(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

I find this statement odd coming from the poster who easily starts the most WACy/Tech threads.

And for the record, I agree with Z and T's assessments.

Too deep a hole, to little coaching to overcome it. And I'll reiterate, coaching alone easily cost ULM a couple of games last year. They won last year despite the coaching, not because of it.

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If they couldn't do it in 2010, what makes everyone so sure they'll get it done this year particularly with one of the most horribly front loaded schedules in the conference AND having to go to Troy?

And ya'll conviently forget that that was a very young team that was also injured and beat up.....QB with a broken foot, patchwork O line that was mostly Freshmen and Sophomores. Not making excuses, ya'll won and that third quarter was escpecially brutal and my hat's off to your team for controlling the clock the way you did.

But you all make it seem that we are going to regress and I will have to disagree. Yep, we had some balls bounce our way and pulled out some close ones. Also had the ball bounce other people's way and lost some close ones. Couple of plays here or there and ULM was 7-5. Couple plays here or there and ULM is 3-9. Heck, a couple of plays here or there and FIU wins 8 or wins 4. WKU could have had a couple more wins last year if their QB hadn't made a terrible throw against ULM of if they hadn't fumbled at the goal line and let Middle Tenn take it back 99 yards. That is why we play the games.

ULM has most every starter back. Most are soph or juniors. A full year in the new offense. A full year in the conditioning program. A full year of playing the game with the same teammates. Should they be the most improved team...based on that, one would think. Will they be? Well, we will see when the hit the field. Yes, ULM has a brutal OOC schedule and will probably go 1-3. Yes, we go to Troy. But remember, these will be the same players that beat Troy last year so they don't have a monkey on their back with that. I personally think ULM will be in the hunt for the SBC championship and I predict a 7-5 record (6-2 in conference).

Remember the old saying, opinions are like _______, everyone has one and they usually stink!! We are all entitled.

Ya'll have a good weekend...I know I plan on drinking lots of beer.

I don't think WKU will be the first to make it to a bowl game THIS year. Ask again in another year or two.

I picked ULM for the reasons listed above.

WKU still a year off from the real breakthrough although I do think it is an outside possibility that we win 6 and sneak into a bowl.

Kolton Browning was the reason I voted for ULM. that kid can flat out play, wish we had him to back up Corey.

If ULM has a good season, raises their attendance and make a bowl appearance, Louisiana Tech folks will be livid. Their supreme wish is for the Warhawks athletic programs to fail.

(06-24-2011 05:55 PM)MG61 Wrote:  If ULM has a good season, raises their attendance and make a bowl appearance, Louisiana Tech folks will be livid. Their supreme wish is for the Warhawks athletic programs to fail.

All the more reason for me to pull for ULM.

ULM.

I think WKU and ULL will finish at the bottom of the Belt this season.

(06-26-2011 01:05 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  ULM.

I think WKU and ULL will finish at the bottom of the Belt this season.

I think we see you down there as well SIDE WAY JOE! Look forward to it.

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

Here's the bottom line: ULM has to go 6-2 at worse in conference for a chance at a bowl, assuming we're 1-3 OOC. That's it. If we somehow manage an upset over Iowa (probably our best chance) and go 6-2 in the SBC, then there's no doubt we go to a bowl. We have to go undefeated at home. I mostly just want to PO the Tech fans.

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

So why are you confirming what Geaux just said? ULM Coach, Todd Berry is something like 34 and 65 in his coaching career. There is a reason for that, obviously.

Z

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 11:46 AM)MG61 Wrote:  Is there any reason that Belt fans should really care about what Tech folks think ?

If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

See above.

Hey Zee, I guess they don't teach reading comprehension at North Texas.

(06-26-2011 06:06 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

So why are you confirming what Geaux just said? ULM Coach, Todd Berry is something like 34 and 65 in his coaching career. There is a reason for that, obviously.

