I was at the game last night. It started off great and as I've witnessed multiple times at various LSU venues it digressed as the game went on. With that said it was definitely a fun time. Got a huge kick out of the Cajun fan that got kicked off the LSU side late in the game.
A couple of points to discuss.
1.) Bob Marlin went after them because he is frustrated with the fact that LSU has refused to schedule the Cajuns in any capacity. According to a second hand comment they won't even bother returning a phone call to us. In the meantime they have played around 15 games against other in-state schools since the last time they played the Cajuns. Wade can talk three year rolling RPI all he wants but the bottom line is they do not want to play us. Marlin was right when he said they probably didn't like getting paired up against us in the NIT.
2.) Why the hatred? Because the CajunNation shows up and gives them a run for their money. We had our pep band, cheerleaders and a large and loud contingent of Cajun fans in the Pmac last night. I'd bet money they haven't seen that from an oppossing fan base in a long time. You think for one second that Southeastern, Nichols , UNO etc. bring any large number of fans to the Pmac? Heck I can't imagine any of their SEC foes bringing close to that many in. Translate that over to baseball and softball in the same manner.
Bottom line is we are less than 50 miles away and we can compete with them on the court, diamond, and in the stands. They aren't used to that and they don't like it. After all every other school in this state certainly "knows their place". They can't for the life of them figure out why we Cajuns can't just fall in line.