So, Where To, Cajuns?

[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?????

[Turbine]

Also when you hear bowl payout numbers just remember, this is potential value.

On paper SDSU had the same payout as UL last year.

[VObserver]

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?????

A bowl would achieve a bigger payout by giving more tickets at a higher percentage of face value to a school. If they allot you 10K $50 tickets at face value that is a $500K payout. Giving you 20K of the same tickets would make it a $1MM payout, but you only get what you sell in either case.

We negotiated the additional take on the extra 9K tickets we sold above allotment last year.