It wasn’t just fate, convenience or coincidence that UL’s football team got one of the country’s earliest postseason bowl bids, one that came before the Ragin’ Cajuns even finished their regular-season schedule and before any other team in the Sun Belt Conference.

When the Cajuns got that coveted bid to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl immediately following the 52-30 home-finale victory over South Alabama, it wasn’t just for a feel-good moment at Cajun Field.

As you might expect, this being collegiate athletics, the invitation and acceptance for the Dec. 22 game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome was about money. And in this case, that’s not a bad thing, just like last year when UL made its first-ever Division I bowl trip. Mick Jagger may tell you that you can’t always get what you want, but with UL headed back to the Big Easy, everyone gets what they need.


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