Everything seemed to be heading in the right direction.
JONESBORO, Ark. — On a night filled with short possessions, the UL Ragin’ Cajuns put together a really, really long one to survive 28-27 against Arkansas State at Centennial Bank Stadium on Thursday.
UL junior running back Chris Smith could easily have felt like the world was crumbling down on him.
1. Running game bails out UL
JONESBORO, Ark. — When kick returner Chris Smith allowed a kickoff to land on the turf, a nightmare scenario was in place.
When things got tough during Thursday’s 28-27 nailbiting win over Arkansas State at Centennial Bank Stadium, the UL Ragin’ Cajuns leaned on the running game.
One day after being picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference women’s race, UL senior center Ty’Reona Doucet was honored as the Sun Belt’s preseason player of the year.
It doesn't take very long for coach Gerry Glasco to give a synopsis of UL softball’s fall season.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s basketball teams were both picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference race by the league’s coaching staffs.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns delivered a resounding performance by beating Appalachian State 41-13 on Oct. 12.
After the annoucement that LSU and head football coach Ed Orgeron would part ways at the end of the season, UL head coach Billy Napier’s name was mentioned as a potential candidate to replace Orgeron.
INSIDE THE GAME
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns have transformed from a team that limped to wins over Georgia Southern and South Alabama to a squad that thoroughly dominated Appalachian State over a three-week span.
It was early in the fourth quarter of UL’s 41-13 victory over Appalachian State on Tuesday when the Ragin’ Cajuns coaxed the Mountaineers’ defense to jump offsides on a fourth-and-1 in the red zone.
A few weeks ago, the news wasn’t good when it came to UL’s offensive line.
A year ago, the UL defense led the Sun Belt and was third nationally with 16 interceptions.
The 2022 UL baseball schedule was released Thursday and features 16 teams that competed in the NCAA regionals a year ago.
Coach Billy Napier said the film backed up the first impressions of UL's 41-13 triumph over Appalachian State on Tuesday.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns knew they needed to play their best game of the season to knock off Appalachian State on Tuesday at Cajun Field.
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UL coach Billy Napier didn’t want to say it.
Much of the offense’s emphasis during the offseason was improving on the unit’s deep passing game.
1. Complete game
New UL associate baseball coach Seth Thibodeaux didn’t hesitate to answer any questions Monday while filling in for head coach Matt Deggs during a Zoom teleconference updating fall baseball.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns played their best game over the past two seasons when they needed it most with a convincing 41-13 win over Appalachian State in front a national TV audience Tuesday at Cajun Field.
The UL Ragin' Cajuns defeated Appalachian State for the first time last season on a very wet and freezing night in Boone, North Carolina. Now coach Billy Napier’s squad is hoping to prove it wasn't a fluke.
It wasn’t a deep dark secret Appalachian State coach Shawn Clark tucked away until the season began.
It’s not really a do-or-die game.
The UL defensive front was instrumental during the program's first win over Appalachian State last season.
UL first-year volleyball coach Kristi Gray paused mid-sentence.
When offensive lineman Ken Marks arrived on UL’s campus seven years ago out of Central High in Beaumont, Texas, he thought he knew a little about football.
The strange portion of the UL football schedule has arrived.
The UL men's basketball team will play Alabama in a preseason charity exhibition game at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 24 in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
It’s typically a term used to describe players, but UL women’s basketball coach Garry Brodhead is a gym rat, too.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns are 2-0 in Sun Belt Conference play with two road wins, but that only begins to tell the story.
Over South Alabama’s first seven possessions in Saturday’s 20-18 loss to UL, its offense had two plays of 20 or more yards.
After giving away opportunity after opportunity for three quarters, UL's football team faced its first loss to a Sun Belt Conference West Division team under Billy Napier.
1. Run the ball
Things were going in the wrong direction for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns by the fourth quarter Saturday, but just a few inches made everything better.
After all the injuries UL men’s basketball coach Bob Marlin and his staff have endured in recent years, the first week of practice is obviously far too early in the process to declare the Ragin’ Cajuns healthy for the 2021-22 college basketball season.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns expect a physical altercation when they meet unbeaten South Alabama in Saturday’s 7 p.m. Sun Belt showdown at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile.
INSIDE THE GAME
Through four games, UL’s production at wide receiver has been spread across the room.
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It didn’t take All-American left-handed pitcher Phil Devey very long at all to realize he was in the presence of a future Hall of Famer shortly after meeting UL head baseball coach Tony Robichaux.
It’s a statistic that seems to get more alarming each week for the UL Ragin’ Cajuns.
It’s something all coaches at all levels say about preparing for option running games.
One conference road victory down and now the UL Ragin’ Cajuns turn their attention to grabbing a second road Sun Belt Conference win against South Alabama at 7 p.m. Saturday in Mobile.
The 2021 UL Athletic Hall of Fame induction class, announced Monday by the Ragin’ Cajuns Letterman Club, squarely focused on the university’s successful diamond sports.
STATESBORO, Ga. — It wasn’t that UL quarterback Levi Lewis and the rest of the Ragin’ Cajuns offense didn’t appreciate the defense’s effort with the game on the line in a 28-20 road win over Georgia Southern on Saturday.
There were a lot of good things to say about every area of the UL squad after Saturday’s 28-20 road win against Georgia Southern.
The UL Ragin’ Cajuns ended the first half with a blocked field goal and that momentum appeared to carry over into the second half.
1. Still too inconsistent