The Book: 2007 Football

[Mineshaft]

_ Didn't know that about your wife, Charlie. Good story! Thanks so much for making your way to the Eaque! It was the highlight of my Saturday! Will try to come your way this Saturday!

Z. _

Bustle up zebra......

[CajunCharlie]

_ Didn't know that about your wife, Charlie. Good story! Thanks so much for making your way to the Eaque! It was the highlight of my Saturday! Will try to come your way this Saturday!

Z. _

I should have made that trek some time ago. I really got lucky...I even got to meet Rhineaux. Oh well, you know the old saw...I would much rather be lucky than good!!

I wish you could have made the trek Saturday. The number of visitors at the Krewe's site was unbelievable. There were McNeese fans, and fans from all over having a blast. At any one time there were no less than seventy folks sampling the food, beverage of choice, the music and our special brand of joie de vie.

Cher, we passed a good time yeah!

Make the trek, and tow Rhineaux along.

[Zeebart21]

Bustle up zebra......

You familiar with the term, Bas Clas? You live it every day.

Z.

PS Baaaaahhhh, means no!

[CajunNation]

_ Then why recruit him if you have no intentions of using him?

He should have been in there at the end of the 3rd quarter.

No offense, but Des Mo is not a good QB. He is a great athlete who should be on the field because of his heart, leadership and athleticism, but not at the QB position. _

I agree with you about Desmo, but if we insist on running the zone option/spread, he gives us our best chance at success.

[sleepophile]

Is it true that Hundley is B I Moody's grandson ( the guy after whom the business school is named) ? A friend of mine who goes to LSU forwarded a link to a forum of theirs , where they were talking about this . If this is true ...wow! I wonder how this will affect the funding and stuff ...as he apparently has donated a lot of money to UL ...

[Cajun Power]

_ Is it true that Hundley is B I Moody's grandson ( the guy after whom the business school is named) ? A friend of mine who goes to LSU forwarded a link to a forum of theirs , where they were talking about this . If this is true ...wow! I wonder how this will affect the funding and stuff ...as he apparently has donated a lot of money to UL ... _

He is B. I. Moody's grandson.

I have a feeling this won't affect the status of their contributions to the university.

I don't know if they are big benefactors of the athletic program, but wasn't Hundley going to UL somewhat of a suprise? I heard he was leaning towards LSU or Ole Miss and just assumed he went here because he felt he wouldn't get a chance at either school. If UL athletics was such a big deal to he and his family, he probably would have been more committed to the program. My guess is that he felt that he wasn't ever going to get a chance and decided it wasn't worth the effort to sit on the bench.

I'm just speculating, but I wouldn't worry.

[Cajunbander]

I understand the concept of not over blowing your instrument. But our band has the lungs of a 2 yr old. Play something loud. Play an up to date song that all the college kids know. Variety is something this band lacks. Not taking it out on the band either, I just wanna nod my head and maybe play some air drums along with them.

That wasn't very nice.

It's not that we have the lungs of 2 year olds. It's the ratio of woodwinds to brass players. You really can't hear a woodwind instrument unless its in a concert hall or band room. Troy has waayyyy more brass players than it does woodwind players. If we had the same ratio in the PoA (Man I wish we did) we'd sound like them.

Either way, we can only do what our band director tells us. If you have a problem with it, don't bash us, talk to the director.

[Hammer58]

_ That wasn't very nice.

It's not that we have the lungs of 2 year olds. It's the ratio of woodwinds to brass players. You really can't hear a woodwind instrument unless its in a concert hall or band room. Troy has waayyyy more brass players than it does woodwind players. If we had the same ratio in the PoA (Man I wish we did) we'd sound like them.

Either way, we can only do what our band director tells us. If you have a problem with it, don't bash us, talk to the director. _

Please pass on to the band director that Respect should only be played after a victory. It is really out of place after a loss especially a bad loss.

[srevere51]

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Either way, we can only do what our band director tells us. If you have a problem with it, don't bash us, talk to the director. _

Truth is is it very difficult to hear the band as a whole. I disagree though, Respect should be buried. How about we play the Alma Mater after every game.... do we even have one?!

[Just1More]

_ That wasn't very nice.

It's not that we have the lungs of 2 year olds. It's the ratio of woodwinds to brass players. You really can't hear a woodwind instrument unless its in a concert hall or band room. Troy has waayyyy more brass players than it does woodwind players. If we had the same ratio in the PoA (Man I wish we did) we'd sound like them.

Either way, we can only do what our band director tells us. If you have a problem with it, don't bash us, talk to the director. _

I hear ya Cajunbander... but it is time to retire RESPECT. I say pull it back out when we absolutely know we finally have it (respect, that is). Tell your friends in the band not to play it, and if your band director has a problem with it, contact your friends on RaginPagin. We may need to pay him a visit.

I support the band 100%, but I agree that Troy has the brass and UL is cut way too heavy with woodwinds. UL will not attract the ballsy brass that it takes to make adequate sound (DCI style) until UL selects the right type of tunes. There are arrangements of recognizable tunes that fans can get into to and musicians can take pride in performing. There is a thing called playing to the crowd and not to your band director friends that your director is obviously struggling with. I would not mind talking to him. I maintain outstanding tact until I confront overwhelming stupidity.

I absolutely concur that the band students do not select the songs or the drill on the field. I have very little patience for stupidy in my life or the things I choose to entertain myself with, so I will speak to your band director if he chooses to mix it up. Let him know and I will visit him with a couple of other select friends.