Cajuns keep composure for bizarre victory

[NewsCopy]

Not sure who won the fight, but Cajuns definitely won the war.

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[IberiaCajun]

"Washington also said the home crowd, led by the student section, got him pumped up. Shepherd said it showed on the court."

So, if the Cajuns kept their composure, why did Marlin have to apologize?
P.C.!

[Turbine]

So, if the Cajuns kept their composure, why did Marlin have to apologize?
P.C.!

The latest fad, 'Location Penalization.'

Same reason UL is undergoing NCAA sanctions, even though "There was nothing UL could have done to prevent" the situation. Proximity guilt.

[IberiaCajun]

The way things are going pretty soon they won't even keep score anymore and will just give everyone a "participation award." That will be the death knell for sure. There won't be anyone (except parents and loved ones) attending those 'performances.'

[raginsaints]

Student section looked weak to me

[Turbine]

Student section looked weak to me

New Strength Coach hadn't gotten around to the students yet.

[BirdofParadise]

"Washington also said the home crowd, led by the student section, got him pumped up. Shepherd said it showed on the court."

So, if the Cajuns kept their composure, why did Marlin have to apologize?
P.C.!

If anyone heard his pregame tonight he was pretty ____ed at the league office and didn't mince words about it.

[Zeebart21]

If anyone heard his pregame tonight he was pretty ____ed at the league office and didn't mince words about it.

Jay, so they forced him to apologize?

Z

[CajunEXPRESS]

If anyone heard his pregame tonight he was pretty ____ed at the league office and didn't mince words about it.

I was accessing the dome, and you know I didn't listen. You did a nice job with the women by the way. Give us the gist of him not mincing words.

[IberiaCajun]

If anyone heard his pregame tonight he was pretty ____ed at the league office and didn't mince words about it.

Well, what I took away from it was there were nine technicals, (5 on So. Alabama, 4 on the Cajuns) and he felt the Cajuns only deserved one. I think he felt the refs just automatically called the double technicals ('cause it's just easier for them that way) even though it was their guys instigating everything.
I felt their was one ref that really had it out for Shawn, for whatever reason. I think he called three of Shawn's fouls. I think Shawn played it smart by telling the ref what he thought AFTER he had fouled out when he got his technical from the bench...so he got six fouls for the price of 5. Good to see him come back with a good game Saturday night and attain another record.

[BirdofParadise]

Thanks. Doubleheaders can be tough, but man, that women's game was exciting.

He said he told the team at halftime to keep their poise. He didn't like what happened in the first half but he was going to stick up for his guys because "we're not going to be disrespected in our own building."

He felt the conference office was making them out to be a villain and he didn't appreciate it. He said the officials called double technicals because they called double technicals and it was because they couldn't handle the poor sportsmanship factor started by South Alabama. People would look at the boxscore and see four technical fouls against us when in reality it was one (Long in the second half.) One was on an assistant coach and the other two were because the officials didn't handle it properly.

Those aren't exact quotes (except that in quotation marks) but you get the gist.

Evidently the league ordered both coaches to issue "mea culpas" and take equal responsibility.

He said even more when the interview was over, but of course, that was off the record

[CajunEXPRESS]

That is what I was reading, we were equally at fault according to Karl Marx, but we were worse than them. It reminded me of his calling us out for his poor showing in NOLA basketball tournament. This is the same man who refused to be at stAte's big win for the conference championship this year.
This is the same man who put in motion a plan to strip our team of bowl revenues. This is the same man who calls us Louisiana and UL on your show and UL Laugh a yet everywhere else.

Karl and I won't break bread soon, that is for sure.