Z

Yes it is, it is mostly due to coaching at one of the service academies where he could not implement his style of play and had to carry the ship during one of the worst times in this country's modern history (9/11). There is a reason why he is an offensive brain that many coaches pick for information and tips. That, along with our defense, will make us a contender for the SBC title. Let's not get too wrapped up in the numbers here. Berry is a good coach and the rest of the nation will truly see what skills he has to offer during this season and the next.

(06-26-2011 06:06 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

So why are you confirming what Geaux just said? ULM Coach, Todd Berry is something like 34 and 65 in his coaching career. There is a reason for that, obviously.

Z

What it shows me is that those who critique Todd Berry's overall record have done not one lick of research as to what happened to create that record. Everyone overlooks what he did to turn around the program at Illinois State and instead they all look squarely at Army. There has been long threads at the ULM fan forum about this and now we understand. There have been stories in national sports media about what happened at Army and the conclusions drawn were that NOBODY would have been successful at the time Berry was there. Nearly all the writers felt that Berry deserved another chance.

If you concentrate solely on his record at Army and denigrate it, then you prove that you know nothing about what happened and what kind of coach he is. I know you're smarter than that, Zee.

AstroCajun, your argument is weak and you're only using it to cover how bad the Cajuns were last year. If the Cajuns win, then it must be the fault of the opposing coach...that'll probably work for you in 2011, too.

(06-27-2011 02:03 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 06:06 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

So why are you confirming what Geaux just said? ULM Coach, Todd Berry is something like 34 and 65 in his coaching career. There is a reason for that, obviously.

Z

What it shows me is that those who critique Todd Berry's overall record have done not one lick of research as to what happened to create that record. Everyone overlooks what he did to turn around the program at Illinois State and instead they all look squarely at Army. There has been long threads at the ULM fan forum about this and now we understand. There have been stories in national sports media about what happened at Army and the conclusions drawn were that NOBODY would have been successful at the time Berry was there. Nearly all the writers felt that Berry deserved another chance.

If you concentrate solely on his record at Army and denigrate it, then you prove that you know nothing about what happened and what kind of coach he is. I know you're smarter than that, Zee.

AstroCajun, your argument is weak and you're only using it to cover how bad the Cajuns were last year. If the Cajuns win, then it must be the fault of the opposing coach...that'll probably work for you in 2011, too.

I'm not hiding the fact that we were turrible last year. I sat through 5 home games and watched three others on TV and know how bad we were. I'm telling you we were that bad.

It still doesn't change the fact that when it really mattered, and you needed just one win to get into your first ever bowl, your team still couldn't muster enough to beat a half assed team that was plagued with injuries. Seems like that story has played out that way the last two other times you needed a win for a bowl and we stood in the way.

We won't need excuses next year either because you lost your last best chance to get us.

Your board was unhappy when you hired Berry. You've been in denial ever since. You can keep convincing yourself that Berry's a good coach. There are plenty of us that just aren't buying it.

(06-26-2011 07:06 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  

(06-24-2011 02:21 PM)AstroCajun Wrote:  If coaching were solid at ULM, they wouldn't have been beaten by a crippled up, Bustle coached Cajuns team when a bowl trip was on the line.

If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

See above.

Hey Zee, I guess they don't teach reading comprehension at North Texas.

Actually I believe MG61 was highlighting the fact that the Cajuns have never played in a "major bowl game" which was actually what I put in the original post. It's not that the games are no longer in operation, it's that they weren't a major bowl game.

Point in case, Middle Tennessee had played in four bowl games before our 2006 Motor City Bowl appearance, but that was our first bowl game, because the previous four were not "major bowl games", one of the games we played in is actually still in operation, we played in the Tangerine bowl twice, which is now the Capital One Bowl, but at the time we were in the NCAA college division(small college).

ULL's previous bowl games were when they were playing at the junior college level and at the NCAA college division(small college) level. That's why ULL has never played in a bowl game and if you were to make one it would be advertised as your first bowl game, just like our 2006 Motor City Bowl was.

(06-27-2011 07:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 07:06 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 03:53 PM)SOT1977 Wrote:  If coaching were solid at Alabama in 2007 (some HC named Sabin) they wouldn't have lost to a ULM team with the lowest paid coach in the country.

