The Book: 2007 Football

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On top of star running back Tyrell Fenroy, UL will also be without the services of four other players who would be starters or regular contributors on Saturday. Starting center Chris Fisher, who injured a knee in pregame warmups before the Troy game last Saturday, and starting linebacker Mark Risher, with a recurring shoulder injury, will not make the trip to Orlando. Ditto rotating tight end Erik Jones with a knee injury, while safety Torres Kingsby will miss his fourth straight game with a pulled hamstring. Freshman backup fullback Matt Desormeaux, younger brother of starting quarterback Michael Desormeaux, had surgery on his injured ankle this week and will be sidelined the remainder of the season. The rest of the story Dan McDonald

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UL running back Tyrell Fenroy was officially listed as "out" for Saturday's game at Central Florida, meaning the Cajuns' career yardage leader among running backs will in effect be sidelined a second straight week. Fenroy, who injured his right ankle late in the McNeese State game two weeks ago, played one series against Troy last weekend and carried one time for one yard. "He won't be on the trip," Cajun coach Rickey Bustle said Wednesday after UL's two-hour practice. "He hasn't been able to practice any this week, so we're going to let him heal up another week and try to have him ready for next week." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Two years ago when Central Florida came to Cajun Field, the Golden Knights had won a grand total of one out of 14 games under coach George O'Leary. They'd never won a road game since O'Leary took over in time for a winless 2004 season. But everything changed when John Brown made a 28-yard field goal with three seconds left, giving UCF a rain-soaked 24-21 win over the Ragin' Cajuns. The Knights only lost one game the rest of the season, advancing to the Conference USA championship game and making the program's first bowl appearance in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Things come full circle Saturday when the Cajuns travel to Orlando to face a Knight team that has bounced back strong from a 4-8 disappointment last year. UCF already has a season-opening win over North Carolina State and a close call with Texas before pounding C-USA foe Memphis 56-20 last Saturday. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[AstroCajun]

Ah, the 'ol "wait 'til next year." They've been selling us that bill of goods for awhile now. The problem is, "next' year has always been a disappointment under Bustle.

If you think my post was a "wait until next year" post, you've got it wrong.

What I'm saying is that you cannot evaluate this team in a vacuum. There are other teams in this conference whose talent level ebbs and flows just like ours. Right now our defense is at its ebb and unfortunately, it comes at a time while the other schools' offenses are flowing. That situation does reverse itself.

There's just too much parity in this conference now for any one team to dominate for any longer than a year or two.

[CajunProud]

_ Sunbelt may be the worst in D1A, but it is because we are the newest conference. We are making ground as a conference and a program. We are certainly not the weakest conference in the country! We are stronger than the D1aa, D11 etc.


Some more great things are getting ready to happen for UL Athletics so lets not thwart the great efforts of many others, lets be more positive than "Crapbelt" statements!!

Thanks,
DaddyCajun _

Sorry DC. I have just been very frustrated (as everybody has) for the last few weeks. I'll try to hold my tongue.

[Essency]

I'm disappointed I won't get to see Tyrell on the field Saturday (non-sarcastically speaking). It's smart though getting him game-ready for the more-important conference schedule. I hope he's healthy for the UNT game next week.

At least Desormeaux will be behind center this week.

Go Knights!!!

[HoustonCajun]

_ All this shows is that the Crapbelt is still the worst conference in the country. _

I hate this conference as well. But, our only option is being an Independent, which is not really an option. The worse part is, UL is one of the worse teams in the conference and is one of the main reasons it is rated so low. We do absolutely nothing to help our cause.

[SlappyCajun]

Turbine-

You know that just because Bustle worked for Frank Beamer that does not mean every single one of his assistants that gets another job will do exactly like him. Take Coach K at Duke...

Tommy Amaker at Michigan fired
Quinn Snyder at Missouri fired

He coached Michael Vick, the most talented athlete in college football in the past decade. You would never know a good play call from a bad cuz Vick would make more out of busted plays than good ones.

We are 0 and 4. We are a bad football program, and have been that way for a long time. I came to games with Baldwin when our friends were literally the only people sitting in the entire section on the student side of the field. Bustle has raised the program a few notches which I will always be extremely grateful for. I know the program was bad, FAU didn't even have a program, and now they are going on the road beating big 10 teams.

I like Bustle, and want him to figure it out. If he gets another year, that's fine so be it. But no one can gripe about people not going to fan day, or leaving tailgating to go into the games, because quite frankly people are tired of watching their team lose, at least if they stay outside they can be happy and party with friends.

[WriterKnight]

I was sorry to read that Fenroy wouldn't make the trip--he sounds like he'd be a fun guy to watch.

[Kernel]

There's just too much parity in this conference now for any one team to dominate for any longer than a year or two.

Even accepting your premise (which I think is flawed), Bustle's teams have continually disappointed because UL hasn't been the best team in the league for one season under him, much less two.

He's had time. Now I'm not naive enough to think the university will actually step up and fire him after this season given the money he is owed. But I do expect us the reach a new post-Baldwin low for the program. I just hope someone can fix the damage.