Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns at North Texas Mean Green Saturday, Oct. 2
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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns at North Texas Mean Green Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 Fouts Field Denton, TX – 6:30pm CT Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns (1-2) About This Week… The Cajuns travel to North Texas for a 6:30pm contest on Sept. 5 at #23 Georgia (SEC Network) 7-55 L the Sun Belt Network…UL has won the last three meetings Sept. 11 ARKANSAS ST.* (SBC Network) 31-24 W vs. the Mean Green, including a 59-30 win in Denton in Sept. 18 OPEN 2008…The Cajuns have scored at least 38 points in each of Sept. 25 MIDDLE TENN* 14-34 L the last three meetings and have scored a TD on special Oct. 2 at North Texas* (SBC Network) 6:30pm teams each of the last two years. Oct. 8 OKLAHOMA ST. (ESPN2 HD) 8:00PM About Last Week… Oct. 16 at Troy St.* 6:00pm The Cajuns were downed by Middle Tennessee by a final Oct. 23 WESTERN KENTUCKY* 4:00PM score of 34-14…The Blue Raiders shutout the Cajuns in the Oct. 30 at Ohio 1:00pm second half for the second straight season…UL has been Nov. 6 at Mississippi TBA outscored 55-7 in the second half this season…Quarterback Nov. 13 at Florida Atlantic* (SBN-WC) 6:00pm Blaine Gautier capped a scoring drive with a two-yard touchdown run, his second career rushing score. Nov. 20 FIU* (SBN-WC) 6:00PM Nov. 27 at La.-Monroe* (SBN-WC) 2:30pm Looking Ahead to Next Week… The Cajuns will host Oklahoma State on Friday, Oct. 8…The game will kickoff at 8pm and air on ESPN2…The last meeting between the two schools came on Oct. 4, 2003, Collegepressbox.com a 56-3 victory by OSU. Collegepressbox.com is the official media website Masson Finds Green… for Sun Belt Conference football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, Chris Masson has tossed a TD pass to Ladarius Green media guides, headshots, logos and more for the (Mackey Watch List) in each game this season…Green leads the Cajuns in receptions (14), receiving yards (222) and conference and each of its member schools. Login touchdowns (3). information will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to No Interceptions… [email protected] UL has not thrown an interception over the last 62 passes and Chris Masson has been INT-Free over his last 64 passes. Statistical Points of Interest… 2010 Sun Belt Football Standings UL is 7-1 in games in which quarterback Chris Masson School Conference Overall appeared under center and did NOT throw an Middle Tennessee 1-0 2-2 interception…Conversely, UL is 1-9 in games where Masson throws a pick (Beat K-State despite one INT). Troy 1-0 2-2 North Texas 1-0 1-3 Cajun Field Tunnel Intimidating… Louisiana 1-1 1-2 In an article stating “The right entrance can get visitors off Arkansas State 1-2 1-3 on the wrong foot,” Ryan McGee from ESPN The Magazine FIU 0-0 0-3 confidentially sampled players in each of the 11 conferences to name which rival has the most intimidating tunnel…The Western Kentucky 0-0 0-4 Sun Belt’s feared entrance was Cajun Field…An anonymous Florida Atlantic 0-1 1-2 quote stated…"I hate going out that tunnel. They have some La.-Monroe 0-1 1-2 horrible, horrible fans. It's a good thing for them, though." South Alabama Coming in 2013 http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5452951 Sun Belt Conference Affiliated with the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, GMAC Bowl, Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Birmingham Bowl and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl. NEW ORLEANS – For the first time in Sun Belt Conference history, two conference teams will be guaranteed admission into the postseason. During the offseason, the conference continued its partnership with the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and entered into a primary bowl partnership with the GMAC Bowl. Additionally, the Sun Belt Conference has secondary tie-ins with the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, the Birmingham Bowl, and the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl. Teams from the Sun Belt Conference will be eligible to play in these bowl games if they have a winning record and the primary contracted partners are unable to fill the spots in these games. 