Geez, ULL won by one point (on a blocked XP) over a team of mostly freshmen and sophomores whose quarterback had a broken foot, and you make that your case for showing poor coaching? Puh-leeezzz.

In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

See above.

Hey Zee, I guess they don't teach reading comprehension at North Texas.

Actually I believe MG61 was highlighting the fact that the Cajuns have never played in a "major bowl game" which was actually what I put in the original post. It's not that the games are no longer in operation, it's that they weren't a major bowl game.

Point in case, Middle Tennessee had played in four bowl games before our 2006 Motor City Bowl appearance, but that was our first bowl game, because the previous four were not "major bowl games", one of the games we played in is actually still in operation, we played in the Tangerine bowl twice, which is now the Capital One Bowl, but at the time we were in the NCAA college division(small college).

ULL's previous bowl games were when they were playing at the junior college level and at the NCAA college division(small college) level. That's why ULL has never played in a bowl game and if you were to make one it would be advertised as your first bowl game, just like our 2006 Motor City Bowl was.

And thats what Geaux stated when he made his post. Thanks for your interest in UL's Ragin Cajuns.

(06-27-2011 09:35 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 07:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 07:06 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:00 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  In front of 8000 people, with a bowl bid on the line. That is coaching my friend. Just like the Cajuns failed to show up against WKU, you guys failed to show up against the Cajuns. That falls squarely on the shoulders of a coach.

You guys keep harping about Browning's broken foot, yet he played the whole game and seemed to move around quite well. He had 10 carries for 6 yards in that game and was 17-37 for 164yds with 1 td and 1 pick. Next excuse please!

By the way, the Cajuns have been to 2 bowl games already. Although they are no longer in the current bowl lineup we have made bowl appearances.

Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

See above.

Hey Zee, I guess they don't teach reading comprehension at North Texas.

Actually I believe MG61 was highlighting the fact that the Cajuns have never played in a "major bowl game" which was actually what I put in the original post. It's not that the games are no longer in operation, it's that they weren't a major bowl game.

Point in case, Middle Tennessee had played in four bowl games before our 2006 Motor City Bowl appearance, but that was our first bowl game, because the previous four were not "major bowl games", one of the games we played in is actually still in operation, we played in the Tangerine bowl twice, which is now the Capital One Bowl, but at the time we were in the NCAA college division(small college).

ULL's previous bowl games were when they were playing at the junior college level and at the NCAA college division(small college) level. That's why ULL has never played in a bowl game and if you were to make one it would be advertised as your first bowl game, just like our 2006 Motor City Bowl was.

And thats what Geaux stated when he made his post. Thanks for your interest in UL's Ragin Cajuns.

Actually that's not what Geaux stated, but whatever...you're welcome.

(06-27-2011 10:51 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 09:35 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(06-27-2011 07:04 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 07:06 PM)Geaux Cajuns Wrote:  

(06-26-2011 04:14 PM)MG61 Wrote:  Bowl history -
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/...istory.php

See above.

Hey Zee, I guess they don't teach reading comprehension at North Texas.

Actually I believe MG61 was highlighting the fact that the Cajuns have never played in a "major bowl game" which was actually what I put in the original post. It's not that the games are no longer in operation, it's that they weren't a major bowl game.

Point in case, Middle Tennessee had played in four bowl games before our 2006 Motor City Bowl appearance, but that was our first bowl game, because the previous four were not "major bowl games", one of the games we played in is actually still in operation, we played in the Tangerine bowl twice, which is now the Capital One Bowl, but at the time we were in the NCAA college division(small college).

ULL's previous bowl games were when they were playing at the junior college level and at the NCAA college division(small college) level. That's why ULL has never played in a bowl game and if you were to make one it would be advertised as your first bowl game, just like our 2006 Motor City Bowl was.

And thats what Geaux stated when he made his post. Thanks for your interest in UL's Ragin Cajuns.

Actually that's not what Geaux stated, but whatever...you're welcome.

Actually, it is....and you're welcome back.

Z