The Book: 2002-03 Louisiana Football season

[Turbine]

Are you ready for some football? Monday night Football at Cajun Basin.

[RyChat]

Originally posted by Turbine
Who are these people?

I don't know who they are, but the young one in the middle sure is an ugly booger.

[Cajun1997]

Where did they get those UL hats without the Lafayette underneath?

[Turbine]

Originally posted by SwampFox
Where did they get those UL hats without the Lafayette underneath?

Oh the hours spent on the Lafayette threads. You just don't know how hard it is to remove them.

[Cajun1997]

I spent two days (on and off) removing the Lafayette from my hat. My wife thought I had lost it (she is from Texas and does not understand).

[snote]

Originally posted by Turbine
Who are these people?

the couple on the same aisle, furthest from the camera, the lady and fellow hidden in red hat, are QB Matt Lane's grandparents..

[CDeb]

Originally posted by RyChat


I don't know who they are, but the young one in the middle sure is an ugly booger.

Yeah, hysterical laughter tends to do that to people. We were discussing your inflation of 7000 women to bring to the minnesota game!

[NewsCopy]

Dan McDonald / Staff Writer / Advertiser
Posted on August 22, 2002

LAFAYETTE - Jon Van Cleave and the offensive unit apparently had a point to prove Wednesday afternoon.

Two days after UL Lafayette's offense struggled in a full-scale scrimmage, that unit - and Van Cleave - provided a picture of efficiency in the Ragin' Cajuns' final full-scale football scrimmage of preseason drills.

Van Cleave threw four touchdown passes and completed 16 of his 19 throws in a scrimmage session cut short by a thunderstorm that wasn't enough to dampen head coach Rickey Bustle's spirits.

"The offensive coaches and kids knew what they needed to do the last couple of days," Bustle said. "We had some guys step up and make some plays."

One of those was Van Cleave, the returning starter at quarterback who struggled in the team's 102-play scrimmage two days earlier.

"We had a pretty lackluster performance Monday," he said. "I was a little embarrassed after that, and I wanted to show that I could make better throws than I did then."

At one point, Van Cleave completed 12 straight passes, a streak that included three of his four touchdown throws. Two of those went to tight end Josh Joerg, who had been victimized by dropped passes on Monday.

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Advertiser Staff Reports
August 24, 2002
LAFAYETTE - For once, the rain wasn't a factor.

But the humidity might have been for the UL Lafayette football squad, which held a two-hour workout on a Friday during which the relative humidity never dipped below 90 percent.

The Cajuns also ran drills on their very soggy practice field in their final full-tilt workout before beginning game-week preparation on Monday.

"We have not been that fortunate to get outside a lot lately," said defensive line coach Carey Bailey. "When we do get to work on the field, we have to make the most out of it."

With the season opener against Texas A&M exactly one week from today, the team continued full-scale preparations for the Aggies. Many of those preparations involved the Cajun defensive line.

"Successful defensive teams have a good front," Bailey added. "Our biggest task is to close the pocket and make the quarterback do things he does not want to do. The defense has to attack, get around blocks and swarm the ball. We have guys with good foot speed that can do that.

"My guys are on schedule and healthy. It's great to be able to say that, but there is still a lot of preparation to be done before Saturday."

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Daily Advertiser Staff Reports
August 25, 2002
LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns put in a long day of practice on Saturday, their final workout before officially beginning game preparation week for Texas A&M on Monday.

The team started at 8 a.m. on its practice field, reviewing what head coach Rickey Bustle refers to as "difference makers."

Around 10 a.m. the team moved to Cajun Field to work on the same situations on the game field, using the game clock and the 25-second clock.

"We worked on many things," said Bustle. "Like when to return fumbles, correct substitutions, handing the ball to the official, avoiding excessive celebration and many of the finer points."

An example of the finer things Bustle pointed to include never trying to pick up the ball and run if the opposing team is kicking a field goal on third down and it's blocked.

Another point Bustle emphasized is blocked punt returns.

"A lot of times players want to run alongside the person returning the blocked kick when they should turn around and block for him," Bustle said.

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