The Book: 2003 Football

[RaginRash]

I love these articles!

[RyChat]

That would absolutely be AWFUL for college football and basketball. The small schools would definitely lose some of their good players to schools that can offer them more TV exposure, etc.

Another thing to consider is that when a coach leaves one school and goes to another, there would be nothing keeping those players from following him. Could you imagine how bad that would be if Clemson not only took Tommy Bowden from Tulane, but also stole a few of their best players? If that is ever allowed to happen, pack it in because college sports would be doomed.

Personally, I think as college baseball continues to grow in popularity that a similar transfer rule could be in its future.

[CajunGuru]

Pos. No. Player Class Ht.
LE 47 Antonio Floyd Sr. 6-1, 237
55 Derace James Sr. 6-3, 255

RE 40 Eugene Kwarteng So. 6-4, 240
90 Travis Bass Jr.-JC 6-1, 240

LT 93 Darryl Blappert Jr.-JC 6-7, 275
99 Shawn Williams Sr. 6-1, 313

RT 63 Daniel Taylor Sr. 6-1, 283
5 Kendrick Haynes Jr.-JC 6-4, 285


LB 4 Stanley Smith So. 6-1, 234
10 Mack Fair or Fr.-RS 6-1, 225


LB 59 Ross Brupbacher Sr. 6-1, 231
32 Tyler Norman So.-RS 6-2, 210


S 27 Patrick Lamy Sr. 5-10, 195
Whip 36 Wes Simon Fr.-RS 6-0, 200

S 26 Jamal Smith Sr. 5-10, 195
Rover C.C. Brown Jr.-JC 6-2, 205

S 31 David Prater Jr.-RS 5-11, 205
Free 3 Wendall Williams Jr. 6-2, 215

LCB 20 Terryl Fenton So. 6-1, 200
Antwain Spann Jr.-JC 6-0, 185

RCB 34 Jerrell Carter Jr. 5-8, 185
29 Ricky Thomas Jr.-JC 6-0, 190



Look for battles to continue until the first game. Surprises so far, Haynes(strong),C.C.Brown(athlete), Bass(first two steps) and Spann(smooth).

[1stTake]

How about a pepper pile on. One pepper jumps on the pile for every point scored.

[1stTake]

Cool!!! You getting me ready for the season. Does Justin have a chance?

[GreyGoose]

What about the old scoreboard? Some of the players are asking about it. If you dont know it is all right. But
I would like to know.

[Cajun1997]

Good to see you back Ryan. Are you coming in for 9-6?

[TuffGuy84]

Get someone at cajunfield who is willing to eat a red hot jalapeno pepper for each point we score, much like i think Tex AM does pushups for each point they get. we score 30 points, and someones throats gonna be on fire.

Tuffguy

[Turbine]

Only 4 players on the list under 6' tall.

Is that an alltime low?

[Crawfish]

Note: The following is my alway uninformed and biased report on football pratices I attended this week. Take it for what it is worth.

Guys and gals, I am trying my best to not get too excited about the football team, because I know in my heart we still have some positions that need some help, BUT...

Man, this weeks practices have been encouraging. There are several positive things that are hard to ignore about this team, at least from a Crawfish point of view. Here are a few of those:

The huge JC kid that plays on the defensive line who is wearing # 5 in practice. I am guessing his name is George Benson, who is listed at 6'3" 290. Guys, this fellow is almost another a monster, he is so big and MEAN! I stand corrected on the name, this guy is Kendrick Haynes (6" 4' 285).

The line on both sides of the ball is more lean, faster, yet still has adequate size.

The wide receiver corp is the deepest I have ever seen. If teams double team Stamps, one of the several speedsters will burn them up. Then again, Stamps is a ball vacuum that will pull in one from 5 yards away. He will play on Sunday next season.

The running Back corp is much improved over last years group. If I were to guess, I'd say Lindon will be the starter at tailback, but that could change as well.
Both of the Tight ends can catch the ball, and I expect they will be getting thrown to more this year for short yardage and as a relief valve.

Babb is looking more like the starting QB all of the time. Today he took 90% of the snaps. I would say that if we were going to have a QB controversy, that Rekeita would be splitting more practice time by. now. Babb was hitting all of his receiver today in practice, especially Fred. Fred was involved in several long pass plays today, and most of them were completions.

The defensive secondary has improved immensely since the spring, some of this is due to additional players being available. The one player that no one can cover is Stamps.

The conditioning of the teams is light years better than in years past. After a couple of hours of practice in the blazing sun, the guys are still fired up and hitting with gusto.

These are some of my observations from attending 4 practices this week. Of course I am no expert, and I do not know how this may convert into wins. I will say this though: As of today, this is a much better team than I have seen in a 1st week camp in a number of years. They are in better condition, they know there roles better and they are more enthusiastic. Who knows whether that will mean more wins.