The Book: 2004 FOOTBALL

[DestinCajun]

Originally posted by Turbine
Louisiana AVERAGED 4.1 How they did it I do not know. I mean this is the most yards Troy has given up on the ground ALL YEAR

I might be wrong so check the team stats but I believe we average around 4 yds a rush.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by Redbug58 *
"My kids were each given one of the free footballs when entering the stadium. I couldn't believe how good they were!! Regulation size and high quality!! Thanks "Hibernia", "Courtesy Motors", and 107.9FM. This is absolutly the best item that I've ever seen given out. Thank you University of Louisiana & the great sponsers!!!!!"

[RaisingCajun08]

Rolling to his right is 10x easier than rolling to his left.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by RaginCajun08
Rolling to his right is 10x easier than rolling to his left.

Diving must have been a pain.

Touchdowns ease the pain.

[Cajun1997]

Best Offensive Player: Sophomore RB Kevin Payne

Payne is out for the season. He had pretty much been replaced by JC transfer Mason Denham even before the injury. IMHO, QB Steven Jyles is their best offensive player. As he goes so goes the Indians offense.

Best Defensive Player: Senior LB John Winchester

Winchester leads the team in tackles but it can be argued that Free Safety Chris Harris is their best defensive player he has had a great season as has their RS-Fr CB Chaz Williams from Lake Charles. These three guys are the ones to watch on defense.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by DestinCajun
I might be wrong so check the team stats but I believe we average around 4 yds a rush.

Louisiana reached and exceeded its average vs Troy.

UL was the 1st team to do that all year. Troy's defense simply does not allow the run. What UL did on Saturday (4.1) was amazing.

ps just a note to say I started this thread before the game.

In my opinion it's not "hard headed" or "pig headed" when you actually achieve your goals. I don't know of any team in the country that wouldn't take a 4.1 yard averge vs Troy.

[Turbine]

I wonder, are they still Acadiana North

[Cajun1997]

Originally posted by Turbine
I wonder, are they still Acadiana North

Turbine, you have been hanging around Snote too much. All I can say is :confused:

[BrockMeaux]

I know former Abbeville all-everything standout Travin Moore is playing SS for ULM, as are a couple other New Iberia/Cecelia/etc. guys, so I guess they still are "Acadiana North."

Which reminds me. When we (the band) were on the sideline before half against Troy, one of the coaches asked me what Acadiana was and I had to explain to him how the more-or-less Southwestern corner of Louisiana is known as Acadiana and how different it is from much of the state, and then broke down how we were different from East and Northern LA.

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LOUISIANA La. — Two programs with the same first name will clash this Saturday in Monroe, and the two teams have more in common than that.

Coach Rickey Bustle’s Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns saw their chance at a winning season go up in smoke with last Saturday’s 13-10 loss to Troy in the 2004 season home finale.

The Indians of Louisiana-Monroe also took it on the chin last weekend, falling 37-24 at Middle Tennessee.

So the two 4-6 squads will be battling for bragging rights, recruiting attention and momentum for their offseason training regimen when they meet at Malone Stadium on the ULM campus.

It’s not the way the Cajuns hoped to end the season, but if they can defeat the Indians it will still represent a step forward from last year’s 4-8 finish.

From the time Jerry Babb was intercepted in the Troy end zone on the game’s first drive to his last pickoff with 17 seconds remaining — both at the hands of alert Troy defender Johnny Faulk — Bustle’s Cajuns were misfiring on offense last Saturday.

They ran well enough, netting 135 yards against a defense that had been yielding just 80 per game, as redshirt freshman Abdule Levier put together his best game with 53 yards on just seven attempts.

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Troy defense set tone for Cajun home finale

LOUISIANA La. — It figured to be a battle of Louisiana´s offense against Troy´s nationally-ranked defense, with the victor in that battle likely winning the war.

Those that went to Cajun Field expecting that weren´t disappointed.

The visiting Trojans escaped with a 13-10 victory, but had to stop the Ragin´ Cajun offense three times in the final nine minutes after the hosts rallied from a 13-0 deficit with back-to-back scores.

"That´s by far the best defensive team we´ve played," said Cajun offensive line coach Mike Gibson. "All of those rankings are well deserved."

Troy entered the game ranked fifth nationally (80.4 yards per game) in rushing defense, but the Cajuns rushed for 135 yards and nearly matched their season average (151.0) after being held to only 78 yards last Friday in a loss to North Texas that eliminated them from the Sun Belt Conference race.

Cajun quarterback Jerry Babb threw for 147 yards while leading the offense on scoring drives of 40 and 81 yards in an eight-minute period in the second half.

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Louisiana Gannett News

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LOUISIANA La. — Stanley Smith and his defensive teammates had a point to make Saturday at Cajun Field.

They wanted to show that the Troy Trojans weren´t the only team in town with a sterling defense, and for most of the game their efforts paid dividends.

"We wanted to show them that we can play defense, also," said Smith, the senior linebacker who recorded 15 tackles in his home finale as a Cajun. "I think we stepped up to their level."

The Cajuns held Troy to 296 total yards, and the only Trojan touchdown came after a Jermaine Richardson fumble was disallowed on third down from the UL 22-yard line in the second quarter.

"I thought it was a fumble," Smith said, "but you have to run with the cards you´re dealt."

UL improved defensively last week in a 27-17 home loss to North Texas, and took another step on Saturday despite losing 13-10 to the Trojans.

"We knew they wanted to come in and establish the run," Smith said. "We had to hold the fort, `man´ up and make plays ... see who´s the first to give up."

"Our defense has played awfully good games the last two weeks," coach Rickey Bustle said. "I think they´re just playing the scheme better. We´ve made enough mistakes early in the season, and now we´re learning from them.

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