So far, NSU is hosting McNeese's volleyball, soccer, women's tennis and men's and women's cross country teams on campus. Football could wind up here, but the projected storm track as of late Sunday night seems to indicate Lake Charles will be spared major impact.
The basketball teams at McNeese and UNO have been offered housing here, if there is significant impact to their campuses or practice facilities.
The Demon Alley Tailgating Zone, which has cable TV, water and electricity hookups around the football practice field, is filling up. A few RV's never left after Saturday night's game, and others have arrived. Nice that the NSU Athletic Association had the vision to provide such a setup and great to see it used at a time of need.
The NSU teams are settled in. The campus dining facilities are operating. The height of the storm seems destined to occur after dark Monday and into Tuesday. The only competition for NSU this week is a Tuesday night volleyball match at Louisiana Tech, and it would seem that could be postponed for a day or two depending on the road conditions Tuesday and weather issues, but nothing will be decided until Monday or maybe even Tuesday morning.
LSU's football team had made inquiry with Coach Scott Stoker about practicing here Tuesday, but now that seems unlikely.
Nicholls' team, like the McNeese team, has been sent home. With the potential for serious damage in the Houma-Thibodaux area, the Colonels might need to relocate along the lines of what McNeese did after Hurricane Rita in 2005.
One lighter note related: Associated Press reports that Southeastern's football team was invited to headquarter at Ole Miss for the week. Ironically, SLU plays Ole Miss's arch-rival, Mississippi State, next Saturday! Coincidence? I think not.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Bills coach praises D-Bell
From www.buffalobills.com, lead journalist Chris Brown writes about rookie offensive tackle Demetrius Bell, the 2007 Demons' All-America who made the Bills' 53-man roster Saturday:
"....Bell was considered a developmental type player. However, Bell learned fast and got a ton of playing time in the preseason with the likes of Jason Peters absent and Patrick Estes and Matt Murphy both injured for a time.
Bell let his athletic ability take over and he came on so fast that putting the Northwestern State product on the practice squad would simply be too big a risk.
“For him it’s probably been really good that we’ve been limited at the spot and hurt by injury because he’s gotten a lot more time than he would have,” said head coach Dick Jauron. “It’s really accelerated his development and he’s worked really hard at it. I probably didn’t anticipate it at this point we’d be this happy, but I certainly didn’t anticipate we would see this much of him in the game situation. He did a nice job.”
"....Bell was considered a developmental type player. However, Bell learned fast and got a ton of playing time in the preseason with the likes of Jason Peters absent and Patrick Estes and Matt Murphy both injured for a time.
Bell let his athletic ability take over and he came on so fast that putting the Northwestern State product on the practice squad would simply be too big a risk.
“For him it’s probably been really good that we’ve been limited at the spot and hurt by injury because he’s gotten a lot more time than he would have,” said head coach Dick Jauron. “It’s really accelerated his development and he’s worked really hard at it. I probably didn’t anticipate it at this point we’d be this happy, but I certainly didn’t anticipate we would see this much of him in the game situation. He did a nice job.”
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Going to the 4th up 24-14
The Lions hit another long TD pass, a 48-yarder, to cut the lead down to 10 points. The Demons have 172 yards rushing, hard earned against a rugged TAMC defense. NSU hasn't gone up top in the passing game, unlike the visitors, and has only 54 yards in the air.
Announced attendance is 9,294. They're having fun in a game that will be settled in the final period.
BTW, the parachutists pregame were a festive addition to the scene, bringing the game ball to midfield. Back to football ...
After a fourth-down gamble was stymied at the TAMC 45, NSU did go deep but a nice breakup denied Dudley Guice a long TD.
Announced attendance is 9,294. They're having fun in a game that will be settled in the final period.
BTW, the parachutists pregame were a festive addition to the scene, bringing the game ball to midfield. Back to football ...
After a fourth-down gamble was stymied at the TAMC 45, NSU did go deep but a nice breakup denied Dudley Guice a long TD.
Pressure leads to points
A hurried pass was a wounded duck and the Purple Swarm defense has now outscored the NSU offense. Gary Riggs made a Gary Riggs like play and 30 yards later, it's 24-7 on his interception return midway through the third quarter.
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