With no marketing, Tickets sales still bit down

[Digger]

I"m curious, does the University mail renewal notices?

Yes they mail renewal notices sometime in March. And if I recall correctly,this year they followed up the written notice with a phone call. I received my call sometime in April.

[DaddyCajun]

You are exactly right. I forgot to renew mine last year and lost 'em. We're playing baseball & going on vacation during the summer and just not thinking about football. I was able to get them back plus 2 more last week.

Way to go RedBug. I had 13 last year down to 6 this year. Thanks for picking up some of my slack. If things get a little bit brighter prior to the season starting I will pick up some more seats.

DaddyCajun

[Hammer58]

"and a few home games with Tulane,Tech, Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, Southern Miss, Memphis....."

Instead we are suppossed to get all geeked up at the thought of playing mcneese. And there are some that want to make it an annual event. Maybe the admin can have a ticket drive marketed as "back to the Future".

[CajunNation]

"and a few home games with Tulane,Tech, Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, Southern Miss, Memphis....."

Instead we are suppossed to get all geeked up at the thought of playing mcneese. And there are some that want to make it an annual event. Maybe the admin can have a ticket drive marketed as "back to the Future".

Tech should be a 1 for 1 deal, yearly.

I don't see anything wrong with going 2 for 1 to get a home game with any of Tulane/Houston/Rice/SMU/Tulsa/Southern Miss/Memphis.

The more these teams play us again, the more they will be willing to go 1 for 1. Refusing a 2 for 1 would be the prideful thing to do, but wrong.

[CajunWave]

amen

It is all part of our out-of-date, out-of-touch University leadership!

[CajunNation]

If renewals are going slowly, that is a concern. Any idea why that would be the case. There is still time to convince those folks to stay on board.

Just to compare.

NON-SBC 1-A wins, last 9 seasons:


LOUISIANA TECH:

Alabama(2 times)
Oklahoma State
Michigan State
California
Boise State(3 times)
Fresno State(2 times)
Tulsa(3 times)
UTEP(3 times)
UAB(3 times)
Toledo
Bowling Green
etc, etc....



SBC schools and their # of NON-SBC 1-A wins last 9 seasons

8-Middle Tennessee
7-North Texas
6-Troy
4-ULM
3-Arkansas State
1-FAU
1-Louisiana
0-FIU

[Sonsissymia]

i have to know; who is ull's "1?" the time period criterion pre-dates a&m, right?

[Clutch0364]

i have to know; who is ull's "1?" the time period criterion pre-dates a&m, right?

UAB is the win.

[RaginCajun77]

If we want fans to get excited then we need to upgrade our OOC schedule. Playing teams such as LA Tech, Houston, and Southern Miss on a yearly basis is one of the things we need to do. Playing McNeese will do nothing to help us and a loss could set us back greatly. I think many people want UL to succeed, but they want proof that this program is moving forward and last season wasn't a flash in the pan. How do we do that? Put together a couple more winning seasons and get some OOC D-IA wins. Also, we need to put together a advertising campaign in the Acadiana area that promotes purchasing UL football tickets. An idea I had was for the Athletic Dept. to work with the Marketign and Advertising departments on campus to develop a campaign for them.

[Clutch0364]

If we want fans to get excited then we need to upgrade our OOC schedule. Playing teams such as LA Tech, Houston, and Southern Miss on a yearly basis is one of the things we need to do. Playing McNeese will do nothing to help us and a loss could set us back greatly. I think many people want UL to succeed, but they want proof that this program is moving forward and last season wasn't a flash in the pan. How do we do that? Put together a couple more winning seasons and get some OOC D-IA wins. Also, we need to put together a advertising campaign in the Acadiana area that promotes purchasing UL football tickets. An idea I had was for the Athletic Dept. to work with the Marketign and Advertising departments on campus to develop a campaign for them.

You get fans excited by winning!!! Boise State won games to get to where they are right now and by not playing "money games" or "body bag" games whatever you want to call them. If you win fans will get excited regardless of who you beat. You have to change the tradition of losing by winning some games and and the best way to do that is to win games regardless of who they are against.