Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns at #9 Louisiana State
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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns at #9 Louisiana State Tigers Saturday, September 19, 2009 Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA – 6:05pm CT Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns (2-0) Starting at Home … The Cajuns started the season with a pair of home games for the first time since 1989 and are 2-0 for the first time since Sept. 5 SOUTHERN 42-19 W (ESPN360) 1990. The last time the Cajuns were 3-0 was 1988. Coach Sept. 12 KANSAS STATE 17-15 W Sept. 19 at Louisiana State (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. Bustle had started 0-2 in six of his first seven seasons. Biggest Crowds Ever… Sept. 26 at Nebraska (FSN PPV) 6:00 p.m. Oct. 3 OPEN The Cajuns hosted 41,357 for their home-opener vs. Oct. 10 NORTH TEXAS* (SBN) 6:00 p.m. Southern (the largest in Cajun Field and Sun Belt history) Oct. 17 at Western Kentucky* 6:00 p.m. and had 16,431 vs. K-State to mark the largest two-game total in Cajun Field history (57,788). Three of the six largest Oct. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 4:00 p.m. crowds ever at Cajun Field have come since 2006. Oct. 31 at FIU* 11:00 a.m. Masson Keeps Rolling… Nov. 7 at Arkansas State* (SBN) 2:30 p.m. In his second start, Chris Masson put together a pair of two- Nov. 14 at Middle Tennessee* (SBN) 3:15 p.m. minute drives – one at the end of each half, to help UL top Nov. 21 ULM* 6:00 p.m. Big XII-member Kansas State. His first drive started with Nov. 28 TROY* 6:00 p.m. 2:13 remaining in the first half, as he took UL 73 yards in 12 plays. He went 5-of-7 for 55 yards and threw a TD pass The Sun Belt Conference race… with five seconds left in the second quarter. After K-State The Sun Belt’s regular season champion will face grabbed a 15-14 lead, he took charge once again with 3:50 a representative from Conference USA in the R&L left in the game. Masson directed a 10-play, 37-yard drive Carriers New Orleans Bowl. College football’s third to set-up the game-winning FG. He is 2-0 in his career as a bowl game will be held in the Louisiana Superdome starter and has a passing efficiency this season of 142.0. on Dec. 20 at 7:15 pm and televised live on ESPN. Falgout Still Top TD Passer… C-USA has 12 member schools: East Carolina, Wide receiver Richie Falgout has as many career touchdown passes (4) as any of the Cajuns top three quarterbacks Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern (Masson – 4, McGuire – 2, Gautier – 0)…Falgout’s career Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. passing line is 4-of-4 for 110 yards and four touchdowns. His career passing efficiency stands at 661.00. 2009 Sun Belt Football Standings Solid Defense… School Conference Overall The Cajuns defense has allowed less than 20 points in each Louisiana 0-0 2-0 of the first two games. It is the first time since the 2006 Arkansas State 0-0 1-1 season that the Cajuns have surrendered less than 20 points Middle Tennessee 0-0 1-1 in back-to-back games. UL kept opponents under 20 points North Texas 0-0 1-1 five times that season, including three straight games. ULM 0-0 1-1 Clutch Kicking… Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-1 Tyler Albrecht’s first career field goal attempt will be talked Florida International 0-0 0-1 about for a long time. His 48-yard game-winning blast with 32 seconds left carried the Cajuns to a 17-15 win over Big Troy 0-0 0-2 XII-member Kansas State. By comparison, his predecessor C-USA leaders Drew Edmiston missed his first career kick, a 35-yard Southern Miss (East Div.) 1-0 2-0 SMU (West Div.) 1-0 2-0 attempt at LSU. Sean Comiskey preceded Edmiston and, Tulsa (West Div.) 1-0 2-0 although Comiskey made his first career attempt (from 31 Houston (West Div.) 0-0 2-0 yards), he missed his next kick from 47 yards. Sun Belt Conference Affiliated with R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, St. Petersburg Bowl, Papajohns.com Bowl and AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has sent its champion to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl since its inception in 2001. This year’s game will be played on December 20th at 7:15 p.m. (CT). The game is set to air on ESPN. Additionally, the Sun Belt Conference has secondary tie-ins with the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, the PapaJohns.com Bowl, and the 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. 2009-010 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE (Dates and Times are Tentative and Subject to Change – Listed in Order from FWAA, Times are Central) Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Site Matchup Network Texas Dec. 31 / 2:30 p.m. Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. Navy or Conference USA ESPN Brut Sun Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. El Paso, Texas Pac-10 vs. Big East/Big 12 CBS St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 19 / 7 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. Conference USA ESPN San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN Papajohn’s.com Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC ESPN Outback Jan. 1 / 10 a.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 20 / 7:15 p.m. New Orleans, La. Conference USA vs. Sun Belt ESPN New Mexico Dec. 19 / 1:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 27 / 7:15 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Motor City Dec. 26 / 12 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big 12 vs. Mid-American ESPN Meineke Car Care Dec. 26 / 3 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 / 4:30 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. Conference USA vs. SEC ESPN Maaco Las Vegas Dec. 22 / 7 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN International Jan. 2 / 11 a.m. Toronto, Canada Big East vs. Mid-American ESPN2 Insight Dec. 31 / 5 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big 10 vs. Big 12 NFL Advocare V100 Independence Dec. 28 / 4 p.m. Shreveport, La. Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN Roady’s Humanitarian Dec. 30 / 3:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 7 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii Conference USA vs. WAC ESPN GMAC Jan. 6 / 6 p.m. Mobile, Ala. ACC vs. Mid-American ESPN Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. ACC vs. Big East/Big12/Notre Dame CBS Emerald Dec. 26 / 7 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. ACC vs. Pac-10 ESPN EagleBank Dec. 29 / 3:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. ACC vs. Army ESPN AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Arlington, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 6:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Champs Sports Dec. 29 / 7 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big Ten ESPN Capital One Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. Conference USA ESPN Valero Alamo Jan. 2 / 8 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big 10 vs. Big 12 ESPN Allstate Sugar Jan. 1 / 7:30 p.m. New Orleans, La. BCS At-Large vs. BCS At-Large FOX Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 / 3:30 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS (Big Ten) vs. BCS (Pac-10) ABC FedEx Orange Jan. 5 / 7 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. BCS (ACC) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 4 / 7 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Citi BCS National Championship Jan. 7 / 7 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 ABC Head Coach Rickey Bustle… Louisiana head coach Rickey Bustle has guided the Cajuns for seven seasons and enters his eighth year in 2009. Louisiana has now won six games and been bowl-eligible in three of the last four seasons. The last time that happened at UL was 1993-95, when the Cajuns won at least six games for three consecutive seasons. Coach Bustle won 23 games in his first five seasons with the Cajuns from 2002-06, including 11 of the last 17 games. UL won only nine games in the five seasons prior to Bustle’s arrival from 1997-2001. Bustle saw his winning percentage increase each of the first four seasons since taking the job in 2002, but regressed to .500 in 2006. His 6-6 record in 2006 was only deemed a regression because of the high standards and raised levels of expectations by the Cajuns and their fans. In fact, Bustle’s 12 wins from 2005-06 were the most in a two-year period since 1994-95. Louisiana went 4-1 at home in 2008, marking the sixth season under Bustle that the Cajuns have been .500 or better at home.