The Book: 2004 FOOTBALL

[1stTake]

I was in upper deck CC when the game started I thought "oh no three hours of drizzle" the Cajuns better win. After the game started it didn't drizzle again, and the Cajuns won. What a fun night. Travis Smothers is quick. Oh by the way upper deck has the best seats in the house.

[CajunFanatic91]

I was listening to the game all the way in NY, feed was perfect. Jay got really into the game. SOunds like we have a solid D, but we need to work on snaps and holding on to the ball in general, aswell as taking advantage of scoring oppertunities.

[RedBug58]

Well, now that it's in the books, the attendence was 22,000+. I think the estimates of 25,000+ would have been correct if that rain and lightening had not started around 5:00 or so. We all know people who were getting ready to go, saw the weather, then decided to stay home and watch football on TV. I think when people have season tickets or purchased tickets prior to the game, they are more inclined to brave the weather. If they are planning to just walk up and purchase the tickets before the game, it's easier to change their mind. This is one reason why season tickets are so important.

[manizzle]

I decided to post this thread today after the pathetic showing by our offense (especially the HB's) yesterday. How does a division AA school outproduce a division A school on offensive production. Yeah, we won the game, but its about time that we put all the pieces together. UL has more scholarships, a higher paid coaching staff, and more funds than NSU. Although I am proud of the win yesterday, we have no excuse to be outperformed on any side of the ball. The fans came out and answered the call this opening weekend, but now its time for Coach Bustle to respond. Offensive adjustments must be made quickly, because a performance like ours against NSU could not beat even the lowliest SBC opponent.

[CajunNation]

Originally posted by manizzle
I decided to post this thread today after the pathetic showing by our offense (especially the HB's) yesterday. How does a division AA school outproduce a division A school on offensive production. Yeah, we won the game, but its about time that we put all the pieces together. UL has more scholarships, a higher paid coaching staff, and more funds than NSU. Although I am proud of the win yesterday, we have no excuse to be outperformed on any side of the ball. The fans came out and answered the call this opening weekend, but now its time for Coach Bustle to respond. Offensive adjustments must be made quickly, because a performance like ours against NSU could not beat even the lowliest SBC opponent.

Our tailbacks are not very good. Coach bustle really hasn't signed a blue-chip RB yet. My only guess is that he's waiting to put a good O-line in place.

Caleb Rubin and Abdule Levier are better than the three RB's playing. Coach wants to redshirt Rubin, and Levier is hurt.

Right now, Jerry Babb is the best RB we have.

[Go_UL]

stats are for losers.
score board.

[RedBug58]

"Time for Coach Bustle to respond??"

Brother, Coach Bustle has been responding since the first day he got here. What we need is for people like you and I to respond by donating some cash to the recruiting budget.

[CajunNation]

Originally posted by RedBug58
"Time for Coach Bustle to respond??"

Brother, Coach Bustle has been responding since the first day he got here. What we need is for people like you and I to respond by donating some cash to the recruiting budget.

I agree to a point.

Exactly how much of a budget does NSU have? Johnese is better than any tailback we have on the roster.

[manizzle]

Originally posted by go_ul
stats are for losers.
score board.

I saw the scoreboard and it said that we only won 14 to 7. If you take this victory as some sort of great achievement, than you are mistaken. I am a huge UL fan, but I cant say that beating NSU by 1 touchdown is anything to brag about. We wouldn't have been so lucky against any SBC opponent. As coach bustle said, both teams made enough mistakes to lose the game. We were lucky that we had two short fields to work with, and although that can be correctly attributed to our excellent special teams play, the fact that we relied on our special teams to beat NSU is a sign that we still have a LONG way to go. Don't take this the wrong way. I am not putting us down, but this win should not be seen as a sign of our program making forward progress.

[CajunGuru]

"I agree to a point.

Exactly how much of a budget does NSU have? Johnese is better than any tailback we have on the roster."

Look, I agree if your point is that this staff has not signed any RB of the Caliber of Johnese or Sampson. But how do you guys think NWST signed these kids? They are called Props. Tech signed Sampson and Black , both could not make it into Tech. Moesby was a prop as well, the lone exception being Zieglar. Then you can throw in Div.1 transfers like Miracle,Davis and Meeks and you have a squad of the starting 24 that is as good or better then most of the SunBelt programs.

On another subject, the defense played base most of the night with the occasional blitz up the middle with Smith. NWST threw the kitchen sink at our offense with corners,linebackers and Safeties blitzing. This is not an excuse, but let's face the facts, NWST does have good talent. It's also obvious that Manizzle does not follow highschool football enough to know a whole lot about what talent NWST has in it's program.