Fenroy, UL focus on Eastern Michigan

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Running the football hasn't been a problem for the University of Louisiana for more than a season. The Ragin' Cajuns rushed for 170 yards or more in every game last season after the season opener, and finished the season ranked seventh nationally in averaging more than 254 yards a game. UL had 330 ground yards one week ago against North Carolina A&T. Even in the lopsided losses to LSU and Texas A&M to open this season, the Cajun rushers still averaged 134 yards. The passing game was another story. UL went into Saturday's home contest against Eastern Michigan averaging less than 53 yards and completing only 35 percent of its passes. "We needed to throw the football better," said Cajun coach Rickey Bustle. His team responded and quarterback Jerry Babb excelled Saturday, and the result was a 33-14 victory that evened the Cajuns at 2-2. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Quarterback Andy Schmitt (7), who was expected not to play after the jaw injury he sustained during the CMU game, went 23-of-35, with 171 yards passing and 62 yards rushing. He wasn't the one who said he was motivated about being shown tackled on the front of the EMU media guide, but Ragin' Cajun quarterback Jason Babb sure played like it. Babb threw for 202 yards, two touchdowns and also ran for a touchdown, leading Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2) over the Eastern Michigan Eagles 33-14 on Saturday. The one who was less than thrilled to see himself being tackled on the Eagles' media guide had a good day, too. Running back Tyrell Fenroy had 110 yards and a touchdown. The game was seemingly out of reach for EMU by halftime. The Ragin' Cajuns jumped on top with an eight play, 65-yard drive, finished off by a nine-yard run by Babb. Babb then threw 38 and 17-yard touchdown passes to receiver Jason Chery. The rest of the story By Jeremiah Juncker / Sports Editor

[CajunRed]

Mike is a threat anywhere on the field.

He is an exciting player and made a huge leap in the air on that onside kick. That was a perfect ending.

I wonder if the coaches have considered what would happen if Mike gets hurt one time when he's in there blocking on a punt... then in the next series Babb does down. Doesn't look real smart to me... playing our back-up quarterback as though he's a utility player... but then that's just me.

[CDeb]

Isn't there a waiting list for our tailgating spots?

Sounds like demand exceeds supply.

I'll let all you economists shout out what that means.....

[CrazyCajun]

What?
When the game starts, tailgaters need to get their butts in the seats. If they are such boozers that they can't lose their buzz, they need to go to a bar and leave the tailgating spots open for fans that will actually attend the game . I think it's pathetic that some would consider drinking such a high priority. Do they get drunk before their kid's dance recital, too?

i promise the majority of the people who keep tailgating are a few years away from having children. most of these are college students and the tailgating is ten times better than it used to be. If we win and bring decent teams to cajun field the rest will take care of itself. You will always have people who stay outside. I promise you even when tiger stadium has 90000 in it there are ten thousand outside still tailgating.

[CrazyCajun]

Can you imagine what we would have had in the stands if all those tailgater who tailgated would have attended the game. This is the first year I leave at half time to go back to my tent and return for the second half. Upon leaving the stadium I was shocked to see all the people still tailgating and not going to the game. If it were up to me I'd go around every tailgating spot and take a picture and put tailgating spot to the picture and evaluate whether they should be granted a tailgating spot for next year. LET's face it a lot of people are their to tailgate and not support the Cajuns. You are not supporting the Cajuns by JUST tailgating, you are supporting the Cajuns by buying tickets and attending the game. Some tailgating spots have as many as 2- 50 people at them. Only 2 to 4 season tickets are required to be purchased per spot yet 20-50 people are at each spot , good for show but , as I say, if you don't go to the game you ain't HELPING OUR UNIVERSITY.
Please encourage people to go to the game and party before and after the game.

GEAUX CAJUNS

90% of those people would not have to buy a ticket anyway b/c they are students. You can't make people go to a football game! If we put a good team on the field and bring in teams that people have heard of people will go to the game. We should just be happy that more and more people are going out to the field eventually all those students will go to the game. maybe not now but we are laying the ground wotk for later. When these students get older and have kids they will still come to the field but will start going to the games.

