PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[raginsaints]

Blaine Gautier currently has 2,488 yards passing and 20 tds to go along with 464 yards and 3 tds.
-- 3,000 yards is a long shot; he'd need 512 yards passing to get to that total but if he gains 36 yards rushing and 12 yards passing, he'll have thrown for 2,500 yards and run for 500.
-- also, if I'm not mistaken isn't the td record for a season set at 21?




Javone Lawson currently has 54 catches for 899 yards and 6 tds.
-- a 101 yard game will give him 1,000 yards on the season.

Alonzo Harris has rushed for 638 yards and 8 tds to go with 146 yards receiving and a td.
-- one more touchdown will put him at 10 for the season. 2 rushing tds will give him 10 rushing touchdowns for the season. Not bad for a true freshman.

Defensive stats seem to be more controversial than others so I don't know how correct these are but..

Lance Kelley is at 107 total tackles right now, 2 forced fumbles, 3 sacks and 3 interceptions.
-- 3 tackles away from a 110 tackle season from a guy who was recruited as a wide receiver.

Dwight Bentley has 60 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 3 interceptions, and 2 touchdowns

Melvin White has 55 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 2 ints, and 2 touchdowns (one from a blocked field goal).
Jemarlous Moten has 3 ints and 1 td
Stokes has 2 ints and 1 td

Bernard Smith has 6.5 sacks
Christopher Tucker is second on the team with 3.5



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How about Lance Kelley for SBC Defensive Player of the Year
Brett Baer for SBC Special Teams Player of the Year
Unfortunately Bobby Rainey looks like offensive player of the year, but I'd argue Blaine Gautier should be the 1st team qb.


What a great freakin' season

[SignIt-CAJUNS!]

No pun intended. Go CAJUNS!

[VObserver]

Moten has 2 TD's. Devon Lewis-Buchanan has 1.

[MetryCajun]

Getting free tickets to the New Orleans Bowl is easy. I know several friends of mine who are going that route. My guess is we will sell 16-20k and have another 5k walk up. One thing that could change our attendance upward would be a good opponent. A MAC team could actually make the number smaller than I predicted.

[CajunRed]

Getting free tickets to the New Orleans Bowl is easy. I know several friends of mine who are going that route. My guess is we will sell 16-20k and have another 5k walk up. One thing that could change our attendance upward would be a good opponent. A MAC team could actually make the number smaller than I predicted.

Illinois or SMU would have helped our number. I think even SDSU can help more than the MAC teams being mentioned.

[DieHard1280]

Also, how 'bout we BREAK the NCAA RECORD for pick-sixes in a year!!!

[I_Bleed_RED]

What a great freakin' season

That's an understatement. It's crazy what this team was able to do with a new coach coming off a 3-9 disaster of a season.

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[Boomer]

VOB and I were talking at the VC game and you know how negative he is (JK)------he was talking about our receivers' lack of speed and I was talking about their lack of DROPS---I can't remember our putting it on the rug or grass too often----maybe this is part of G-chays success!!!!! Also I think a good share of the bonus money goes to Coach Munoz and his great job!!!!

[RaginFan2]

That's an understatement. It's crazy what this team was able to do with a new coach coming off a 3-9 disaster of a season.

One thing to note about that 3-9 team - they seriously underachieved, injuries notwithstanding. We all knew they had more talent than they displayed last year. But an 8 or 9 win season? Who in their wildest dreams ever thought that would happen in year one?