LAFAYETTE — The Billy Napier era at UL-Lafayette got off to a shaky start, but the Ragin' Cajuns quickly righted themselves on the way to a 49-17 win over Grambling at Cajun Field.

Broderick Fobbs has spent more time in UL-Lafayette football meeting rooms than Billy Napier.

Raymond Calais took two kickoffs back for touchdowns in UL-Lafayette’s football season opener last season.

Andre Nunez will take the first snaps of UL-Lafayette’s football season.

The numbers and the history may be on their side, but UL-Lafayette coach Billy Napier said his Ragin’ Cajuns are paying no attention to the past or to the record books.

UL-Lafayette football coach Billy Napier finally announced Monday who would play quarterback for the Ragin’ Cajuns in Saturday’s season opener against Grambling.

There’s an axiom that states there are no original ideas, only new combinations of old ideas.

The calendars in UL-Lafayette’s Athletic Performance Center might as well not list days of the week, at least through the middle of next week.

A common thread exists through the most successful period in UL-Lafayette football, a stretch when the Ragin’ Cajuns won 36 games and took their first four bowl wins in a four-year period.

Major questions remain in the UL-Lafayette defensive front — questions that were present when new coach Billy Napier opened his first offseason conditioning program in January.

Game 1: Grambling

WHO'S THE TEAM LEADER?

If confidence is the determining factor, this year’s UL-Lafayette’s football team figures to take the first step toward a return to the glory days that sent the Ragin’ Cajuns to new heights early in this decade.

East Division

It’s transition time for UL-Lafayette’s football team.

Elijah Mitchell doesn’t remember all the details. He doesn’t even remember exactly what happened on the play that ended a freshman season at UL-Lafayette that had already shown worlds of promise.

UL-Lafayette’s football team will hold its second – and last – full-contact scrimmage of fall drills Saturday, and head coach Billy Napier says that a lot of starting positions may be decided from Saturday performances.

Jacques Boudreaux thought he knew football pretty well.

Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from his position at the end of his current contract, which expires June 30, 2019.

LAFAYETTE — Louisiana-Lafayette released its 2018-19 home men's basketball schedule Tuesday, highlighted by its annual nonconference matchup against Louisiana Tech, along with the first visit to the Cajundome in three decades by Southern.

UL-Lafayette coach Billy Napier and his staff have promised to make the tight end position more prominent in the offense this season.

UL-Lafayette coach Billy Napier saw about what he expected Saturday when the Ragin’ Cajuns had their first full-scale preseason scrimmage.

LAFAYETTE — It’s late in what has been a long and hot practice Wednesday evening, the sixth in as many days for UL-Lafayette’s football team, and Kendall Johnson has a smile on his face.

UL-Lafayette football coach Billy Napier said Friday’s practice didn’t include any true installation, in contrast to the heavy dose of playbook the Ragin’ Cajuns have received since last Friday’s first workout.

Two days of workouts in full pads have apparently shown UL-Lafayette football coach Billy Napier that he can count on his running backs.

The competition continues in UL-Lafayette’s quarterback race as the Ragin’ Cajuns football team held its first day of full-contact drills Tuesday.

UL-Lafayette football coach Billy Napier did not hesitate to speak highly of the physical condition of the Ragin’ Cajuns three days into fall practice. He also said that the leadership aspect from the players has been a pleasant surprise.

LAFAYETTE — Two-way players — especially those that make significant impacts on both offense and defense — are almost unheard of in modern-day college football.

Goal No. 1 for UL-Lafayette’s football team, and its new coaching staff, was achieved Thursday.

Goal No. 1 for UL-Lafayette’s football team, and its new coaching staff, was achieved Thursday.

Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson well remembers the sometimes contentious, always chaotic early years of the BCS, including the period in 2003-04 when then-Tulane President Scott Cowen was storming the ramparts to gain more access for …

Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson has a first-ever football championship game in December. His league has a hugely expanded agreement with ESPN that includes 650 live events over the next two seasons and even more in subsequent years.