The Book 2008 Football

[RaginFan2]

_ WOW. "Out of the mouths of babes..." CB, your wisdom in this issue is well beyond your years!! People on this board have been fighting for the name change for SO long (I was in school when it first came up in 1984), that people tend to lose sight of the little things that have given our University its identity, like its TRADITIONS!!! _

Actually, it started earlier than that. 1984 was when, for a brief time, we officially attained the name "University of Louisiana" (w/o the city tag). I got my first degree in 1982 and I remember serious discussions back then. I first started at UL in 1973 and recall some limited discussions in the mid-70's about a name change because the "Southwestern" was so limiting. The interest really grew between the mid-70's and early 80's.

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  As budgets for the big boys in the NCAA continue to grow, so have the payouts for "guarantee" football games.


But a win is far from guaranteed for schools from the six conferences with an automatic BCS berth, who regularly give out six-figure checks for home games against programs further down the food chain.

Just look at the Sun Belt Conference.

This season alone, Arkansas State has upset Texas A&M and Middle Tennessee has knocked off Maryland. ULM stunned Alabama, Troy shocked Oklahoma State and Florida Atlantic edged Minnesota last season.

Perhaps the most memorable example: Appalachian State's win over Michigan last season in Ann Arbor.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • September 27, 2008

[zephyr]

_ Setting yourself up for a major let down. Dont do that to yourself. Expect the worst. Its helped me survive the last 12 years.

Z _

That's why I say "imagine". I'm not setting myself up for anything. I just want a good showing with no injuries.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns continue to play well, unfortunately it did not translate into a win on Saturday afternoon, as UL fell 45-37 at Kansas State.

The Cajuns had some chances, and held the ball in the final minute, but were unable to pull off the victory.

Trailing by 18 points at the half, UL made it a game with the first two plays of the third quarter. Lanier Coleman forced a fumble that was recovered by Antwyne Zanders at the Kansas State 27-yard line. On the very next play, wide receiver Richie Falgout took the handoff and ran to the right, but stopped to throw a perfect pass to a wide open Jason Chery for a touchdown. The Cajuns cut their deficit to 28-17 with 14:42 left in the third quarter.

Kansas State came back with a 12-play, 85-yard scoring drive to get their 18-point lead back.

The Cajuns answered with a 15-play, 86-yard scoring drive in 6:27. Michael Desormeaux was injured during the drive, but Brad McGuire came in to lead the team down the field. Desormeaux returned on fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line and took the quarterback sneak into the end zone. Drew Edmiston’s extra point hit the left upright, keeping the score 35-23 in favor of Kansas State.

The hosts needed four plays to extend their lead to 42-23. A 53-yard strike from Josh Freeman to Brandon Banks finished the 82-yard drive.

UL needed four plays to tack on seven more points. Desormeaux hit Pierre Hill for 10 yards on third-and-nine and then Tyrell Fenroy tied a career long with a 69-yard touchdown rush.

The Cajuns entered the fourth quarter trailing, 42-30, but immediately after a defensive stand moved the ball 83 yards in 12 plays, scoring on a one-yard run by Fenroy. The Wildcats lead was just 42-37 with 8:49 remaining.

KSU built their lead to seven following a 26-yard field goal with 1:37 remaining. The kick capped a 17-play, 73-yard drive that consumed 7:12. The Wildcats converted three third downs on the drive and a fourth-and-two on a fake punt. The biggest play came early in the drive, as KSU was awarded a first down after a third-and-10 pass fell incomplete, but the Cajuns were flagged for pass interference.

Fenroy had his second monster game in a row. The senior totaled 183 yards rushing on 20 carries and scored three touchdowns for the second straight week. Over the past two weeks, Fenroy has 43 carries for 377 yards and six scores.

Desormeaux, who took a physical pounding all game, finished with 98 yards rushing and 136 yards passing. He did not commit a turnover.

UL gained 509 yards of offense, 335 of which came via the running game. KSU totaled 470 yards of offense.

The Cajuns took the game’s opening drive 80 yards in 14 plays en route to a 22-yard field goal by Edmiston. It appeared as if the Cajuns had scored on a four-yard pass from Desormeaux to Eric Jones, but the pass was ruled incomplete. There was not a booth review or coach’s challenge, so UL took Edmiston’s kick to grab the early lead after an incomplete pass on third down.

Kansas State took the lead with a short 46-yard scoring drive, aided by a 15-yard personal foul penalty against the Cajuns. Freeman hit Deon Murphy with a 12-yard strike to put the hosts in front 7-3 with 3:55 remaining in the first quarter.

