The Book 2008 Football

[RaisingCajun08]

_ Cajuns have practiced all this week with a 4-2-5 and a 3-3-5 with one of the de's moving to the mlb slot. _

DEs moving to the LB spot is crazy. Those guys are on the line for a reason. In the game against UTEP, there were zone coverages where our DEs dropped back into zone and they got eaten up every time.

Just my opinion but I hate seeing that.

[AstroCajun]

_ they may have put more DB's in there, but LSU didn't do anything to stop our passing game. It was Troy's receivers dropping 13 passes that killed our passing game. Troy screwed itself, we were the better team Saturday night. _

I think it had more to do with state's 2nd half adjustment of bumping the receivers at the line to throw off the timing.

But yes, you blew it by failing to just run the ball after that first second half drive.

Didn't you have an 11 second drive? Seriously?

[NewsCopy]

  Troy’s battle for the top spot in the Sun Belt begins tomorrow night against the University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.

The Ragin’ Cajuns and the Trojans are tied atop the Belt standings with a 4-1 record in conference play. This game will ultimately decide who will go to the New Orleans Bowl.

Troy starting wide receiver Jerrel Jernigan is ready for the challenge.

“We can still get that outright conference championship with a win Saturday,” Jernigan said.

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By Matt Nascone (Contact) | Troy Messenger

[NewsCopy]

  UL — Louisiana's special teams coordinator Brian Jenkins has become a special teams detective, always searching for a fatal flaw in an opponent’s kicking game.

That means looking for ways to block extra points and field goals, which according to Jenkins’ standards, has been overdue for the University of Louisiana this season.

All that changed when the Cajuns blocked the first two extra-point attempts by Florida Atlantic in a 40-29 loss.

Those blocks by Garren Blount and Nate Douglas were the 34th since head coach Rickey Bustle became ULL’s head coach in 2002.

The Cajuns, however, had not blocked a kick since Nov. 24 of last year when Blount blocked a ULM field-goal attempt.

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By BOB ARDOIN
Special to The Advocate

[Trojan Delta Chi]

wow, i am so sorry for Desormeaux, he is an outstanding football player. i hope this won't affect his draft status. best wishes, and i'll remember him in my prayers tonight.

[Trojan Delta Chi]

i'll be honest, your defense is going to have its hands full. our offense is the best in the conference and we aren't used to being slowed down. Jerrell Jernigan (#3) is going to be an all-pro one day. he was a freshman last year, this season he has really taken the next step in his play. also, watch out for Kenard Burton (#9). he compliments Jernigan well, giving Levi a second option when defenses concentrate on Jerrell. Mykel Terry (#81) is the third man to be weary of. he is our deep threat. short but fast with great hands, he has getting behind secondaries all year. then there's DuJuan Harris (#32). Harris won two gold medals in national highschool track. he has blazing speed and is strong enough to truck a linebacker if needed. he has been the driving force in our running game and could start at any SEC school.

just some info on our offense. i know your offense is quite the juggernaut as well, so i think this is going to be a high-scoring game.

enjoy your trip to TROY. if you're looking for a good place to eat before or after the game, i'd reccommend either The Locker Room of Buffalo Jack's. both are on 231 so they're easy to find.

God Bless,
TDC

[cajun4life]

_ i'll be honest, your defense is going to have its hands full. our offense is the best in the conference and we aren't used to being slowed down. Jerrell Jernigan (#3) is going to be an all-pro one day. he was a freshman last year, this season he has really taken the next step in his play. also, watch out for Kenard Burton (#9). he compliments Jernigan well, giving Levi a second option when defenses concentrate on Jerrell. Mykel Terry (#81) is the third man to be weary of. he is our deep threat. short but fast with great hands, he has getting behind secondaries all year. then there's DuJuan Harris (#32). Harris won two gold medals in national highschool track. he has blazing speed and is strong enough to truck a linebacker if needed. he has been the driving force in our running game and could start at any SEC school.

just some info on our offense. i know your offense is quite the juggernaut as well, so i think this is going to be a high-scoring game.

enjoy your trip to TROY. if you're looking for a good place to eat before or after the game, i'd reccommend either The Locker Room of Buffalo Jack's. both are on 231 so they're easy to find.

God Bless,
TDC _

A healthy Cajuns team going against a healthy Troy team and I think the Cajuns would win 7 out of 10. With that being said, we are not anywhere close to being healthy, I do not think many Cajuns fans expect a vitory this weekend. We are hopeful we can pull off an upset, because it would be at this point, but not expecting it. If we play well it should be a great game.

[duggie85]

_ Thank goodness some of you are not the head coach. Not starting Des in this game would be a bad move and a slap in the face to a hard-nosed QB that has given his all for this program. I am not against Mcguire getting playing time, but Des is the reason we are even thinking about a bowl game. Let Des start and see how it goes. If he cannot get it done we all know he will pull himself out for the good of the team. _

I don't think brad should start either, but IF HE IS IN THE GAME, let him throw it down field. I have been to every single game this year, home and away, and we rarely throw it deeper than 15 yards. Brad has a strong arm, let him use it. Teams are stacking the box because they know we can't throw, so why not try a deep ball every couple of series???

[CajunZ1]

Teams are stacking the box because they know we can't throw, so why not try a deep ball every couple of series??? _

If I had to guess the reason, it's because those type of plays aren't going well in practice. Not saying McG or Dez lack the ability, but the coaches are aware of their limitations. The bomb may be one of those weaknesses.

Also, when someone says "that guy's got an arm," it can mean multiple things. Velocity, range, accuracy are sometimes all bunched into the phrase "has an arm." From what I've seen, it looks like McG has some great velocity, but maybe not the range.

[duggie85]

_ If I had to guess the reason, it's because those type of plays aren't going well in practice. Not saying McG or Dez lack the ability, but the coaches are aware of their limitations. The bomb may be one of those weaknesses _

Thats all they run at practice. 1st 15 plays of scout practice on every thursday is nothing but deep routes and we never run them

[duggie85]

I need to correct myself. Thats not all they run, but they practice throwing the long ball quite often throughout the week

[duggie85]

_ Excuse me, have we forgotten DEFENSE! ? Twenty eight points is enough to win a ball game! It's not the offense that is the problem, it's the D E F E N S E!

It's not the quarterback, it's the D E F E N S E, especially pass defense! Linebacker defense. IT's the D E F E N S E ,,,, nothing more .... D E F E N S E. _

Granted we had some 2nd stringers in the game against FAU as well, but they had their entire 2nd team defense in the 4th quarter. Which is when all of our points came.