He'll have him around for only three more games - with an outside chance at four - and Rickey Bustle's really going to miss him.

Just ask the University of Louisiana football coach about who's not going to be around next year, and his thoughts turn to his wide-eyed 169-pound kicker.

"I'm really going to miss that guy," Bustle said after watching senior Sean Comiskey wrap up Tuesday's practice. "I've been around kickers for a long time, and he works harder than any of them. I don't even look twice when he kicks now."

Bustle's been working with the LaPlace native for four years and has watched him kick 40 field goals, none any bigger than his 40-yarder in overtime Saturday that eventually decided the Ragin' Cajuns' 31-28 victory over Troy.

"I want to tell you, that was a big kick," Bustle said.

He didn't have to tell Comiskey, who started screaming and bouncing around the field almost immediately after making contact with his final attempt Saturday.

"I hadn't done that since my sophomore year," Comiskey said Tuesday of his post-kick celebration. "But I was excited. It was homecoming of my senior year. The only thing that would be better would be to do it in a bowl game."

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Dan McDonald
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