PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[Turbine]

Great ideas need to be countered, not matched. Sometimes not even at the same time.

[CajunFan3406]

Wow as great an example of pretentious douschebaggery as I've read in a while.

How's this for "douschebaggery"? The proper spelling is douchebaggery.

[Turbine]

Just remember this and SDSU will do fine.

UL was picked 120th in a preseason poll.

[CajunFan3406]

Do you really have to be an a** about the name. The New Orleans Bowl website says the Givers.

Well then the site is wrong

[VObserver]

You are welcome.. and don't assume that your guy will gain 200 rushing.. or that your pass rush will cause major problems.

[CharlieK]

lol Rrrrriiiiight.

K- On O we run the ball-traditional no frills. Sometime 2 TE (3 of the BEST TE's in the country any school). Ronnie Hillman (was the #1 D-1A RB most of the year) will take the rock or split out for a pass- both effective. His backups are solid as well and we have a very strong FB for short yardage.

WR's a weakness- our top 3 got hurt (one academic casulty but will be back next year) so we are working with converted DB's for the most part. Never know- sometime hot most of the time cold.

Punting- exceptional- doubt we need it much in this game. Kicking exceptional excluding FGs. Out guy chokes often in clutch situations (cost us Wyoming game with his 3 miss's).

Oline- good luck they are solid- Michigan handled them with an All American NG otherwise-good luck with that.

D-lol your in for a thrill and potentially lots of sacks.

Overall this is a well coached team that often gets lost in the 1st half only to wake up in the 2nd 1/2 and crush people.

BTW I know Charlieks comments are BS as I have a relative on the UofA staff.

Any questions?

You guys look really strong and it would be by far the best win of our season to beat you. You are the second best team we will play this year in my opinion.

QB: Good runner and effecient passer. Tough as nails.

RB: Freshman bruiser who can get yards after contact. He needs to cause he doesn't get many holes.

WR/TE: A strength. We have a couple of guys who can stretch the field and an possesion guy who catches everything thrown near him. Probably the most improved aspect of our team this year compared to years past. Our tight end is the real deal and a fade/jump ball to him in the endzone is money.

O-Line: Decent pass blocking, mixed bag run blocking. Will need to play well for us to have a chance.

DLine: Improved over years past. Will also need to play game of the year to beat ya'll.

Linebackers: Hurt by injuries this year, play hard and are quick, but undersized.

Secondary: Another strength, ball hawking and have a had a shxx pile of pick sixes. A

FG Kicker: Strength he is accurate and clutch.

Punter: Same dude. Not a boomer but has a nack for pinning ya deep.

We will have to avoid mistakes and turnovers, especially early when we will probably be overly amped. Ya'll appear to start slow so we will need to take advantage of that. We have been much better conditioned in the second half than in years past so hopefully that will pay off.

Again, it would be a great win for us to beat ya'll. I see ya'll being where we will be in a couple of years talent wise. I have a lot of faith in our coaches to be able to put the best game plan in place to give us a shot.

Homer prediction: 31-28 on a last second Baer field goal. Cajuns win!

[Trigger74]

This article is stuff for the locker room board.

[BeauCajun]

Thanks- pretty much what I had heard.

UofA University of Arizona- Pito. Want to go Spanish- deal Joven.

Sorry if my comments were construed as snide-not my intent.

Mc, you kin to Jose? I knew him once upon a time or 2. Maybe 3. I tend to forget when I meet him.

[UL Alum93]

Hang in there guys, last week I was growing impatient as well. Same credentials as yours and got the call on Sunday. Was a little dissapointed in location, trying to make sense of it, from reading where everyone else is seated, but can't quite put a finger on how seats were assigned. I know they said RCAF was first on the credential list, but that's just not flying.

[sportsfanatic21]

We have a very mobile QB, who is a tremendous deep ball passer. He also makes pretty good decisions, and doesnt throw very many interceptions. He is a bit injury prone, and will usually miss a series or two a game with some kind of "nick". Backup has been the starter the last 2 years, and for whatever reason, has regressed. The WRs are solid and do a good job getting deep, and our TE is one of the best receiving TEs in the country. The O-line is young (we'll lose just one starter next season), and they struggle at times, especially in the run game. We have a big frosh RB who is a beast, but a lot of times, there is no where for him to go. I hope that these couple extra week of practice will give the O-line some time to jell a bit more. They are capable players, and may be the key to our chances.

Defensively, we have been an enigma against the run. We've completely shut down a couple of really good backs, but have also gotten thrashed by a couple others. They will also be a key. I've seen Hillman play, and he is going to get his yards. Hopefully we can keep him from running wild. The LBs are all very good athletes, but are undersized. They play hard though. One of the season long starters was thought to be lost for the season, but I have read recently that he may make it back for the bowl game. Our secondary is the strength of the team. We were tied for the all-time NCAA record for "pick 6's" before Southern Miss broke the record last weekend with their 8th (we have 7). The pass rush has also been hit or miss, but there are athletes there as well. I fully expect both teams to score 30+ points. This should be a very entertaining game. Your team's resume looks to be better than ours, but there's something to be said for 30,000 Cajuns in New Orleans at a game that doesnt start until 8 pm!

Oh, and we have a great kicker, and one of the best punters in the country (especially at pinning teams deep), and its the same guy. We struggle mightily at covering kickoffs, but are the best on-side kicking team in the history of the world.

[Turbine]

Do you really have to be an a** about the name. The New Orleans Bowl website says the Givers.

Marking a noun generically is so musunderstood.

Since UL is in the University of Louisiana System everyone that attended UL, attend the University of Louisiana. But some get bent out of shape thinking a claim was made. In their minds eye they see "THE! University of Louisiana."

[CajunFan3406]

Wow you're so cool. Notice I didn't capitalize "the" when referring to the "GIVERS" until I started a sentence with "the". I don't need a lesson on the GIVERS my friend, I've been going to their shows since their second show ever at the Blue Moon. I listened to them before they ever had even a demo CD, much less their current album. I've been a fan from the beginning so please, spare me.

I was just trying to spread the love and the good news that a good band from Lafayette is playing for the Bowl Game weekend, and you come in and probably confuse the shiz out of people.

On second thought, I am glad to see that there's another GIVERS fan in the house, but must you be so petty? Reminds me of the hoards of teeny boppers that decided to become fans of theirs after they started playing free underage shows like downtown alive and Festival International. Man I wish they would play Artmosphere and Blue Moon again.

I think they're ok. Good live show just not that big on the style of music. I can see them having a very successful career. Don't get so upset because I made a correction on their actual name. I figured you were one of their new found fans by the way you referred to them as The Givers and not Givers, but since you've been a longtime fan I now find it sort of odd why you would refer to them as that. I played in a couple of bands and it was always irritating to me and the guys when people got our name wrong. Anyway, you seem like a good dude (Cajun fan and good taste in music) so let's just let this little spat die right here. It's sort of taking this thread off topic anyhow.