His Louisiana football team is still basking in the afterglow of its first win over a member of an automatic-berth BCS conference in well over a decade.
Now, Rickey Bustle said, his biggest job is to curb that enthusiasm and prepare his Ragin' Cajuns for the highest-ranked opponent they'll face this season - and a team much better than the Kansas State squad the Cajuns beat 17-15 on Saturday.
"We don't get to live with the wins or losses very long," Bustle said Monday at his press gathering for Saturday's contest at ninth-ranked LSU. "This team does deserve a pat on the back. Having said that, we've got to take it with a grain of salt and keep pushing forward. The worst thing would be to let this be the shooting star for our season, because we have a lot of football left to play."
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