Down by Only 4 with 5 Minutes to Play, and Cajun Field Starts Emptying

[anhil8tor]

Coach Hud asked for four quarters... I think thats easy as a fan.

[Redgineer]

You are either a fan are you're not. Stay till the end. Just out of respect for what these kids have accomplished over the last few months.

Z

I stayed while the rest of my crew left. Then today, I showed them the last 5 minutes they missed. They were very impressed. They are into LSUAM right now since they have a student enrolled there. I am working on as many UL Alumni as I can to make them believers, so they will get the word out and the support will roll into the University.

[ATXCajun]

Wish I could have been there. I was close. Domestic obligations in BR. Watched on CST and had some non-fans glued to the TV at the end. Exciting stuff.

[Turbine]

How do I rank?

I was only at The Swamp for the last 3 and a 1/2 minutes, and only saw what I did through the north endzone fence.

Trying to get to Cajun Field after work (at that time) felt like a Salmon swimming up stream

[SouthlandPride]

My major gripe is the home side. You end the first half with an amazing 24 points and return to the field with silence and butts glued to the seats. Only getting up to cheer when it was third down. They don't realize how much of a factor crowd noise is to opponents offense. They'd be yelling for ULM's 3rd and 9 as opposed to a 3rd and 2. Our offense could have possibly scored in the third and earlier in the 4th.

[Bandwagon King]

My wife and I went down to the rail to thank the players as they went around the field. More than one of them said..."Thanks for staying."

Pity the fool that had a ticket to that game & didn't stay until the very end. They are the real losers in this senario & most likely losers in life as well. They are just to smart to believe long enough to watch their ship sail in. Anyone who has watched this team this year & didn't realize there was still a very legitimate chance, just doesn't understand about life as a winner or what it's like to be assiciated with winners. I am glad I came this year & I am glad I stayed. God bless the the Ragin Cajuns & Coach Mark Hudpseth.

[Zeebart21]

I stayed while the rest of my crew left. Then today, I showed them the last 5 minutes they missed. They were very impressed. They are into LSUAM right now since they have a student enrolled there. I am working on as many UL Alumni as I can to make them believers, so they will get the word out and the support will roll into the University.

Keep pimping it, brother. They will eventually come to their senses!

Z

[Zeebart21]

Pity the fool that had a ticket to that game & didn't stay until the very end. They are the real losers in this senario & most likely losers in life as well. They are just to smart to believe long enough to watch their ship sail in. Anyone who has watched this team this year & didn't realize there was still a very legitimate chance, just doesn't understand about life as a winner or what it's like to be assiciated with winners. I am glad I came this year & I am glad I stayed. God bless the the Ragin Cajuns & Coach Mark Hudpseth.

I think you need another shot of Patron, buddy!!!

Z

[leeman]

My major gripe is the home side. You end the first half with an amazing 24 points and return to the field with silence and butts glued to the seats. Only getting up to cheer when it was third down. They don't realize how much of a factor crowd noise is to opponents offense. They'd be yelling for ULM's 3rd and 9 as opposed to a 3rd and 2. Our offense could have possibly scored in the third and earlier in the 4th.

I haven't sat on the home side in years... I like to yell and stand up the whole game! I could never just sit and watch in silence.. just not in my genes! lol....

[StokeBaldBust33]

This is the true test of whether you are a "True Fan" or just fell off "The Band Wagon"....It's a simple test, only one question! Did you stay for the final 3 1/2 minutes of the ULM game? If you answer with anything else but "That was the craziest, most amazing and totally gut wrenching ending to any Cajun Field Victory in my life time".... Then scream loud baby boy cause the Band Wagon is leaving with out YOU!!!

I am Grid Iron Alum and I promise you the players notice the stands emptiness and so do recruits and so do the coaches and so do the parents and so do all of those LSUAM fans that we laughed at in previous years for leaving earlier when their teams are 7-2 and the team is still fighting, scratching and scrapping for a Victory that the Band Wagon Demands so heavily demands. The real question you should ask yourself is...What is more important to my day? Finishing this game, witnessing a possible miracle and appreciating the beauty what these young men have done before us and FOR US!...or beating traffic on the way out only to the first one to say "I told you so". Answer honest and then take out your check book and send the whole thing to RCAF because if you want to hang out at my dinner table then Mr Band Wagon....you have to pick up the check!

I'm going to the Arkansas State game and I guarantee....we won't stop believing early and we won't be-leaving early either!

B

[I_Bleed_RED]

I'm not gonna lie. when we threw that pick..I was ____ed. I said "game over." But I stayed. I didn't believe we'd pull it off until we recovered the onside kick. But at least I stayed. oh and I got home with plenty of time remaining before the LSU game started. So those fans really had no excuse.

[Just1More]

There are always people around me that get up and leave. They look around and smile at everyone... like we're stupid for staying and not getting out faster to beat the traffic. I've always stayed to the end of every game. Last night, for those that stayed... we got a treat. Hopefully, it served as a lesson to the numbskulls that always drag up early. I think they look ridiculous as they gather up and move toward the exits.

You can count me in on the many that were extremely frustrated with our defense not adjusting and stopping that extremely predictable screen pass. And, you can count me in on those that did not think we could come back and score twice with the time remaining. I got surprised. And I liked it.

I got to see the whole thing by staying as a fan in support of my team. What an awesome comeback. Crazy Cajun Comeback.

One thing about leaving early that puzzled me. No matter what, that was the last home game of the season... a season that we are bowling. How in the world... without a massive excuse... could you leave that game early?