2006 LSU-45 UL-3

[CajunGuru]

The Peach Bowl remark was clarified. As for UL Baseball, you need not say more, you need to listen to Turbine. UL had to beat #1 South Carolina to make it to the 2000 CWS. We were within a game of knocking off #1 Rice the year before. I admire the h$ll out of LSU baseball, but don't put down UL baseball. We can compete, and have.

I want to see both teams go as deep as possible, but LSU may not ever see the Skip glory years again. He can't keep his hands out of it, and that is never going to attract or maintain another stellar coach.

Evangeline Urban Legend!

[Square Head]

Left the game with 5 minutes of playing time left, walked to my truck parked across Nickelson, across from the track field. Took 20 minutes to reach the bridge at I10 and home in New Iberia for 11:15. A good experience for me.

[rebeljcl]

We had the same problem with the traffic coming out of the lot across from Sports Bar. It took us 2 1/2 hours to get out of the lot. Campus cops showed up after most of the people around us hammered them with phone calls to send traffic control.

Just because you are used to getting out in a half hour or 45 minutes...then again if we only got 16000 fans average for a home game it would be possible.

[NewsCopy]

University of Louisiana head coach Rickey Bustle was still concerned about his football team's confidence level - until Tuesday's practice. The Cajuns went through a two-hour Tuesday session preparing for Saturday's 6 p.m. battle at Texas A&M, and Bustle now feels last weekend's 45-3 debacle against LSU is behind his team. "I felt like they needed to just let that go," Bustle said, "and that's what we talked about before practice. You've got to put that behind you. You can't let the last game affect the next game you play." If that was the goal of Tuesday's full-contact session, the Cajuns may have accomplished that. The squad had a spirited middle-drill session and more than its share of competition in an 11-on-11 period near the end of practice. "I thought we had a heck of a practice," Bustle said. "When they came out they were probably still a little disappointed in last Saturday, but we talked about this weekend being another great opportunity. It's one of those games that if you win, it's in every newspaper in America the next day." When reminded that the program's most noted home win came 10 years ago this week, against this same Texas A&M team (29-22 on Sept. 14, 1996), Bustle said that was a good example. "People still talk about that game here," he said, "and that's been 10 years ago." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Vincent carried the ball five times in the first half for yardage gains of 0, 7, 1, 1 and 1. In the third quarter, he opened with a 2-yard run, enjoyed an 8-yard jaunt but finished with his fourth 1-yard run. That's eight carries for 21 yards for a 2.6-yard average. In the first half, ULL held LSU to 22 yards on eight carries for a 2.7-yard average. "Well he had all the carries before the line blocked anybody," Miles said. "He made some nice runs to get a little bit of yards and got a shot in the behind area." Then Alley Broussard entered the game late in the third quarter and broke a 19-yard run. In the fourth quarter, Charles Scott enjoyed runs of 20 and 9 yards and Keiland Williams rushed for a 10-yard gain. Vincent apparently is not going to take this sitting down. He has not missed any practice the last two days and remains the first team tailback with Jacob Hester at No. 2 and Broussard and Scott locked at No. 3. "At this time, we wouldn't anticipate a change at tailback," said Miles, who also said UL's defense was tiring by the time the backup tailbacks entered the game. " The rest of the story

[DestinCajun]

Much has been said about trouble at Tiger Stadium. I had a little trouble myself in 2002. I think it is important to come back to the board and say that I had a good experience this year. No trouble at all. A little tigerbaiting. One guy replaced "tigerbait" with "loser" but it was humorous since he looked like a total loser doing it.

Enjoyed the game (except for the ints and false starts) and atmosphere overall. Felt safe and comfortable with my 8 year old. She may have heard a few words, but she's heard 'em before and knows not to repeat them.

UL fanss around us were a class act.

I bought 3 tickets and never showed them to anybody. I guess the attendance reported was paid rather than actual, since thousands entered the stadium without a sniff.

Speaking of thousands entering a stadium without a sniff, we are post-911 people. Walking into the stadium like I and thousands more did is unacceptable.

I had a good alligator sausage sandwich.

Wait a minute, maybe it was Turb's little gator guy....

[VObserver]

Babb had a rough game but let's be honest here LSU isn't a pop-warner football team. This game illustrated the gap in talent between us and them. I think our run defense was good in the 1st half. Our pass defense was bad but let's face it LSU has some very fast and talented receivers. I saw a UL team that did a much better job tackling than they did in previous seasons.

I thought our offensive play calling was vanilla. I know we will run the ball alot this season but let's face it that game plan wasn't going to work against LSU. We will have to keep defenses honest. I think all of our opponents this season will know who Tyrell Fenroy is. It will be up to our receivers to make catches to keep our foes honest.

