Rethinking the New Orleans Bowl

[CajunT]

Wow. The article is built on the foundation of "bowl projections." Neither this author nor "bowl projectors" have any idea how much maneuvering goes on with bowl selection, and ASU vs NIU certainly is not a done deal. Is he sympathetic enough toward ASU to go play Toledo in Mobile? His "players deserve better" premise died with the parenthetical "realistically, Shreveport, Mobile, New Orleans."

NIU does not have to play in the Go Daddy Bowl. The Little Ceasar's Bowl has the MAC Champion this year because of a deal made a few years back. NIU will not be in Mobile either way this year. The ACC doesn't want to play a SBC program in the Indy Bowl, so they have been reaching out to other programs like Washington State or Oregon State. UL is pretty much a lock for the NO Bowl, considering they are suppose to be in attendance at Saturday's game. Anything can happen, but it doesn't look like it now. The author is all over the place in this article.

[Zeebart21]

The only good thing about that article is the Pic of my pal Dale and his wonderful wife, Melissa.

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[CajunZ1]

"Cajun fans have already received their just desserts many times over.....And enough about how Cajun fans travel. Everybody travels to New Orleans."

What a silly statement! I went to the new Orleans bowl when Southern Miss played Troy. Let me tell you, not everybody travels to New Orleans. Not like the Cajuns.

[Just1More]

What a silly statement! I went to the new Orleans bowl when Southern Miss played Troy. Let me tell you, not everybody travels to New Orleans. Not like the Cajuns.

That was a dumb comment, among others. He splattered the liquid bowl projections on the wall and acted like he knows what's solid. There's ambiguity regarding opponents at every possible bowl we have a chance.

I'm trying to figure out why this guy has issues with Cajun fans. Fans are arguing the merits of better opponents versus better venues... and the personal and program benefit of each. And there are many more things on the table than our creature comforts and the football players "deserving" a better opponent.

Our fans and football players are unified. This guy doesn't appear to be one of either. So he needs to Please.

[RoarMan]

"Cajun fans have already received their just desserts many times over.....And enough about how Cajun fans travel. Everybody travels to New Orleans."

Who ever the idiot that wrote that never sat in the stadium through countless beat downs or when we had spectacular players and didn't get to go to a bowl. As to the "fact" that everyone travels well to New Orleans, please tell me how well Florida traveled to last year's Sugar Bowl or how well North Texas traveled in their trips to New Orleans.

The Indy is the biggest RAG there is and nothing but a couple of folks using it for their own personal agenda.

+1.

[ATXCajun]

NIU does not have to play in the Go Daddy Bowl. The Little Ceasar's Bowl has the MAC Champion this year because of a deal made a few years back. NIU will not be in Mobile either way this year. The ACC doesn't want to play a SBC program in the Indy Bowl, so they have been reaching out to other programs like Washington State or Oregon State. UL is pretty much a lock for the NO Bowl, considering they are suppose to be in attendance at Saturday's game. Anything can happen, but it doesn't look like it now. The author is all over the place in this article.

Good. I have hotel and airline reservations for NO. Who do you think CUSA will send?

[CAJUNTODD44]

Tulane Green Wave

[AstroCajun]

The IND is not independent in any way shape or form. They are an anti-UL rag that has in many cases been anti-Lafayette.

There's a reason it went from a weekly to a monthly.

[Cajunrunner]

There's a reason it went from a weekly to a monthly.

The Lafayette so-called Independent is little more than cheapest of toilet paper. The Mays are nothing but wanna-be socialites/elitist types, from New Orleans, and it's editor, Wally Pierce...well...pretty much a younger Bill Decker.

Not surprised they would publish and promote crap like this.

[Ragin9221]

NIU does not have to play in the Go Daddy Bowl. The Little Ceasar's Bowl has the MAC Champion this year because of a deal made a few years back. NIU will not be in Mobile either way this year. The ACC doesn't want to play a SBC program in the Indy Bowl, so they have been reaching out to other programs like Washington State or Oregon State. UL is pretty much a lock for the NO Bowl, considering they are suppose to be in attendance at Saturday's game. Anything can happen, but it doesn't look like it now. The author is all over the place in this
article.

If a ACC team does not want to play a SBC team then we need to provide them with one that will knock the snot out of a ACC team.

As long as we have a small school mentality we will always remain a small school we need to reach for the stars and tell teams that we will play you any where any time.

We will never get respect if we never play or beat a team from an AQ conference