Possible Bowl Opponent: Rice

Just heard Stevey P on the radio say that the most likley bowl would be Houston Bowl playing Rice. Not trying to put the buggy before the horse here but here are a few stats on Rice. They throw the ball a lot! But appears not to play D so it would look like a shootout. And WR Jarrett Dillard is a stud.


per game NCAA CUSA

Total Offense 472.3 yds 10th 3rd
Total Defense 466.8 yds 115th 10th
Points Scored 41.6 pts 8th 2nd
Points Allowed 34.9 pts 108th 10th


1 Southern Methodist 56-27 W
2 at Memphis 42-35 W
3 at Vanderbilt 21-38 L
4 at Texas 10-52 L
5 North Texas 77-20 W
6 at Tulsa 28-63 L x
7 Off Week
8 Southern Miss 45-40 W
9 at Tulane 42-17 W
10 at UTEP 49-44 W
11 Army 38-31 W
12 Off Week
13 Marshall 35-10 W
14 Houston 56-42 W


QB Clement, Chase 296-446 3812 yds 7 ints 41 TDs + 11 rushing Tds

WR Dillard, Jarett 79 catches 1224 yds 19 Td
WR Casey, James 104 catches 1217 yds 12 Td + 2 passing TDs + 6 rushing Tds

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

_ Just heard Stevey P on the radio say that the most likley bowl would be Houston Bowl playing Rice. Not trying to put the buggy before the horse here but here are a few stats on Rice. They throw the ball a lot! But appears not to play D so it would look like a shootout. And there WR Jarrett Dillard is a stud.


per game NCAA CUSA

Total Offense 472.3 yds 10th 3rd
Total Defense 466.8 yds 115th 10th
Points Scored 41.6 pts 8th 2nd
Points Allowed 34.9 pts 108th 10th


1 Southern Methodist 56-27 W
2 at Memphis 42-35 W
3 at Vanderbilt 21-38 L
4 at Texas 10-52 L
5 North Texas 77-20 W
6 at Tulsa 28-63 L x
7 Off Week
8 Southern Miss 45-40 W
9 at Tulane 42-17 W
10 at UTEP 49-44 W
11 Army 38-31 W
12 Off Week
13 Marshall 35-10 W
14 Houston 56-42 W


QB Clement, Chase 296-446 3812 yds 7 ints 41 TDs

WR Dillard, Jarett 79 catches 1224 yds 19 Td
WR Casey, James 104 catches 1217 yds 12 Td _

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UL in a bowl game would make me VERY happy! Playing Rice, well I'm a little worried about that.

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Originally Posted by HOUCajun

_ UL in a bowl game would make me VERY happy! Playing Rice, well I'm a little worried about that. _

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If we thought FAU had a good passing game... :eek:

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

QB Clement, Chase 296-446 3812 yds 7 ints 41 TDs

WR Dillard, Jarett 79 catches 1224 yds 19 Td
WR Casey, James 104 catches 1217 yds 12 Td _

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All 3 of these guys are studs. Clement can beat you with his arm and his legs. Casey I think is one of the biggest keys to their offense. He will line up everywhere and is a bull. He will line up at QB in there "Wild Hog" type of formation. What else can you say about Dillard, just look at his numbers.

Yeah I had heard about this matchup last night and my first thought was "alright, I like that matchup" (obviously not knowing anything about Rice besides Jarett Dillard) I was way off when I looked at these stats. They are 9-3, put up mid 40 pts every game, and have beaten two teams that blew us out. So maybe the matchup isnt so good. haha

Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. :rolleyes: _

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Z...I'm not being a pessimist on this one...we got three studs on offense as well. Fenroy, Desmo, and Chery!

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. :rolleyes: _

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Hey, nobody's saying decline! Just having a friendly matchup discussion.

I think we'd all be happy going to a bowl regardless of the outcome, right? ..O..

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. :rolleyes: _

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Just showing the stats of a possible opponent.

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Originally Posted by CajunZ1

_ Hey, nobody's saying decline! Just having a friendly matchup discussion.

I think we'd all be happy going to a bowl regardless of the outcome, right? ..O.. _

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correctomundo!

I thought you and Metry had changed screen names for a sec.? :)

Z

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

_ Just showing the stats of a possible opponent. _

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answer your phone!

