The Book: 2007 Football

[RaginFan2]

If we get 120 rushing; we'll lose by two TD's.

Now the 250 passing to go with 250 rushing.... THAT I can live with.

Heck, I'd settle for 200 yards passing (to go along with the 250 rushing)!

[Damon]

I'll take 370 yards of offense any way I can get it. I'm expressing a hope that we can exploit a team that over prepares for the run.

[NewsCopy]

Despite the surprising return of Greg Hathorn to the active roster, UL's injury list was longer than expected Wednesday heading into this weekend's home football opener against Ohio University. The Cajuns had nearly a dozen players in limited or no-contact jerseys during Wednesday's two-hour workout in shoulder pads and shorts. Three players that took part in last Saturday's opener at South Carolina are either out or doubtful for the Ohio game - offensive tackle Brad Bryant (knee), defensive end Hall Davis (ankle) and backup defensive back Michael Schultz (elbow, out). The rest of the story Dan McDonald

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  Official Louisiana Injury Report (as of Wednesday, September 5, 2007):

Luke Aubrey, WR (ankle – probable, upgraded from questionable);
Brad Bryant, OL (knee – questionable, downgraded from probable);
Hall Davis, DL (ankle – questionable);
Johnathan Decoster, OL (knee – probable);
Tre’ Green, LB (hamstring – doubtful);
Greg Hathorn, DL (head – probable);
Eric Jones, TE (ribs – probable);
Torres Kingsby, DB (shoulder – doubtful);
Lamar Morgan, DB (hip – probable);
Mark Risher (knee – probable);
Caleb Rubin, WR (hamstring – probable, upgraded from out);
Michael Schultz, DB (elbow – out);
Derrick Smith, WR (hamstring – probable).

RaginCajuns.com

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The rash of upsets and near-upsets in college football's opening week probably brought smiles to the faces of Rickey Bustle and Frank Solich. Not too many years ago, those thoughts would have sent chills down their spines. In the recent past, both the UL and Ohio football coaches were part of upper-echelon programs, ones consistently among the nation's elite. Thoughts of upsets at Virginia Tech, where Bustle served for 13 seasons, or Nebraska, Solich's home for more than a quarter-century, would have been ... well, upsetting. The Ragin' Cajuns nearly came away with one of those upsets last weekend before falling at South Carolina 28-14. The Bobcats, who come to Cajun Field Saturday for UL's home opener, have had a couple of head-turning wins in the last two years over Pittsburgh and Illinois, and they'll go for an even bigger one next Saturday at Bustle's old stomping grounds at Virginia Tech. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[rhineaux]

_ I'll take 370 yards of offense any way I can get it. I'm expressing a hope that we can exploit a team that over prepares for the run. _

all I care about is the win. but I think that you've got a point. they'll be looking for the run, and so mixing in the pass would be a good idea. I think that unless they've got some superstars in their secondary, we'll be able to be much more successful in the passing game. so I certainly would look to see a little more passing. However, if we get up a TD or two early, I also think there is a good chance we'll start rushing the ball exclusively to keep that clock moving.

those guys on the Ohio message boards are rather confident that they can stop the option becasue they see it from other teams they play, and their DC has a scheme that's pretty good against the option, and that their pretty good about covering the QB and the pitch man and so on. But this isn't any regular option where every play is a sweep. this is much more complex than that.

[DestinCajun]

_ If we get 120 rushing; we'll lose by two TD's.

Now the 250 passing to go with 250 rushing.... THAT I can live with. _

LOL! Now that is balance in your offense!

[Zeebart21]

all I care about is the win. but I think that you've got a point. they'll be looking for the run, and so mixing in the pass would be a good idea. I think that unless they've got some superstars in their secondary, we'll be able to be much more successful in the passing game. so I certainly would look to see a little more passing. However, if we get up a TD or two early, I also think there is a good chance we'll start rushing the ball exclusively to keep that clock moving.

those guys on the Ohio message boards are rather confident that they can stop the option becasue they see it from other teams they play, and their DC has a scheme that's pretty good against the option, and that their pretty good about covering the QB and the pitch man and so on. But this isn't any regular option where every play is a sweep. this is much more complex than that.

I gotta believe those big "midwestern hawgs" will be sucking wind about midway thru the second qtr, too.

Run that hurry up offense, RUN IT!!

POOOOOOOOOOH!

Z

[BurninCayenne]

I found this http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageb...D=6&PID=115665

[Just1More]

_ I'll take 370 yards of offense any way I can get it. I'm expressing a hope that we can exploit a team that over prepares for the run. _

Agree. We have weapons all over our offense. I hope we run all over them, score at will, and pick up 1 special team and 2 defensive touchdowns to boot. But, if I were Ohio, I would not count on shutting down a "simple" running game and "force" us into a passing game. It will be a beautiful thing if they, as others will, toss out a balanced defense to attempt to shut down our running game.

[gridiron]

I can't believe yall have been so womanized that you get hung up on pc terms and moral victories is now a banned term. I was trying to talk about the game instead you want to talk about what is and isn't a moral victory. It is sad I am drawn in. No matter there are still moral victories. Moral victories are parts of the game the coaches are not panicking over.

[Cajunsmike]

_ Even if it is an accepted phrase, I don't like using it. Trust me, the football team is after flat out wins, not moral victories. The fans and foes can chatter infinitum about the upside/downside of a game.

You want to know the flipside of our playing a "good game"... South Carolina got the win, but probably have fans saying it was a "moral failure". Well, Bubba actually said "hey man, em cocks batter stap it up cum SEC play er weer gonna be inna worl da hurt".

No matter how that game gets sliced, I had many posititve take-aways from the game. I'm not going to remove the significant achievements that happened in that game, by some really tough whiner blabbing about accepting nothing but complete victory. I've never found a person that talked about "failure is not an option" that had a winning record in their own life. They always superimpose that requirement on something or someone else.

On to the Bobcats... _

You learn much more in life from failures than success. Let's hope we learned enough last week to win this week.