This is news to me.

[Redgineer]

IMO, I believe we did not get the I bowl invite in time for whatever reason, so we went with the sure thing, especially after being co champions as of this weekend.

[ULalum06]

bowl revenue sharing is quite common amoung every conference. we've been over this. doesn't matter that we JUST started doing the heavylifting.

[CrazyCajun]

We could not get the Indy invite until after the sec championship. They have to see how everything falls. We could have a "latech type invite" but nothing in writing.

[Hammer58]

bowl revenue sharing is quite common amoung every conference. we've been over this. doesn't matter that we JUST started doing the heavylifting.

I believe the sharing just started the year right after we started doing the heavy lifting. I dont think we recieved very much if any revenue as a result of the early Sun Belt Bowls

[Jeaux]

Do these people not understand our history with the indy bowl? Why would anyone not named waters want to negotiate with these north La. scum without a written contract. So this redwolf runs over to Monroe board and wants to buddy up with those clowns because we are his perceived enemy. He is too thick headed to see that Monroe's lackluster Bowl and the Cajuns not being ranked (or close to it) is the real reason his team is not going bowling. A strong UL is good for the perception of the SBC, like Boise was for La. Poly and the Wac. I guess being associate with mediocre and bottom feeding teams are what this clown wants. Go ahead, moan and cry all you want. Won't change the fact that UL never received a legitimate offer and wasn't going to Poly this one.

*edit Whoops, didn't see that ASU accepted the G. Daddy. glad to see they didn't Poly this one. Hope Indy folds soon.

[Hammer58]

Do these people not understand our history with the indy bowl? Why would anyone not named waters want to negotiate with these north La. scum without a written contract. So this redwolf runs over to Monroe board and wants to buddy up with those clowns because we are his perceived enemy. He is too thick headed to see that Monroe's lackluster Bowl and the Cajuns not being ranked (or close to it) is the real reason his team is not going bowling. A strong UL is good for the perception of the SBC, like Boise was for La. Poly and the Wac. I guess being associate with mediocre and bottom feeding teams are what this clown wants. Go ahead, moan and cry all you want. Won't change the fact that UL never received a legitimate offer and wasn't going to Poly this one.

*edit Whoops, didn't see that ASU accepted the G. Daddy. glad to see they didn't Poly this one. Hope Indy folds soon.

Yes, notice AState didnt wait arond to see if Indy would come calling. And GoDaddy is the one bowl that could afford to wait since they are the last one to be played unlike NO Bowl which is first.

[CrazyCajun]

Yes, notice AState didnt wait arond to see if Indy would come calling. And GoDaddy is the one bowl that could afford to wait since they are the last one to be played unlike NO Bowl which is first.

Sounds like somebody wanted us to take all the risk rolling the dice on our post season so they could go to NOLA.

[CajunEXPRESS]

stAte has been wanting NOLA for three years now. Wants UL to go to that sucky bowl in Mobile.

[Hammer58]

Sounds like somebody wanted us to take all the risk rolling the dice on our post season so they could go to NOLA.

Exactly. Read the original whine from the AState fan..."They screwed ASU out of a bowl by turning down the Independence Bowl this week...". No, we didn't screw them out of a Bowl. They just aren't getting the Bowl they wanted but they are getting a Bowl.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Hammer, stAte has been wanting NOLA Bowl for three seasons now. Last year the asked us to volunteer to take the Go Daddy because the Sun Belt might have a bad team this year as champs, and so this year the bad team is us who is a pretty good team and they want us to step aside for them again.

[Hammer58]

Hammer, stAte has been wanting NOLA Bowl for three seasons now. Last year the asked us to volunteer to take the Go Daddy because the Sun Belt might have a bad team this year as champs, and so this year the bad team is us who is a pretty good team and they want us to step aside for them again.

Yep, the Belt and its members always wanting us to accommodate them yet we can't get a simple accommodation on our name from them.

[Turbine]

Hammer, stAte has been wanting NOLA Bowl for three seasons now. Last year the asked us to volunteer to take the Go Daddy because the Sun Belt might have a bad team this year as champs, and so this year the bad team is us who is a pretty good team and they want us to step aside for them again.

I would say stAte has been wanting NOLA Bowl for two seasons now.

When they first went to Mobile that bowl was more prestigious than the New Orleans bowl (perception wise)

Two years of Ragin' Cajuns fans (and Louisiana's brand of football) have elevated the status of the New Orleans bowl.