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Originally Posted by Clutch0364

_ Z...I'm not being a pessimist on this one...we got three studs on offense as well. Fenroy, Desmo, and Chery! _

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sucked not being there last night!

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ answer your phone! _

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A bowl game would really tie the season together, would it not?

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Originally Posted by ULtimateCajun

_ A bowl game would really tie the season together, would it not? _

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but of course!

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ sucked not being there last night! _

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No what sucks Z is that I have a presentation at 5 and don't have a voice lol

with a healthy team and some time to rest our d and get some more of them back I think it would be a great matchup
Just look at how Des looked last night, a few extra days of rest and he looked almost in pre injury form he wasn't even limping from what I could see on the internet feed.

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Originally Posted by billbeck451

_ with a healthy team and some time to rest our d and get some more of them back I think it would be a great matchup
Just look at how Des looked last night, a few extra days of rest and he looked almost in pre injury form he wasn't even limping from what I could see on the internet feed. _

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His knee locked up one time when he was trying to get to the sideline after he broke containment but other than that I don't believe I seen any limp. He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury.

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Originally Posted by Clutch0364

_ His knee locked up one time when he was trying to get to the sideline after he broke containment but other than that I don't believe I seen any limp. He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury. _

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I saw him limp after a few runs but nothing that seemed to effect him too much. Its amazing how effective the passing game becomes when Des can run the ball. Things just open up.

I agree that if we can get healthy i like this offenses chance against anyone. Especially against the 115th ranked Defense in the nation.

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He got hit pretty hard on one run but got up like it was pre-injury. _

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Man, did I cringe after that hit!

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Originally Posted by jllanclos

_ Man, did I cringe after that hit! _

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Whenever a player gets flipped especially one with a nee injury it just makes you close your eyes for a minute and hope for the best.

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Originally Posted by Zeebart21

_ Lets just decline the offer if it comes our way.

Z

geeze....c'mon guys. :rolleyes: _

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Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!!

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Originally Posted by RaginFan2

_ Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!! _

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I tossed this whole thing around in my head and I've come up with this simple approach -

The first to ask us determines where we go.
:o:

(but please, please, pleeeeeeaaaaaase let it be Houston)

All this analyzing and guessing is already becoming excruciating...and it's been only been about 16 hours since the win! If you haven't guessed patience is not exactly my strong suit, so WHEN will the Cajuns actually know whether or not they've been invited to a bowl?

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Originally Posted by RaginFan2

_ Let me be the pessimist for a moment. I'd love to be in the Texas Bowl, but I have a hard time visualizing a 9-3 team vs. a 6-6 team without a gold helmet. It would be great for us, but maybe the bowl people and Rice might not be too excited. I also don't like our chances for the I-Bowl mainly because a LA Tee Da Tech vs. UL is waaaay too local a match-up for a regional, much less national audience. Again, sorry to be a negative "Nacy" (thought it was supposed to be Nancy), that's my perspective. With 4 to 6 of the 6-6 teams having no place to go bowling, I envision most of those "home for the holidays" to be coming from the MAC and Sunbelt. I do think we will be on the edge of that division, but I just don't have strong feeling about which side we will land on. I DO have a very strong feeling though for which side I HOPE we come down on! Let's geaux beauxling!!! _

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Rice and the city of Houston for that matter would be terribly dissapointed if UL came to the Texas Bowl. Rice is 9-3 and I'm sure would like to get a shot at a mid level BCS team. If I were them, I sure would!

It really boils down to what the Houston Bowl wants. From a prestige/PR standpoint we are a bad choice. If they want to sell tickets we are more attractive. Rice is no where near the draw UH is here and won't come close to filling up Reliant. Hopefully our AD is being proactive and offering to guarantee a large quantity of purchased tickets to try to swing it our way. That's what I would do.

First, how about we all start from step 1: watching important games for us this weekend.

ASU(5-6) vs. Arizona(6-5)
Troy(7-4) vs. Arkansas St.(6-5)
Rutgers(6-5) vs. Louisville(5-6) (Tonight on ESPN)

We want Troy, Arizona, and Rutgers to win obviously because it would make it harder for us to get picked with more 6-6 teams with the likes of Louisville and Arizona State. As for the Red Wolves, I'm not too worried about them.