2007 Football preview and offseason fan talk

[Big Buds]

I thought watching the backup from Pitt was cool. He ran the offense pretty well for a rookie.

[gamecock19]

Hi guys. Really looking forward to Sharing this seasons kick off with you. I am hoping i could get some fans to give me their perspective on your team this year. Would love to get an idea of who to watch and who will entertain. Strengths and weaknesses. Take care.

[Cajun Express]

_ Hi guys. Really looking forward to Sharing this seasons kick off with you. I am hoping i could get some fans to give me their perspective on your team this year. Would love to get an idea of who to watch and who will entertain. Strengths and weaknesses. Take care. _

On offense watch 32, 6, 31, 5, and the entire offensive line.

On defense, your guess is as good as mine.

On special teams, remember the blocked field goal for a touchdown last time we met, well they still do that well. Unfortunately we give up far too many yards on kick-off and punts.

[CajunGuru]

Great Story by CajunT and the Cajun RedZone


By BJ Thompson
Cajun RedZone Publisher
Posted Aug 11, 2007

New faces abound in the Cajun defensive backfield for the 2007 season. The 2006 season was filled with injuries and disappoint in poor play, but the Cajun staff has added depth and talent to this year’s squad.


http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=345&F...=3397&T=825992

[Damon]

I can smell the football season. LOVE IT!

[Zeebart21]

Great Story by CajunT and the Cajun RedZone


By BJ Thompson
Cajun RedZone Publisher
Posted Aug 11, 2007

New faces abound in the Cajun defensive backfield for the 2007 season. The 2006 season was filled with injuries and disappoint in poor play, but the Cajun staff has added depth and talent to this year’s squad.


http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=345&F...=3397&T=825992

Guru, thanks for the link. Nice report by Cajun T. I believe we had all forgotten about Accime. Looks like that untimely knee injury hasnt hampered him!

Z.

[CajunCharlie]

Not a mention of the up tempo offense installed this year. Any comments on this, please!

[NewsCopy]

  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Louisiana-Lafayette has a new starting quarterback and two new coordinators, but the Ragin Cajuns expect more of the same from junior running back Tyrell Fenroy.

Junior Michael Desormeaux gives coach Ricky Bustle a more mobile quarterback, and new offensive coordinator Blake Anderson plans to speed up the ULL no-huddle attack.

Fenroy, who rushed for 1,197 yards and 10 touchdowns last season, needs 1,086 yards to surpass former NFL runner Brian Mitchell as the schools all-time leading rusher. He'll again be the focal point of the offense. With Fenroy leading the way, the Cajuns have ranked in top 15 nationally in rushing yards each of the last two seasons.

``I see how hard Tyrell works,'' Bustle said. ``As long as he stays hungry, you always expect good things from a guy like him. The best thing about him is you know what you're going to get from him, and not just on Saturdays.''

The Cajuns finished 6-6 and 3-4 in the Sun Belt Conference last season after losing four of their last six, all in league play. They'll need Fenroy to have another 1,000-yard season and an improved pass defense to improve their standing in the league.

Last season, Desormeaux was ready to line up seemingly anywhere, playing quarterback, wide receiver, defensive back and special teams.

The rest of the story

NCAAFootball.com

[NewsCopy]

Many years ago, when the "run-and-shoot" offense began drawing attention, the joke was that the Ragin' Cajuns had their own version - run three times and shoot the offensive coordinator. That may be an exaggeration, but UL football fans have gone through a generation of skepticism and hand-wringing about the Cajuns' offensive attack. UL hasn't had a seven-win season since 1993, and even when it hasn't been the offense's fault, the perception is that it's been the offense's fault. It's way too early to tell, since the 2007 season is still three weeks away, but that perception may soon change. Saturday's first scrimmage was a coming-out party for UL's new-look attack, and even the most skeptical fan had to find something to like. The Cajun tailbacks and fullbacks ran for 205 yards and averaged well over five yards per carry. The quarterbacks completed over 67 percent of their passes for 345 yards. Sixteen different players caught passes. UL's tight ends saw more balls come their way than all of last season combined. The rest of the story Dan McDonald

[NewsCopy]

For a first scrimmage, the UL football team will take Saturday's early-morning workout and walk away happy. With the notable exception of some uncharacteristic penalties, the Ragin' Cajuns were surprisingly mistake-free in the first full-scale scrimmage of fall camp. The new up-tempo offense and the refined defensive schemes, in their first true tests since last spring, both got passing grades from coach Rickey Bustle. "It was OK for a first time," Bustle said after the 117-play scrimmage that included nine kicking plays. "It was hot and it was the first time we've worked with the coaches off the field. The offense had good tempo early, and our defensive guys came back and did some good things later on." The offense had only one turnover, that coming from walk-on freshman tailback Jarrell Grant after a big first-half hit. The defense, after giving up a quick-strike TD on the fifth series, didn't allow a play of 25 or more yards in the workout's final 82 snaps. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

COLUMBIA --Stephen Garcia took his first, nervous steps at South Carolina, the highly regarded passer tossing a touchdown during the Gamecocks' scrimmage on Saturday. Garcia completed 5 of 8 throws for 50 yards, including a 5-yard TD pass to tight end Jared Cook in the team's workout at Williams-Brice Stadium before about 6,000 fans. "I was a little bit nervous, a little bit of butterflies out there," Garcia said. "But I was glad to get out there and get a chance to play." Garcia was supposed to be further along by now. After all, he was the centerpiece of coach Steve Spurrier's incoming class, a strong-armed, cocky, productive quarterback who looked like he was just what the ball coach wanted to rebuild South Carolina. Garcia enrolled in January and planned to soak up as much of the Gamecocks attack as he could. However, two arrests in his first two months got him booted from spring practices and the team's annual Garnet and Black game this past April. So supporters had to sit through a soppy, South Carolina afternoon to see their football future throw his first pass. "Stephen Garcia did some good things, threw a beautiful pass there at the end," Spurrier said of the touchdown. "Threw it down, guy's wide open, that's all we ever ask them to do." Spurrier's first scrimmage of preseason camp was designed for backups and reserves. And no matter what Garcia does in camp - the Gamecocks open Sept. 1 against Louisiana-Lafayette - he may ultimately wind up watching this fall as a redshirt. The rest of the story Pete Iacobelli

[UL Ragin Cajun]

As a reminder that today is Fan Day.......I think we should all be flying our UL Ragin' Cajun house/car flags ! !


Fan Day Extravaganza August 12th