Ragin' Cajuns elect to leave today

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The Louisiana Ragin' Cajun football team departs today for Denton, Texas, for its key Sun Belt Conference battle against North Texas. The departure time, though, is earlier than anticipated. With the Cajuns making the trip by bus instead of a scheduled charter flight - one of the department's cost-cutting measures with the recent budget cuts - the squad will depart the UL Conference Center at 8:15 a.m. "We didn't want to seem like we were rushing things," said Cajun coach Rickey Bustle. "We're going to make a nice day out of it." The team will drive to Marshall, Texas, before having lunch, and is scheduled to arrive in Denton at 4:30 p.m. Bustle said the team will hold a walk-through at the hotel late this afternoon and hold its regular Friday-night meetings. "We'll watch some movies on the bus," Bustle said, "and get on our regular schedule Friday night." One concession to the trip is a change in the team's Sunday schedule. The team's regular 3 p.m. meetings have been moved to 6 p.m. to be followed by a Sunday night practice. "We explained to the kids what was going on," Bustle said of the switch from a charter flight to a bus trip. "Everybody has to do their part. The budget cuts have affected the whole university and the whole state, and all of our sports are going to get cut. This is part of what we can do." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[RaisingCajun08]

There we go. Lets tire our players out just before one of the biggest games of the year!

[ragincajun31]

There we go. Lets tire our players out just before one of the biggest games of the year!

[ATXCajun]

There we go. Lets tire our players out just before one of the biggest games of the year!

It's a reasonably short trip. They will be fine. I agree that there always seems to be something out of our control. Monsoons, hurricanes, budget, etc. We will finally get the practice facility next year and then FEMA will take it over.

[CRAWFISH61]

They riding a bus to Denton not Los Angeles. They will spend the night in a nice hotel and then play. It's not like having to walk to Denton.

[DaddyCajun]

They riding a bus to Denton not Los Angeles. They will spend the night in a nice hotel and then play. It's not like having to walk to Denton.

Exactly, the team will get an afternoon practice in, good meals, good night sleep, and play tomorrow. It is better to cut in this manner than cuts to recruiting, marketing, coaches pay, day to day monies. A few bus trips rather than air fare and we are ok for a YEAR.


WIN, WIN, WIN, AND THE FANS AND MONIES WILL COME!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy Cajun

[CajunProud]

There we go. Lets tire our players out just before one of the biggest games of the year!

I hear what you are saying and generally, I would agree, especially if it meant taking a shot at our President. However, this is much better than taking the bus the day of the game. This way, they get a good nights rest and don't get "bus legs" the day of the game. Trust me, I was a college athlete for a short while and we traveled everywhere by bus. Taking the bus the day of an event really takes it out of you.

GEAUX CAJUNS