Desired bowl situation?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Facts or Myths:

Bowls are a reward for the teams doing well. Yes fact.

Bowls create fan interest of participating teams. Yes fact, well maybe not so much for TooLame.

Bowls can have a positive cash flow, but not usually. Yes, fact except for a few bowls most teams always spend just about the amount that the bowl pays. In other words if it pays a million they spend 990K if it pays two million the same team spends 1.95 million.

Bowl participants receives positive feedback by recruits. Yes, this is true.

UL's recruiting base is Louisiana, East Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi/Bama Gulf Coast, West Florida, and cherry picking South Florida and Georgia.

The NOLA bowl provides everything UL needs right now in terms of solidifying our recruiting base. No Potato Bowl, no Hawaii Bowl, no bowl we currently have a shot at will provide more of the above than the NOLA. And I do not want to be in the freezing rain in Shreveport, or Mobile when I can have a great seat in a destination city that provides every thing we need to grow the program.

If we can get what amounts to a BCS bowl next year, we jump on it, though that may be out the window after the P5 meetings in January.

There is a high probability that one season soon we will be talking about the golden years when we got to NOLA bowl almost at will. Nobody will be squawking about a "better" bowl they will just want a bowl.

[Turbine]

Facts or Myths:

Bowls are a reward for the teams doing well. Yes fact.

Bowls create fan interest of participating teams. Yes fact, well maybe not so much for TooLame.

Bowls can have a positive cash flow, but not usually. Yes, fact except for a few bowls most teams always spend just about the amount that the bowl pays. In other words if it pays a million they spend 990K if it pays two million the same team spends 1.95 million.

Bowl participants receives positive feedback by recruits. Yes, this is true.

UL's recruiting base is Louisiana, East Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi/Bama Gulf Coast, West Florida, and cherry picking South Florida and Georgia.

The NOLA bowl provides everything UL needs right now in terms of solidifying our recruiting base. No Potato Bowl, no Hawaii Bowl, no bowl we currently have a shot at will provide more of the above than the NOLA. And I do not want to be in the freezing rain in Shreveport, or Mobile when I can have a great seat in a destination city that provides every thing we need to grow the program.

If we can get what amounts to a BCS bowl next year, we jump on it, though that may be out the window after the P5 meetings in January.

There is a high probability that one season soon we will be talking about the golden years when we got to NOLA bowl almost at will. Nobody will be squawking about a "better" bowl they will just want a bowl.

I approve this message.

[Boomer]

HHHHEEEEYYYYYY------I said that---LOL One thing, if I got it right is that the bowl revenues are only shared with bowl teams---So although it can be sort of a bragging deal with how many conference teams go to BOWLS ----they are taking our money!!!!! Anyway--am I correct and just wondering the RPs thoughts on it!!!!

[Just1More]

I approve this message.

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[ULtimateCajun]

I'd rather go to NOLA one more time.... good venue... NOLA is nice around Christmas and the drive home with a hangover is shorter. plus I'd love to show tulane what college football atmosphere looks like. oh and I already booked a room in NOLA.

[locoguano]

The only bad thing about the New Orleans Bowl is that is is now the fourth bowl that will be played on Dec. 21st.

[RaginCajun77]

The beauty of The New Orleans Bowl is it is located in a city that has a lot to offer the fans. Traveling to and from New Orleans is an easy trip and requires minimal planning.

[locoguano]

Food for thought... the American, Big Ten, and Big12 will all struggle to fill their bowl spots (Big Ten definitely won't). Do we hold out just in case there is a Meineke Car Care or Heart of Dallas invite?

[RedBug58]

The beauty of The New Orleans Bowl is it is located in a city that has a lot to offer the fans. Traveling to and from New Orleans is an easy trip and requires minimal planning.

We may already have every available "New Orleans Bowl" room locked up. The hotel that I booked sold out a couple weeks ago. The N.O. Bowl people certainly know this.......

[MelRock]

Food for thought... the American, Big Ten, and Big12 will all struggle to fill their bowl spots (Big Ten definitely won't). Do we hold out just in case there is a Meineke Car Care or Heart of Dallas invite?

NNOOOOOOOOOOO you do not hold out, did you not learn anything from LTUR???

[locoguano]

NNOOOOOOOOOOO you do not hold out, did you not learn anything from LTUR???

NO Bowl won't make their invite until they are sure what we will do. By hold out I mean do not commit to a bowl before the seasons ends.

[Just1More]

The only bad thing about the New Orleans Bowl is that is is now the fourth bowl that will be played on Dec. 21st.

It's an advantage. They're staggered. Football fans will be more likely to pay attention, tune in, and roll from game to game. If we were alone on that day, many football fans might not even realize it's a "bowl day".