So, Where To, Cajuns?

[Boomer]

Will somebody (JAY OR VOB)please answer my #30 post---Very important in the scheme of things!!!

[TuffGuy84]

I went to the Tech board. Many there are quite confident they will be in either the Liberty Bowl or the new bowl in Dallas. They view the Independence Bowl as somewhat of a letdown. I imagine that view is a result of their loss on Saturday.

If they opt for the Dallas bowl over Shreveport while simultaneously claiming the Shreveport market and at the same time allow ULM to end up bowling there, they are more idiotic than anyone ever could have imagined ever. They need to go to Shreveport if for nothing else to try to send ULM to someplace far away in an attempt to hinder the growth of a fanbase. I personally don't care, and think it'd be better for ULM to make inroads in Shreveport and start really taking on Techs mojo, but if Tech and their fans think this is a good idea, they are simply put imbeciles.

[BirdofParadise]

There's a big question as to whether Dallas would have an opening. I don't think they will if Purdue beats Indiana this week. And Arkansas State gets the Liberty before Tech does because they'll sell a lot more tickets.

To answer the question above, I don't know if a 7-5 or 8-4 UL trumps a 9-3 ASU for New Orleans . Since both teams were in the contract bowls last year, they may flip flop them.

Or, both could be in the same spot.

Interesting question.......my prediction is they'll have two repeats if asu can't get to Liberty

[CajunFan3406]

So where will Middle and WKU be accommodated?

[cajunfan96]

You could not possibly be more wrong. THE conference we MUST dominate if we want to move up the national perceptiion pecking order is the MAC. The best way to do that is to kick their collective asses in bowl games.

You are wrong. Nobody gives a ____ about Mac/Sunbelt game. We need to beat big boys in bowl game.

[VObserver]

You are wrong. Nobody gives a ____ about Mac/Sunbelt game. We need to beat big boys in bowl game.

We need to beat AQ schools when we play them in the regular season. Right now, the best thing to improve the perception of the conference is to beat the other non-AQ conferences in bowl games. If we go 5-0 or 4-1 in bowl games against the top teams in the MAC, our image will be improved a hell of a lot more than by having the same record against a bunch of 6-6 Big 10 or ACC teams.

[CrazyCajun]

We need to beat whoever we play, do that and everything takes care of itself

[Boomer]

Would somebody PLEASE explain the ticket sales factor in the Bowl games and how some bowls are worth more than others with the exception of the very big Bowls---Thanks---Jay and VOB and T-Bine---do you not know???

[VObserver]

Payout is generally a nominal amount to partly cover expenses, plus a ticket allotment at 100% of face value, with additional allotments available at some lesser % of face value. IIRC, those numbers last year [for NOLA] were $60K for expenses, 10K tickets at face value [2K@$60 and 8K@$40] plus an additional 9K $40 tickets @ 50%. I could be totally mis-remembering.

[Boomer]

Payout is generally a nominal amount to partly cover expenses, plus a ticket allotment at 100% of face value, with additional allotments available at some lesser % of face value. IIRC, those numbers last year [for NOLA] were $60K for expenses, 10K tickets at face value [2K@$60 and 8K@$40] plus an additional 9K $40 tickets @ 50%. I could be totally mis-remembering.

Thanks VOB---so can the difference be in the amount that the tickets are valued at which they give us???? Could you substantiate this??? Just really wondering what does make a bigger bowl if the money to the teams is not guaranteed!!!!

[Turbine]

Thanks VOB---so can the difference be in the amount that the tickets are valued at which they give us???? Could you substantiate this??? Just really wondering what does make a bigger bowl if the money to the teams is not guaranteed!!!!

Aside from the big BCS bowls . . .

The price of, and number of, tickets sold by the school is the determining factor in how much a team makes on bowl games.

[Boomer]

Aside from the big BCS bowls . . .

The price of, and number of, tickets sold by the school is the determining factor in how much a team makes on bowl games.

Thanks T-Bine ----so you say it is the amount that the tickets are sold for by the school that differentiates all these minor bowls???? Is this where the phrase "bigger pay-out" comes from then?????