The Book: 2002-03 Louisiana Football season

[Cajun1997]

Originally posted by red55
This team needs to be in AA (Sorry, Swampfox).

I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this point. I believe by 2006 you will see a different game between these two schools. Only time will tell which of us is correct. Good luck to LSU the rest of the season.

Swampfox

[Cajun1997]

117 ULM
116 Army
115 UTEP
114 Ohio
113 Akron
112 SMU
111 Buffalo
110 Eastern Michigan
109 Idaho
108 Navy

[Cajun1997]

29 Bowling Green
31 Boise State
33 Air Force
35 Southern Miss
36 Brigham Young
37 Colorado State
39 Louisville
44 Marshall
50 TCU
51 Miami (OH)

SBC TEAMS
83 NMSU
98 Louisiana
100 North Texas
101 Arkansas St
105 MTSU
106 Utah State
109 Idaho
117 ULM

[Cajun1997]

Average is 10,836 after 3 games. Started out well with over 17,000 but next 2 games around 9,000 and 6,000. I do not know if weather played a factor but they seem to have a good team for their first year.

[Cajun1997]

Many of us Cajun fans crack on ULM because they share the "UL" with us and some would love to see them sink back into 1-AA but love them or hate them their attendence is horrible and there is no excuse.

9/14 vs. McNeese State 10,091
9/21 vs. Arkansas State 9,375
10/5 vs. Tulane 11,645

total average=10,370 (first year 1-AA FIU is averaging 10,836)
4,630 below the needed 15,000 average

The people of Monroe and the students at ULM have to know their team is in danger of dropping back to 1-AA, it seems (to me) they just do not care.

[Cajun1997]

Arkansas State Indians
4-3 overall 2-0 in conference
avg home attendence= 16,218 (the way they are playing this should be better)

Lets throw out 3 of their 7 games, 2 blowout losses to Virginia Tech and Illinois and their win over 1-AA UT-Martin.

Wins
Tulsa 21-19
ULM 33-21
MTSU 13-7

Loss
San Jose State 33-14

In these 4 games against "like" teams they are 3-1 and have scored 81 points (20 points a game) while allowing 61 points (15 points a game).

Overall, they are much better than many people predicted. They will play a tough Ole Miss team this weekend, I will be there to scout them out.

[Cajun1997]

10/12 @ New Mexico State
10/19 @ Middle Tennessee
10/26 North Texas
11/02 Idaho (HC)
11/09 Arkansas State
11/16 @ Arkansas
11/23 @ ULM

Look at that 3 game home stand against SBC teams. We need to fill Cajun Field for each and every one of those games. I see no reason why we cannot go 6-1 and finish the season 7-5 overall and 6-0 in conference and play in the New Orleans Bowl December 17th. It could happen, remember North Texas last year? After losing to ULM they won 5 in a row to earn the SBC spot in New Orleans.

[NOCajun]

Nice that we're still out of the list, but we're going to have to really get our $^|t together for conference in order to STAY out of it!!

[Cajun1997]

I know that predictions are made over at Delphi (as I put mine in there as well) but there seems to be a few people who visit here that I never see post over there so why not?

My guess

Louisiana 24
New Mexico St 21

The NMSU message board:

Go Aggies

[Cajun1997]

Oct. 7, 2002

Glover Has Big Game - Wins Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week

Sophomore linebacker Richard Glover (Las Cruces, N.M./Onate HS) registered a career high 17 tackles, returned an interception 17 yards for a touchdown and knocked UTEP starting quarterback Jon Schaper out of the game in the second quarter in the Aggies 49-14 romp over the Miners.



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