2023 Football Schedule with dates

at Troy
at South AL

South AL plays Tulane early in the season, would be nice to see them pull off the upset and add strength to the SBC schedule.

Will we ever play app State or coastal again?

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Originally Posted by billbeck451

USM treats us like their biggest rival in the Belt and their admin gives away the house for games against us. The football game they sold $6 tickets and pushed the gam heavily just like the basketball game they had discounted tickets like crazy, the rest of their season their attendance is average.

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It’s time we reciprocate.

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Originally Posted by Big Buds

That’s actually a road game I’m excited about.

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Norfolk is a cool place. Their airport appreciates ODU as well. Signage everywhere.

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Originally Posted by billbeck451

USM treats us like their biggest rival in the Belt and their admin gives away the house for games against us. The football game they sold $6 tickets and pushed the gam heavily just like the basketball game they had discounted tickets like crazy, the rest of their season their attendance is average.

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USM is now our #1 rival in all sports.
We need to treat it as such as well.

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Originally Posted by GeauxCajuns

Will we ever play app State or coastal again?

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Hopefully we play either one in the SBC championship game at Cajun Field.

Not to knock our friends at ULM, but I would much rather have USM as our main rivals.

1) We've played them a lot longer. (First football game: USM 1923, ULM 1951.)

2) Fan interaction is important for strong rivalries. UL & USM alumni interact in New Orleans... not much overlap with ULM.

3) USM is stronger in all sports.

4) They're also R1.

IMHO, it would get more people to the games to make them rivals.

BTW, apparently LTU couldn't decide if USM was 'worthy' to be their rival. On Wikipedia they list UL, USM, and ULM as their rivals... but I hear from some of the USM fans that the LTU folks pretty much looked down at them, as they do with UL and ULM. We are merely stepping stones to their birthright of complete national dominance.

I haven't been able to get a USM fan to admit it yet, but from passing comments I have heard over the years, I suspect that one of the reasons USM wanted out of C-USA was to get away from LTU... all fans are obnoxious, but C-USA was apparently shocked at some of the things LTU fans did.

I know that UL was one of the draws for USM to come into the 'Belt, as were USA & Troy. After the AAC raided C-USA, geographically and academically, the SunBelt became much more attractive.

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Originally Posted by Esqueleto

The conference ____ed us with a short week for USM after a road game. Other than that it seems alright.

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Yep. The bye before that midweek game would have been alot better

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

USM is now our #1 rival in all sports.
We need to treat it as such as well.

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This is the rivalry we should all support

ULM was never it

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

USM is now our #1 rival in all sports.
We need to treat it as such as well.

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I can go with this ^.

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

USM is now our #1 rival in all sports.
We need to treat it as such as well.

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Agree 100%.

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Originally Posted by Cajunrunner

at Troy
at South AL

South AL plays Tulane early in the season, would be nice to see them pull off the upset and add strength to the SBC schedule.

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3 games in Alabama. We’ll do 2 of them.