have day jobs; Davis works offshore, Delcambre is a home-health worker. Outside in the parking area between the coliseum and 4-H livestock pens, it’s pick-up trucks instead of Escalades.
And arena ball is different from the NFL in other ways: It’s eight on eight and favors the passing game. Teams are allowed to maintain only 20 players on the active roster, meaning virtually everyone also plays special teams, and some play both offense and defense.
“Arena [football] is an offensive game,” says Davis. “We could stop them every now and then, but it’s an offensive game, and that’s what fans like to see: they like to see scoring.” And scoring they see; 56-35 is not an unusual score — so usual, in fact, that it was the final score for two consecutive games between the Mudbugs and the Swashbucklers, who won both.
Head Coach John Fourcade comprises exactly one third of the Mudbugs’ coaching staff. Now that he has arrived, players are tossing balls around and stretching with more purpose. Fourcade’s is a familiar name to many football fans in Louisiana. A replacement quarterback — a scab, as replacements were called by the union players on the picket line — for the New Orleans Saints during the NFL strike season of 1987, Fourcade made it onto the regular Saints roster and into Saints fans’ hearts and stayed with the team through the 1990 season. He still does color commentary for Saints games on New Orleans radio. This is his off-season job. When he arrives for practice today, he first grabs a broom, does a little tidying up, then gets a player to help him straighten up a section of Astroturf in the end zone. The field had to be rolled up last weekend to accommodate a dog show. Once practice is under way — a no-pads walk-through to avoid injury — Fourcade betrays the perfectionist. “Let’s do it again,” he barks, repeatedly, as the offense masters the timing, routes and blocking assignments on a pass play.
Lexie Iskander, the team’s sports writer/publicist/errand runner/go-to gal, hovers at the margins, on and off the phone with club owner Bentley Turner. A senior communications major at UL and sports writer for The Vermilion who also works in the sports department at KLFY TV10, Iskander is technically an intern, meaning she works without pay. But she works about 40 hours. “It just shows how much I love this team,” she says with a laugh. Iskander is cutting out to Walmart to pick up Super Glue because the person who applied the Velcro to the sponsor signs that will line the wall around the field tomorrow night put it on backwards. The signs don’t stick.
But Fourcade’s coaching apparently does. Saturday night in Blackham the Mudbugs will host the Houma Conquerers. It will be a close game for four quarters. But thanks to a last-second interception, the ’bugs will hold on for a thrilling 35-33 win, snapping a three-game losing streak and improving their record to 4-3.
The Acadiana Mudbugs have two remaining home games in Blackham Coliseum: Saturday, June 20, against the North Texas Crunch and Monday, June 29, versus the Austin Turfcats. Tickets are $10 in advance, available at WOW Cafe Wingery and Baja Sports Grill on Bertrand Drive, and at Red Lerille’s. Admission is $18 at the gate. Find out more by logging on to www.mudbugsfootball.com .
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In trying to find a picture of Kimmie Lewis as a MudBug I found this photo gallery from a game played in Blackham Coliseum.
The Swashbucklers won. <center><p><a href="http://huddletime.smugmug.com/gallery/8600945_ayHxc#567177898_6GDGu" target="_blank"><h2>LINK</h2></a>
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LAFAYETTE -- Renaldo Delcambre wasn’t through playing football after his career at the University of Louisiana ended following the 2007 season.
In fact, he looked high and low for a place to continue playing, finally joining a Lafayette-based indoor football squad this year.
“After my career at UL, I just decided to pursue and find any league that I could get into, whether it was CFL (Canadian Football League), semi-pro, whatever was available,” said the New Iberia native, who had tryouts with several teams last year then found a home this year with the Acadiana Mudbugs, the indoor football team based in Lafayette that opened play this year.
Delcambre’s route to the Mudbugs, who play in the six-team Southern Indoor Football League, was circuitous.
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“They talked to me at the end of November. They came and checked me out at one of the semi-pro games when I played for the (Lafayette) Bayou Bulls,” said Delcambre. “They liked what they saw and I joined the team and have been practicing with them.
“My hard work paid off and here I am.”
