SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » memorable moments http://espn1420.com Mon, 20 May 2013 07:47:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Jay's Memorable Moment #1 – Dohmann's Promise http://espn1420.com/jays-memorable-moment-1-dohmanns-promise/ http://espn1420.com/jays-memorable-moment-1-dohmanns-promise/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:00:29 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=83095 A pitcher makes good on a vow.

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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 unbeaten at ho

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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."  The slogan was "Bracketville...stay as long as you can."  It f

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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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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.  When softball was on the radio and I had a conflict, Ste

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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 Tou

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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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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.   When you play thirty-plus basketball and sixty or more baseball and softball games, a regular season game w

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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.

And, on the schedule for the eighth time in eleven years was the Tulane Green Wave.  All of those eigh

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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.

When the program started, the Cajuns played where the intramura

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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 game road trips and homestands make it easier to get to know the families of the players in addition to the players themselves.  I learned, fo

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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 experi

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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 Su

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November 23, 2002

Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, MS

This was the Cajuns' season opener, bringing back memories of when basketball started as football was ending.  The game was played on the same day as the Cajuns' season finale at Louisiana-Monroe, bringing to an end Rickey Bustle's first

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Louisiana 5, LSU 0

NCAA Regional-Alex Box Stadium-Baton Rouge, LA

June 1, 2002

After a dismal 2001 season that saw Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns fail to qualify for their conference tournament, played in Lafayette at M. L. "Tigue" Moore Field, the Cajuns  rolled their way to a second place finish in t

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USL 73, New Orleans 69

CAJUNDOME  February 23, 1994

The Cajundome opened in November of 1985.  In that season, the final for Bobby Paschal, the Cajuns defeated the University of New Orleans.

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