I am wondering if we can cut a deal of some kind outside the constraints of the conference agreements-----the sharing thing is really a ____er---I am thinking that we could have them give us a much larger expense account and put say the rings with gold or diamonds --- well just thinking out of the box to get some benefits that we really do deserve---maybe restaurant vouchers for the coaching staff that can redeemed at a later date---A paid performer by the NO Bowl say to do a concert in Lafayette that we could get the sales revenue from tickets sold!!!! Get my drift dudes???
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Again, I understand this logic but there is nothing about those bowls that tells me they are better than the N.O. Bowl. I guess my exact answer would depend on who we could play in either of those bowls but its always nice to be able to bring 40,000 cajun fans down the road and have a big time home field advantage on national T.V.
People talk about higher payouts but those payout differences go away when it costs more to travel and you don't sell as many tickets.
I'm tired of being asked, "do you think the cajuns will go to a better bowl?".... what constitutes a better bowl? outside of bcs bowls and new years day games the NOLA bowl is ideal for UL. I agree that after going three straight years it will vet to be old hat and would like to see us go to a houston or mobile but for now everyone wins when we play in nola.
Well, to backtrack a bit, I guess you have to look at the entire picture. After a while, as great as going to NOLA is, the luster will where off if we are playing the likes of NT and MTSU every year who used to be conference mates. Take that and compare it with a matchup against say, a 6-6 Florida team or a team of good prestige who had a pretty rough year and the matchup would really make me want to think of possibly going to Mobile or somewhere comparable for a great matchup and opportunity to knock of a well known program.
I agree Zeph....I want to see how we stack up against the "better schools" as oppose to always playing them in game one and two of the regular season.
What might be able to happen---try to get the N O Bowl to swap off with the Mobile Bowl and get NIU to play the Cajuns---I think that a lot more people would come from Chicago to New Orleans than Chicago to Mobile or Shreveport ---Advertise it as the non-Big 5 Championship---I think you would have a huge interest nation wide for a Saturday nighter with these 2 teams----both would have to win out but this could be fabulous!!!
Louisiana vs Duke in the Independence Bowl? Thoughts?
Boomer, never acknowledge a difference between p5 and us. It is bad business.
Never be happy to be a top ten in mid major. It is bad business
Never be upset that our coach wants us in the final four and says as much. This is good business.
Yes, I want NIU here, but they are going to probably be the MAC champs, and have a designated bowl that is not in Mobile or NOLA.
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