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Cajuns Fall To Cougars, 6-4

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:39:15 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun baseball team fell on the road in non-conference action on Tuesday night, dropping a 6-4 decision, to the Houston Cougars, in Houston, Texas.

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UL Softball Sweeps Doubleheader From Houston

Steve Peloquin — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:42:15 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns softball team ran their season-long win streak to 14 game game on Wednesday night, after sweeping a non-conference doubleheader from the Houston Cougars at Lamson Park.

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Cajuns Welcome Alumni, Host Houston

Jay Walker — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:03:20 +0000

Former Head Coach Yvette Girouard to throw out first pitch.

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Cajuns Softball Opening Weekend has Time Changes

Jay Walker — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:21:47 +0000

The #11 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team opens the season with an appearance in the Hilton Houston Plaza Classic next weekend.

But the playing schedule has changed due to a team dropping out of the tournament

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Hot Shooting Cougars Quell Cajuns 85-63

Jay Walker — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:17:17 +0000

Cougars hit 14 three pointers in win.

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Cajuns Fall to Cougars, 85-63

Steve Peloquin — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:54:56 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun men's basketball team fell on the road in non-conference action on Saturday night, dropping an 85-63 decision to the Houston Cougars, in Houston, Texas.

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Cajuns Head West to Face Cougars

Jay Walker — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:00:35 +0000

Cajuns look for back to back wins.

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Five Intriguing Games This Weekend – From the Bird's Nest

Jay Walker — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:36:19 +0000

Besides a big game at the top, there's plenty to keep an eye on.

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This Week in the Sun Belt

Jay Walker — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:45:40 +0000

Evidently this is a good week for an open date. Troy, FAU, South Alabama and Western Kentucky are all resting this week.

Besides the Cajuns and Tulane, there are only three other games involving Sun Belt schools and one of them is on Thursday:

ARKANSAS STATE (2-3, 0-1) AT FIU (1-4, 0-1)--The team that won the league last year is facing the team that was picked to win the league this year. And, as it's

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Jay's Memorable Moment #8 – The Breakthrough

Jay Walker — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:28:51 +0000

USL 13, Texas 6

USL 5, Houston 3

USL 19, Houston 8

NCAA Regional

Cougar Field, Houston, TX

May 28-30, 1999

Getting to NCAA Regionals hadn't been a huge problem for the USL Ragin' Cajuns in the decade leading up to 1999. The problem was winning after getting there.

Going into 1999, the Cajuns had been to regionals

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Jay's Memorable Moment #11 – One For the Road

Jay Walker — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:44:08 +0000

Louisiana 31, Houston 28

Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX

October 7, 2006

Before becoming part of the radio team for the Ragin' Cajuns, I did eight years of television broadcasts for KADN-TV. And, back then, there was a pretty comprehensive package of games, both home and

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Cajuns Close Mid-Week Schedule in Houston

Jay Walker — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:03:08 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns will play their final mid-week game of the season Tuesday night when they travel to Houston to take on the Cougars out of Conference USA.

Game time is scheduled for 6:30 at Cougar Field.

Neither team has had a year to be happy about.

The Cajuns (23-27) snapped a four game losing streak with

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UL Softball Sweeps Doubleheader For Houston – Recap

Steve Peloquin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:45:46 +0000

The 11th-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajun softball team kept their 2012 record spotless by sweeping a non-conference doubleheader from the Houston Cougars, by scores of 12-7 in nine innings, and 3-2.

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UL Softball Travels To Take On Houston – Preview

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:55:50 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun softball team is back on the diamond this afternoon, traveling to Houston, Texas, to take on the Houston Cougars, in a non-conference doubleheader.

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UL Baseball Downs Houston, 3-1

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:37:31 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun baseball team captured a non-conference home win on Tuesday evening, defeating the Houston Cougars, 3-1, at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

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LSU Sneaks Past Houston, 59-58

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:38:47 +0000

The LSU Tiger men's basketball team opened up a two-game road trip by sneaking past the Houston Cougars, 59-58, on Tuesday night, in non-conference action.

LSU was trailing, 58-57, with :04 seconds remaining, when freshman guard Anthony Hickey missed a lay-up.

The offensive rebound went to the Tigers' Storm Warren, who was fouled with :01 left.

Warren proceeded to go to the free throw line and sink two free throws, to give LSU the one-point win.

Houston was able to out-shoot LSU from the field, 44%-34%, but the Tigers out-rebounded the Cougars, 37-32, and also forced 20 UH turnovers.

Andre Stringer led the way for the Tigers, with 13 points, while Ralston Turner added 12.

Alandise Harris paced the Cougars in a losing cause, with a game-high 21 points.

With the victory, LSU improves to 4-3 on the year, while Houston fell to 3-3.

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Houston, SMU, UCF Getting Big East Invites

Jay Walker — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:21:41 +0000

The Big East Conference wants to get to twelve football playing schools. And, they're going to reach into Conference USA for three of them.

The University of Houston, the University of Central Flori

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Overrated/Overlooked In Latest AP Poll

Steve Peloquin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:34:29 +0000

What teams are a little overrated in the latest Associated Press Top-25 college football poll, and what teams should be in that poll that aren't?

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New Uniforms In College Football: The Best & The Worst

Steve Peloquin — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:00:37 +0000

There's been a lot of talk about uniforms as of late, in the world of college football.

A number of teams have new uniforms this year.

Of those teams, which are the best, and which are the worst?

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Expansion Candidates For The Big XII

Steve Peloquin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:30:42 +0000

Now the Texas A&M has announced they will leave the Big XII by 2012, if they are accepted by another league, that would actually make that conference the Big IX.

Colorado left this year to become a member of the Pac-12, and Nebraska joined the Big Ten.

With nine teams, and with the possibility of losing another member, such as Missouri, the Big XII will be looking to expand.

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