Bowl Question-New Orleans specific

[CrazyCajun]

A bowl game is supposed to be a reward for fans, not a punishment.

A bowl game is a reward for the players

[CrazyCajun]

We MIGHT sell 15K, but no way we bring that many. We don't get that many for a rainy day at Cajun Field.

We have never had 40k on a beautiful day at cajun field but we brought that to new orleans...twice....what's your point?

[Just1More]

I think your 8k is way off base...15k easy probably more around 20k. We will bring a couple thousand to mobile for the south al game

I think it will be more like 10k to 12k due to it being a Sunday night game in Mobile. If it would have been on a Saturday night, add 5k.

[CrazyCajun]

I think it will be more like 10k to 12k due to it being a Sunday night game in Mobile. If it would have been on a Saturday night, add 5k.

If it's against top 20 niu, I think you are underestimating IMO. If we only bring 10-12k for that...everyone needs to shut up about us going to better bowls.

[wgwillis]

Win or lose no one will remember the opponents ranking in 5 years.

Three things will be remembered, consecutive bowls, consecutive wins, fan attendance.

Programs are built over the long haul, so this decision is program independent and program irrelevant.


But you are right about who makes the decision.

I agree.

[Zeebart21]

A bowl game is supposed to be a reward for fans, not a punishment.

Incorrect.

Z

[Just1More]

If it's against top 20 niu, I think you are underestimating IMO. If we only bring 10-12k for that...everyone needs to shut up about us going to better bowls.

75% of the participants in "better bowls" are not selling their ticket allotments (7500 to 15k). If we sold 15k tickets and sent 10k to 12k folks to Mobile, we'd be the envy of most schools. Most schools are eating $1,000,000 just to go to a bowl. The NO Bowl is phenomenal for us. I'm not saying we shouldn't take a shot at a ranked team, somewhere... but we also need to quit talking about "having" to send more than 10k to 15k... or else we failed. We'll cover our allotment. If we do better... great... and I'm all for campaigning folks to attend... but 12k fans is respectable for Mobile on a Sunday night after the holidays.

[CajunNation]

Another way of thinking about this is to try and figure out how many fans of schools like Tennessee or Mississippi State would bring to Mobile at Christmas time to play Northern Illinois.

I'm guessing we would bring more than they would.

The number of traveling fans of Large Conference schools is severely overrated for the most part.

[BeauCajun]

From the BCS Sugar Bowl 2013 game regarding Florida Gators.

"less than 7,000 tickets sold from its official allotment of 17,500."

[CrazyCajun]

75% of the participants in "better bowls" are not selling their ticket allotments (7500 to 15k). If we sold 15k tickets and sent 10k to 12k folks to Mobile, we'd be the envy of most schools. Most schools are eating $1,000,000 just to go to a bowl. The NO Bowl is phenomenal for us. I'm not saying we shouldn't take a shot at a ranked team, somewhere... but we also need to quit talking about "having" to send more than 10k to 15k... or else we failed. We'll cover our allotment. If we do better... great... and I'm all for campaigning folks to attend... but 12k fans is respectable for Mobile on a Sunday night after the holidays.

Arkansas state did better than 12k...they are 7 hours away from mobile.