PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[ULshooter2491]

Sorry Shooter, but I have to disagree with your premise that this team doesn't have the same calliber talent as Baylor. I don't think anyone knows for sure, including our coaching staff just how good our talent level is. The truth is this coaching staff was expirementing well into the season
with our offensive unit. Then just about the time Blaine really started to establish
himself as the offensive leader with Peoples, LG, Harris, Surgeant, & Lawson
stepping up, Gauthier started getting
knicked up & Qyen got the concussion. I
don't think this team, with the exception
of beating FIU & MTSU on the road has
really had an opportunity to play its best
ball this year. Add to all of that our
kickers have had their problems with
injuries. This bye week is critical & would
have been much better to have had it a
few weeks earlier in the year, but coming
the same week as the Cajuns getting
invited to the NO bowl & during the
Thanksgiving Hollidays will be huge for
these guys. I think we get to see these
guys play a great couple of games at the
end. This team has some very good
football left in them no matter who they
play.

I agree that we have yet to see this teams full potential. Also though this team still has areas that need to be improved to compete repeatedly with the AQ's. We need the offensive line to step up and we need the front 7 on D to do a better job of stopping the run. We can critique and deal in hypotheticals all day. One thing everyone should be able to agree on is that it's been a hell of a year and that we don't want it to end!

[ddaigle1111]

let's not forget the world famous lucky dog vendor at midnight!!!

[RaisingCajun08]

Hah a um NO .I was checking out his knee so he wouldn't kick here in her baby bump. Then I saw the cameraman with two cameras and wondered what is he aiming at? Oh his crotch. Then I wondered what is preggo staring at? Can't tell her head is hidden by his crotch. Then I though careful that is how you got preggo in the first place. I hate explaining my knee fetish.

Just in case you are wondering, I did scroll back up to verify your explanation. LOL ... I have an elbow fetish so I understand your issue. Its all about the joint right?

[HoustonCajun]

If you can't make it to Lafayette anytime soon where is a good place to find UL gear online? I can't wait to buy some NOLA Bowl stuff!

The UL bookstore has great stuff but has not updated it's website in forever, so you don't know what is available. Bell's does not have a website. It is frustrating trying to not only find gear on line, but finding gear without Lafayette. It is time for UL to correct this with the right kind of approved Louisiana mdse. UL is losing a lot of revenue by not approving the right name on its gear, especially when damand is so high. That the UL Bookstore has not updated it's website is also cause for alarm.

[Bandwagon King]

I agree that we have yet to see this teams full potential. Also though this team still has areas that need to be improved to compete repeatedly with the AQ's. We need the offensive line to step up and we need the front 7 on D to do a better job of stopping the run. We can critique and deal in hypotheticals all day. One thing everyone should be able to agree on is that it's been a hell of a year and that we don't want it to end!

Well I agree a jillion per cent with this post & I understand that there is a need to realistically temper goals & expectations. I really, really, really, believe this team is much, much, much better, certainly much better than I ever expected them to be this year. I also see the growth in this team on all three sides of the ball from where it was to where it is. While I wish things would have turned out better in Jonesboro, & that these guys would have had a rest week somewhere earlier along the way, it also gave this group a unique opportunity to work with this staff in a high stress environment for weeks on end. To that end I think this team is maybe an extra year ahead in their preparation skills that would dictate their being able to handle a myriad of offensive schemes. I also think with the rest they would be much better on the O line & being able to run the ball to help set up the rest of their offense. In other words, I would rather see them in an exciting competitive game against a higher ranked BCS or non AQ qualifier, than a fifth ranked CUSA team that has to slide into a bowl berth on their bellies. I really hope Houston goes BCS & leaves CUSA wanting for a fifth qualifier.

[Orestes]

There's plenty of Cajun gear to be found locally. Try to buy a little from everyone. I've spread my spending around LA Hot Stuff, Academy, Albertson's, UL Bookstore, BedBathBeyond and I seem to remember a few little things from WalMart, Target and a Shell gas station.

[ULshooter2491]

I agree. If I could rank my top 5 choices out of schools who some of are only slightly possible I would go

1. Southern Miss
2. Illinois
3. Syracuse
4. Texas tech
5. SMU
5.

[CajunNation]

Chances are that CUSA will not have the necessary eligible teams to fill all of their bowl slots, and that a couple of Major conferences will have too many eligible schools.


Would you rather play SMU, East Caolina, or Marshall.....or Iowa State, Iowa, Purdue, or Syracuse?


To me, if SMU is not coming, I 'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for a shot at one of those Major programs.

[ULshooter2491]

There's plenty of Cajun gear to be found locally. Try to buy a little from everyone. I've spread my spending around LA Hot Stuff, Academy, Albertson's, UL Bookstore, BedBathBeyond and I seem to remember a few little things from WalMart, Target and a Shell gas station.

I have also seen a gray long sleeve T-shirt in Rouses I've thought about buying.

[ynkfan42]

Anybody hear anything about UCF? I had heard that they were a possibility but haven't heard much about them in a while