NewOrleans.Com Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In Dept guide to whats going on In New Orleans http://www.neworleans.com/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:44 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.neworleans.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.neworleans.com/ NewOrleans.Com Your Guide for New Orleans hotels, New Orleans Travel,New Orleans restaurants, New Orleans Attractions, A Great Source For New Orleans Locals. In Dept guide to whats going on In New Orleans http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/266044-nicholls-state-beats-slu-in-outgoing-coachs-finale.html HAMMOND – Bobby Felder hadn’t had an interception all season, and that had been a source of frustration. Dan McDonald Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:28:55 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/266045-thomas-confirms-ouster-as-nicholls-coach.html HAMMOND – Nicholls State football coach Jay Thomas confirmed a poorly-kept secret only minutes after his team had wrapped up its 2009 season Thursday night. Dan McDonald Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:19:02 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/263463-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-nov-19-21.html It’s the time of year when every game has at least some kind of meaning … meaning, of course, that the picks become an iffy proposition at best. Dan McDonald Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:24:26 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/262199-louisiana-college-football-roundup.html Sometime in the very near future, some of the state’s top sports media outlets will have to acknowledge the fact that Louisiana’s “other” universities might actually be capable of playing good football on occasion. Dan McDonald Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:29 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/256352-louisiana-college-football-roundup.html It’s been well documented, but it bears repeating every time Southeastern Louisiana’s Lions win a football game. SLU was picked to finish ninth – a nice way of saying last – in the Southland Conference preseason coaches poll, and head coach Mike Lucas was visibly peeved with that ranking. ... Dan McDonald Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:26:23 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/254972-southeastern-louisiana-enjoys-balanced-production-in-win-over-northwestern-state.html NATCHITOCHES – Through the first eight weeks of the collegiate football season, Southeastern Louisiana lived and died on offense – and quarterback Brian Babin had more than done his part in leading the Lions to a storybook season. Dan McDonald Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:01:21 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/249987-louisiana-college-football-roundup.html The prosperity of the 2009 New Orleans Saints isn’t shared by most of Louisiana’s collegiate Football Bowl Subdivision teams (the artists formerly known as Division I-A members). But that’s not anything unusual. Dan McDonald Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:08:19 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/247245-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-oct-31.html Halloween usually signals a turning point in college football, with pivotal games usually surrounding the witching. hour and several teams turning into the proverbial pumpkins. Dan McDonald Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:59:03 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/244071-louisiana-sports-report-from-the-back-pages.html So you thought it was football all the time in Louisiana during this time of year? Not so fast, my friends. Here’s some state happenings in sports you didn’t even know existed, or had forgotten about... Dan McDonald Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:54:18 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/242200-florida-atlantic-pounds-ul-lafayette-51-29.html LAFAYETTE – UL Lafayette’s football team had walked a tightrope over the past two weeks, barely scraping by the bottom-dwellers in the Sun Belt Conference. Dan McDonald Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:18:50 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/240533-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-oct-24.html Reports of the death of these predictions were somewhat exaggerated. Dan McDonald Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:40:55 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/237434-louisiana-college-football-notebook.html There are big things growing around Hammond, and we’re not talking strawberries. Dan McDonald Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:58:41 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/235212-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-oct-17.html The difference in those who gamble for thrills and those who gamble for a living is that the thrill-seeking gambler tries to make up for a bad stretch in one fell swoop. The professional gambler knows that bad weeks will happen, and remains consistent. Dan McDonald Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:40:52 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/232115-louisiana-college-football-notebook.html Louisiana’s college football season is still well short of the halfway point, but the year’s best comeback has already been staged. And it couldn’t have come at a better time for Southeastern Louisiana’s Lions and head coach Mike Lucas. Dan McDonald Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/231672-cajuns-rule-4th-quarter-down-north-texas-38-34.html LAFAYETTE – Chris Masson threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Marlin Miller with 27 seconds remaining here Saturday, giving Louisiana-Lafayette a comeback 38-34 victory over North Texas in the Ragin’ Cajuns’ Sun Belt Conference opener. Dan McDonald Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:08:04 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/230305-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-oct-10.html The definition of frustration is when the longshots come in and the sure-things somehow don’t happen.That was last week, when the state was poised for history. There hadn’t been a mid-season weekend in at least three decades where every college football team in Louisiana that was playing posted... Dan McDonald Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:23:55 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/228124-louisiana-college-football-notebook.html UL Monroe is in uncharted waters one month into the college football season. Dan McDonald Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:08:32 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/226007-improved-bench-shines-in-hornets-scrimmage.html LAFAYETTE -- One area the New Orleans Hornets have hailed as a strength for the 2009-10 season has been the bench, and that was borne out here Saturday. Dan McDonald Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:12:07 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/228125-teurlings-catholic-blanks-opelousas-33-0.html LAFAYETTE -- Teurlings Catholic hadn’t run an offensive play Friday night, and the Rebels already led 7-0. Dan McDonald Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:26:40 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/228126-lafayette-experiment-working-for-hornets.html LAFAYETTE - With three days in the books, the New Orleans Hornets’ training-camp experiment is apparently working. Dan McDonald Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:06:34 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/224857-hornets-training-camp-report.html Notes and quotes from Thursday’s third day of the New Orleans Hornets’ training camp, being held at UL Lafayette’s Moncla Indoor Practice Facility: Dan McDonald Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:14:48 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/224858-louisiana-college-football-picks-of-the-week-oct-3.html One should never complain about an 8-2 week, especially when one was an upset pick and the other wound up as a two-point game. And breaking even at 2-2 against the spread is okay as long as the season-long number is still on the positive side. Dan McDonald Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:13:19 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/228127-porter-tech-run-over-hawaii-27-6.html RUSTON � Louisiana Tech was so ready for Hawaii�s spread-it-out, throw-it-around offensive attack, it bordered on historic. Dan McDonald Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:19:52 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/228128-louisiana-college-football-roundup.html Expect a wide-open affair Wednesday night when Louisiana Tech hosts Hawaii's pass-happy Rainbow Warriors in an ESPN nationally-televised game. Hawaii may not have the offensive attack it had in 2007, when then-head coach June Jones led the Warriors to an unbeaten record and a BCS bowl game before a... Dan McDonald Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/sports/sports-blogs/dan-mcdonald/220771-tulane-breaks-10-game-losing-streak-downs-mcneese-state.html Tulane found the cure for its football ills Saturday, and the medicine was McNeese State's defense. Dan McDonald Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:43:00 +0000