The Book 2008 Football

[ulforlife]

You are correct. DeAndre Brown is 6'6", 240 lbs and runs a 4.5 forty. In practices so far he has been unreal. He is the only five star recruit to ever sign with a CUSA team. He is going to be a great one. Your defensive backs are in for a long day against our receivers. This is the best receiving group at USM in a long time.

Your defensive line is going to be in for a long day against our rushing attack

[rgncjn12]

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I hope they dont take funds away from the annual ski trip! Wait, maybe this trip will involve hitting the slopes!

Haha!

Please see the sarcasm before anyone gets upset.

GEAUX UL!

[ManAboutTown]

Is this trip open to students, or is it alumni only?

[SpreadEagle]

Your defensive line is going to be in for a long day against our rushing attack

No doubt our defensive line is the biggest question mark on our team, so you could very well be correct.

[SpreadEagle]

wow! If spreadeagle said it....I believe it!

I just think I'll stay home now.....

Not bragging, just fact. Torris Magee, Sean Nelson and Deandre Brown are all three bigtime receivers. You will see for yourself on August 30. Only question mark is whether our freshman qb can get the ball to them. With Fedora's spread offense, I don't think that will be a problem though.
Unless your poor defense from last year has drastically improved, I just don't think you have the athletes on defense to stop our offense. Question is will our defense be able to stop your offense.

[RaginFan2]

Not bragging, just fact. Torris Magee, Sean Nelson and Deandre Brown are all three bigtime receivers. You will see for yourself on August 30. Only question mark is whether our freshman qb can get the ball to them. With Fedora's spread offense, I don't think that will be a problem though.
Unless your poor defense from last year has drastically improved, I just don't think you have the athletes on defense to stop our offense. Question is will our defense be able to stop your offense.

That's why they play the games on the field, not on paper. I think our defense HAS improved greatly from last year, but we still may not be able to stop your unstoppable offense.

[RaginFan]

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Too many past disappointments to predict anything better.

[CajunZ1]

_ Not bragging, just fact. Torris Magee, Sean Nelson and Deandre Brown are all three bigtime receivers. You will see for yourself on August 30. Only question mark is whether our freshman qb can get the ball to them. With Fedora's spread offense, I don't think that will be a problem though.
Unless your poor defense from last year has drastically improved, I just don't think you have the athletes on defense to stop our offense. Question is will our defense be able to stop your offense. _

In the interest of keeping you from feeling "piled-on," I agree with your assessment.

[RaginCajun77]

Predicting Ragin Cajun football is like trying to predict rain in South Louisiana on a summer afternoon. You just never know what you're going to get.

[ManAboutTown]

@USM - W
-Hattiesburg is in transition right now. New Coach, new OC, lots of youth on that team. If we can put some pressure on their young QB, and win the T.O. battle (of course), we can pull this one off. Not quite sure why they are ranked #49?

@ILL - L
-The best thing that can come out of this is an injury free 4 quarters.

Kent St - W
-Undoubtedly the key to the 2008 campaign. STOP THE RUN!!! This team should be ready to play by week 3, not to mention it's our home opener. (A win @ USM could spring board a young defense to play out of their minds in front of an excited home crowd)

@KSU - L
-Keep our fingers crossed for no injuries, and hopefully team morale and pysche won't be affected by this trip

@ULM - W
-The War eagles have a few studs, but still don't mesh together as a team. Their speed won't dominate the field this time around.. Not quite as important as the Kent St game, but equally enticing. (Especially considering that it kicks off the SB schedule)

@NT - W
-Still Young, still down. They'll be scary soon, but not in 2008.

ASU - L
-Back home after a successful road trip, look for a let down. Bustle raves about this teams's "character"; well, this will be a true test. With a team that is still learning how to win, this one might surprise some people.

FIU - W
-We rebound well, and probably turn in our best performance of the year. (and we better get them while we can, because FIU is going to be a force in the SB in the very near future)

UTEP - L
-This team is superior; thats the bottom line. If we can get some timely turnovers in key junctures of this game, and the crowd stays in it most of the way, I could see a SLIGHT chance to win this one. But rational thinking tells me that UTEP's talent and match-up problems are to steep for the Cajuns.

@FAU - W
-Following recent trends, I am of the opinion that, even with all that hype, and Coach Schnell, Florida Atlantic will completely fall from grace this season. By the time the Cajuns make the trip to Boca, it won't even be a surprise that we have a ten point lead with 4 minutes to go in the game. Looks like a stretch now, but the Cajuns will be expected to win this game come Nov. 15th.

@Troy - L
-Troy lost a few big guns last year, but I can't help but notice the dedication to reload down in Alabama. The Trojans will surprise some people, and along side UL, be some what of the surprise team in the SB this year. (again, FAU being the surprise team for worse)

MT - W
-Mike and Tyrell's last game in the swamp. I look for a superb effort from both. The rest of the team feeds on those guys' urgency, and we pull out another home upset.

Final Record: 7 - 5 (and some-post season activity)

*This is all subject to change considering any health issues.. ANY. We need all of our #1's healthy to have a season even similar to this.

P.S. - This is the only scenario that I can see Ricky keeping his job. Anything less, and the "new regime" stays course, and ushers in a new era in Ragin Cajun Football.

[DestinCajun]

_ Not bragging, just fact. Torris Magee, Sean Nelson and Deandre Brown are all three bigtime receivers. You will see for yourself on August 30. Only question mark is whether our freshman qb can get the ball to them. With Fedora's spread offense, I don't think that will be a problem though.
Unless your poor defense from last year has drastically improved, I just don't think you have the athletes on defense to stop our offense. Question is will our defense be able to stop your offense. _

That reminds me of something else the Cajuns have to do this season we haven't done in awhile and that is put pressure on QBs.

Without knowing anything about what USM will do under Fedora in '08, I would expect to see Damion Fletcher carrying the ball a lot against us. That is, if anyone on your staff (cough, cough) has any first hand knowledge of our defense.

[BTG]

_ Is this trip open to students, or is it alumni only? _

The last trip we went on was open to anyone...there were players parents on board, not many childeren, mainly adults, but definitely not all alumni.
BTG