The Book: 2003 Football

[Cajun1997]

Originally posted by rwcajun
News not good on Hodges, MCL for sure-MRI on ACL tomorrow. Hoping for MCL only,Doc says 50-50.

Greg will be in my prayers.

[CajunRebel]

A win at Oklahoma State, or Minnisota, HELL, even a win over UNT at UNT would get a great amount of fans to the game. Those fair-weather fans that left after La Tech, would certainly be back.

As long as the weather is fair, of course.

[CajunRebel]

Mabye so, Ill take you for your word since I've always been told to respect the wisdom of an oldman.

[QueenSixela]

Hello!
My name is Alexis and I am from Minnesota! I own four suites (that can be combined if needed) at the Metrodome ranging in size from 12-18 people. We are not able to use our suites for the September 20th game against Lafayette and are looking to liquidate them!! If anyone is interested please email me at AlexisLomen@aol.com. Thanks and have a wonderful day!
Alexis

[NewsCopy]

Houston makes Cajuns regret missed opportunities early.

LOUISIANA La. — Louisiana head football coach Rickey Bustle would like nothing better than to have one of his team's first-quarter chances back again.

The Ragin’ Cajuns got inside the Houston five-yard-line twice in the first 13 minutes of Saturday’s home contest with the Cougars, only to be turned away both times.

Those shortages came up big at the end when the Cajuns ran out of chances and out of time in a 21-14 loss.

“That’s what I told our squad,’’ Bustle said after the contest. “In a game like this, three or four plays are going to make the difference. We had our chances early to score, and those would have been big at the end.’’

Instead, the Cajuns came up one score short, just like in the season opener against South Carolina.

“We had the chances,’’ said quarterback Jerry Babb, who led the Cajuns to their first two offensive touchdowns of the season in the loss. “We had the ball right down there and just came up short.’’

The rest of the story

Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. — Last season, when Cajun Field was deluged by rain and threatened by lightning, the football game between UL and Alabama-Birmingham was halted for 33 minutes until conditions improved.

When the action resumed, water-logged fans were rewarded for staying as the Ragin’ Cajuns rolled to a 34-0 victory — the first at the school for Rickey Bustle.

This time around, that formula didn’t click.

Once again last weekend, a Saturday night at Cajun Field became an evening at the swimming hole when the Houston Cougars came to town.

The two teams were just about to switch ends to start the second quarter, tied 7-7, when a bolt of nearby lightning sent the two teams back to their locker rooms for a delay that lasted 37 minutes.

Drenching rains had plagued both teams in the first period, turning the field into a swamp. But underground pumps worked well and the second half was relatively free of both rain and standing water.

It was the visitors who prospered after the break this time as Houston improved to 2-1 with a 21-14 win that dropped UL to 0-3 on the season.

The rest of the story

Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[Turbine]

I hope Greg gets some good news I was wanting to track him all season.

He comes from good people.

I hope its not all bad for Greg.

[Turner]

I wish this had neve happened but I hope rehab goes well. You should get a medical redshirt and will be experienced enough to get drafted next year. I know you would rather be playing but now you can concentrate on your degree, and working out your upper body.

[1stTake]

I just read where Houston has the best pass defense in the country, and it's not because they played UL. Michigan only had 144 passing yards, and Rice only had 72 yards against UH. Babb & UL only had 58 yards in a downpour but its not as bad as it looks, this Houston team has a good pass defense. At least Babb didn't cost us the game and we still had a chance to win it.

[1stTake]

Originally posted by Turbine
I hope the coaches don't make the same mistake that was made against LSU last year. So desperate to score a TD against LSU they sacrificed an easy field goal. This left LSU in an overly energized shut out mode.

I know there is a current TD drought, but I think it is crucial to simply get on the board. I don't think you should ever go for it on fourth down early if there is a big goose egg on the board.[/B]

Fields goals would not have won the game, Bustle had to go for touchdowns.