The former NISH and UL football player got his first start of the year Saturday night as the Mudbugs played the Texas Pirates and beat the Houston-based squad 38-12 to improve to 2-0 on the year. Delcambre recorded several tackles and assisted tackles in the game.
He didn’t see playing time in the Mudbugs first game of the year against Austin Turfcats on April 18.
“Since I finished playing at UL in 2007, I’ve been trying to get in where I could fit in,” said Delcambre, who expects to get his degree from UL in December. “I tried out for Edmonton (of the Canadian Football League), I tried out for arena teams and I tried out for semi-pro teams, which isn’t much of a tryout, for about a year before I got this opportunity.”
Delcambre has made the most of his chance.
“I didn’t play in the first game but they liked what they saw in practice and I started the second game,” said Delcambre. “After the first game, on the first day of the week for this game, I found out that I was going to start. One of our players went down and they had to bring in an extra lineman and I got my opportunity and I had to step up.”
Delcambre plays linebacker for the Mudbugs and has practiced at a running back.
“But I haven’t played at running back,” said Delcambre. “I don’t think that coach wants me to go out there and try to catch passes.”
He admits that going from 11-man football to eight-man indoor football has been an adjustment.
“The biggest thing has been getting adjusted to this as opposed to playing 11-on-11,” said Delcambre. “The game is a little quicker and a little unusual from playing 11-on-11.
“I’m getting the concept of it and as we get on week by week I’m gradually getting the hang of it.”
And Delcambre’s first start of the season Saturday night lived up to his expectations.
“It was everything I thought it would be and a little more,” he said. “ I was ready to get in and mix it up. We rotate in players every once in a while to keep everybody fresh and we did well tonight.”
Delcambre is happy to have a home this year with the Mudbugs and is using the experience as a chance to prepare and to audition for a spot on a team for the fall.
“I’m committed to the Mudbugs 100 percent,” said Delcambre. “I’m using this as a stepping stone. I hope to get a good evaluation from my coach and take it from there. But absolutely, I’m happy right here.”
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You should've just asked, I could've saved you the time of searching. Here's a couple..
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuconnman/3520226149/" title="MudBugs-Conquerors112 by LSUConnMan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3582/3520226149_643c4998aa_o.jpg" width="900" height="643" alt="MudBugs-Conquerors112" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuconnman/3645900261/" title="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL by LSUConnMan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3645900261_49455b5627_o.jpg" width="900" height="650" alt="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuconnman/3646705732/" title="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL by LSUConnMan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3383/3646705732_7f87cf523a_o.jpg" width="900" height="700" alt="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuconnman/3645853089/" title="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL by LSUConnMan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/3645853089_567804c81f_o.jpg" width="720" height="900" alt="Mudbugs-Crunch_SIFL" /></a>
personally, I prefer pics of the acadiana spice..
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...050_4-25-1.jpg
Thanks
I've seen those calves at The Swamp.
igeaux.mobi
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But if they can win their next three games, it won't be their last.
With a win at 6 tonight in Blackham Coliseum against the Austin Turfcats (6-2) the Mudbugs (5-3) will draw one step closer to hosting a playoff game in just their first season of play. Acadiana will then need to win the next two games and they will open the playoffs with a home game.
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"The main goal is to win this Monday night football game," said coach and former Saints quarterback John Fourcade. "Our goal going in is to win one game at a time."
The Mudbugs won the first meeting with the Turfcats 37-29 to open the season. A win over the Turfcats tonight would give the Mudbugs the season sweep and an inside track to finishing second in the league and that all-important home playoff game.
The catalyst for that win was quarterback Bo Bartik, who threw three touchdown passes. Bartik injured his knee last week in the Mudbugs 45-6 win over the North Texas Crunch. Fourcade said that Bartik will play with a knee brace in tonight's game and should be fine.
Even in Bartik's absence, the addition of wideout Anthony Parks showed why the Mudbugs offense is so dangerous. Parks erupted for eight catches for 91 yards. He had missed the last two games with an injury.
"Having a guy like Anthony Parks makes all the difference," Fourcade said. "He sees the defense and can understand what he needs to do. He can alter his routes, which he and the quarterback have been known to do."
