The Book: 2002-03 Louisiana Football season

[1stTake]

Mexico State 41
UL 38

[Cajun1997]

1 Air Force 5-0 Falcons have been waiting a year for a chance to pay back BYU.

2 Bowling Green 4-0 These Falcons are closing in on Air Force.

3 Marshall 3-1 Herd should have no problem this week against Buffalo.

4 Louisville 3-2 Cards need to get over FSU win and focus on Tuesday game at Memphis.

5 Southern Miss 4-1 Eagles head to South Florida before C-USA stretch run begins.

6 Boise State 4-1 Broncos look like solid WAC contender after win over Hawaii.

7 BYU 3-2 Cougars rallied from 27-point deficit to beat Utah State.

8 Fresno State 3-3 Bulldogs toppled former Mid-major No. 2 Colorado State last week.

9 Colorado State 4-2 Tough schedule should have Rams prepared for Mountain West season.

10 Arkansas State 4-3 Good week for Arkansas State to catch Ole Miss napping.

[Cajun1997]

as I said last week (do not remember on what board), I am happy for ASU and the fact they have 4 wins and are doing well. That said, they do not deserve to be #10 on this poll. They are 4-3 overall 2-0 in conference with wins over ULM, Tulsa, MTSU and UT-Martin. Let me give you just one example of a team that should be ranked ahead of them. San Jose State, 4-2 overall 2-0 in the WAC with wins over Illinois, SMU, UTEP and yes ASU. Not only has San Jose State beat ASU they defeated Illinois 38-35 while Illinois beat ASU 59-7. I know this poll is just for fun and really does not mean much but if your going to bother doing it, hell do it right.

[cajuntbob]

Glover's dad is the D-line coach for NMSU, He is also named Rich, and was a former All-American at Nebraska.
Played in the NFL also. He recruited my son when he
was in High School. This young man has all the right
genes and toutoring required to be a great player.
You are so right that someone should account for his
whereabouts at all times.b Holds the NCAA record for unassisted tackles in a game for a D-lineman (22)


Go Cajuns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beat DEM Aggies!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cajun1997]

Throw out the first game from 2001 (Nicholls State) & 2002 (Texas A&M) and the numbers improve

2001
72 CMP 155 ATT 713 YARDS .46 CMP % 3 TD's 5 INT's

2002
55 CMP 112 ATT 657 YARDS .49 CMP % 2 TD's 4 INT's

[Cajun1997]

I think we have thrown more than Coach Bustle would have liked due to running game not getting it going yet

213 attempts 387 yards for only 1.8 yards

Even against UAB and Houston we have only
78-201 for 2.6 yards

I know Coach Bustle stated when he took over that he wanted a 1000 yard rusher. Jerome Coleman now has 228 yards on 79 carries, 2.9 yards per carry. He is on pace to have 547 yards this season. However, I think we will see Coleman's carries go up (he has only carried the ball more than 14 times in one game once this season) as well as his yards. With the exception of UNT & Arkansas, no other defense we will face will even come close to the defense of aTm or LSU. My longwinded point is, I think we will see JVC, Coleman, Stamps and the rest of the offense start improving quickly as the level of competition comes closer to our current level.

[Cajun1997]

For those who do not know (I did'nt until now) but CB and punt returner Jerrell Carter was lost for the season after breaking his ankle in the State game. My best wishes to him and hope he has a speedy recovery. He should be in the mix next season for a starting job.

[Turbine]

First we lose Nick Dugas because he broke something.

Now we lose Jerrell Carter to a broken ankle.

We can't seem to keep our return men.

[CajunGrad94]

Any idea who will fill this role for the Cajuns?

[Turbine]

Originally posted by CajunGrad94
Any idea who will fill this role for the Cajuns?

No I don't, but Stamps was doing some return duty when he got a scary hip pointer at the start of the second half against UAB. He is more than capable, but he may be more valuable elsewhere.