The Book 2008 Football

[HoustonCajun]

_ So you guys have 15 winning seasons in a row, and have been to 10 bowl games the past 11 years? Didn't think so. Get a grip, dude. That's just silly talk. USM is an upper echelon non-BSC program that plays multiple games on national television every year, competes for a league title, and goes to bowl games. ULL is barely floating above I-AA status. _

I'm sorry this turned into a ____ing match. It is fun to post some banter going into a game and get fired up about winning. USM has more football tradition and a winning record and UL has not played well for the past 10 years or so, with a couple of exceptions. C-USA is a better conference than the SBC overall. A few wins last year by SBC teams does not a better conference make. If we go by past records vs. each other, you are correct that USM should win this game, perhaps easily. Our optimism this year is the highest it has been for several years, so you can understand that we will not concede defeat. There are a number of things coming together for both USM and UL that give us hope that we can win. Let's both stick out our chests and proudly proclaim our team is the best and we'll see Saturday night. The joy of going on another board and having pre-game fun is getting lost with all of the crap that is starting to take place. I have followed this thread from its beginning and I have not found your comments offensive (merely accurate historically but not necessarily indicative of the future), although apparently a few people over here have. Let's not ruin the mutual respect both schools had for each other by letting this get out of hand. And I say that to both UL and USM. Good luck to USM Saturday and Geaux Cajuns!

[GoEagles]

You come to our board and post rediculous opinions about how great CUSA is and how spectacular USM is but the fact of the matter is that your CUSA mates have passed you guys up. Tulsa, UCF, Houston, Memphis, and ECU all have more name recognition and pespect than USM. Face it you guys are a respectable mid major, you are not world beater or anything close. Southern Mississippi must have some good mushrooms. Are we at the level of USM, no. But we are a lot closer than any of your fans are willing to admit.

You've got to be kidding me. Nobody in CUSA football has more national recognition and respect than USM. You're right. We haven't been word beaters. We haven't even owned our conference lately. That's why the change was made. Will it put us back on top? That remains to be seen. I like our chances under Fedora than I did under Bower.

With all of that said, if you think that your 3 win program is anywhere near our level it's YOU that's downing shrooms.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Don't be so hard on Bustle.

When you see the ultoday.com article Friday, you'll get some insight into his comments...

...and I think you'll LIKE it. _

I am all for Coach Bustle succeeding and our having a winning program for many years under him, similar to VA Tech's situation. I know he wants to win and is concerned about our situation. This is a big year for him and for UL football. I would just like to see a little more said to excite the fans about the coming year. I look forward to reading the article. Keep up the great work!

[GoEagles]

I'm sorry this turned into a ____ing match. It is fun to post some banter going into a game and get fired up about winning. USM has more football tradition and a winning record and UL has not played well for the past 10 years or so, with a couple of exceptions. C-USA is a better conference than the SBC overall. A few wins last year by SBC teams does not a better conference make. If we go by past records vs. each other, you are correct that USM should win this game, perhaps easily. Our optimism this year is the highest it has been for several years, so you can understand that we will not concede defeat. There are a number of things coming together for both USM and UL that give us hope that we can win. Let's both stick out our chests and proudly proclaim our team is the best and we'll see Saturday night. The joy of going on another board and having pre-game fun is getting lost with all of the crap that is starting to take place. I have followed this thread from its beginning and I have not found your comments offensive (merely accurate historically but not necessarily indicative of the future), although apparently a few people over here have. Let's not ruin the mutual respect both schools had for each other by letting this get out of hand. And I say that to both UL and USM. Good luck to USM Saturday and Geaux Cajuns!

Top notch post. Bravo, and back at ya!

[PR_Eagle]

_ You take those orally? _

Thankfully.

[good2geaux]

I wish Bustle was a little more positive and inspiring.

I wish you were a bit more on these boards as well...

[cajunlove]

_ It's interesting that you guys are dodging the question that I posed earlier, so I'll ask it again. If some good CUSA teams beat some bad SEC teams, would you proclaim CUSA to be better than the SEC? So you slipped up and beat Houston? It happens. UL-Monroe slipped up and beat Bama. Are you guys claiming superiority to the SEC? _

I don't think that I ever claimed superiority. But, to answer your question, it would be arguable if we had a winning record against them for two years straight, as we have against your conference.

Under your logic and the facts, our conference slips up a lot. I guess we're just accident prone. Right?

[Sonsissymia]

_ You come to our board and post rediculous opinions about how great CUSA is and how spectacular USM is but the fact of the matter is that your CUSA mates have passed you guys up. Tulsa, UCF, Houston, Memphis, and ECU all have more name recognition and pespect than USM. Face it you guys are a respectable mid major, you are not world beater or anything close. Southern Mississippi must have some good mushrooms. Are we at the level of USM, no. But we are a lot closer than any of your fans are willing to admit. _

i've stayed out of this pizzing contest 'til now. i have nothing for so miss, and am a semi-fan of ul thanks to my daughter.

BUT, the fact is so miss goes to a bowl game about every year it seems to me. remember: of the list of teams that were "charter members" of 1-a when it was created over 20 years ago, ONLY ONE has never been to a 1-a bowl game---the cajuns. you just can't say a team still trying to do something for the first time is "close" to a team that does it almost all the time. vast gulf between the two football programs to someone pretty objective about it.

[GoEagles]

I don't think that I ever claimed superiority. But, to answer your question, it would be arguable if we had a winning record against them for two years straight, as we have against your conference.

Under your logic and the facts, our conference slips up a lot. I guess we're just accident prone. Right?

LOL! You might make that claim, but you'd be laughed out of the room. You can't compare conferences based on a few random games. If you want to put your 8 members up against 1 through 8 of CUSA, then take that record and talk smack, you might have something. However, I think that you would be very disappointed with the result.

FAU vs UCF = CUSA blowout victory
Troy vs Tulsa = CUSA blowout victory
ULM vs ECU = CUSA blowout victory
MTSU vs Houston = CUSA blowout victory
ULL vs USM = CUSA blowout victory
UNT vs Memphis = CUSA blowout victory
FIU vs Tulane = likely CUSA win

There's a reason that CUSA has 5-6 bowls/year, while the SB has 1. There's a reason why CUSA has multi-year/multi-million dollar TV contracts with ESPN and CSTV, and the SB doesn't have squat. We are a better conference, and everyone in the world seems to know it but YOU.

[Sharp Square]

may aswell toss my hat into the ring here.




Cajuns - 31

S. Miss - 28



GEAUX CAJUNS !! !! !!