2006: UL-6 FAU-0

[ATXCajun]

If our guys don't have it right "between the ears" for this game then they will never have it right.

Destin's keys to Victory - play error free ball, control the lines of scrimmage and give the ball to Fenroy.

Well said. Sticking to what we do in stubborn fashion instead of freaking out at 21-0 eventually wore down Houston to the point where there was nothing they could do about it.

[Zeebart21]

In two headlines in Miami Herald, we are the Rajin Cajuns. Thought that was kind of funny. Cajuns' logo is prominently featured on front of sports page, as the game is one of the leading stories.

Personally, I wish more games were on odd days like this so sunbelt could get more recognition.

Whether many fans or the NCAA likes it or not, college football TV, especially mid week games, are pushed on by gambling. A wednesday night game like this will be watched by many who bet on football and only have this one game to focus on for the night.

Most serious sports fans do wager on games so this game will get a lot of attention.

This is really off subject, but I wonder how much influence gambling has on the polls. For example, when some media type with a vote in the AP poll loses a bet due to a top team winning but not covering the spread, I wonder if that influences? I bet it does... ;-)

Seems like the mid week games worked pretty ell for the MAC.

Z.

[TuffGuy84]

This really shouldn't have been the nationally televised game. The attendenece will make the belt look bad.

I completely agree, UL, MT, ASU and Troy should be where the national games are until attendance is upped at the other 4 schools. Atleast we wont have to deal with a real homefield advantage tonite.

Tuffguy

[Jacob81]

I agree, I would like college football everynight. 6 BCS conferences can battle it out on Saturdays and Thursdays. Mondays are NFL MNF.

Sunday could be Conference USA at 7 with NFL to compete with.

Tuesday can have an early MAC game at 6 followed by a Mountain West at 9:30.

Wednesday could be Sunbelt at 6 and Wac at 9:30.

Thursday can be BCS game

Friday could be Good non conference match ups and High School football.

[ATXCajun]

Yeah, you don't think Schnellenberger is sandbagging, do you? Although a separated shoulder is pretty tough, I have heard of guys with "slight" separations playing. Same with twisted ankles.

I believe he is a notorious sandbagger.

[AstroCajun]

Found this on a FAU message board:

"The student section and band will be moved to the visitor sideline for the UL game to not have shots of empty stands on ESPN2. The sidelines will be closed off to fans."

Comments anyone?

My thoughts, it won't help.

It won't help them when the endzone shots show empty bleachers.

AND It won't help them if they think it will serve as a distraction to have more fans behind our bench.

[Clutch0364]

I'm a little over weight and don't run to well but I'd be more than happy to go run a few routes for FAU, and guys don't worry I don't think I will halp FAU to much as for as winning goes lol GEAUX CAJUNS

[levetsj]

UL-FAU update: It's on TV, but don't adjust your set
Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

Tonight’s UL-Florida Atlantic game airs to a national television audience via ESPN2, the only time this year that two Sun Belt Conference teams meet in a national broadcast.

“National TV is big-time,” FAU linebacker Cergile Sincere said Tuesday. “You want to put your big-boy pants on and go show everybody what we have here.”

Problem is, what the Owls have here is an inadequate stadium for TV. Lockhart Stadium is a 20,500-seat former municipal facility in Fort Lauderdale, far removed from the Boca Raton campus, with a few upgrades to make it usable for collegiate play.

Picture most of Lafayette Parish’s prep stadiums, with the home side matched on the visitors’ side, and you get the idea. This one’s got to be tough on the TV folks.

Viewers will notice a low angle on the “up” cameras, because even the top of the stadium isn’t very high. And the press box isn’t exactly what these folks are used to.

Granted, FAU’s program is still very new. UL had been in Cajun Field for three decades when the Owls played their first game in 2001. FAU played its first two seasons at Pro Player Stadium (now Dolphins Stadium for its regular tenants), but averaged fewer than 5,000 fans in a facility that seats 15 times more than that. Athletic director Craig Angelos and FAU’s administrators are thinking big in the future.

Mock-up drawings exist for a Cultural Events Center, part of an “innovation village” on the Boca Raton campus. The facility is comparable to Syracuse’s Carrier Dome and would house football and basketball under the same roof. Ironically, Sincere — FAU’s leading tackler this year with 38 in six games — has his action picture superimposed over an artist rendering of the Center in the Owls’ media guide.

He’ll never play in it, obviously, and the question is whether any FAU players will ever be under that roof. Estimated cost of that building, part of a village concept that also includes residence halls, retail stories, a hotel and restaurants, is around $45 million.

Most FAU people are convinced the building will be a reality in the not-too-distant future, but so far it’s only a concept.

[snote]

How is he going to stroke his mullet, he doesn't have one??????.

(grnz)

hey buddy my hair turned curly when i hit 55 ..... you not in town are ye? stop by Legends if so .. tailgating has begun !

ps. where's rash, when we need a mullet joke? (tee-hee)

[mikebagger]

For those of you without ESPN2, I'm streaming the game here:
http://68.226.173.69:8000/

A couple minutes less lag than the official stream.

[Flcajun]

For those of you without ESPN2, I'm streaming the game here:
http://68.226.173.69:8000/

A couple minutes less lag than the official stream.

anyone know why Ferguson is starting over raymond? i thought raymond was supposed to be the man.

[grimmm]

WHOOPS