The Book: 2004 FOOTBALL

[waterboy]

A good time was has by all. Nice to meet some of the Northshore Cajuns. RaginFan2 and his wife and the Zatarain's. Incluging the LSUAMBR boy that sat with us. GEAUX CAJUNS.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by waterboy
A good time was has by all. Nice to meet some of the Northshore Cajuns. RaginFan2 and his wife and the Zatarain's. Incluging the LSUAMBR boy that sat with us. GEAUX CAJUNS.

Jay reported in the 1st quarter that the game was blacked out in Louisiana. :confused:

[Cajun1997]

(1-0) (3-2) Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
(1-0) (1-4) Arkansas State
(1-0) (1-4) North Texas
(1-1) (3-2) Troy University
(1-1) (2-3) Utah State
(1-1) (1-4) New Mexico State
(0-2) (1-3) Middle Tennessee
(0-1) (1-4) Idaho
(0-1) (0-4) Louisiana-Monroe

[RaginFan2]

Nice to meet the guys from New Iberia! Enjoyed the camraderie. We had a pretty good Cajun contingent at the Tailgaters. Nice to get the UL-FIU game on the big screen. Nice to meet Bobby & spouse and Jim (LSU alum but HS buddy of Bobby's who cheered along with us). A few other Cajun fans were there including the Zatarains. Fun time, exciting game and a victory!

[snote]

Originally posted by that gumbo guy?
i also heard something simular .. not 100% of when he said it.. did hear him say "welcome to the radio"..
although, he also said something to the effect "according to what we have been told".. hence i am guessing he did not check w/the northshore.. (tee-hee)..

was i the only one calling him (and the stinking guy) during the game to be able to listen to us "blacked out".. i got no answer (grins..)

ps. great time.. great win.. can't you just picture jay talking with tony samuels about next week's game?

[KimoSC]

Got a chance to see the second half on a replay. Babb and the O looked dangerous.

Haven't seen a UL fb game on tv out here in a while (ever??). Cool! Congrats on the win!!

[NewsCopy]

Defense steps up when needed with two big INT returns for TDs.

MIAMI — One that looked almost too easy almost became upsettingly hard.

Louisiana escaped with a 43-34 victory over Florida International here on Saturday night, earning a 3-2 record to take to Las Cruces, New Mexico for next week's resumption of Sun Belt Conference play at New Mexico State.

Thankfully enough, bookend touchdowns on interceptions both began and ended the contest for coach Rickey Bustle's squad, saving an at-times impressive performance from turning sour.

Defensive end Travis Bass rambled 36 yards to score with a pickoff of Josh Padrick with 11:41 remaining in the first period for a 7-0 UL lead.

That was the one that almost sent a wrong signal.

“I think we did relax a little bit after that touchdown,” Babb said. “But then they scored their first touchdown and we got back in the groove.

“We knew then it would be a hard-fought game.”

He didn't know how hard-fought at the time, but he knew the touchdown was a special one.

The rest of the story

Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Comiskey’s foot, FIU miscues help Cajuns move to 3-2

MIAMI — It would be hard to find wilder moments on a balmy night in south Florida, even on South Beach, than fans saw Saturday at FIU Stadium.

Louisiana and Florida International put together a catalog of big plays and highlight reel material before a crowd of 10,022 with the visiting Ragin’ Cajuns finally prevailing 43-34 to improve to 3-2 and get an extended 8,800-mile road swing started on a positive note.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been over .500 at this point in the season,” said sophomore quarterback Jerry Babb, who hit 30-of-42 passes for 302 yards and a touchdown.

“The important thing is, we found a way to win.”

“That’s exactly right,” UL coach Rickey Bustle said. “Mistakes were made on both sides tonight. I don’t think we came out flat. We might not have been as focused as we could be.

“I’ll tell you what, though. Florida International has a heck of a team. I thought that when we saw film of the one game they’d played. They fought their hearts out.

“I told the players we might have got away with one. But we found a way to win and that’s what championship teams do.”

The rest of the story

Jason Brown
jasbrown@gannett.com

[NewsCopy]

MIAMI - Sean Comiskey's 41-yard field goal with 25 seconds left broke a tie, and Antwain Spann's interception return for another late score capped Louisiana-Lafayette's 43-34 victory over Florida International on Saturday night.

Comiskey's kick came on a drive where the Rajun' Cajuns were stopped near midfield and elected to punt, but Florida International was flagged for having 12 players on the field - and the five yards were just enough to provide Louisiana-Lafayette (3-2) with a first down.

Jerry Babb completed 30 of 42 passes for 302 yards and a touchdown for Louisiana-Lafayette (3-2), and Dwight Lindon rushed for 66 yards and a pair of scores.

Josh Padrick threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns for Florida International (1-1), which hadn't played since winning at Youngstown State on Sept. 10. The Golden Panthers had one game postponed and another canceled because of the flurry of hurricanes that have hit Florida in recent weeks.

Louisiana-Lafayette held off three second-half comebacks by Florida International, which was playing its first game against a Division I-A opponent.

The Golden Panthers trailed 24-17 at halftime, but Harold Leath made a diving catch of a Padrick pass in the back of the end zone to tie the game at 24. The teams then traded field goals before Lindon scored his second touchdown on a 5-yard run with 5:04 left.

Less than three minutes later, Rashod Smith scored on a 1-yard burst, tying the game again at 34. Smith had 94 yards on 28 carries for Florida International, but Comiskey's third field goal of the night put his team ahead to stay.

Louisiana-Lafayette outgained Florida International 445-347.

The source of the story

[waterboy]

Once again Bil confuses me, was the game blacked out in Lafayette?????

ps don't fear the mullet.

[snote]

Originally posted by waterboy
Once again Bil confuses me, was the game blacked out in Lafayette?????

and whose pm mailbox is full? go figure.. (tee-hee)

ps don't fear the mullet.

well of course not.. i enjoy post's w/ps.'s

ps. maybe we just answer such direct question's to those that "have ears to hear", via the internet (smiling almost hard)

[waterboy]

My PM mailbox is now empty.

And no Jay did not check in with the Northshore, probably because I bother him about streaming his show too. All I need now is Sportsnote to be streamed where I could listen with Windows Media Player, then all would be right in my world.