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  1. UL Football SPECIAL TEAMS


      When you have a head coach who spent seven years as an assistant at Virginia Tech, it stands to reason special teams will be a high priority. The Ragin' Cajuns have blocked 23 kicks the last four seasons, with five of them resulting in points. Michael Adams will once again field punts this season. Adams returned seven punts for 66 yards in 2005, good enough for a 9.4 yards-per-return average.

    Adams helped raise the Ragin' Cajuns' punt return average from last in the Sun Belt Conference in 2004 to second last year. Derrick Smith and Jason Chery will handle kick returns. Louisiana-Lafayette was seventh in the conference in kick return yardage in 2005, and the speedy combo of Smith and Chery is a good start in addressing the situation.

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  2. UL Football BLUE RIBBON ANALYSIS


      Bustle is pleased with the resolve his team showed in 2005 and is expecting great things again in 2006. It has been said winning cures a lot of ills, and Bustle said he saw evidence of that during spring drills.

    "They had to change their whole attitude," he said. "They had to change a lot of things, and they've done that. We saw it this spring."

    After taking over the program in 2001, Bustle is finally coaching a team made up exclusively of players he and his staff recruited. The team certainly has Bustle's fingerprints all over it.

    Grading the Ragin' Cajuns
    Unit Grade
    Offense B+
    Special teams B
    Defense B+
    Intangibles A-
    The quarterbacks have cannons for arms and can really motor when they take off and run. If that description conjures images of someone named Mike Vick, it's no coincidence. Bustle coached Vick as an assistant at Virginia Tech.

    The Hokie influence also carries over to special teams. Frank Beamer's careful attention to special teams is well documented, and it has obviously worn off on Bustle. The Ragin' Cajuns have blocked 23 kicks the last four years, including a pair against North Texas last year that helped secure a victory.

    The five-game winning streak and last year's share of a conference championship signal that Louisiana-Lafayette is a program heading in the right direction. Provided the lines can stay healthy and somebody steps up at receiver, it will be hard to keep Louisiana-Lafayette from winning the Sun Belt.

    Working to the Ragin' Cajun's advantage is that Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe, the two other teams tied atop the standings in 2005, will have to come to Lafayette to play. Of course, anything can happen on any given Saturday in the Sun Belt, but look for the Ragin' Cajuns to win the league as long as they stay healthy.

    For the most comprehensive previews available on all 119 Division I teams, order the "Bible" of college football, the 2006 Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook, at www.blueribbonyearbook.com or call 1-866-805-BALL (2255).

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  3. #113

    Default Re: ESPN's blue ribbon

    ISUCajun thanks for the link I have no problem going direct and its easy to read on the same page.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gridiron
    ISUCajun thanks for the link I have no problem going direct and its easy to read on the same page.

    GOOD! I was hoping others wouldn't have the same problem I've been experiencing. Glad it worked for you!

  5. #115

    Default Re: ESPN's blue ribbon

    try running a virus scan software...


  6. #116

    UL Football Re: ESPN's blue ribbon

    Excellent preview


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    Quote Originally Posted by campo118
    try running a virus scan software...
    I don't hink it is that serious, or let me say this;

    Without knowing anything about the computer setup at ISUCajunfan's office haven, I am going to go out on a limb with the idea that his office computers have cached (stored) copies of the pages from when they were not free. I am thinking clicking the link brings up the stored copy.

    ISUCajunfan if you want to test the idea and you remember "ALL" your passwords to all the places you have ever been . . .go to the top of the page and click Tools, Internet Options, Clear History, Delete Cookies, Delete Files and try only the "free" link again.

    If you do not remember your passwords try Delete files and nothing else.

    If that does not work I was wrong, wrong, all the way wrong. :confused:

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    Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll try those out


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    Wow, who is ready for some football?!?!?!?!


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    UL Football Re: ESPN's blue ribbon

    Quote Originally Posted by lxa656
    Wow, who is ready for some football?!?!?!?!
    Me!

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