The Book: 2003 Football

[ATXCajun]

Originally posted by CajunRebel
The attendance was 4,000 and change. I feel sorry for those guys. They have a better team than that.

Ouch! How many seats are in the Heymann Center? I think my 6 year old dances for more people than that.

[CajunCharlie]

That is sad! I always thought their program was well supported. I guess not. The BCS people rule the football world, and will not relinquish their strangle hold, unless forced to do so. The lsu fans are learning that the system even excludes them from playing in the championship game, regardless if they run the table in the sec. If they do, brace yourself for the howling and screaming from their faithful and the wannabes.
All of this does not relieve MTSU's problem, which as a member of the Sun Belt is our problem also! Unfortunately, I do not have a solution to the problem, and I guess that makes me part of the problem.

[Turbine]

Give Fred Stamps a plug for reciever of the week.
[ ESPN Poll ]

[ RESULTS ]

[POLO_MT]

We enjoyed having you in the Boro. Glad you had a safe trip back.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by POLO_MT
We enjoyed having you in the Boro. Glad you had a safe trip back.

Wish I could have gone.

Hey POLO_MT just beat the D1aa teams and the fans will return.

We took our biggest hits in attendance when we lost 3 games to D1aa teams a couple years back. This was after averaging around 20,000 for the previous 20 years. Slowly they are returning.

Win the games you are supposed t win and the fans will follow. Of course this post isn't directed at you but only the MT fans who think the sky is falling.

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. — Somehow, it was fitting that Louisiana should finish the 2003 season with a four-overtime game.

The Ragin’ Cajuns had weathered a seven-game losing streak to start the season, and every game they did win came with plenty of nervous moments.

So, with endurance already a theme, why not play all evening for victory No. 4 and a 4-8 record?

That’s what happened in last Saturday’s season finale at Middle Tennessee, when Jerry Babb rallied UL to a 57-51 triumph in the rain.

It was wild, and the end result was gratifying, but Cajun coaches were just about worn out by the time the game was finally history.

“I’m glad it’s over,” head coach Rickey Bustle said. “Now we can go recruit.

“Someone asked me after the game if it was fun. No, it wasn’t fun. But it was an incredible experience, and a game either team could have won.

“It was a very physical game. We had two seniors who had to have X-rays and went back into the game. I don’t know if they were just trying to prolong their careers, or what.”

The Cajuns needed an 84-yard drive just to reach OT after dominating much of the contest, then matched MT in a pressurized duel.

“Things happen fast,” Bustle said. “Strategies go back and forth. My postgame speech changed four times.”

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. — UL quarterback Jerry Babb and kicker Sean Comiskey were named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively, for their efforts last Saturday at Middle Tennessee.

Babb finished the game with a school-record 37 completions for 435 yards and accounted for 474 yards of total offense and five touchdowns.

Trailing by seven with 2:47 left to play, Babb engineered a masterful 10-play, 84-yard drive in 2:21 to tie the game. He went 8-of-9 for 84 yards on the drive.

Comiskey converted all three of his field goal attempts (25, 30, 24) and all five of his extra points. His third extra point tied the game at 34-34 with 26 seconds remaining in the game.

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[Turbine]

Great job help him move into 3rd

[ChanceEncounter]

DANG yesterday he was at 3% today he is at 5% keep it going.

[Turbine]

Good Job Cajun Fans it is up to 5.5%

[ATXCajun]

I had to do a bit of hunting from that link. Some may have more success with this one:

http://r.espn.go.com/espn/contests/allstate/index

[Turbine]

Thanks ATXCajun, I think the poll must be closed.

If so here are the final results Stamps got 8% of 23,738 or 1899 votes.