The Book: 2003 Football

[Turbine]

Second half Cajuns get safety.

NT drives down field, Antionne Spann saves TD and intercepts at 3 yard line.

Cajuns go 3 and out.

Autry kicks from back of endzone.

High snap

3rd Safety of night.

NT 30
UL 13

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Bill Sampy TOUCHDOWN


North Texas 30
Louisiana 20

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North Texas fumbles on first play after kickoff

from 18

1-10 P incomplete
2-10 P complete Sampy 6
3-4 P incomplet wisely throws pass away
4-4

opinion (Must go for field goal) 30 yard try

GOOD

1:43

NorthTexas 30
Louisiana 23

[Turbine]

Down by 7 at the end of the 3rd.

Cajuns lose by 21

NorthTexas 44
Louisiana 23

[NewsCopy]

North Texas pulls away from Cajuns in fourth quarter.

DENTON, Texas — Rickey Bustle was looking for a defining moment for his Ragin’ Cajuns here Saturday night.

The Sun Belt Conference game at North Texas was a chance for Louisiana to revive a season in jeopardy.

UNT’s Mean Green was opening defense of its Sun Belt title and was primed to impress a crowd of 19,271 at Fouts Field.

If UL was going to get back on beam, the challenge was there for the taking.

The Cajuns took a surprising 7-0 lead and remained combative at halftime, but the 44-23 victory stamped UNT as the team to beat once again.

It was 30-23 after three periods, but the Mean Green put it away with two scores in the final quarter, capping a night when they had touchdowns measuring 29, 54, 39, 14 and 37 yards.

“We fought our tails off to get it to 30-23, and then — boom — they hit another big play on us,” Bustle said. “We also hurt ourselves with turnovers and penalties that had us backed up.”

Senior quarterback Eric Rekieta hit 21-of-35 passes for 192 yards and ran for a four-yard score in his first start of the season for the Cajuns. But he also suffered three interceptions.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NOCajun]

UL_RAGIN_CAJUN posted this oringinally on the Delphi forum:

"Dear College Football Fan,
With a college football playoff system, a true national champion will be determined on the field, and not by monopolistic business deals or computers. If the CF16 Playoff Tournament Format were implemented in the year 2002, the following teams would have had a chance to play for the national championship: Miami, Ohio State, Georgia, USC, Iowa, Kansas State, Washington State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas, Notre Dame, Boise State, Florida State, Michigan, Colorado State and Marshall University.

How can you get involved? By simply going to Join The Coalition, you can register your vote to become a part of the growing CF16 coalition for reforming the current BCS system."

Click link for full story:
http://www.cf16.org/

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With Greg Hodges out of the lineup it is very plain to me that the rushing production has suffered.

Rushing per game

Opponent	Rushing yards per game
South Carolina	132
LA Tech	95
Houston	139
Minnesota	50
North Texas	27

[NewsCopy]

DENTON, Texas — Champions make big plays when the game is on the line, and the North Texas Mean Green showed Saturday night why they’re two-time winners of the Sun Belt Conference.

In the 44-23 victory over UL Lafayette, UNT had touchdowns covering 29, 54, 39, 14 and 37 yards.

They also tied an NCAA record with three safeties.

That was enough to hold off coach Rickey Bustle’s Cajuns, who played with spirit but still fell to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in SBC action.

“Those big plays were incredible,” Bustle said. “I thought we played with a lot of effort, but they kept hitting those plays on us.

“There were times when we had people in the vicinity, but they just made the plays.”

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

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Not that long ago, people wouldn't cross the street to watch Northern Illinois play football.

Now the Huskies are part of a mid-major resurgence by Mid-America Conference members.

NIU improved to 4-0 Saturday afternoon with a 24-16 win over Big 12 member Iowa State and is currently the No. 20 ranked team in the nation, owning earlier victories over Maryland at home and Alabama on the road.

Suddenly, a ticket to a Huskies game is a hot item.

UL Lafayette played NIU for nine straight years beginning in 1988, first as intersectional rivals and then as members of the Big West Conference.

The Cajuns won six of those contests, and two of the three defeats were controversial, close losses in DeKalb.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NOCajun]

...for the 8-game season:

With the loss against NT and little chance against OSU this week, I just have one thing to say: LOOK OUT REST OF THE SUN BELT as the LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS run the table on the rest of the schedule and finish the final 8 games 6-2!!!