The Book 2008 Football

[UL_Cajuns]

28-14 StAte on top of FAU with 14:00 to go in 4th.

[UL_Cajuns]

28-14 StAte over FAU with 5:48 to geaux in 4th, StAte with the ball.

[UL_Cajuns]

2:48 StAte with the ball.
Same score.

[UL_Cajuns]

28-14 stAte beats FAU. FINAL.

All the cards in our corner.
Can we capitalize.
COME ON CAJUNS!!!!!!!!

[shof]

Thanks for the score. I'm watching CBS and they show pretty much every conference game score except for SunBelt!

[Trojan Delta Chi]

damnit, i was hoping FAU would put the Red Wolves away. now we HAVE to win on Dec. 6th to win outright.

[NewsCopy]

  UL - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns continued to struggle with injuries to key players, losing 48-3 at Troy on Saturday.

Running back Tyrell Fenroy injured his shoulder in the first half and was limited to 10 carries for 23 yards. He did make two receptions for nine yards.

UL (5-6, 4-2) can still capture a share of the Sun Belt Conference title, but must defeat Middle Tennessee on Dec. 3 and hope Arkansas State (5-5, 3-2) tops Troy (7-4, 5-1) on Dec. 6.

Troy took the opening kickoff of the second half and marched 71 yards in 10 plays, scoring on a five-yard pass from running back DuJuan Harris to Mykeal Terry. The score increased the Trojans lead to 24-3 with 10:39 remaining in the third quarter.

A 20-yard touchdown run by Kennard Burton capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive that put the hosts in front 31-3 late in the third quarter.

The Cajuns mounted a third quarter drive thanks to a 36-yard run by Michael Desormeaux and a 15-yard late hit penalty after the play. Desormeaux was replaced by Brad McGuire two plays later, but the Cajuns turned the ball over on downs at the Troy 18-yard line after a failed attempt on fourth down.

A Chris Masson interception led to another Trojans touchdown that put the game away.

Desormeaux led the Cajuns with 136 yards rushing on 15 carries. Jason Chery led all players with four receptions totaling 57 yards.

Harris finished with 28 carries for 234 yards with two rushing and one passing touchdown.

The Cajuns moved near midfield on the first possession of the game, but a dropped pass on third-and-nine stopped the drive.

Troy took over and moved 69 yards in eight plays, scoring on a nine-yard run by Harris. The Trojans did most of their damage with Harris, who ran five times for 53 yards on the drive.

Harris broke a 67-yard run on the next series, but Scooter Rogers forced a fumble that was recovered by Gerren Blount at the Cajuns four-yard line.

Desormeaux drove the Cajuns to the Troy 20-yard line with the help of a 39-yard rush, his longest rush in the past five games. Drew Edmiston’s 43-yard field goal was blocked by Cameron Sheffield and returned 65 yards for a touchdown by Jorrick Calvin.

It was the first opponent blocked field goal since 2004 and the first time a field goal was returned for a touchdown against the Cajuns in school history.

The Cajuns got on the board with a 29-yard field goal by Edmiston. After starting from near midfield, Desormeaux hit Chery with a 34-yard pass to the Trojans 15-yard line. The next three plays netted only four yards and the Cajuns took the three points from Edmiston.

Troy answered with a 42-yard field goal from Sam Glusman to take a 17-3 lead. The Cajuns appeared to have recovered a fumble during the drive, but a video review overturned the call on the field. It marked the second straight game in Troy that the Cajuns had a fumble recovery overturned by video review.

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[NewsCopy]

  TROY, Ala. - Troy made some history on special teams Saturday night against UL on the first play of the second quarter.

After Troy's Cameron Sheffield blocked a 43-yard field goal attempt by UL's Drew Edmiston, teammate Jorrick Calvin scooped up the ball and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown.

A Cajun opponent had not blocked a field goal since Middle Tennessee in 2004. It was the first blocked field goal returned for a touchdown against UL and the first for Troy in 18 years under head coach Larry Blakeney.

The last time a UL opponent scored on a blocked kick came on a punt block against Tennessee in 2007.

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Joshua Parrott • jparrott@theadvertiser.com • November 23, 2008

[NewsCopy]

  TROY, Ala. - As he stood on the field at Movie Gallery Stadium and tried to explain another poor performance, the pain of Saturday night's 48-3 loss to Troy swelled in the eyes of UL quarterback Michael Desormeaux.

Then a few tears leaked onto his right cheek.

"So many guys are playing hurt," said Desormeaux, who did manage 136 rushing yards before his sprained right knee forced him from the game late in the third quarter. "We gave effort, it just wasn't good enough."

As the calendar turned to November, everything was good enough for the Cajuns, who at the time were 5-3 overall and thinking Sun Belt championship - and New Orleans Bowl - with a 4-0 conference record.

But in short order, the injuries have been revealed.

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Bob Heist • bheist@theadvertiser.com • November 23, 2008

[NewsCopy]

  UL football coach Rickey Bustle isn’t getting too down on his team after a 48-3 loss to Troy on Saturday, his Cajuns’ third straight loss after a 5-3 start.

The Cajuns (5-6) could still tie for the Sun Belt Conference championship and they have a chance to earn an elusive postseason bowl berth, their first since 1970.

“It’s a great situation to be in,” Bustle said at his weekly media luncheon. “I want to be in this situation (playing the final game with so much on the line). Our team wants to be in this situation, our coaches want to be in this situation.

“You’re sitting here the last part of November and December and every game means something. We ain’t been in that situation since I’ve been here; we haven’t been in that situation in about 15 years.

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By GLENN QUEBEDEAUX
Special to The Advocate

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UL football coach Rickey Bustle isn’t getting too down on his team after a 48-3 loss to Troy on Saturday, his Cajuns’ third straight loss after a 5-3 start.

The Cajuns (5-6) could still tie for the Sun Belt Conference championship and they have a chance to earn an elusive postseason bowl berth, their first since 1970.

“It’s a great situation to be in,” Bustle said at his weekly media luncheon. “I want to be in this situation (playing the final game with so much on the line). Our team wants to be in this situation, our coaches want to be in this situation.

“You’re sitting here the last part of November and December and every game means something. We ain’t been in that situation since I’ve been here; we haven’t been in that situation in about 15 years.

"Isn't getting too down on his team....."??????

"It's a great situation to be in....."??????

"Our team wants to be in this situation, our coaches want to be in this situation."?????

Are you KIDDING me???!!!????

Had you been able to make a SINGLE adjustment in any ONE of the last THREE games you lost THIS year and how many more in the seven years prior, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU CALL "GREAT"!!!!!!

1. Lets find the money
2. Lets find the coach(es) --(Include B'Ball here)
3. Let's do all we can to improve athletics IT MATTERS!!!
-Just ask Boise State, Utah, Hawaii, and now BALL STATE!!

[CajunZ1]

_ Had you been able to make a SINGLE adjustment in any ONE of the last THREE games you lost THIS year and how many more in the seven years prior, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE SITUATION THAT YOU CALL "GREAT"!!!!!!

Bustle will never be accused of being a straight-talker, that's for sure.

The fact is, he's right to an extent. It is great to be in a position where the last game means something. ONLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TERRIBLE FOR EONS. So yes coach, it's great. Thanks (kind of).

Not only did we lose the last three games, but we lost them looking as bad or worse than any of our previous 7 Bustle-coached teams.

I wish he'd address why this happened (injuries are not the only problem with this team)