The Book 2008 Football

[J-Town Cajun]

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I am not sure what game it was but this past season our fullback Chancellor Roberson who is 260# threw the worst looking pass that I ever seen (15 yard duck) that came up maybe 15 yards short. Very embarrassing. Huge turnover on the opponents side of the field and the throw was forced. He should have ate it.

[jimbo]

I think that was the Florida Atlantic game...another game we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory!!!

[SpreadEagle]

This will be a very exciting game. I hope many of your fans make it to Hattiesburg for the game. It will be a day of firsts for Southern Miss. A new head coach after 17 years. A whole new coaching staff. A new freshman qb. A whole new defensive line. Most exciting will be the opening of our new stadium additions.
We will be expecting a tough contest against your Cajuns. Our team will be very talented on offense, but defense is a big question mark. Anyway, I look forward to visiting with you guys before the game.

[Jeaux]

I like our chances in this one. For the first time since 2004 we open against a non bcs team. We got Senior QB, RB and receivers to go against a questionable defense. I not saying we are running them out of their own stadium but we have done pretty well against CUSA. Hopefully it stays that way and we are 2 and 2 once conference play begins. If we lose then Kent ST is a must win.

[DestinCajun]

I am not sure what game it was but this past season our fullback Chancellor Roberson who is 260# threw the worst looking pass that I ever seen (15 yard duck) that came up maybe 15 yards short. Very embarrassing. Huge turnover on the opponents side of the field and the throw was forced. He should have ate it. _

I lay 99% of that one on the coaching staff. You want another great example of futility go back and review the 4th quarter of the UCF game at Cajun Field in 2005 or 2006.

[CrazyCajun]

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im not sure if it was ohio of florida atlantic but we were driving the ball down the field. the defense could not stop des and fenroy. Des was getting off nice dink and dunk passes. i want to say we never even got to third down on the drive. every 2 plays we would get a first down. then out of the "playbook for idiots" comes this stupid full back pass from chancellor roberson that gets intercepted at the 5. Absolutely the crappiest thing i have ever seen. at that moment i realized for sure that our coaches were idiots. whoever called that play is a moron. i hope to god it was blake anderson!

[RaginCajun2010]

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im not sure if it was ohio of florida atlantic but we were driving the ball down the field. the defense could not stop des and fenroy. Des was getting off nice dink and dunk passes. i want to say we never even got to third down on the drive. every 2 plays we would get a first down. then out of the "playbook for idiots" comes this stupid full back pass from chancellor roberson that gets intercepted at the 5. Absolutely the crappiest thing i have ever seen. at that moment i realized for sure that our coaches were idiots. whoever called that play is a moron. i hope to god it was blake anderson! _

Ah yes i remember that, made me sick to my stomach. Luckily i followed tradition and had enough beer to numb that pain.

[SpreadEagle]

I remember the days when we would beat Southern Miss and didn't have to worry about what things we had to do to win. We used to be on the same level as USM, Tulane, Memphis, Tulsa and the like. I want to go back to days like that. How to beat USM? Win the turnover battle, play sound defense & avoid 3rd and long.

You might want to check out the history of the series...

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data...hp?teamid=3052

[cajun4life]

_ You might want to check out the history of the series...

http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data...hp?teamid=3052 _

With 50 games in this series and being less than 4 hours apart this is a rivalry that should be played annually. Close travel distance for both schools with a long history of playing each other. I think it would be a great rivalry along with Houston.

[Cajun Express]

_ I agree with you. Southern Miss plays a much tougher, meaner brand of football than we do. Their defense will intimidate our offense from start to finish. _

Better defenses than USM did not intimidate our offense last year when we were healthy. The issue as in the past two seasons is not offense, but defense and special teams.

The offense is not geared to catch up, and once we get down then turnovers are highly likely like all teams with all kinds of offensive schemes.

[Cajun Express]

_ I think that was the Florida Atlantic game...another game we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory!!! _

Yes we did take the lead very late and gave it up even later. Don't know which was the more unlikely to have happened, I think getting the lead was doable, and giving it right back was the norm.

[zephyr]

#5 doesn't happen until the coaches grow a pair and actually pretend to use the downfield passing game. We threw for 250 yards against Ohio last year and they did a great job of throwing to the backfield esp. Wallace along with some nice downfield throws. I didn't see them attempt that once again the rest of the season