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Cajuns get new look
Remodeling changes locker room, training areas.

LOUISIANA La. — When Louisiana' Ragin’ Cajuns report back to the athletic complex this afternoon to begin drills for the 2004 football season, they’ll see a different scene.

Those Cajuns who have been in summer school and have been working out regularly already know what’s in store, while those who have maintained their conditioning back home will be in for a surprise.

Remodeling work that began earlier this year is now all but complete, and the results are striking.

Coach Rickey Bustle’s squad has a new, expanded locker room to go with a bigger, better-equipped weight room.

The sports medicine staff has training room facilities and equipment representing almost a tripling of previous accomodations.

The athletic complex was built over 30 years ago, and had not seen an appreciable updating since that time despite the mushrooming of women’s sports and the increased needs of staff during that time.

But a recent fund-raising campaign has enabled Athletic Director Nelson Schexnayder to attack some of those glaring shortcomings at long last.

Combined with work under way on the track and field-soccer facility, and future plans for an expanded complex and an all-purpose indoor practice facility that will accommodate several sports, the Cajuns are marching into a new era.

The Cajuns report today and have meetings and physicals, then will begin fall drills on Monday with freshmen at 2:30 p.m. and varsity joining them at 3:30.

Media Day activities are set for Friday, with Fan Day a week from today at 6 p.m. at Cajun Field.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com