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Pretty sad that we can't get 20,000 for the App State game while ULM gets over 24,000 vs. USM. The conference race is getting very interesting.
Week Seven Attendance
10/10/2024
CCU @ JMU - 25,622
10/12/2024
ODU @ GSU - 12,280
USM @ ULM - 22,645
stAte @TxSt - 28,000
App @ Louisiana - 14,058
UM @ GS - 24,048
I’m telling you that we need to use Troy attendance math. If we did, we could claim 25,000 this past weekend.
And I watched some of the ULM game. There is no way looking at that crowd that 22,645 were there.
If ULM has 22k in that stadium they were disguised as seats.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
Our administration has only thier selves to blame. If they hire people who can actually count, we would have actual results.
Regardless of what the number says, it was a pathetic showing Saturday.
Our academic powerhouse students can’t be bothered with athletics. Dupre was PACKED on Saturday evening. Everyone crunching numbers and poring over textbooks. I tried to remain quiet, not disturb the process, and just observe greatness, but I did have a couple outbursts of hollering out, “R1!” I was always greeted with a harsh shh but the student would inevitably look back up and give me a smile and thumbs up. At the end of the day, they understand people get excited watching students perform academically at such a high level and appreciate the support.
Anyone suggesting our students and alumni were in Baton Rouge on Saturday or at home watching LSU and Ole Miss simply doesn’t understand this community. I know of at least a dozen committee gatherings that occurred throughout Acadiana Saturday evening with alumni brainstorming ideas for ways we can promote diversity and inclusion more in our daily practices. I know of a couple that actually filed noise complaints about the ruckus coming from Cajun Field disturbing their quiet thought sessions. You all are upset about 14,000. Im trying to figure out how we can get less. Can you imagine how much productivity would have been disturbed with a crowd of 25,000+? I shudder to think.
Would an accurate count even increase attendance to 20,000? Doubtful. It is truly sad that we don't fill this stadium. Will anyone at UL ever address WHY?Quote:
Originally Posted by angeleast
LSU games will always lower our crowd. Even with great plans in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
Games all being on tv(espn+) have affected attendance going back to the beginning of espn+
Game day blunders, lack of water in the heat. Long lines at the concessions, turning people away at the gate for wrong reasons…….
Then we have a bad crowd and it’s like they think they fixed all the problems. Eventually we get 20,000 again and the same problems are back. This stadium/admin/gameday setup has never been able to handle large crowds. Hopefully it gets resolved with the new stadium. But tv and lsu affecting attendance will never change. And it happens at 95% of the g5 and fcs schools near p5 schools. We aren’t alone in these problems.
PS also having terrible cell service in the stadium is a problem. I know my wife and I’m sure every teenage and college kid in attendance hates it.
Consistency is definitely a huge issue we run into more often than not. The internet connection is a must-fix for next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacob81
Supposedly cell service will be addressed with the new stadium along with speaker systems throughout the stadium so the main scoreboard won’t be so loud. Hope that new video board is on the way. Looks like the existing one is ready to go. I also rewatched the game and they had a few technical difficulties with the broadcast.
And the big black squares on the video boardQuote:
Originally Posted by Jacob81
We report tickets SOLD as do every other school. Just accept that this fanbase and city SUCKS when it comes to supporting ULQuote:
Originally Posted by angeleast
Interesting sidenote:
The bar population following the dub Saturday night in the Swamp.
Legends Bertrand, very, very, very light compared to normal. But cars parked absolutely everywhere. Yards, etc. It didnt make sense.
Chips on Congress, not a soul. What in the world? That place was unbelievable packed on Saturday nights.
Corner Bar, nothing.
None of this made any sense whatsoever. Where in the hell is Lafayette. Went back to the giant # of cars on Bertrand. Turns out that The Yard Goat had the whole city there. Must have been, no exaggeration, 250 people there. Three cop cars.
It's LSU central on GameDayQuote:
Originally Posted by Swamp
Agree! I'm really done reading this every week. The students and the area don't care about this program. People can dissect it anyway they want, I'm moving on. Whatever happens on the field is more important to me now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajun4life
I thought we were getting a new scoreboard with the renovation. Am I just misinformed?Quote:
Originally Posted by ULvictory
Thought it was fall break for students, but that was last week.
My thoughts exactly. Wanna solve the issue, recruit out of state student and create an on campus atmosphere that fosters a future relationship with athletics and the university.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunT
It’s clear as day that Acadiana doesn’t support any program west of the basin.
I hadn’t heard that.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajun4life
I was told it is going to be the biggest in the SBCQuote:
Originally Posted by BeauCajun
Attendance was not good for sure
LSU on tv ,festival acadiana going on.
Win our next two on the road and let’s see attendance.
If bad then we have a very serous problem
lol it won’t matter what the team does. Our only saving grace is that it is homecoming which will draw more than usual for a November game. We have 3 straight November home games. Oh and did I mention that lsu plays Alabama at home the same day as homecoming? Yeah that’ll be interesting to seeQuote:
Originally Posted by CajunConnection
Everyone else uses different math except us. No way USM vs. ULM had that many either.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonCajun
My wife had to bring our 3 year old home at half time, so I went to walk them to the car parked across congress and planned to come back. I explained what I was doing to the gate attendant when we walked out and she said "cool." Then 6 minutes later the same attendant refused to let me back in. I don't understand now that all tickets are QR codes on our phones, why can we be scanned in and out, especially after halftime, especially for the purpose of walking my wife and child to the car. I can't imagine I'm the only one in this or similar scenario and its the same every game.
Man, that sucks. Had a MBB game I needed a sweater for my wife, MBB west entrance cut me slack a year or two back. You just drew an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigearl