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Man am I sorry to hear about the Injury. It scared the daylight out of me seeing this young man being lead off the field. Heres to a speedy recovery and many thanks for playing his butt off in the first three games. (I know his pop had to be scared out of his wits the other night.)
Unless they took it off since last week there is Lafayette in both endzones, but Louisiana sure looks good.
What about free beer at UL games. We would have the largest attendence in America.
Don’t get carried away, but plain and simple, in the heat, a lot of older sports fans enjoy sitting down, drinken a beer and watchin a football game. My dad hasn’t gone to a game in 2 years, and he would go every week if he were allowed to drink at the games.
Tuffguy
<blockquote><p align=justify>LOUISIANA La. — Welcome to the numbers game, Ragin' Cajuns.
Louisiana embarks on three weeks of demanding road games this week when the Cajuns travel to face Minnesota, a Top 25-caliber program that has bludgeoned its first three opponents by a combined 139-37.
The Golden Gophers have nearly everyone returning from a squad that hammered UL 35-11 last year at Cajun Field, and many familiar faces from the 2001 team that scored a 44-14 win over the Cajuns in the Metrodome.
Against that kind of opponent, coach Rickey Bustle offers an 0-3 team, half of whose key players are still being taught his system.
With games following at North Texas and Oklahoma State, Bustle’s staff is staring down the barrel of a possible 0-6 start.
What to do? Get tunnel vision and concentrate on the Gophers, or you’ll really worry about things.
“We’re not focused on anything but Minnesota right now,” Bustle said on Monday. “It’s the most important game we’ll ever play, because it’s the game we have now.
“I feel the pain of our kids. They’re lining up every week with the deck stacked against them. It’s tough to go through this type of schedule, when week after week we’ve got to play extremely well to have a chance to win.
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“These last couple of weeks, I’ve got to find a silver lining, and it doesn’t just come to you. We played three programs (South Carolina, La. Tech, Houston) that, on paper, are ahead of us, and yet in two of those three we’ve taken them to the very end.
“That tells me the team is getting better.”
The Cajuns fell at SEC member South Carolina 14-7 in the opener before losing at home to Tech (34-3) and Houston (21-14), the latter last weekend in a driving rainstorm.
In his second year running the show, Bustle can see daily progress not yet evident on Saturday nights.
“We looked at it the other day and realized that 33 of 66 players are first-year players, either freshmen or junior college transfers,” Bustle said.
“You have to play almost perfect when your opponents are ahead of you. You can look at it on film and see we’re doing the right things. When we can do it on a consistent basis, then we can go from there.”
That will be tough to do this weekend against the Gophers.
“They’ve got 19 of 22 starters back, and they probably have a chance of being the best team we play this year,” Bustle said. “They just demolished Arkansas in a bowl game last year.
“They’ve got good running backs and a good, maybe great quarterback. They’re big on both sides of the ball, and they like to be physical with you.
“With Tech and Houston, they give you a lot of looks, and sometimes you get tentative or vanilla. Against Minnesota, you kind of know what you’re going to get.
“The deck is stacked a little bit, but that’s where we come from. We’re going up there with nothing to lose.”
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<blockquote><p align=justify>LOUISIANA La. -- On paper, the University of Louisiana's 0-3 start may not impress anyone, but when one looks beneath the surface -- like Ragin' Cajuns coach Ricky Bustle has -- things aren't nearly as bad as they may appear.
"I think we've played three football teams that, on paper, are ahead of us. And we have played two out of three of them to the very end," Bustle said Monday at his weekly news conference.
"I'm going to take that as a positive. Obviously, we had chances to win two of them and what that tells me is that our football team is getting better."
Bustle, of course, knew things would be difficult with the schedule that awaited the Cajuns in 2003. First there was a road trip to SEC foe South Carolina, then a home game against archrival Louisiana Tech (which upset Michigan State last Saturday) and then another home game against Conference USA opponent Houston.
