Podcast: Ragin Review EXCLUSIVE: Coach Mark Hudspeth

[RaginReview]

We'll celebrate the historic 2011 NOLA Bowl Champions on Saturday, but today, we sit down with the man who orchestrated it all. Former Ragin Cajun Head Football Coach Mark Hudspeth joins the podcast for an exclusive interview. The boys ask about polarizing topics during his tenure, his journey since leaving the UL Football program, game week leading up to the 2011 Bowl game, Coach Mike Desormeaux, Billy Napier, attendance, promotion, selling the program to Acadiana, and biggest regrets. Coach Hud is candid and gracious with his time. Let's relive some great old memories together!

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[Turbine]

Can't wait.

I'm in the middle of listening to the episode with James, Kyle and 71

[ZoomZoom]

Good job.

[Million$Mullet]

Gulf Shores interview policy wasn't violated right?

JK this is an awesome get fellas

[RedTails]

Listening now.

[fanof71]

Awesome! HUD was a class act!

[zeppelincajun]

Gulf Shores interview policy wasn't violated right? JK this is an awesome get fellas

LOL

[Turbine]

That was incredible.

Without raising his voice I want to run through a brick wall for that man.

Standing O Saturday.

[Million$Mullet]

LOL

NM

[RedTails]

Man that was awesome to listen to. Great questions and conversation. I wish I would have watched the Youtube video (realized that existed after the fact), but listened via podcast player.

Felt a lot of nostalgia, gratefulness, and like I was hearing from a long-lost friend to be honest.

So many things worth note in the interview, but really loved his insight on the effort and purposefulness of going out into the community and engaging with people to generate interest in the program.

"...I invited people, people want to be invited to something..."

Something so simple and obvious but just makes sense when someone says it out loud.

"Giving people roles, people love to have a role to be a part of something."

It was nice to get his retrospective of what went wrong towards the end and how "I started worrying more about building buildings instead of building the culture."

Can't wait to see him and the team Saturday, and I hope we have a big crowd to welcome him back to a standing ovation.

[RaginScotsman]

Got to tell you, I loved that. So happy he came on and really answered some tough, but well framed questions.

Hearing him speak about the program again got me a little amped. His passionate promotion of the program was/still is unmatched.

[Turbine]

Every person available that was in the Superdome on December 17, 2011 needs to be at Cajun Field on September 10, 2022