2010-11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Site Matchup Network New Mexico Dec. 18 / 2:00 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18 / 5:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho MAC vs. WAC ESPN R + L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 18 / 9:00 p.m. New Orleans, La. C-USA vs. Sun Belt ESPN Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Dec. 21 / 8:00 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. C-USA [Sun Belt] ESPN MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22 / 8:00 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 / 8:00 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Navy (WAC) ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 8:00 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii C-USA vs. 7-win Hawaii or WAC ESPN Little Caesars Pizza Dec. 26 / 8:30 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big Ten (Sun Belt) vs. MAC ESPN AdvoCare V100 Independence Dec. 27 / 5:00 p.m. Shreveport, La. ACC vs. Mountain West ESPN Champs Sports Dec. 28 / 6:30 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big East ESPN Insight Dec. 28 / 10:00 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big Ten vs. Big 12 ESPN EagleBank Dec. 29 / 2:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. ACC vs. C-USA ESPN Texas Dec. 29 / 6:00 p.m. Houston, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 ESPN Valero Alamo Dec. 29 / 9:15 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30 / 12:00 p.m. Dallas, Texas C-USA vs. Mountain West [Army] ESPN New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30 / 3:20 p.m. Bronx, N.Y. Big 12 (Notre Dame) vs. Big East ESPN Franklin American Mortgage Music City Dec. 30 / 6:40 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30 / 10:00 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Meineke Care Care Dec. 31 / 12:00 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN Hyundai Sun Dec. 31 / 2:00 p.m. El Paso, Texas ACC vs. Pac-10 CBS AutoZone Liberty Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. C-USA vs. SEC [Big East] ESPN Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Dallas Football Classic Jan. 1 / 11:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 [C-USA/MAC] ESPN Outback Jan. 1 / 1:00 p.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC Capital One Jan. 1 / 1:00 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN Gator Jan. 1 / 1:30 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN2 Rose Bowl Game Jan. 1 / 5:00 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS vs. BCS ESPN Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 1 / 8:30 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. BCS vs. BCS ESPN Orange Jan. 3 / 8:30 p.m. Miami, Fla. BCS vs. BCS ESPN Allstate Sugar Jan. 4 / 8:30 p.m. New Orleans, La. BCS vs. BCS ESPN GMAC Jan. 6 / 8:00 p.m. Mobile, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt ESPN AT&T Cotton Jan. 7 / 8:00 p.m. Arlington, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX Birmingham Bowl Jan. 8 / 12:00 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC [MAC/C-USA/SBC] ESPN Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 9 / 9:00 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. Pac-10 vs. WAC ESPN Tostitos BCS National Championship Jan. 10 / 8:30 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 ESPN Notre Dame is eligible for all bowls in which the Big East has a commitment, as well as the BCS. Head Coach Rickey Bustle… Rickey Bustle has guided the Cajuns for eight seasons and enters his ninth year in Cajun Country in 2010. Louisiana won six games in four of the past five seasons, a stretch not equaled at UL since 1986‐89. In fact, since the 2005 season, only one other Sun Belt school can boast four bowl eligible seasons. One of Bustle’s proudest moments was seeing four‐time All‐Sun Belt selection Tyrell Fenroy become just the 7th player in NCAA history to rush for 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons. Bustle is credited with 51 All‐Sun Belt selections in addition to the 2005 SBC Freshman of the Year (Tyrell Fenroy), 2006 SBC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year (Jerry Babb), 2008 SBC Offensive Player of the Year (Michael Desormeaux) and 2008 SBC Player of the Year (Fenroy). In addition to winning the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week, several Ragin’ Cajuns under Bustle have been considered for many prestigious national awards, including; Doak Walker Award Watch List & Semifinalist, Lou Groza Award Watch List, Mackey Award Watch List, Outland Trophy Watch List, Rimington Trophy Watch List, Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List and William V. Campbell Trophy Candidate. Following the 2010 NFL Draft, a total of 19 Ragin’ Cajuns coached by Bustle have either been drafted or signed free agent contracts. North of the border, Bustle has seen a pair of offensive linemen selected in the CFL Draft – Jesse Newman was the third overall pick in 2008 and Nasser Jamal was the first pick of the sixth round in the 2010.