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Brian Bailey's Daily Report & Photo Blog #2

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Photos taken Dec. 20, 2012, by Brian Bailey in New Orleans. ©2012 Bonesville.net.
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R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #1 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #2 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #3 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #4 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #5 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #6 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #7 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #8 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #9 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #10 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #11 (Brian Bailey photos)

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Week Pictures: Batch #2, Image #12 (Brian Bailey photos)
 

DAILY REPORT: FILED WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 19, 2012

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Underdog Pirates busy at work

By Brian Bailey

WNCT-TV 9 Sports Director Brian Bailey is on the scene in New Orleans, bringing daily coverage of bowl week to Bonesville's readers and Channel 9's viewers. The week climaxes on Saturday with East Carolina's R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl showdown against Louisiana-Lafayette.

NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina and Louisiana-Lafayette both worked out in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and several players and coaches from each team participated in media day on a busy Thursday at the New Orleans Bowl.

Pirate coach Ruffin McNeill and Ragin' Cajun coach Mark Hudspeth each spoke to the media along with five players from each team. Both coaches said they thought this would be a very even football game that might come down to turnovers and special teams play.

ULL continues as a six-point favorite. East Carolina is going for its first bowl win since the Hawaii Bowl in 2007. The Cajuns beat San Diego State in last year's New Orleans Bowl on a 50-yard field goal as time ran out. The team duplicated a long field goal attempt at that distance today at practice, and word was that the kick was once again good.

ECU quarterback Shane Carden says this Pirate team has come to New Orleans with a workman-like attitude. He says the guys have had fun, but that they know there is a job to do on Saturday. [Replay the audio of Carden's interview...]

Photographers usually get to shoot a good 15 to 20 minutes of practice for East Carolina. Coach McNeill had the cameras off early today, putting in the final game plan for Saturday.

Tomorrow both teams will participate in the annual New Orleans Bowl luncheon. All practices on Friday are closed to the media.

 

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