Fenroy, UL focus on Eastern Michigan

[rhineaux]

I am looking past these creeps, although I don't think the team is. EMU is giving up over 180 rushing yards per game. If they are that bad of a rushing defense team and we are that good of a rushing offense team, there is no reason why we won't/shouldn't score every time we touch the ball. Especially since we are starting to get a little depth on the O-line, so they can stay a little fresher, and because we have 3 or 4 RBs and 2 QBs (not that we will be using them both) that we can insert and always have somebody fresh and hungry pushing it down their throats. Their QB was already benched this year for his play, so if the defnese performs well and our CBs can pick it up, then there is no reason why we should win be 3 or 4 touchdowns.

Man, whoever posted this is a genius!

[CajunNation]

No doubt tailgating is fun and normally who would want to stop. . . .

I was talking to CajunCharlie after the game and as we mused . . . it seems that that 4 hours of tailgating followed by 3 hours of football followed by 2 more hours of tailgating would give you a lot more to talk about than watching the grass grow for 7 hours.

At the very least by going into the game you give your memory a better anchor to remember the day by.

ps let me tell you the ones who did both had a whole lot to talk about during session 2 of the UL vs EMU tailgating experience.

My 2 cents.

At 4pm, there is simply too much daylight left in the day for some people to stop having fun tailgating. There are A LOT of people that tailgate that really don't care about Cajun football. Getting these people in the stadium would require a NAME opponent or a 7pm kickoff, or both.

We've already changed the rules in that you have to have season tickets to rent a tailgate spot. Why not go one step further and require that in order to keep that tailgating spot you actually have to attend the game.

This would be the only way to put an end to the current problem.

Also, THOUSANDS of people left at halftime. Their tickets were re-scanned when they left. Were they not counted?

[Kal]

Also, THOUSANDS of people left at halftime. Their tickets were re-scanned when they left. Were they not counted?

Usually, rescanning your ticket signals to the computer that the ticket is leaving the stadium, that way people can't slip tickets to someone outside the stadium through the fence. However, since some of the scanners weren't working when people went in, I'm sure that some of those people leaving were having their tickets scanned for the first time. I'm not sure the exact number of people but I agree with an earlier post that there was probably 3-4 thousand more people at this game than last game.

[Clutch0364]

Did you see anyone with a clicker?

I wonder if it has been drummed into the workers how important attendance is, or since we set a record for season ticket sales if this aspect hasn't been put on the back burner.

No Turbine I didn't see anyone around.

[RaginRash]

This guy is like the Cajun Reggie Bush!

[USLJim]

You're right Turbine. It looked like every portion of the stadium had considerably more people. If I had to guess, maybe 2000 to 3000 more fans in last night's game.

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

[TheRaginCajun06]

It was a great game indeed. Bustle is a respectable coach and he pulled the starters to allow them to rest up and not get injured.

It was just so nice to see 33 - 0 on the scoreboard and you wanted to leave Cajun Field with a shutout, but it's good that our second and third string defense is getting some game time. Maybe later in the season we are winning 35 - 0 and the game experience helps us hold a shutout.

Two weeks back to back we have kept the opposition scoreless through 3 quarters. Cajun football is HERE!

We have a big game coming up this weekend! Houston is tough.

[NewsCopy]

After all the early lows and the recent highs, UL’s football squad is right where everybody expected them to be through the first month of the season. Only the most optimistic or the most pessimistic didn’t have the Cajuns penciled in at 2-2 going into October. Nobody predicted or expected wins in the opening games at LSU and Texas A&M, and everybody figured on a win last week against North Carolina A&T. Only Saturday’s Eastern Michigan game was close to a toss-up, with the Cajuns installed as an eight-point betting-line favorite, and they more than made that stand up in a 33-14 victory that wasn’t that close. For Cajun fans, the best part of the September roller-coaster is that the Cajuns go into their second month playing at their peak. With a surprisingly-strong Houston team coming up next weekend and conference play beginning with a Wednesday night, Oct. 18, game at Florida Atlantic, UL enters the mid-season stretch off its best overall performance since last season. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[TheRaginCajun06]

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.

[Just1More]

The starters were pulled at the right time. We are in greater need of staying healthy and getting more players into the mix, than to worry about the margin of victory. I really like the decision to get Desormeaux into the game, all over the place. And, I agree with whoever said that we are going to see some "unanticipated plays" in the near future, involving MD.

Houston is going to be very tuff, but I think they may slump a bit after Miami (at least that is what I hope). They are turning out to be a stronger opponent than we expected preseason. I liked what I saw out of the Cajuns on Saturday. They are playing hard on both sides of the ball, and I saw the offensive mix that has to take shape during conference play. I think they will give a huge effort against Houston. I have arranged business to be in Houston on Friday, and will be going to the game. Geaux Cajuns!!!!!

[RedBug58]

The starters were pulled at the right time. We are in greater need of staying healthy and getting more players into the mix, than to worry about the margin of victory. I really like the decision to get Desormeaux into the game, all over the place. And, I agree with whoever said that we are going to see some "unanticipated plays" in the near future, involving MD.

Houston is going to be very tuff, but I think they may slump a bit after Miami (at least that is what I hope). They are turning out to be a stronger opponent than we expected preseason. I liked what I saw out of the Cajuns on Saturday. They are playing hard on both sides of the ball, and I saw the offensive mix that has to take shape during conference play. I think they will give a huge effort against Houston. I have arranged business to be in Houston on Friday, and will be going to the game. Geaux Cajuns!!!!!

Any word on Mark Risher & Chris Fisher? Both were on crutches after the game.

[ATXCajun]

Desormeaux took no snaps, right? I saw him on offense, special teams, and even on defense but not at QB? Any ideas why not? I am not being critical - Babb was spot-on and the passing game looked really good for the first time this season - but I was hoping to see Desormeaux take some snaps. Hundley raeally didn't get to do too much but hand off and the starters got to rest up for Houston (who lost to Miami by 1 point just now!) Next week will be a challenge!

Geaux Cajuns!

Assuming coach Bustle was calling off the dogs, putting Des in would be like pulling the pit bull and putting in the rottweiler.

Second teamers were getting trucked on offense and defense. First team D had to come back in to stop the bleeding.