Now do you believe in Coach Hud?

[Harry]

Since last December, when UL brought Mark Hudspeth aboard in its latest effort to breathe life into its football program, Hudsepth has preached to anyone who would listen that there was nothing wrong with the Ragin’ Cajuns that hard work and positive thinking wouldn’t fix.

Many rolled their eyes, having seen over and over how this act played out. The desperate ones, those who would clutch at any thread that might have a life preserver at the end, hoped only for respectability this season.

Those groups now walk arm-and-arm on home Saturdays, following the Cajuns as they walk down Reinhardt Drive, a couple of hours before their now-beloved warriors find a way to conjure up another win.

Their delirium knows few boundaries now, and why not? The Cajuns are 5-1 for the first time in almost a quarter-century, having won five in a row, and their only loss came to an Oklahoma State team that could be playing for the national championship in New Orleans in January.

Most expected Hudspeth’s team to be 1-5 at this point while hopefully showing some improvement that could translate into more success over the next few seasons. The pre-season pundits put the win total between one and three, and one magazine tabbed the Cajuns as the worst of the nation’s 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams.

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