Indy Bowls scouting UL, ULM, & LaTech

[CrazyCajun]

And what would make the NO Bowl think ULM'ers would travel well?

Compare their 17k at home against us, in a "rivalry" game, vs our 42k in the dome last year. Is there need to discuss?

why wouldnt you compare that to our 28,176 at our home game with them last year?

[VObserver]

We can't get 30k to a home game, why do you think we brought 42k to new Orleans?

Well, of the group of 14 that came to NOLA with me for the New Orleans bowl, only 3 regularly attend games in Lafayette, and two others come maybe once a year. The rest came because it was a bowl game, the Cajuns were playing, and it was in New Orleans. Of those 14, only 4 have been to a game in Lafayette this year.

I'm sure my group was not unique; so I can easily see us having brought 40K.

I could also see Monroe bringing 25K to a bowl in New Orleans; many just because it's their first bowl and it's New Orleans.

[Turbine]

We can't get 30k to a home game, why do you think we brought 42k to new Orleans?

Brought might be the wrong word but the crowd source is accurate.

There is a sizable UL alumni base in New Orleans.

Most won't travel to Acadiana for a regular game but will attend an "event" like the New Orleans Bowl.

jmo

[CrazyCajun]

Brought might be the wrong word but the crowd source is accurate.

There is a sizable UL alumni base in New Orleans.

Most won't travel to Acadiana for a regular game but will attend an "event" like the New Orleans Bowl.

jmo

my point is we are not apecial, there are other programs that have fans that dont go to home games but will go to a bowl game. Just like im sure there were people who have never seen the inside of the superdome but were in miami for the superbowl. As far as pointing out that another shcool cant get 25k to their home games how can they get that many to a bowl game. well the same thing could have been said about us before the bowl game.I personally dont think we are some automatic lock for the NOLA bowl like some around here seem to think. i think there are a couple ways we end up in mobile. there were more non-ul fans at that bowl game than you think. we still brought a awesome crowd but im not naive enough to think we brought everyone in that dome but 2000 people.

[Cajungrad06]

my point is we are not apecial, there are other programs that have fans that dont go to home games but will go to a bowl game. Just like im sure there were people who have never seen the inside of the superdome but were in miami for the superbowl. As far as pointing out that another shcool cant get 25k to their home games how can they get that many to a bowl game. well the same thing could have been said about us before the bowl game.I personally dont think we are some automatic lock for the NOLA bowl like some around here seem to think. i think there are a couple ways we end up in mobile. there were more non-ul fans at that bowl game than you think. we still brought a awesome crowd but im not naive enough to think we brought everyone in that dome but 2000 people.

I agree 100%...I lived in NO for a couple of years and went to every bowl game bc it's there, no matter who played, and so did lots of people I know...

[Wing-over]

Time to put the I- Bowl thing to bed guys. That's all behind you. At a certain point, you just begin to sound childish about it. Cajuns need to worry about getting to 7 wins and take it from there.

jmho

[Just1More]

my point is we are not apecial, there are other programs that have fans that dont go to home games but will go to a bowl game. Just like im sure there were people who have never seen the inside of the superdome but were in miami for the superbowl. As far as pointing out that another shcool cant get 25k to their home games how can they get that many to a bowl game. well the same thing could have been said about us before the bowl game.I personally dont think we are some automatic lock for the NOLA bowl like some around here seem to think. i think there are a couple ways we end up in mobile. there were more non-ul fans at that bowl game than you think. we still brought a awesome crowd but im not naive enough to think we brought everyone in that dome but 2000 people.

You're right about the 42k not being "all UL"... but Cajungrad06 just pointed out something that clearly refutes your "we are not special" clause (he didn't do it intentionally... he only gets stoked about Tech/CUSA stuff). The prior NO Bowl contests had an opponent that helped bring fans. Our NO Bowl did not. We (UL) attended that game exceptionally better than everyone prior, despite having a west coast team that both brought no one, but also didn't light up too many people's interest in seeing the matchup. If we had had a CUSA team, you could easily add 10k to the 42k.

The point someone was making is strictly that we will travel exceptionally better to New Orleans (or Mobile) than ULM. And that is a fact. I was in Monroe when NLU played in the D1AA national championship (their version of a bowl game). I went to the semi-final game at NLU. The biggest thing that had ever happened at that school. They announced 17,000. It felt like being at a high school game.

You can take it to the bank that UL is way more "special"... in a good way... than ULM.

[Just1More]

Time to put the I- Bowl thing to bed guys. That's all behind you. At a certain point, you just begin to sound childish about it. Cajuns need to worry about getting to 7 wins and take it from there.

jmho

Time to put the arrogance thing to bed, Wing-over. Tech needs to play ULM. At a certain point, you just begin to look childish about it.

jmho

[cajunhawk]

Time to put the I- Bowl thing to bed guys. That's all behind you. At a certain point, you just begin to sound childish about it. Cajuns need to worry about getting to 7 wins and take it from there.

jmho

Easy for you to say...your team went and won a terrible game against a school that nobody cared about. Instead of coming on here and lecturing us...why don't you worry about Tech's defense...or lack thereof. One loss and you guys could be red-eyeing it up to Idaho to play in the Idaho Potato Bowl.

[Cajungrad06]

You're right about the 42k not being "all UL"... but Cajungrad06 just pointed out something that clearly refutes your "we are not special" clause (he didn't do it intentionally... he only gets stoked about Tech/CUSA stuff). The prior NO Bowl contests had an opponent that helped bring fans. Our NO Bowl did not. We (UL) attended that game exceptionally better than everyone prior, despite having a west coast team that both brought no one, but also didn't light up too many people's interest in seeing the matchup. If we had had a CUSA team, you could easily add 10k to the 42k.

The point someone was making is strictly that we will travel exceptionally better to New Orleans (or Mobile) than ULM. And that is a fact. I was in Monroe when NLU played in the D1AA national championship (their version of a bowl game). I went to the semi-final game at NLU. The biggest thing that had ever happened at that school. They announced 17,000. It felt like being at a high school game.

You can take it to the bank that UL is way more "special"... in a good way... than ULM.

I'm pretty sure you stalk me, very weird actually

[Just1More]

I'm pretty sure you stalk me, very weird actually

You seriously aren't that difficult to figure out. I retain what I read.

[Wing-over]

Easy for you to say...your team went and won a terrible game against a school that nobody cared about. Instead of coming on here and lecturing us...why don't you worry about Tech's defense...or lack thereof. One loss and you guys could be red-eyeing it up to Idaho to play in the Idaho Potato Bowl.

Not a lecture and I am worried about Tech's defense. Every Tech fan is. I just don't know what fans are supposed to do about it.

I don't feel like looking it up, but off-hand, does anybody know when that Tech-N. Illinois game was played?