University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns To Host Ohio in 2007 Home Opener
9/3/2007 5:00:00 AM | Football
LAFAYETTE - After a near-upset of the South Carolina Gamecocks, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns are to set to open their 2007 home schedule this Saturday against the Ohio Bobcats at Cajun Field. UL head football coach Rickey Bustle held his second weekly media luncheon of the season Monday at the Cox Communications Athletic Center.
Saturday, the Ragin' Cajuns (0-1) did not turn the ball over, while allowing only one sack in their 28-14 season-opening loss at South Carolina. Junior quarterback Michael Desormeaux (New Iberia, La.) led all rushers with 21 carries for 116 yards and a touchdown. Tyrell Fenroy (LaPlace, La.) added 88 yards on 16 carries, moving him into third place on the school's all-time rushing list with 2,338 yards. Fenroy needs 94 more yards to move into a second-place tie with Darren Brister (2,432 yards). Fenoy is now less than 1,000 yards away from becoming UL's career rushing leader.
Saturday's best performance came from junior Jason Chery (Delray Beach, Fla.), who was named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week Monday. Chery made every solo tackle on special teams for the Cajuns Saturday night. UL kicked-off three times, with each tackle coming from Chery, holding the Gamecocks to less than 20 yards per kickoff return. During punt coverage, every punt was fair caught or downed except one, which was returned for only one yard before being tackled by Chery, who boasts 35 career tackles in 24 games.
Louisiana welcomes the Bobcats (1-0) to "The Swamp" for the first time this weekend. Ohio, the 2006 Mid-American Conference East Division champion, is the Cajuns' second consecutive opponent to have played in a bowl game last season. Last season, Ohio lost 28-7 to Southern Miss at the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
The Cajuns are 2-5 all-time against teams from the MAC. UL's last meeting against the MAC was a 33-14 win over Eastern Michigan last season at Cajun Field.
In addition to coach Bustle's weekly press conferences, all UL home games will be streamed live on RaginCajuns.com as well, beginning with this weekend's game against Ohio. The service is currently free for all fans. Beginning Oct. 1, fans can sign up to watch on-demand videos on RaginCajuns.com $9.95/month.
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