Fourcade said the important thing right now is to get healthy, something that has contributed to the Mudbugs streaky season. After jumping out to a 4-1 record to start the season, Acadiana dropped three straight, including two losses to in-state powerhouse the Louisiana Swashbucklers.
"I'll be honest with you, when we lost to Lake Charles 26-21 was when we really became a better unit," Fourcade said. "They were averaging 50 points and we held them to half of that."
What was the cause of the turnaround?
"We weren't very good film watching guys earlier," Fourcade said. "Once you watch film enough and understand it, it's kinda predictable what these teams are trying to accomplish. It makes it easier as a player to do your job."
Anchoring the Mudbug defense is former Ragin' Cajun Kemmie Lewis. Lewis leads the SIFL with 10 interceptions on the year.
Fourcade said he's hoping to get a big crowd for this final home game and that he's been disappointed with the fan turnout in this inaugural season.
"Part of it is our fault that we didn't advertise and there was also some issues with ownership," Fourcade said. "Bentley Turner has done a phenomenal job.
"We also have to let fans know we're here to stay. A lot of people say 'We're gonna wait to see if ya'll stick around and then we'll come.' We're a proven 5-3 team with great ball players who live here. Come out and meet these guys.
"We are a professional football team. We're trying to get these guys to the next level."
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Acadiana quarterback Bo Bartik looked like he'd be the hero for the Mudbugs when he came into the game with 12 minutes left.
After his first drive stalled, Bartik found Anthony Parks with a scoring pass on fourth-and-goal from the 3-yard line to give the Mudbugs a 40-37 lead with 4:33 to play.
But in a game that had more momentum swings than your local park, it was the Austin Turfcats (7-2) that guaranteed they'll host a Southern Indoor Football League playoff game with a 50-40 win over the Mudbugs (5-4) on Monday night at Blackham Coliseum.
"I think we took for granted how hard we needed to play after halftime," Mudbugs coach John Fourcade said. "We got lackadaisical. You've got to play hard for 60 minutes out there."
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Grant Alexander • galexander@theadvertiser.com • June 30, 2009
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The Mudbugs looked to be in control of the game after halftime, scoring on their opening possession of the second half on a 22-yard burst by Chancellor Roberson. But after a safety and touchdown for the Turfcats, Acadiana found itself clinging to a 32-30 lead.
The turning point for the Turfcats was a triple lateral on a blocked field goal attempt from the 5-yard line. After Acadiana kicker L.J. Daughtry had his kick blocked, the Turfcats picked up the ball at the 25-yard line. Three laterals later, the speedy Darrick Wallace ended up with the ball and raced in from the 15-yard line to give Austin its first lead of the half at 37-32.
On the next Turfcats possession, quarterback Gary Cooper had the ball slip out of his hand while cocking it back to throw. The Mudbugs recovered at the 3-yard line where Bartik found Parks for the go-ahead touchdown.
But the Turfcats answered four plays later with a touchdown on a 2-yard run by Keith Clay.
Bartik was unable to work his magic on the next possession as he was picked off by Shon Mitchell at the 1-yard line. The Turfcats scored two plays later on a 47-yard touchdown pass from Cooper to Robert Quiroga to seal the game.
"I put this loss on my shoulders because I'm the quarterback," said Bartik. "Now we have to go to these guys and beat them in the playoffs - and we will."
The Mudbugs held a 25-21 lead at halftime after scoring on a blocked kick of their own. Mitch Craft blocked the Turfcats' field-goal attempt, then picked it up and ran for the 20-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left in the half.
"This team didn't come in here and beat us, we beat ourselves tonight," Fourcade said. "We had some blown calls from the officials as well. I don't like being apologized to in the middle of a game because of a blown call."
The Turfcats put the Mudbugs in a hole early when they returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. From that point on the Mudbugs kicked the ball out of bounds on every kickoff, giving the Turfcats the ball at the 25-yard line (midfield) to start each possession.
"We've had kicking problems from day one," Fourcade said.
Daughtry also missed three extra points attempts.
The Mudbugs scored on their opening possession on a 1-yard touchdown run by Roberson. After stopping Austin, Acadiana starting quarterback Sean Samuels hit Anthony Perine with a 25-yard pass that put the Mudbugs up 13-7.
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