Champions Square

Ok, let’s figure it out . . . which are playing major college football

LSU v Grambling

LSU v Army

LSU v Ga State

LSU v Auburn

LSU v Miss State

LSU v Arkansas

LSU v Missouri

LSU v aTm

LSU v Florida

LSU v Ole Miss

LSU v Florida St

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Originally Posted by Turbine

So its a "feeling" you have, not reality. That helps to understand your point of view.

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You're right.. I forgot about those two Napier years where we finished as a ranked team and played a similarly ranked opponent in a bowl game that wasn't right after breakfast

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Originally Posted by jaxmc1023

Did they go to a decent bowl game where they played another major team? No. They played a 4 loss CUSA team in another Who Cares Bowl

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Was G5 Tulane playing "Major" college football when they beat USC in the cotton bowl last year? They may have more money than UL but we have just as much if not more fan support than them.

Now with the 12 team playoff expansion coming up those top 25 UL teams would have a shot at playing in the 12-team playoff. What is more "Major" than that? If the community put more money back into our programs we could sign better players to give us a better shot at knocking off the traditional heavyweights. It's only the perception from the alumni and community that holds the university back at this point.

We have the opportunity however much of a long shot to win national championships in every sport. What is not "Major" about that. Yes, we are the underdogs being in G5, but embrace being the dog and realize that if we continue building up our programs we can compete with the best.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

Thats not what I said.

The very nature of only 5 home games means going on the road for tougher competition.

I have long reported on the need for 2-for1and 3-for1 matchups at least in the beginning.

Once schools know that your schedule will help their schedule, they will very much play on your turf.

The option is there for all major programs to schedule tough in the independant portion of their schedule.

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1 In-State FCS game to start year
1 Home and Home series against LOCAL G5 rival(Tech, Tulane, Rice, UTSA, Memphis)
1 P5 2 for 1 series or Home and Home if possible
1 P5 money game
8 game Conference schedule

This is a perfect schedule for us as long as we're in a G5 conference

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Originally Posted by cajun55

This is the mentality and biggest issue from the community in Acadiana towards UL. This guy just summed up our problem in five words, it's like if your not in the SEC you are not a major college.

THEY ARE CLUELESS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN LAFAYETTE and what we can be going forward. Small-minded attitude. No one wants to build anything, just want to ride the coat tails of a perceived "MAJOR" college.

This is partly the Universities fault for not advertising our strengths and getting people to notice our achievements, but at some point the community needs to step up and own what has been built here for 125 years. We are the second largest public university in the state, one of only 3 R1 schools (Tulane, UL, LSU) with very good academics and very good athletics.

Honestly all we lack is the proper fan support in the area to get to the next level. That's on the community for not embracing it's own, a community that supposedly prides itself on it's unique culture yet can't support the school with the cultures name on it and history behind it!

I'm not defending the administration either, a ton needs to be done on that end, but it all starts and ends with the people that live in the area, especially alumni.

I've lived and traveled around the country and been to most of the "Major" colleges. Only thing separating us is the mentality that we are not "Major".

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This is got-dam beautiful. AMEN!

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Originally Posted by jaxmc1023

You're right.. I forgot about those two Napier years where we finished as a ranked team and played a similarly ranked opponent in a bowl game that wasn't right after breakfast

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Granted, the Sunbelt has some terrible locked in bowl agreements (*) and also sold the media rights for a paultry sum.

That fact however does not define the level of play the Sunbelt teams have been putting on the field the last few seasons.

Growing pains.

* The location of the New Orleans Bowl is best in the country.

. . . no other city in the country has the full allure of filth, crime and drugs . . .

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

. . . no other city in the country has the full allure of filth, crime and drugs . . .

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More Super Bowls, have been played there than any other city.

Can't get more "MAJOR" than that.

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Originally Posted by Turbine

More Super Bowls, have been played there than any other city.

Can't get more "MAJOR" than that.

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. . . before Katrina and then Latoya you may have had a point . . .

A 2024 Mardi Gras conflict did move the next New Orleans Super Bowl back a year 2025.