2011 New Orleans Bowl: LOUISIANA (32) SDSU (30)

[Lexhead]

Give UL-Lafayette and fans their due: A letter to the editor
Published: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 5:53 AM

What's the deal burying UL-Lafayette's nail-biter New Orleans Bowl win back on Page 11 of Sunday's Sports section?

Your own Money section projected 40,000 visitors for the game. Is there some petty rivalry between New Orleans and Lafayette? Or do the Uptown powers that be (i.e., Sugar Bowl) have you looking down your noses at this upstart bowl?

The game showcased some top-notch talent; UL-Lafayette did our state proud on a national stage; 40,000 visitors deserve front-page recognition, and a good many of us yats were welcomed with open arms in Lafayette post-Katrina and learned what true Cajun hospitality is.

How about some respect for the victorious Ragin' Cajuns?

Michael M. Duran Sr.

Metairie

[Hammer58]

Hey Zeebart and Hammer - Here you go .... From last baseball season when we beat LSU ... I sure do take a lot of crap here for speaking the truth.


ORIGINAL QUOTE: "We had a good practice yesterday, and we were ready for this game," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri, "but ULL just completely outplayed us. They strung together the hits they needed in that big fifth inning, and our hitting was just too sporadic. Give credit to ULL - they have a very good club and they played very well tonight."

EDITED QUOTE FROM UL TODAY: "We had a good practice yesterday, and we were ready for this game," said LSU coach Paul Mainieri, "but UL just completely outplayed us. They strung together the hits they needed in that big fifth inning, and our hitting was just too sporadic. Give credit to UL - they have a very good club and they played very well tonight."

The Links:

Original -http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle...CLID=205121545

Edited: http://ultoday.com/node/3405

UL Today is not a professional media outlet you ____ing moron. It is, or was, a partisan website run by a UL alum and fan. You are such a ____ing tool. Its no wonder you are a toolame fan.

[Hammer58]

Nice. Thanks, Mr. Duran.

[alum81]

7 int's for touchdowns and this guy says the Cajuns don't have a scoring defense. What a dumb a#~.

[Hammer58]

Publishers website is listed inside the program as www.myneworleans.com .

[Lexhead]

Give me 11 like Brad any day.

[DieHard1280]

I don't think that's what people are referring to when they talk about a team's "scoring defense". They are referring to the amount of points given up by the defense.

The guy's still an idiot.

[STPacronym]

Great pics! We were sitting a few rows down. I see myself and anhil8tor in one of your pics! Let's do it again next year!

[Lexhead]

saw this and a few others, bunch of kids and tards who obviously never watched a cajuns game before

Not a surprise. Recording off of his mommy's couch while everyone else is at work.

[NewsCopy]

University of Louisiana fans can relive the excitement of the 2011 New Orleans Bowl with a Friday night replay on Cox4, the flagship for the Ragin' Cajuns TV Network. The replay will begin at 6 p.m. with the 30-minute pregame show ...

The rest of the story

[MetryCajun]

The guy doing the the highlights is Jim Basquel(SP). He used to work for WWLTV in NOLA. The ULALA was intentional but probably not mean spirited. He just thought he was being witty.

[Lexhead]

I stopped by the Ragin Cajun Atthletic Alumni Facebook page and noticed a nice post by Jay Walker. Jay said "Just wanted to stop by and say congratulations to all of you. If you put sweat equity into the Cajuns' football program, Saturday night was as much about you and what you did to help us get to this point. Thanks for being Ragin' Cajuns. Enjoy this." It is a nice thought. I was around during the Sam Robertson years, sio I'm not real sure that we actually contributed anything to the effort, but it was a real nich thought. (Thanks Jay.)

It started me thinking about some of the people that were around back then and their commitment to the program. You can't do that without thinking of BJ Landry. I started to think about how happy BJ must be about now. My guess is that even the angels that don't follow football have heard about the Cajuns from BJ in the last two days. Can angels do backflips?

This would be a good place to post about other people you have known with a commitment and love for the Cajuns like BJ's (Big Lynn Williams and Gerald Broussard come to mind. Dan McDonald also.) We should celebrate them too.

Miss you BJ.