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Louisiana 32, San Diego State 30 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA December 17, 2011 The announcement that Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns' football fans had anticipated for, oh, say, 41 years or so, finally happened on November 21, 2011...

Haydel's mad dash makes everyone in Omaha fall in love with the Cajuns

The goalposts come down and the party lasts well into the wee hours.

USL 78. Western Kentucky 72 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship E. A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, KY March 8, 1994 They hadn't been in the same conference very long, but it didn't take long for USL's Ragin' Cajuns and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers to become basketball rivals...

Louisiana 36, Louisiana-Monroe 35 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA November 5, 2011 When Mark Hudspeth became head coach of Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns in December, 2010, he set some goals for his program. 1.  Get Bowl Eligible 2. Go ...

If you're one of those who is used to the free parking at Cajun Field, you might want to get to the stadium REALLY early this year.

Louisiana 51, South Alabama 50 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, AR March 7, 2000 As the 1999-2000 season drew to a close, NIKE unveiled a series of commercials with the theme "Bracketville," a very well done takeoff on the movie "Pleasantville...

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. ...

Oregon 9, Louisiana 2 Louisiana 6, Oregon 4 NCAA Regionals Titan Softball Complex, Fullerton, CA May 18, 2003 I don't broadcast much softball anymore, and frankly, I miss it. By 2003, I was doing softball games that didn't conflict with my baseball duties...

Brett Baer was one of the most consistent place kickers in America last year.  And, this year, he's getting some pre-season love. Baer has been named to the Lou Groza Award watch list. The Groza award is given annually to the nation's best place kicker. ...

Louisiana 88, Denver 69 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Finals The Super Pit, Denton, Texas March 8, 2005 It had been a tumultuous off season for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns basketball team. Jessie Evans, after leading the Cajuns to the 2004 Sun Belt Tournament championship and a berth in the NCAA tournament, decided to take his heart to San Francisco...

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 road, in football and basketball. ...

Louisiana 3, Tulane 2 M. L. "Tigue" Moore Field, Lafayette, LA April 5, 2000 When I started putting together the most memorable moments in my 20 years covering Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns, it stood to reason that most of the moments that aren't football-related are postseason moments...

Christi Orgeron is still swinging the bat. The Ragin' Cajuns first team All-American had two hits and drove in three runs to lead Team USA to an 8-0 win over Puerto Rico in their first game in the World Cup of Softball. Orgeron, who led the nation in RBI the last two seasons as  a member of the Ragin' Cajuns, Orgeron doubled in both the third and fourth innings.  Sh...

USL 32, Tulane 28 Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA October 28, 1995 In 1995, Southwestern Louisiana was on its way to its third straight winning season under the tutelage of quarterback Jake Delhomme, who guided the Cajuns to a share of the Big West Conference title his first two years as the Cajuns' quarterback, including an 8-3 record his freshman season...

USL 4, Cal State Northridge 2 Arizona 2, USL 1, (10 innings) USL 1, Connecticut 0 USL 1, Arizona 0 UCLA 1, USL 0 NCAA Womens' College World Series ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 27-31, 1993 The story of how Lady Cajuns softball got to be a national power is really an incredible one...

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns have signed two more players for the 2013 season and both have a national championship to their credit. Shortstop/Third baseman Sam Carriere (Destrehan) and LHP Cody Boutte (New Iberia), who led LSU-Eunice to the 2012 NJCAA Division II National Championship, have signed to play with the Cajuns...

Louisiana 1, Rice 0 NCAA Regional   Disch-Falk Field, Austin, Texas June 4, 2010 One of the things I love about broadcasting college baseball is the relationships that are made along the way.  Three g...

Louisiana 72, Florida Atlantic 64 FAU Arena, Boca Raton, FL February 12, 2011 Bob Marlin's first season as coach of Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns didn't begin quite as planned. The Cajuns stumbled to a 3-14 record, 1-5 in the Sun Belt Conference, but experienced an amazing turnaround in the second half of the season...

Louisiana 42, Middle Tennessee 28 Cajun Field, Lafayette, LA December 3, 2008 There are a few Tyrell Fenroy moments that could have made this list of memorable moments. Like the time the Cajuns won a piece of the Sun Belt title his freshman season with a convincing win over Louisiana-Monroe that kept the Warhawks out of the New Orleans Bowl...