PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

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Originally Posted by VObserver

I think you are wrong.. I say that because of the 14 tickets I purchased, 7 are for people who did not attend a single UL game this year. Now I don't think that we will have double our average home attendance, but I do believe that 25-30k is a reasonable number to expect. In fact, I suspect that there will be 20k+ tickets sold through UL, and another 5-10 nominal UL fans who will buy through other sources.

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Believe me I hope you are right and will gladly eat crow on the 19th. Because I won't be back from New Orleans till then.

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Originally Posted by cajunfan79

I don't think we can expect 25 to 30k at this game(from our fans). Our high point this year was what 30k and some change this year. Realistically there is anywhere between 15k to 18k thousand of us diehards that will be there and I think there will be that amount plus maybe 5k max walk-up. Which if you think about that it is almost 75% of your normal home crowd showing up for a bowl. I don't think that is anything to frown upon. This is virgin territory for us and with more success in the future hopefully we can probably expect bigger turnouts in bowls, if located close enough.

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I think this is more than like a home game; much more than like a home game. But if you want to compare it to one, I would consider it like a homecoming game, like one we have every 41 years!

I will have some bbq crow for cajunfan79 when he comes tailgatin w us lol

If we just have the same number of people that showed up for all the toolame games back in the 80's and early 90's, there won't be less than about 27-30,000 CAJUNS fans at this game!!! .~..~..~.

Maybe with three fleurs-di-lis at each end..

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Originally Posted by Lexhead

Can we paint "Screw the BCS" in the end zone? How about "FLSU"?

How about painting "Say My Name"?

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"Suck it, HOAX!!"

I overheard one of the ticket guru's at the basketball game last night tell someone that when they left their office yesterday afternoon there were 13,800 tickets sold.

Same as what I was told!!!

Since T-Bine won't color my graphic DOME seats red that will have Cajun butts in it------Does anybody remember just how many seats at our best Tulane game were RED--If I remember they had tried to seperate the Cajun Fans---But I seem to rememer all or half the end zone and the complete side to the other end zone not counting the upper deck---Can I get a witness?????

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Originally Posted by Ragin' Ross

Went tonight to pick one up. They have more designs available. They have two more bowl designs and a new design that's not bowl related coming in tomorrow. All of them look awesome! Wish I could have taken pictures of them. Maybe somebody else can.

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Can someone else post pictures of the other designs? I'll send my in-laws to get my favorite.

I'm just saying that going buy one ticket to the new orleans bowl with the (ticket, and travel and a hotel unless you want to drive back at 2am) cost alot more than a 14 dollar general admission ticket to Cajun field. That is why I believe the lower attendance. I know to us die hard fans it doesn't matter, but to the 10k fans or so that were riding the fence on becoming cajun fans won't spend that money. All I have been hearing is amounts of 12 to 14k from supposed people in the know in ticket sales. I don't think we will see that much of a spike from now until the game. Again I think 15K to 20K is acceptable, but to expect 30K is kind of crazy.

The 14G are early adopters.

Early adopters are always outnumbered.

RaginCajuns.com reports over 14,000 tickets have been sold. 12-2-12

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Originally Posted by DieHard1280

I say no way to wku. It would make us look small-time as a conference. This is not an indictment on them. I really hope they make a bowl, but not against us. I don't think they would want that either. It would be a losing proposition all the way around. Now, I admit I would prefer a team who would bring some fans, but NOT a Sun Belt team. NO ONE but wku or Cajun fans would watch that game.

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You're worried about not looking "small time"??? I think the fact that we haven't been to a bowl in 41 years takes care of that all by itself

Yeah, purchased 2 tickets today. Was told they are at 14k sold. I am a RCAF member and season ticket holder and the best they could do for me was 2nd level, in the corner. I know I waited a bit, but man, I thought we had better priority with only 14K sold in a 70k seat arena. Also was told a lot of the better seats for the N.O. Bowl were comped on our sideline. I guess the big wigs are Cajuns fans.
GEAUX CAJUNS!

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Originally Posted by Turbine

The 14G are early adopters.

Early adopters are always outnumbered.

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Let's just hope that we speed up the life cycle of adoption so that even the laggards can get on board.

I spoke with an alumni friend in NO today and he says that ticket purchases from UL were not publicized at all in NO. All he knew was to go to the Dome office. No mailers to NO area alums?

I'm a bit disappointed in the 14K number. I was hoping 20K to 30K...


sheesh.

We were only given 15K if I am not mistaken.

So if we pre sell all that the university was alloted that is a good thing.

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Originally Posted by anhil8tor

I'm a bit disappointed in the 14K number. I was hoping 20K to 30K...


sheesh.

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Don't get down just yet. As I said a lot of the complimentary tickets are on our side line. That could include another couple hundred or even a cool thousand people wearing red.

I hope we get whomever will travel the bestes!

Still no call, RCAF member, bought 12 and still nothing. I've been reading there are people walking up buying tickets now, am I the only one still waiting on a call?

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Originally Posted by crazycajun

your joking right?

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Slightly. I would like our crowd to stand out against the opponent fans, including visually. My preference is to play a BCS program or a widely recognized program. I think it would be more fun for all involved and look better on our resume.

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Originally Posted by anhil8tor

I hope we get whomever will travel the bestes!

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------per supposed Alabama speak---CUSA TRAVELS GOOD BUT BIG 10 GOODER!!!! LOL

Section 135. Not horrible, but I wish i could have had some input. The lady at the ticket office was not really any help with my questions. They did not even have a diagram of the Dome to show anyone here their seats were. One guy next to me was cursing them as he was walking away saying he'll never go through them again. I guess they would not let him change his seats.