Louisiana a possible play for AdvoCare V100 Bowl

[Clutch0364]

As long as we win next week which I think we will, there will be no La Tech situation. We would be conference champs and have to be placed in a bowl. If we want to wait at that point and see what other games might be out there, we can without fear of being bowl less.

[UL_Cajuns]

I-Bowl wouldn't be bad. Not a bad drive up I-49. I would recommend staying in Bossier City though, thats the better side with nicer casinos and the Boardwalk on the River is a pretty neat place with a Buffalo Wild Wings, Joe's Crab Shack, and Hooters facing the river. Bass Pro Shop and all kinds of other places.
They also have a Ralph & Kacoo's there.

I like the I-Bowl to play a bigger opponent and a change of venue.

We could also garnish up some following up there maybe.

[CrazyCajun]

I-Bowl wouldn't be bad. Not a bad drive up I-49. I would recommend staying in Bossier City though, thats the better side with nicer casinos and the Boardwalk on the River is a pretty neat place with a Buffalo Wild Wings, Joe's Crab Shack, and Hooters facing the river. Bass Pro Shop and all kinds of other places.
They also have a Ralph & Kacoo's there.

I like the I-Bowl to play a bigger opponent and a change of venue.

We could also garnish up some following up there maybe.

Is there an Applebee's and chili's too?

[BlueDawg]

They'd better come calling soon. We're a wanted commodity and unless there's some major money changing hands between bowls, New Orleans gets to pick from eligible teams before GoDaddy. Knowing that we won't repeat LaTech's mistake of "waiting for something better," we're going to take whoever's first to offer us. I'm not talking from any kind of juicy info, but basing the timelines on years past combined with the season we're having and a good atmosphere to come at the game, I've got a very strong hunch that New Orleans will invite us against Monroe. Too much adds up for them to not do that. While I like the idea of playing a ranked/big name opponent, it's going to have to come with a huge payout to be a better opportunity than selling 40,000+ tickets, booking every hotel room in town, and winning a 3rd consecutive New Orleans Bowl. Like I said, for that to not be the case, there has to be some major wheeling and dealing going on behind the scenes and I don't know if the GoDaddy or Advocare bowls have the kind of scratch and/or pull it'll take to make it worth passing up another impressive New Orleans showing.

I thought @ beginning of season that NO Bowl would be a great place to go bowling this rebuilding year but Even if we are eligible, I think there would be too many CUSA teams w/ a better record picked ahead of us. Besides I don't think it would be a great match up this w / Tech. We're not very good. Would be very interested to watch y'all play NIU or Rice. Hey what about NIU in the IBowl?!?! That would be ironic ....especially if Tech happens to be bowl eligible ; )

[Just1More]

New Orelans with good opponent > Indy Bowl > New Orleans with bad opponent > GoDaddy vs. good opponent

Even if we beat NIU in GoDaddy, it will be buried by BCS coverage.

Indy is only better than "NO with a bad opponent" if Indy has a "big name program" for us AND we negotiate a good deal with them on seating, tickets and payout. I'm not talking about the "fan's perspective". I'm strictly viewing it from our program's perspective.

A ranked NIU would be interesting to consider for Go Daddy for our football program. Sunday night at 8pm in an open stadium in Mobile on a cold January 5th... not so interesting to me personally.

I think we'll end up in the NO Bowl. I just hope it's Rice or Tulane... for some crowd fun with a regional opponent. That would be a refreshing NO Bowl change for us.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Folks. The writing may be on the wall.

Reading between the lines.......Mobile doesn't want to let NIU get away....Tulane will not face embarrassment in the NOLA bowl....CUSA is going to stick North Texas in New Orleans.


Given the above rumors, if the good people of Shreveport come calling with an invite to play Boton College, Miami, or Georgia Tech, I think we say Yes to that, invade and conquer north Louisiana, and get a major program scalp to hang in Hud's office.

On the Sun Belt board a North Texas fan is saying they are absolutely going to get the HOD bowl. We all know internet boards are the absolute best source of truth yet to be revealed by the universities. So no to North Texas, TooLame too lame to face the Cajuns, leaves FAU, and Rice. I like Rice.

[BrockMeaux]

I like Rice.

Agreed. It's not the best case scenario of getting NIU in New Orleans, but it's still a good situation and I think it's our endgame this year.

[RedCajun]

I thought @ beginning of season that NO Bowl would be a great place to go bowling this rebuilding year but Even if we are eligible, I think there would be too many CUSA teams w/ a better record picked ahead of us. Besides I don't think it would be a great match up this w / Tech. We're not very good. Would be very interested to watch y'all play NIU or Rice. Hey what about NIU in the IBowl?!?! That would be ironic ....especially if Tech happens to be bowl eligible ; )

That would be ironic (and a nice setup), but I doubt the pcs would fall into place for that to happen.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No, LTU R are a couple of wins away form qualifying and will be favored in neither game. They do however have Tulsa at home, and are a 3.5 point dog. If they can pull off a minor upset, they have a lot to play for in the season finale. UTSA is a dog to North Texas by 8.5 points, and TooLame is a 17.5 favorite to take it to the UTEP Miners in El Paso. Not sure TooLame has scored 17.5 points in their last three games combine. Checking them out, they have scored 34 points in their past three games.

The Hoax are a 3.5 point dog to South, AKA USA or South Alabama, they prefer South now. So now it is both South's and UL's job to make sure the Hoax are sitting home the rest of the year.

[moorecajun]

No, LTU R are a couple of wins away form qualifying and will be favored in neither game. They do however have Tulsa at home, and are a 3.5 point dog. If they can pull off a minor upset, they have a lot to play for in the season finale. UTSA is a dog to North Texas by 8.5 points, and TooLame is a 17.5 favorite to take it to the UTEP Miners in El Paso. Not sure TooLame has scored 17.5 points in their last three games combine. Checking them out, they have scored 34 points in their past three games.

The Hoax are a 3.5 point dog to South, AKA USA or South Alabama, they prefer South now. So now it is both South's and UL's job to make sure the Hoax are sitting home the rest of the year.

The Hoax are dogs to South? Wow, I almost feel sorry for them.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The Hoax are dogs to South? Wow, I almost feel sorry for them.

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[VObserver]

I agree with you. Playing and beating a school from an AQ conference would be huge for this program. Possible even putting us in top 25 at the end of the year. Plus, the payout is $2.5 M v/s $1.0 M for NOLA bowl. I guess we would still have to share the wealth with fellow SBC teams, right?

Wrong. That is the payout if you are from a contracted conference; plus payouts are not payouts but tickets the school must sell to reach that total.

Plus: The Indy is infamous for putting the team's allotted tickets in the end zones out to the 20's. Want good seats? Gotta buy them on stub hub or elsewhere from an Indy Bowl sponsor, and your school makes zero on it.

And yes, revenue sharing is still in effect..