July 2013: Phil Steele has UL playing Tulane in New Orleans Bowl

[Boomer]

Well not really knowing the rules----I think that we can invite recruits to watch practice and don't know about tickets to the game ----- but man it has got to help South La, Miss, and Ala recruiting!!!

[basinbear]

The New Orleans Bowl has been fun but I'd rather us go someplace else.

Don't care where we geaux.......I am there..

[Boomer]

Hey BB---Any idea of the Texans that made it to the NO last year---just thinking about the folks that you know and might have seen!!!!! I know Luke had a nice lil trip easy in and out flight Houst-NO-Houst!!!! If Joan could have come I am sure it would have been a longer stay!!!

[RCAJUN90]

What if the Texas Bowl and NOLA Bowl both made us an offer?

[BabbForHeisman]

Hey BB---Any idea of the Texans that made it to the NO last year---just thinking about the folks that you know and might have seen!!!!! I know Luke had a nice lil trip easy in and out flight Houst-NO-Houst!!!! If Joan could have come I am sure it would have been a longer stay!!!

Well I knew about 20-30 Texans that were there, so by extrapolating that out, I can confidently say there were roughly 10,000 Texans there.

[ULGrad@HOU]

N.O. Bowl is and has been great for the Cajuns. I'm hoping UL is ranked by the end of the season, and there are several other Bowl options available. I want to see Coach Hud and this team take on one of the big boys, and bring home a victory, causing all kinds of ruckus in the football world.

Geaux Cajuns!

[ImperialCajun]

LOL! I don't see Tulane in any bowl in 2013.

I don't think that Steele understands that you need to win 6 games to go to a bowl? I doubt that they can do that, but maybe they have gotten better?

[CajunT]

I don't think that Steele understands that you need to win 6 games to go to a bowl? I doubt that they can do that, but maybe they have gotten better?

Coach Johnson has proven to be a good recruiter, but he has not had enough time to sign more of the type of athletes he wants into his program. When I look at their Schedule for 2013 I don't see more then 4 or 5 wins with a very young group of athletes.

Jackson State - Home
South Alabama - Home
Louisiana Tech- Away
Syracuse- Away
ULM- Away
UNT - Home
ECU- Home
Tulsa- Home
FAU- Away
UTSA- Away
UTEP- Home
Rice- Away

I see five wins at best if you think they will be good enough to beat UNT and FAU.

[Policarp]

Coach Johnson has proven to be a good recruiter, but he has not had enough time to sign more of the type of athletes he wants into his program. When I look at their Schedule for 2013 I don't see more then 4 or 5 wins with a very young group of athletes.


Jackson State - Home
South Alabama - Home
Louisiana Tech- Away
Syracuse- Away
ULM- Away
UNT - Home
ECU- Home
Tulsa- Home
FAU- Away
UTSA- Away
UTEP- Home
Rice- Away

I see five wins at best if you think they will be good enough to beat UNT and FAU.

JSU is only OOC win. Monroe will score 70. CUSA has plenty of cupcakes. If they get six.....it will be here

[Cajunjeb]

Teams lose money going to bowl games when they have to travel distances to get there, unless you are a big time program with a huge budget. I know I would get tired of going to the same bowl each year, but bussing to NO is a lot cheaper than flying. I just don't think we have the budget to travel to other bowls, while trying to figure out how to pay for the master plan phases.

[RCAJUN90]

Teams lose money going to bowl games when they have to travel distances to get there, unless you are a big time program with a huge budget. I know I would get tired of going to the same bowl each year, but bussing to NO is a lot cheaper than flying. I just don't think we have the budget to travel to other bowls, while trying to figure out how to pay for the master plan phases.

Good point. We make money in New Orleans. Not sure if we would do that in other cities.

[Turbine]

I'm about 40 minutes from the Superdome so the NOLA Bowl is awesome for me. If we get a chance at a better bowl I think we should take it.

I contend the reason you find it both great and mundane are/is one in the same.