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The Cajuns fell 14-7 to South Carolina, 34-3 to Tech and 21-14 to Houston.
"Who knew where in this schedule that you'd come across a win. If you're in Las Vegas, you're betting on the other folks about every time," said Bustle.
"We've played two out of three teams that are ahead of us from the standpoint of established programs, commitments to programs, recruiting. And we've played two out of three of them pretty darn good, I mean we had a chance. I have to look at that as we're getting better.
Unfortunately, that improvement may not show up in the won-lost column anytime soon.
That's because the Cajuns this week embark on a grueling three-game road trip that takes them to Minnesota, North Texas and Oklahoma State. All three teams won bowl games last season and the Gophers -- this Saturday's opponents -- return 19 of 22 starters from 2002.
In contrast, 33 of the 66 players on the ULL depth chart are first-year players.
"In order to have won one of those first three games, we would have had to play almost a perfect football game," said Bustle. "That's what you have to do when people are maybe ahead of you in some areas. And we just haven't done that.
"Obviously this week, we have Minnesota and we're going to get as good a game plan as we can, because on any given Saturday, anybody can win. We'll go up there with nothing to lose and we're going to go up there to play hard and win."
Bustle said the Gophers may be the best team the Cajuns will play this season. And defending SBC and New Orleans Bowl champion North Texas, and Oklahoma State figure to be formidable as well.
"I didn't think it was ever going to be easy," Bustle said when asked about the Cajuns' brutal schedule that has left him 3-12 as a head coach and slowed his rebuilding effort to a crawl.
"I feel the pain for our kids, lining up every week with that deck stacked a little bit. They're out there working their tails off and coming out and fighting and coming up a little short week after week.
"It's tough going through this kind of schedule because you have to fight such a great football game to win," Bustle said.
"Personally, I've had tough situations before. But the thing is this is where I want to be and this is the group of young men I want to be with and the group of coaches I want to be with."
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Tell that to Parcells and the Cowboys against the Giants. (imo) points win games not touchdowns.Quote:
Originally posted by Chuck
Fields goals would not have won the game, Bustle had to go for touchdowns.
I do believe in going for it on 4th down at the end of games if it will help you catch up, but not at the beginning.
Well I no I don't have good eyes, and I know I was drinking a whole lot of beer.
The lafayette must be really small.
The Lafayette is in small black print, which makes it difficult to read. You didn't have too many beers!!!
FINALLY, someone is making some sense..~.
<blockquote><p align=justify>LOUISIANA La. – Each week Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns football coaching staff honors players for their individual effort in game performances. The UL coaching staff would like to thank Hooters for sponsoring the Cajuns weekly and spring football awards.
This week, offensive lineman Ronnie Harvey was selected as the Hooters Offensive Player of the Game. Harvey did not allow a sack or hurry and graded out at 87 percent. Defensive end Antonio Floyd was named the Hooters Defensive Player of the Game. Floyd finished with three tackles, five assisted tackles, a tackle for loss, two quarterback hurries, recovered a fumble and went the extra mile three times.
Punter Grant Autrey was honored as the Hooters Special Forces Player of the Game. Autrey boomed nine punts for an average of 39.4 yards per punt. His longest punt was 48 yards and he put three of his kicks inside the 20-yard line.
Bruce Taylor and Hershell Robinson were named Offensive and Defensive Scout Team Players of the Week, respectively.
Per player vote, D’Anthony Batiste was given the Thumper Award for delivering the biggest hit for the defense. Tony Hills won the Hammer Award given to the biggest hit on defensive and Travis Cones was given the Kahuna Award given for the biggest hit on special teams.
Harvey and Batiste will serve as offensive captains for the Cajuns’ next game, while Floyd and Pat Lamy will serve as defensive captains. Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns football team travels to Minneapolis, Minn., to face the Minnesota Golden Gophers Saturday at 7 p.m. in the H.H.H. Metrodome.</blockquote><b><i>LOUISIANA SI
Who's Hershell Robinson?