The Book: 2003 Football

[Turbine]

Originally posted by cajun tom
This is a perfect example why we should not recruit junior college players. His tenure is already done. If we would have recruited a high school player instead, he would still be around.

The thing is Bustle did not sacrifice high school recruits in order to sign JC kids.

[CajunCharlie]

ATX, my man Turbine is always thinking. He has got some brains

[NewsCopy]

Cajun fans wave bye to 22 seniors vs. FIU Panthers today.

LOUISIANA La. — Today is Senior Day at Cajun Field, with 22 players taking a final bow as Louisiana hosts Florida International at 4 p.m. in the last home game of the season.

But it’s more than a little symbolic that redshirt freshman Jerry Babb is the starting quarterback for the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Senior Eric Rekieta will finish his two-year Cajun career on the sidelines with a broken collarbone suffered four games ago against New Mexico State.

Rekieta had hit 99-of-165 passes for 1,090 yards and 7 touchdowns before the injury, including a school-record 473 yards against UL Monroe.

He finishes just a shade outside of the career Top 10 for yardage at UL with 1,742 (No. 10 James Freeman had 1,760) and has served as a valuable bridge between Jon Van Cleave and Babb.

Babb (88-of-167, 860 yards, 2 TD; 51-146-3 rushing) stepped in to direct wins over NMSU and Idaho before faltering in last week’s 48-3 loss at Southern Mississippi.

His mistakes have mirrored the Cajuns’ growing pains in the second year under coach Rickey Bustle, a year which still has a chance to finish on a high note.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[DestinCajun]

Turb,

I'll have my collection of old Athlon mags and a few other Cajun football historical items in the trunk today. Look for me there by the Bookstore's set up at D2.

DC

[LatvianCajun]

Great job seniors.

[Turner]

The UL victory over FIU proves that UL does not belong in D1AA. UL scored the most all year and allowed the fewest, now if that doesn't prove my point nothing does.

[Turner]

Originally posted by LativanCajun
Great job seniors.

I thought having a total eclipse on Senior night was something special. Something money couldn't buy.

[RedBug58]

Great game for the Cajuns

Nice finish for the Seniors

Interesting Lunar Eclipse

The band was awsome in the stands & halftime

The game was well promoted & attended

A lot of things were done right tonight!!

[RedBug58]

The difference is......Bustle's team plays a 1-AA and wins 43 to 10 and it could have been a larger margin.

The previous coach loses to 1-AA North Alabama and we were lucky that it was close.

We are moving in the right direction.....

[NewsCopy]

Touchdown return mirrors opener at South Carolina

LOUISIANA La. — One of the deciding plays in Louisiana’s 43-10 win over Florida International Saturday looked like an instant replay, or maybe déjà vu.

For the second time this season, the Cajuns scored on the last play of the first half courtesy of a blocked field goal.

Linebacker Derace James stormed in to block Adam Moss’ 53-yard field goal attempt with less than a second left before halftime, and Antwain Spann picked the ball up on one hop in front of the UL Lafayette bench and returned it 45 yards down the left sideline to give the Cajuns the 36-7 halftime lead.

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Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com