Bowl Question-New Orleans specific

[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.

[Ommacajun]

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

My point is...it is Mobile..not New Orleans,not inside, on a cold Sunday night. Be realistic.

[CajunEXPRESS]

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

A bowl is a reward for the team, not the fans. The fans are fuel for the bowls.

[CrazyCajun]

My point is...it is Mobile..not New Orleans,not inside, on a cold Sunday night. Be realistic.

I am being realistic, 40k in Nola... 15-20k only an hour further against a top 20 opponent. That's very realistic.

[Hammer58]

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.

I agre with you that we need to bring more than 12K. But I dont think the GoDaddy, given its date and time, should be used as a comparison with "better bowls".

[Ommacajun]

A bowl is a reward for the team, not the fans. The fans are fuel for the bowls.

Like most things in life, it's all about the Benjamins.

[CajunEXPRESS]

GoDaddy sucks, opponent might make it worth it, but the date, time, stadium, and weather makes this a very bad bowl.