KSU added to their lead with two quick six-play scoring drives in a span of 3:11 in the second quarter.

The first drive spanned 81 yards and started with a big 28-yard run by Lamark Brown. Three long completions preceded a seven-yard touchdown run from Freeman.

The second drive spanned only 34 yards after the Cajuns were forced to punt from their own end zone. Freeman scored on a 15-yard run to put KSU in front 21-3 with 10:32 remaining in the second quarter.

Freeman hit Murphy in the end zone for the second time in the game to cap the Wildcats’ 21-point second quarter, helping KSU to a 28-3 lead with only 3:43 left in the first half. The scoring drive spanned 10 plays and 73 yards, covering 3:52.

The Cajuns responded with their longest drive of the season to trim the KSU lead to 28-10 at the break. UL mounted a 10-play, 90-yard drive in only three minutes, culminating in a 15-yard touchdown run by Fenroy.

The Cajuns converted on third down twice during the drive, both coming via long runs from Fenroy. Desormeaux was 3-of-5 passing on the drive for 32 yards and added two runs for 16 yards.

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  MANHATTAN, Kan. - For the second time this season, UL put a scare into a major BCS conference opponent on the road.

Two weeks after losing by three points at Illinois, the Ragin' Cajuns ultimately fell one drive short again, this time in Saturday's bitter 45-37 loss to Kansas State.

UL, which trailed 28-3 late in the first half, rallied to make it a one-possession game in the fourth quarter and got the ball back with 1:37 left. But quarterback Mike Desormeaux's pass to Ladarius Green on fourth down fell incomplete with no time left on the clock.

"The big thing that makes this emotional for us is that we feel we didn't play four quarters of football," said UL defensive tackle Lanier Coleman. "We feel like we came out and only played two quarters.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • September 27, 2008

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  MANHATTAN — Tysyn Hartman knew it almost immediately.

With Kansas State trying to hang on to a five-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, and with the Wildcats facing a fourth-and-2 at their own 42-yard line, Louisiana gave them a look that all but dared them to take a gamble.

Deon Murphy said he and the Kansas State offense were surprised by the impromptu fake punt call. The fake punt helped seal the game for the Wildcats.

"We were punting the whole way, but they gave us a favorable look to run the fake," said Hartman, following K-State's 45-37 victory over the Ragin' Cajuns. "We had more people to block than they had to defend."

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By Jeffrey Rake
The Capital-Journal

[RaisingCajun08]

I will say it again. I dont think it was as risky as people say it was. KState just watched there film before the game.

[RaginRash]

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K-State special teams got a "C" from Capital-Journal. Interesting

[NOCajun]

_ When was the band called the Ragin Band from Cajun Land? It wasn't always called the Pride of Acadiana. The name of the band should reflect the university. We are the University of Louisiana not Acadiana. We are trying to get away from the regional connection to either Southwest Louisiana or Acadiana. We are all proud to be living (or to have lived) in the Acadiana and Lafayette area. We don't want the Lafayette connected to UL, yet we live in Lafayette. Why would we want the Acadiana connected to us? We are supposed to be the University of Louisiana, representative of the whole state of Louisiana. Otherwise, why not call us Louisiana Lafayette, it is where we are located. Let's not continue to further regionalize UL with the Acadiana band reference. It makes no sense to continue something that we have fought so hard to rid ourselves of. _

The Band was called the "Ragin' Band From Cajun Land" by the doofus director that was hired to replace Jim Goodman back in the early 1990's. NOBODY liked that name and I would do ANYTHING necessary to STOP it from coming back!!! You need to drop this issue NOW. WE ARE THE "PRIDE OF ACADIANA" FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, PERIOD!!!

[NOCajun]

_ Actually, it started earlier than that. 1984 was when, for a brief time, we officially attained the name "University of Louisiana" (w/o the city tag).

Sorry if I wasn't clear, but that IS what I meant. I also like TURBINE'S idea of Louisiana's Pride of Acadiana Marching Band.

Hey CB, any chance you might get to run that by BT sometime this week??

[RaginRash]

I thought Z declared a moratorium on this kind of talk....

[Zeebart21]

_ The Band was called the "Ragin' Band From Cajun Land" by the doofus director that was hired to replace Jim Goodman back in the early 1990's. NOBODY liked that name and I would do ANYTHING necessary to STOP it from coming back!!! You need to drop this issue NOW. WE ARE THE "PRIDE OF ACADIANA" FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, PERIOD!!! _

Dude, we have a game against ULM Saturday.

Z