The Book: 2003 Football

[Turbine]

Here you go.

[CajunCharlie]

I thought Pat Lamy was outstanding on defense, but it is only my opinion. I am not privy to the game film. Nevertheless, he gets my vote for the defensive player of the game.:confused:

[RaginFan2]

After the Tech game, I sent Coach Bustle an email expressing my support and encouragement. He responded promptly with a "thanks". I think it's important to let the coaching staff and team know we are still behind them 100%. Of course, the best way is to be at the games. But dropping them a line or two encouragement doesn't hurt either.

Geaux Ragin' Cajuns !!!!!

Whip the northern furry rodents!

[BrilesBall]

It's no biggie...i had a great time in Lafeyette...and i knew it was gonna pour for some reason....

I'm sicker than a dog right now from being out in that monsoon for 3 hours straight...i didnt seek shelter...

On Coach Briles radio show yesterday he commented that ____ has some guys that can play and should do well in conference play...

And i tend to agree with him!...this road stretch for you guys is gonna be brutal though...you need more games at home!

I'd like to say that one Cajun fan went out of his way to say hello and was a very gracias guy before the game...asked us what our opinion on who would win, etc and was very nice overall...

Best of luck to you guys and hopefully we can play more often...i was on the UH side and had alot of fun jawing back n forth with the students...all in good fun of course!

[TuffGuy84]

I think us students did a decent job of of ticking off yer team. They were so worried about what we were doing that when they did well, the players on the sideline would always do something to try to get us to quiet down....of course that didnt work. I thought it was great, when they scored the first TD, they wentby the student with their finger over their mouth going "SHHHHHH"....and when we scored, I think every student around me did the same thing to them. That was some great smack.

Tuffguy

[NewsCopy]

Cajuns remind Gophers of tragedy

LOUISIANA La. — Glen Mason barely remembers any preparations his Minnesota football team made prior to last year’s game against UL.

He, his football squad and staff, and the entire university were going through the shock of losing one of their own.

It was only five days before the Gophers headed south to Cajun Field that sophomore defensive tackle Brandon Hall was murdered on a downtown Minneapolis street.

“That was about the toughest week of coaching that I’ve ever had,” Mason said Tuesday. “I’m amazed we won that football game, and I don’t mean to take any credit for that because I really don’t deserve it.

“All I know is that we didn’t work on much football that week.”

Even after last year’s 35-11 win over the Cajuns in UL’s home opener, Mason was still subdued. He and many of the Gophers looked more relieved than joyful on the walk up the Cajun Field tunnel.

“It was a great, great advantage for us to play away that week rather than at home,” he said. “At least when we got on the airplane, we were changing the venue and we knew we were going somewhere else. But that was very tough.

“I’m a grown man, and my mind was certainly elsewhere that night. With everything going around ... you’ve got to remember that these young kids had a lot on their plates.

The rest of the story

Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

[Turbine]

Well UL's schedule doesn't get any easier this week with the Cajuns playing a top 25 team in the Minnesota Gophers. But just because -to date- this is the toughest game of the year, does not mean the schedule has not been brutal already.

Louisiana has played a very tough schedule this year the opponents have six wins with only three losses combined.

Last weeks opponent plays Mississippi St and could get another win which would make our opponents 7-3 on the season. It should be noted that Miss St's two losses came in shoot-outs, losing last week to Tulane at the very end. So it is not a gimmie for Houston. This would be especially true if they again rack up the penalties and turnovers.

The opponent from 2 weeks ago plays Fresno St. and could walk away with another win which would make our opponents 8-3 on the season.

Louisiana's opening day opponent South Carolina plays Alabama-Birmingham, and unless they are looking ahead to Tennessee they should notch another win which would make UL's opponents 9-3 on the season.

All three of the losses that UL foes have accumulated came against top-10 ranked teams, so it’s not hard to notice that we have played some quality competition. The 0-3 start does not tell the whole story

After you count this weeks top 25 opponents record (and the outcome of the game) the combined record of Ragin' Cajun opponents very well could be 12-4

[CDeb]

You shouldn't be counting the games against us. Our opponents are 3-3 looking at it that way.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by CDeb
You shouldn't be counting the games against us. Our opponents are 3-3 looking at it that way.

Good point.

The opponents are 3-3 wth the losses coming against undefeated Miami, undefeated Michigan, and undefeated Georgia.

[CajunCall]

Two of those undefeated teams finished in the top 10 last year.

[ISUCajunfan]

Since Bustle has such a tough schedule this year, is it possible next year's schedule will be a little easier? Instead of playing the South Carolina's, Minnesota's and Oklahoma State's, will there be more teams like La Tech and Houston on the schedule? I hate to be continualy looking ahead, but next year's team could be something. Sure, the loss of Stamps, Joerg, Brupbacher and others will hurt, but Babb will be a redshirt Sophomore with experience, Smothers and the other backs will all have more experience, the offensive line pretty much all returns, and the Cajuns are fairly deep at WR. The Defensive line should be alright, and guys like Benson and Haynes will each have a year under the system. Also, the Juco's in the secondary will also have time in the system and be used to playing against good competition. It will be an experienced team and they will have a good chance of beating teams like Houston. I personally think they can make a legitimate run at the Sun Belt title...

[BrilesBall]

"teams like Houston"

Is this game going to be played in a monsoon as well...cause outside of that...you have no shot...if we do play this year it should be at UH, its only fair