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[Cajun1997]

you are so right Chris.

[Cajun1997]

Other than the words I edited out great article
Point After : Sports Column
Kemisha Ware - Vermilion Sports Editor

No, the season is not over. The Cajuns have two road games remaining at Arkansas and UL Monroe, but for some Cajun fans, Saturday was their last chance to see UL (1) football at its best.

In their home finale, the Ragin’ Cajuns defeated Arkansas State 13-10, while Cajun quarterback Eric Rekieta made his debut as a starter.

Saturday’s contest was packed with excitement. Quarterbacks passed (Rekieta was 25 of 33), receivers caught ( Fred Stamps had eight catches for 134 yards) and running backs rushed (Jerome Coleman had 16 carries for 65 yards).

Did I mention the kicking? Cajun freshman Sean Comiskey converted on two crucial field goals. The final kick, a 49-yarder, gave the Cajuns the win. The Cajuns, who have won two straight games, won’t contend for the New Orleans Bowl, but still came out on top in some strange way.

Congratulations goes out to the team and to the fans, who reached the magic mark of 15,000. More than 14,000 fans (14,117 to be exact) showed up to watch the Sun Belt Conference battle. It is now official that UL Lafayette’s total attendance for the 2002 home season is 75,279. That’s great because it averages out to be 15,056. Just in case you don’t know, or you have been hiding under some rock, 15,000 was the mark to meet for Cajun fans this season. This Spring, the NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors finalized criteria for Division I-A membership.

The new criteria specify that Division I-A schools must average 15,000 (there’s that number again) in actual attendance for all home games, and play a minimum of five regular-season home games against Division I-a opponents. This season, UL (2) has surpassed last year’s average by almost 2,000 fans. UL (3)’s best attendance last season was 17,353 for its Oct. 27 homecoming game The average for each game was 13,323. The Cajuns have improved in many areas this season. Not only did they reverse last years’ home game record of 2-3, they managed to pull in 20,512 fans to watch their home opener. The 20,000 fans, who showed up to watch UL (4) fall to Minnesota, made up for the games that had low attendance this season.

Only 8,413 showed up for the Cajuns 27-0 loss to North Texas Oct. 26. Maybe it was the weather or maybe a loss of spirit, but whatever it was that kept them away, The Cajuns won’t have to worry because the fans are back.

[Pirogue]

More specifically, the sports section.
I am out of town, and I wasn't aware of an online version, but is there a problem?
Are no students interested in sports?
The Senior Sports Editor's name is Kemisha Ware, and she penns all of the sports articles including "The Point After," an editorial dealing with everything sports that pre dates my time at the Verm

In two successive weeks "The Point After," has been about 1] Martin Luther King's Birthday and 2] Black History month...

In an article about the recent Basketball success, she opened with something like, Not since the 1950's when Beryl Shipley was coaching has there been this much excitement.

Shipley didn't strat coaching until 1957, and his best teams were in the late 60s early 70s.

The point is, The Verm obviously can not fill a sports editor position, maybe it's budget problems.. maybe I just looked at two really poor editions, but even so, the student newspaper has fallen far... too far.

[CajunCall]

Don't read the Verm much lately. Is that position paid?

[Cajun1997]

Hard to believe that out of all the journalism majors at UL, nobody can do better or nobody else is interested

[Pirogue]

Originally posted by CajunCall
Don't read the Verm much lately. Is that position paid?

Yes it is a paid position.

[CDeb]

Sadly, no, the poor quality of the sports section is not confined to the two issues that you saw.

And regarding journalism majors, heck, I like to think I did an adequate job and I was a mechanical engineering major.

[Turbine]

In recent years I have read a tons worth of Louisiana's Student Newspaer, The Vermilion.

It just seems to me that the current staff spends and inordinate amount of time off campus.

[CDeb]

I agree. Just about the only time I ever covered anything in a "Point After" that wasn't about UL was in the summertime, when UL topics were hard to come by. I think I also strayed when Cal Ripken decided to sit.

[1stTake]

Originally posted by CDeb
I agree. Just about the only time I ever covered anything in a "Point After" that wasn't about UL was in the summertime, when UL topics were hard to come by. I think I also strayed when Cal Ripken decided to sit.

When Cal decided to sit, I stood and clapped. It was long overdue.