The Book: 2003 Football

[RaginRash]

Starvin' like Marvin!!!!

[Oldman]

i spoke to the band director monday nite, we sing in the same choral group, he said, "people tells him it's because of the band we lost the game," i told him nonsense, then proceeded to tell him the importance of not playing when we are on offense. the confusion is the crowd wants the band to play alot more, so he's trying to please them, but i made sure he knew that is was not the band's fault we lost the game. "GEAUX CAJUNS." let's pack the house thursday nite.

[CajunKate]

The day the band "loses" a football game for us, we are in sorry shape. A team needs to be able to deal with crowd noise. I am sure the noise of the band was no louder than a huge crowd at Minnesota or any of the other big schools this team has played. End of story for me.

I personally feel this is the first game in quite some time that the band played enough. It was one of the highlights of the game for me!

[CajunCharlie]

I agree with CajunKate. In fact that question was posed to Coach Bustle and he said he didn't even hear the band! It was not a derogatory remark, just and indication that he was so absorbed in the game mechanics that he had blocked out any and all noise.

[NewsCopy]

Senior Eric Rekieta has sparked Cajun aerial game.

LOUISIANA La. — No one is expecting Louisiana to break into “Air Bustle” any time soon, but it’s hard to argue with results.

Senior quarterback Eric Rekieta, forced to play catch-up in last Saturday’s 45-42 homecoming loss to UL Monroe, set a new school record with 472 yards passing and touchdowns of 28 and 64 yards to Fred Stamps, 21 yards to Bill Sampy and 3 yards to Josh Joerg.

He hit 33-of-54 passes as the Cajuns rallied from 7-28 to 28-28 and from 28-42 to 42 apiece.

Rekieta also had 475 yards in total offense, one yard short of Brian Mitchell’s single game record set against Colorado State in 1987.

The rest of the story

Bruce Brown
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[CDeb]

This is a non-issue.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by CDeb
This is a non-issue.

LOL can I quote you on that?

[CDeb]

Originally posted by Turbine
LOL can I quote you on that?

Of course, that's my non-official opinion. LOL!

[CajunRebel]

Ok guys, with a football program that has had 100 years to build, it is nothing short of pathetic to be one of the worst, if not the worst team in football. I really want to be optimistic, and feel free to chew me out on being so negative, but its damn hard to find positives. If we don't win next year, we won't be in D1 anymore. Plain and simple. And you honestly can't expect this community to flock to Cajun games when they can't win a game.

But I don't think its over yet. I think that hiring Jerry Baldwin as coach was a HUGE mistake on the part of this university. His failures 2 years ago still play a big part in our failures today. You might say that he was the only one left to hire, but after the mess he left this program in im not so sure a high school coach could have done any worse. (Come to think of it, a high school coach was ahead of him on the list.)
!!!!And im not saying that becasue he's black, so don't sue me!!!!!

The future of this program rests solely on the shoulders of Ricky Bustle. If he wins, we stay in D1, if he loses, then we'll lose to McNeese in D2. Whether he can win or not is a question that Cajun fans can't honestly answer. Until we get some Bustle recruits on the field, we won't know for sure.

And one more thing, despite all this I promise you'll see me at the game cheering the Cajuns till the end.

[ATXCajun]

First of all, the band is great. It wouldn't be college football without it. Now on to the issue.

I don't remember where I saw this, but I seem to remember a game where the band played continuously in a situation just like this but only used percussion. The brass is what is loud and on the same wavelength as voice. The percussion could actually provide a rhythm that is helpful to the two minute drill but not so loud that the QB can't make play calls.