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Due to some tighter schedules of my party, We had to pretty much leave most of the activities in New Orleans and only stay in town for the game. Cajun Field: The seating arrangement is kind of like Eastern's except for the seats concentrated on the homeside and have more stable bleachers. The sound system is perfect and has a solid PA announcer to boot. At EMU, the system is subway-grade and requires a great comunicator in order to make it work. The concessions are considerably faster than what we're used to at EMU. If I'm right, they both employ volunteers so it can be done. The band has excellent range! Being from the midwest, I don't hear that very often. Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio, and Ohio State are excellent, then there's a big dropoff. In the south, I can't tell the difference between awesome and average. The Game: I'll be quick with EMU. This is our consistent game. These five losses aren't much different. The only thing I'm outraged about is that we have a kicker that drilled a 50-yarder into a powerful Buffalo wind, yet we don't use him in the first quarter with the wind at his back???? We also did the same stupid thing last year in Cincinnati. As for the Cajuns, I can see why they might win the Sun Belt. Babb, Cherry, and Fenroy make plays and the blocking looks good. Fenroy dragged Holtzclaw on more than one occassion and that doesn't happen too often to #44. The only other little guy who could do that would be Heisman candidate Garrett Wolfe. Defensively, I don't know what to say because EMU's offensive situation makes it hard to gauge what the Cajuns really have. I've heard good things about Adams but that's all I know. The special teams made sure they didn't screw up like last year. Don't worry about the blocked XP because EMU got a rare jump on it. EMU probably won't block another kick for the rest of the year. I don't expect the Cajuns to have another one blocked for the rest of the year. Overall: It's a great place to catch a game. If I lived in LA, I'd have to be a UL fan. I hope to find a good excuse to visit again, and for a longer stretch of time.

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LOUISIANA La.— If the Eastern Michigan offense looked familiar to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette defense Saturday at Cajun Field, that’s understandable. EMU’s formations were exact reproductions of what the Cajuns saw all week in practice. It also didn’t hurt that the Eagles offense was the same one the Cajun defenders saw all spring and in preseason practices. “We studied these guys real hard all week,” UL-Lafayette offensive coordinator Brent Pry said. “Eastern Michigan has the type of offense that can give you some real problems, but the coaches watched a lot of tape and the players came out and executed what we taught them.” It was no accident that UL-Lafayette’s defense anticipated a lot of what the Eagles were running offensively, in the Cajuns’ 33-14 victory. UL-Lafayette and EMU run similar spread offenses that use zone blocking. That helped UL-Lafayette, Pry said. “Our defensive guys did a lot of work against our offense all week, so when they came out here (on Saturday), they already were used to seeing what the formations were,” Pry said. EMU was limited to 246 total yards, an average of 4.2 yards a play. What was most important, Pry said, was the Cajuns were able to contain EMU freshman quarterback Andy Schmitt, the Eagles’ leading rusher. Schmitt ran 15 times for 62 yards, but his longest gain was a fourth quarter 17-yard run. The rest of the story By BOB ARDOIN Special to The Advocate

[CajunCherokee]

Great write-up!

[BrockMeaux]

I wonder if the coaches have considered what would happen if Mike gets hurt one time when he's in there blocking on a punt... then in the next series Babb does down. Doesn't look real smart to me... playing our back-up quarterback as though he's a utility player... but then that's just me.

At the same time, though, he's too good of an athlete and player to have sitting on the sidelines. If he's willing to play other positions to get on the field, then I say let him, because otherwise he'd just be waiting for Jerry Babb to get hurt. Simply put, we're a better team when he's on the field.

[El Sidonio]

Somebody needs to show this article to all the "finger-alley" pansies at NCAT. It's amazing how a D-IA school that's experienced real gameday environments knows what's up.

I was pleased by the results of the game (obviously) and even more pleased that the EMU fans enjoyed themselves.

Peace and God Bless

[Clutch0364]

Somebody needs to show this article to all the "finger-alley" pansies at NCAT. It's amazing how a D-IA school that's experienced real gameday environments knows what's up.

I was pleased by the results of the game (obviously) and even more pleased that the EMU fans enjoyed themselves.

Peace and God Bless

The big wide receiver Eric ? can't spell the last name, when he dropped the pass on the first drive the students section really got on him...every time he would head for the side line the Eric chant would start lol