2012 New Orleans Bowl

[Cityp42]

I was perusing ECU's rivals site and came across the following post from an ECU alum (XBones.com). He says we were more talented than ECU and explains why:

"I certainly don't mean to ridicule anybody with my comments, but guys you need to take off your purple sunglasses. That team we played yesterday is more talented than East Carolina is. Their OL was big and agile. We got less penetration yesterday against these hogs than any team in CUSA. That includes UCF. Their receivers were tall and fast. Our backs looked like children compared to theirs. We may have had the edge on their defense, but it was close. This team reminded me of a good Southern Miss team. and there was a reason. I'd be willing to bet they are loaded with JUCOs and NQs. If you recall, LA Tech is able to take JUCOs with "D" grade credits. I'm sure the entire Louisiana University system allows this. I'm certain there is no limit to NQs in the Sun Belt. There was a reason it took a fluke touchdown from a blocked punt with 7 seconds to go in the game for the Florida Gators to beat them this year. We ran into a Hornet's nest in this situation. I suspected this prior to the game. But after the first couple plays, I realized we were in trouble."

http://eastcarolina.rivals.com/showm.d=1084&style=2

[Hammer58]

The University has raised more money from fundraising in the past two years than it ever has before. Farmer also recently hired an assistant AD who is a "fundraising specialist" and whose main purpose for being here is to focus on fundraising.

I's it perfect? Not by a long shot. We've all pointed out some big weaknesses with the RCAF on this board that we would love to see changed. And our fundraising levels arent nearly where most of us feel they should be. But fundraising has improved tremendously under Farmer. Just look at the numbers. Just look at our budget increases.

We may see an athletics master plan or a facilities master plan but for obvious reasons we'll never see a fundraising master plan. But just because UL doesn't announce it's fundraising strategy to the public doesn't mean they aren't working really hard at it.

Doesn't do any good to hire a specialist if you are going to ignore his suggestions and not let him do his job as his experience tells him it should be done.

[uslol'dog]

This maybe true in Troy's case/ but do we even take any NQ's at all? I don't think so? The only juco starters I can think of is Moten, Peoples, Gibson, Fields.dude just sounds bitter. Maybe they got outcoached, outplayed and outworked.

[RCAJUN90]

A little surprised we were in the middle of pack thus far. However, 2.6 million people watched.

1.) Las Vegas Bowl (Boise/Washington) - 4.4 M [Saturday night, 12/22]
2.) Belk Bowl (Cinci/Duke) - 3.9 M [Thursday night, 12/27]
3.) Holiday Bowl (Baylor/UCLA) - 2.9 M [Thursday night, 12/27]
4.) Potato Bowl (Toledo/Utah St.) - 2.8 M [Saturday afternoon, 12/15]
5.) Little Caesars Bowl (CMU/WKU) - 2.7 M (2.5M for WMU/Purdue in '11, 2.2M for UT/FIU in '10) [Wednesday night, 12/26]
6-T.) New Mexico (Arizona/Nevada) - 2.6 M [Saturday afternoon, 12/15]
6-T.) New Orleans (ULL/ECU) - 2.6 M [Saturday night, 12/22]
8.) Poinsettia Bowl (BYU/San Diego St.) - 2.2 M [Thursday night, 12/20]
9.) Hawaii Bowl (SMU/Fresno) - 2.4 M [Monday night, 12/24]
10-T.)St. Pete's Bowl (Ball St./UCF) - 1.9 M [Friday night, 12/21]
10-T.)Military Bowl (BG/San Jose) - 1.9 M (2.3M last yr w/ Toledo/Air Force) [Thursday afternoon, 12/27]

[ATXCajun]

sat morning.

[bjc6267]

The problem with Orlando is that is in a must fly travel zone for me. If I am driving farther than Nashville, I am flying. My wife and I would fly there, but I know this may prevent some Cajun fans from going. Most people can't just decide with 3 weeks notice that they are going on a huge trip like Orlando.

I'd love to see us do Memphis or Nashville or Houston / Dallas. I think you would get close to New Orleans bowl numbers in the Texas cities.

[Turbine]

If I forget his faulty grasping at straws reasoning for a moment. . . .

That is a huge compliment on what he thinks of UL overall.

[douglas]

I for one like the bewilderment factor we posses. You would think that after last year we wouldn't sneak up on anyone? For once lack of marketing plays in our favor

[UL_BayouCajun]

geaux UL and thanks for the complements. They can think what they want.

[RCAJUN90]

sat morning.

Very true and I didn't really think about that. Saturday morning is busy time for a lot of folks. Last year we were in a more primetime spot.

[Louisiana84]

One of the reasons that the Independence Bowl sucks is that 40k seats are pre-sold at a discount to corporate supporters of the bowl game. This is what keeps that bowl afloat. Those sponsors re-sell tickets which allows them to recoup their investment. It is still a rotten bowl to play in, ULM didn't make a dime off being there in spite of the fact that it was only a bus trip AND in essence, we helped finance their venture, their ineptness/suckitude and their swagless representation of the SBC.

That giant sucking sound you hear has nothing to do with Ross Perot. it's Moan-roe.

[RCAJUN90]

We made millions in good will, made many new fans and had a blast in the process. If we allow it to happen, we can also parlay this into the gateway to a conference that does not include a certain neighbor to the north.

I hope you are correct about the new conference. The thing that troubles me is that Tulane had the worst performance in 1-A and got rewarded with an offer to the Big East. Their fan base is MIA yet they moved up.

[CajunRed]

We're ahead of LaTechie, though. :-)

[Cajun Monkee]

What, pray tell, is the "ObamaBowl Tax?"

[RedBug58]

The problem with Orlando is that is in a must fly travel zone for me. If I am driving farther than Nashville, I am flying. My wife and I would fly there, but I know this may prevent some Cajun fans from going. Most people can't just decide with 3 weeks notice that they are going on a huge trip like Orlando.

I'd love to see us do Memphis or Nashville or Houston / Dallas. I think you would get close to New Orleans bowl numbers in the Texas cities.

I think you'll get some big numbers in Houston. San Antonio should be thrown into the mix also. It's driveable, in a dome, and there is a lot to see.