I was extremely happy with the running game in the first half against LSU's first defense. We did VERY well in that aspect of the game; took what they gave us and made the most of it. Now, they did not put 8 in the box to take away the run; but when you consider their team speed, they felt that they didn't have to. They were wrong; but other factors caused us to have to go away from the run.

I strongly disagree with the quoted statement about game plan. I thought we had the only game plan that gave us any chance to win: run the ball, control the clock; stop the run and force LSU to be one-dimensional in their offense. We didn't lose because of gameplan; we lost because LSU was able to execute their passing game to perfection [no pressure on the QB] and create turnovers off of our passing game.

Now, that LSU was able to do that was no great surprise. They aren't in the top 10 for no reason. But if we had done as you suggest, I assure you the score would have been much worse.

Also, most of the teams we will play this year can put 8 or 9 in the box and STILL not stop our running game. It really IS that good. But we should throw a pass or two every now and then just for the shock value. lol

[UL-Lreality]

I certainly think Bustle held plays back, in hopes of using it against aTm, thinking UL has a better shot at winning against aTm rather than LSU.

Ex. We were very strong last year with the option and we ran it maybe 4 times the whole game.

Ex. We have a wide reciever with speed under 4.3 and we did not use him deep. Using this reciever deep whether he caught the ball or not would have backed the corners and safety up opening up the short pass and thus opening the running game also.

Just my take,
DaddyCajun

Yo popsy, what game were you watching this past Saturday? Seriously, what game?:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[DaddyCajun]

Yo popsy, what game were you watching this past Saturday? Seriously, what game?:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Never said Bustle or the Team did not give it their ALL, just that certain plays or players were not used much or at all in this game! Would it have made a difference, maybe or maybe not. We might have scored, might not.

Point was that I feel Bustle and his staft felt that they have a much better shot at aTm than aLm!!!! That is it in a nut shell, and yes you know what game I watched and did so with replays on TigerVision!!

Never said UL woulda, coulda, or shoulda WON, but that Bustle held off using plays and or players in a certain role, be able to use them hopefully more affectively against aTm!!!

Hope this clears things up for you son,
DaddyCajun



ps Nothing but LOVE for you UL Reality, nothing but LOVE!

[DaddyCajun]

Babb didn't have a good game, but LSU had a little to do with it. It was the opening game of the season and LSU has a serious defense. My buddy kept wanting Bustle to pull Babb, but it would not have been good to put Desormeaux in, early in this game. Bustle played the offense that we are going to win with throughout the season. "We ran it up the middle too much." Bustle wants this Oline to learn how and make a habit of opening holes, even in the worst of circumstances, for Fenroy to fly thru, from this point forward. I wanted us to at least chunk a few "keep em honest" passes down field. But every time Babb dropped back to set for a downfield toss, he had someone in his face, and our recievers were well covered. I was at the game, but also watched the tape of the game, and we also had quite a few missed assignments. Much of Babb's nervous feet came off of other player's miscues.

If you bother to watch the game on film, you will see that we actually played very well for an opening game, against a top 10 team. The QB is going to take the heat in a lopsided game. I haven't seen a team or a fan base this tuned in since the Dwight, Brian, and Jake days. Babb will prove his worth this season. Let's beat some Texas Aggie arse... again!

Great post!!!!!!!! I agree 100%!! T

The option play and deep pass more I think would have opened the middle and the short pass more!!

DaddyCajun

[NOCajun]

Anyone else geeked that we came out of this thing with NO major injuries????

L'Ronte'

YUP!!! Especially the LINES!!! I'll be saying a prayer before every game that we don't lose anyone there!!!

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
GEEEEEAAAAAUUUUUX CAJUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GIG THOSE AGGIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CrazyCajun]

A few thoughts on the game:

UL offensive line held up real well I thought. LSU had only 2 sacks and many times Babb had time to throw. The LSU defensive backfield may be the best in the country.

Fenroy looked real strong - he is going to have a good year.

UL defense across the board was not very good. Yeah, we stopped the run, but we had like 8 guys in the box. We put no pressure on the QB and the DB's got dropped.

I also agree that there is no way Bustle held back, but contrary to his claim, he did not play to win. He played to run the clock, minimize turnovers and and minimize injuries. The opening drive was two runs up the middle then throw on 3rd and long. The play calling was conservative to say the least. We took no chances with long passes, trick plays, agressive punt blocking ... none.

not having our two starting DE's may have had something to do with no pressure on the QB also, I agree Lsu's offensive line is huge but starting out with your 2nd string DE's right off the bat does not help