Cajun Heisenberg

I doubt if you guys even passively followed Cajun football. I really don't follow any MAC teams unless they are on TV and playing one of the big boys then I become a MAC fan for three hours. Anyways we went through a decade of some of the worst football since the Three Stooges. Then a new coach rode into town call HUD. He changed the loser mentality and took us to a bowl game his first year! I really believe Bowden is going to do that for you guys. The Michigan game was a glimpse of what will be. You have the coach and facilities. It's going to happen. I wouldn't be surprised to see you in a bowl this year. If you can, make the trip to South Louisiana. It's really like different country. Just ask what it is before you eat and I'll even let you ride on Gator! = - )

You have a great coach and stadium. You guys are on the way up!

Whew! Best of luck the rest of the way!

Well the wooden computer I done made cuts in and out on me while I be riding on the back of me Gator. Seriously, if you've ever wondered about Ragin Cajuns, the name developed in the late 60's and early 70's. We use to be called the Bulldogs but we had so many local Cajun players, the call by call guy started calling us the Ragin Cajuns and the name stuck. He really should have trademarked that name.

If any of you guys do make it to raginpagin.com and use Lafayette, expect to be corrected. That's enough of the PSA. I believe you guys play a game down here in the near future. If you never been to New Orleans I would encourage you to fly in. It's a very fun city as you may have heard and just an hour and 45 minutes to the east of Lafayette. Lafayette and the Acadiana area is like another country and it alone is worth the trip. BTW, I will be cooking up a special red batch for Saturday. = - )

Louisiana - Monroe is happy with ULM. In 84 we changed our name from the University of Southwestern Louisiana to the University of Louisiana. A graduating class has that on their diploma. LSU got mad and twisted the state legislature to force us to retake USL. We could only use the University of Louisiana if we got another university to go along with it and change their name. Also LSU was given "Flagship" status. In the early 1990's, Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) changed their name so now we have ULM. We are the second largest school in the state with 17,000 students. We also have the second largest campus. ULM has about 7,000 students. That's the short version of why this has come to be. It's a case of a BCS power school trying to keep the other schools down and pitting them against each other.

I was pulling for you guys against Michigan. We've been on the losing end of games like that. It's heart breaking. I'm sure the Zips will bounce back and I'm expecting a heck of a battle. We didn't play well against Kansas State or Arkansas. Our only win thus far is against 1-AA Nicholls State. Nicholls is a small state school about an hour south of NOLA. They usually aren't much of a football power even at the 1-AA level. Stop by raginpagin.com and introduce yourself. FYI we prefer to be called UL or simply Louisiana (A real long story that started in 1984). I have a couple of questions for you guys I've always wondered about. Was the zipper invented in Akron thus the reason for the name? Also what does the Kangaroo have to do with your nickname? I wish the Zip Nation the best of luck this season after Saturday.