(04-03-2014 08:54 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  Not BS. Seriously. I mean if you want a good feel for how the Cajun faithful feel about the football team then just head over to Ragin Pagin or our Scout board. Hot items: stadium expansion, 2014/15 recruiting class, spring practice, upcoming spring game.

That's in addition to talking about our top 20 softball team, top 5 baseball team, basketball winning the conference tourney and making the dance, Elfrid Payton leaving for the draft.

The loss to USA 4 months ago which came prior to our 3rd straight bowl win stopped being talked about not long after the game ended. Fans were caught up planning the trip to NO and talking about the matchup with Toolame potentially without Broadway.

But I should take your word for how the fan base I belong to and interact with daily feels about the loss right? Please. I'm not saying no one remembers it, but we care so little about it that when I see a USA fan use it as smack it always makes me chuckle.

It's understandable why USA fans still have it fresh on their minds. Their traditionally strong programs (baseball, basketball) are struggling right now, and outside of softball, that win was the last significant win to hang their hat on.

^this^

In the overall scheme of things, the USA game was nothing more than an anomaly that followed the game that really hurt....the loss to the Monrovians.

The Cajuns not only came up short on the scoreboard, we lost our starting quarterback and team leader as well. And then there was that distasteful, limp-wristed display by the PA announcer (with orders coming from above of course) during the game of more bullshyte to come re the branding issue. What had been an outstanding season to that date, literally stopped dead in its tracks that night.

To me, the loss to USA a week later came as no surprise. That Broadway was able to play in the bowl game so soon after surgery and that the Cajuns played as well as they did made me proud and assures me that, barring injuries, the Cajun team will be even better this year.

Neither the loss to the Monrovians nor the Jaguars is forgotten and I believe both will be avenged decidely this year.