The Book: 2007 Football

[cajunmaniac]

_ You are right. The O line got their asses handed to them. But in all fairness, every aspect of the team was horrible Saturday. We can't just point the finger at one thing. _

Our O-line is horrible, they were by far the worst aspect of Saturday.

[geo_cajun]

You are right. The O line got their asses handed to them. But in all fairness, every aspect of the team was horrible Saturday. We can't just point the finger at one thing.

I agree, I was mainly referring to why Dez wasn't pulled.

[srevere51]

_ The only problems I have with that comment is that UL had a dumpster next to the entrance, basicly empty and the FANS ignored it and placed their cans and bottles on the ground!!! SAD FANS!!!

In the future placing several trash containers midway and infront of the entrance would make more sense and hopefully the fans will place their cups, bottles, and cans in the container!!

DaddyCajun _

Well when we went into the McNeese game, there was no dumpster...... even worse, for the Ohio game there was a dumpster, but no one wanted to actually open the dumpster. Instead, they just placed the bottles and cans etc... on the lid.

[Cajunfever]

Not only is he B I Moody's grandson, John's dad played football for the Cajuns in the 70's.

[Cajunpride101]

What's your point?

[dland29]

thanks, i went there for 4 years and now i'm attending lsu. i love ul, its a great school and i miss it alot.

[CajunKate]

I just don't think about it, and you shouldn't catch hell dland29, as long as you aren't UL bashing on a UL board I don't mind LSU fans coming on at all.

I couldn't agree more! The only thing I hate more than LSU fans who love to come on the boards and get their jollies degrading Cajun football are those who don't even have the agenda of defending their loyalty to a program but, nonetheless, loooooooooove to come crawling out from under their rock to kick us when we're down (*cough* Mineshaft*cough*).

[Cajunpride101]

_ thanks, i went there for 4 years and now i'm attending lsu. i love ul, its a great school and i miss it alot. _

LSU is fielding a fine team this year. They are forgetting the days of Gerry Dinardo.

[Sonsissymia]

_ Not only is he B I Moody's grandson, John's dad played football for the Cajuns in the 70's. _

even more reason to look at the quitting with disdain.

[MissingMandy]

_ 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. _

I don't care whos grandson he is, you don't walk away from your teammates or your coaches when they are down.

[KingFish]

I'm a newbie here--this is my first post--but I've been reading the board for a while now. I have noticed a great deal of disappointment with the coaching staff, and indeed the players themselves, for being unprepared, under-motivated, and unenthusiastic during the McNeese debacle. I completely and wholeheartedly agree. As an alumnus I found it sickening, and I believe it is time for change somewhere in the program.

Generally, however, most posters have expressed pleasure with the large crowd at the stadium and have said things like "it was a great atmosphere."

I completely disagree with that statement. Sheer numbers do not correlate to a great college football atmosphere.

Even early in the game, before it became too apparent that bad things were brewing, our crowd acted as if they were at a high school football game. No noise--unless you count the ambient noise from conversations--no sense of when to cheer, scream, holler, clap, or stomp. The students did their part for a while, and a few people sprinkled here and there in the stadium seemed to know what it means to function as a twelfth-man, but, beyond that, most people were simply onlookers, in my opinion.

I would say that there is a miscomprehension among most Cajun fans, created by years of losing leading to years of apathy, about what a crowd should do. The crowd should not REACT to the play on the field; the crowd instead should attempt to INFLUENCE the play on the field by distracting the opponent's offense and encouraging our defense.

I am certain many of us have been to SEC or Big XII games. Although we will never compete with those leagues in terms of attendance, that does not mean we can not learn a thing or two about the crowd's role in the game. Ask Texas A$M about the benefits of a twelfth man; ask anybody opposing team walking out of Jordan-Hare, Tiger, or War Memorial stadiums in the SEC about the influence of the crowds. The role of the crowd should not be underestimated.

In short, LAST SATURDAY WAS NOT A "GREAT ATMOSPHERE." It was a bunch of people sitting around watching, not participating in, a football game.

Perhaps I'm alone in these sentiments, but I don't think so. I'd like to hear your comments.

[Hammer58]

There are a lot of people that sit on their hands at games. We have discussed that many times. However, recently I can see where less and less people are getting up to exhort the defense on in third down situations mainly due to the fact that our defense is terrible in stopping anyone from converting on third down, especially third and long. It is a trend that has continued from last year. In the center of the upper deck the crowd used to stand, clap and yell for a third down stop. Now each week it seems less and less are doing it because they don't see any positive result from it. Pretty soon if the trend continues (especially on the field) I guess I might be the only one standing up on third down.