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

[littlebum2002]

I'm amazed no one has commented on this game yet. What an exhilarating way to break a 70? year streak!

Watching this game, though, really impressed on me both the immense strengths and weaknesses of the team. We are pretty solid. I think we earned everything we did this year. Coach Hud's doing a great job, and I would be surprised if we don't have at least one conference title by 2013.

But did anyone else notice the center was off all night? It seems Gautier was picking the ball off the ground all night. And 9 penalties? No excuse. (Well, "they were playing dirty too" is kind of a good excuse, but we seemed to get caught while they didn't. How blatant was that pass interference in the second-to-last last touchdown attempt?)

On a better note, how awesome of a punter is Baer? I remember at least 2 drives starting from within the 5. Plus, both teams totalled for over a thousand years, which is just more evidence of how great of a game it was.

[TuffGuy84]

Since we're venting about ESPN, I'm gonna take a shot here. I don't know if it was the bowl, the conference, or ESPN, but WHOEVER made the decision to film the Aztec side of the stadium seriously needs to be slapped. Seriously...a new New Orleans bowl record attendance, and the retards at ESPN film the side of the field that makes it look like 14 people showed up. Whoever made that decision really should be reprimanded.

[Lexhead]

Some of those receptions last night were definately Top Ten worthy. Does anyone know if we made it? Link?

[douglas]

Yeah surgent's one hander made number 3

[Lexhead]

WWL Radio: Deke flipped over the weekend and began referring to us as UL or Louisiana. Bobbi. Hebert just can't bring himself to do it - yet.

[Cajun Power]

The awful pre-game band at Champions' Square kept saying "ULL"

I booed, but most people were too excited to care.

[bigearl]

Dying to hear it...

[cjr3888]

And that party in the Rouses parking lot was epic. I've never seen that many people drinking INSIDE a grocery store. They couldn't keep filling the beer aisle fast enough.

[NewsCopy]

Brett Baer’s 50-yard field goal as time expired lifted Louisiana to a 32-30 victory over San Diego State Saturday evening in the 2011 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in front of a record crowd of 42,841.

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[awadelewis]

I was surprised by the overall poor condition of the field, not just the logos in the end zone. There was some really nasty looking bare spots in that turf. It was shocking, esp. in comparison to the Field Turf in Cajun Field. Do the Saints actually play on something that crappy? If so, I'm even more impressed by the Saints offense.