RUSTON — Daquan Bracey scored a game-high 26 points to lead three players in double figures, and Louisiana Tech used an 18-3 run in the first half to pull away and defeat the UL Ragin’ Cajuns 77-59 on Saturday at the Thomas Assembly Center.
On the surface, No. 15-ranked Mississippi State doesn’t appear to be the best choice for UL coach Garry Brodhead’s Ragin’ Cajuns to take on in their annual education game at the Cajundome.
At the time, there was no way anyone around UL’s football program knew what was about to happen.
Last year, the crucial injury news happened in the final non-conference game of the season in late December.
UL redshirt senior offensive guard Kevin Dotson has once again been recognized as one of the nation’s top offensive linemen after he was named a Sports Illustrated first-team All-American on Wednesday afternoon.
It would have been nice for coach Garry Brodhead’s UL Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball team to enter exams week with a 7-1 record.
It’s a strange time of the basketball season each year.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns football program will make its seventh bowl appearance this decade when it officially received the invitation from the LendingTree Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, on Sunday.
Once again, a trip west producedgood and bad signs for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team.
In coach Billy Napier’s first season as head coach of the UL Ragin’ Cajuns, the program took a big first step toward respectability.
The recipe for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns in nine of their 10 wins was pretty much the same.
BOONE, N.C. — The process of reading in between the lines continues when it comes to the Sun Belt Conference bowl picture.
What we saw, what's trending now and final thoughts from a rough day in North Carolina.
The cliché is the playoffs are a whole new season.
The process of reading in between the lines continues as it comes to figuring out the Sun Belt Conference bowl picture.
With a roster loaded with newcomers, the first half of the season for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball team was no doubt going to be a huge learning experience.
INSIDE THE GAME
In some ways, all of the seven games played between UL’s Ragin’ Cajuns and the Appalachian State Mountaineers since November 2014 have been the same.
The moment of truth.
Neither Appalachian State’s Zac Thomas nor UL’s Levi Lewis were recognized as first or second-team all-Sun Belt Conference quarterbacks when the team was announced Wednesday by the league office after a vote by the coaches.
2019 SUN BELT FOOTBALL POSTSEASON HONORS
Tuesday’s 98-81 victory over the Southeastern Lions in the Cajundome gave UL basketball fans their first look at 6-8 junior forward Tirus Smith.
In Saturday’s postgame news conference after the 31-30 win over UL-Monroe, it wasn’t hard to detect what was one of UL coach Billy Napier’s favorite plays in the game.
There were plenty of things not to like about UL’s 62-49 home win over Xavier of New Orleans on Monday at the Cajundome.
Some of it has been opportunity and some of it is just an inexperienced player growing up down the stretch.
When the UL men’s basketball team returns to the Cajundome at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the first time since Nov. 15, some things about the Ragin’ Cajuns will seem very different for fans who haven’t seen the team since the 73-61 home win over Youngstown State.
Normally, UL senior wide receiver Jarrod “Bam” Jackson pays close attention when opponents are attempting field goals and extra points.
A game that wound up being decided by field goals — one made, one missed — was supposed to match the Sun Belt Conference’s best rushing team against one of the league’s premier running backs.
For all those sweating the details of UL’s 31-30 nailbiting victory over UL-Monroe on Saturday at Cajun Field, there was certainly a lot to be concerned about.
If you’ve been to a Ragin’ Cajuns football game this season, that second hot dog you passed on at the concession stand may have fed a community member in need.
It was late in the third quarter and it was already pretty obvious the ULM Warhawks weren’t going down easily Saturday at Cajun Field.
The venue was different and many of the circumstances were as well.
INSIDE THE GAME
There will be plenty of incentive for both teams when the UL Ragin’ Cajuns and the UL-Monroe Warhawks end the regular season at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Cajun Field on ESPNU.
For many kids, it wouldn’t have been as alarming as it was to St. Thomas More junior outfielder Brennan Breaux that afternoon more than five years ago.
It’s easy to understand why Saturday’s Senior Day at Cajun Field is going to be so special for UL coach Billy Napier and his staff.
Perhaps it comes with in-state rivalries, or perhaps it’s just this opponent.
LAS VEGAS — UL’s basketball team saw first-hand Tuesday how inconsistent a young squad can be in the span of 24 hours.
Few things frustrate a good defense more than a dual-threat quarterback.
The Appalachian State game on Oct. 9 was encouraging with 21,012 fans. The next game was homecoming against Texas State with 21,063 fans.
It sounds like the thing to say, and it’s certainly the goal every week.
In his stops at Alabama, Clemson and Arizona State as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, Billy Napier’s never been around a football team that played a perfect game.
For many around the country, the UL Ragin’ Cajuns are first identified by their three-headed monster in the offensive backfield.
Troy’s defense has not been good all season long.
Saturday’s 53-3 thumping of Troy by the UL Ragin' Cajuns may have surprised some.
Cajuns take down Troy 53-3 in Belt Conference football game at Cajun Field on Saturday, November 23, 2019
It was a blackout night at Cajun Field for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns.