Brutal road stretch ends for Cajuns
<blockquote><p align=justify>LOUISIANA La. — It’s getting harder and harder to be a Ragin’ Cajun.
The Cajuns absorbed another road loss to a superior foe last Saturday, scoring first but losing 56-3 to Oklahoma State to fall to 0-6 on the season.
They host 0-6 UL Monroe this week for homecoming in one of only two battles of combined 0-12 teams this weekend, and the way things are going they can’t count any contest as relief.
“Playing someone with this type of talent is a great experience for us,” senior quarterback Eric Rekieta (25-of-37, 225 yards) said of OSU.
“It will do us good when we get into conference and are not playing someone as good as Oklahoma State.
“It’s just a great experience to play in this type of environment.”
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It wasn’t all that wonderful.
Coach Rickey Bustle’s team took an aggressive approach against the five-touchdown favorite Cowboys and dominated the opening quarter. But when they only had a 3-0 lead to show for it, they were in trouble.
“It looks like we invent new ways to shoot ourselves in the foot,” Bustle said. “We had four illegal procedure penalties out there, some that ruined drives.”
The Cowboys followed backup Vernand Morency’s 189 yards and two touchdowns, including a 68-yarder against a blitz, to a 303-yard rushing night.
Big plays also occured in the kicking game, where Darrent Williams buried the Cajuns with 78 and 59-yard punt return scores.
“I think that young man (Williams) is a heck of a returner,” said Bustle, who prides himself on special teams preparation. “We said that going into the week.
“I know we missed a couple of tackles right there in front of him, and if your gunners don’t make plays down there you’re going to have some problems. On both of those returns, our gunners could have made tackles and didn’t make them.”
Morency’s run against a miss-executed UL blitz was also indicative of the evening.
“We play hard, just not smart,” safety Patrick Lamy said. “We give up just too many big plays. At times we’re not handling our responsibilities.
“We have to match our intensity and heart with smart play, and start to turn this thing around.”
Senior receiver Fred Stamps, who opened the game with a 49-yard catch and closed it with a 44-yarder to the OSU 1-yard line, was re-inserted into the game on the final drive to make the grab from Jerry Babb.
“I told Jerry in the huddle to just lay it up there and I’d go get it,” said Stamps, who finished with 118 yards on five catches. “We just wanted to take a shot.”
The Cajuns had 74 plays to the Cowboys’ 57 and controlled 38 minutes of the clock, yet were still outgained 472-347. Even when they advance in one area, it seems leaks pop up elsewhere.
Perhaps life will get better this week against ULM, perhaps not. The Indians won 34-10 last year in Monroe.
“We need to put the first six games behind us,” Lamy said. “We’re ready to go home. Playing Monroe for homecoming will be good for us.”
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Congratulaions Cajun Fans
I predicted 0-6 and here you are. Oklahoma State sucks!
Re: Congratulaions Cajun Fans
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Originally posted by LSU Bob
I predicted 0-6 and here you are. Oklahoma State sucks!
I predicted that you're an idiot. And here you are!
