New Orleans Bowl Attendance 54,728 Outback 51,296

[SlappyCajun]

I completely agree with everyting the LSU guy said.

[Bigbuf]

"Anybody can" but some schools closer, didn't.

Not only this year but in the past! Has Louisiana team (besides LSU) brought UL numbers to any bowl game?

[CrazyCajun]

I know this is difficult for people like Z to comprehend, but I'm a fan of both schools...graduated from LSU but grew up in Lafayette. I'm a season ticket holder to LSU football, and at different times in the past I've also been a season ticket holder to UL basketball and baseball.

The notion that LSU fans didn't travel to Tampa for the Outback Bowl because they're fair-weather, spoiled fans is simply ridiculous and flat-out false. Just because one doesn't travel to a bowl game at a distant location does not mean he no longer supports his team. I can assure you that all the LSU fans who didn't make the trip were still living and dying with the Tigers yesterday while watching it on TV, and the overwhelming majority of us are thrilled to have another double digit win season under our belt. This may also be difficult for people like Z to comprehend, but season tickets to LSU football aren't exactly cheap. My season tickets alone cost me around $6,000 a year. Plus, many LSU fans like myself travel to at least one or two road games during the regular season, which could be another couple thousand dollars depending on which game one travels to. Add another $1,000 to cover tailgating expenses, etc., and the final price tag for just the regular season ends up being around $10,000. So, at some point, it's just no longer economical to drop another few thousand dollars for a bowl game, unless it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, super intriguing match-up, or national championship at stake. But that doesn't mean one no longer supports or loves his team. LSU didn't climb to No. 4 on Forbes Magazine's list of most valuable football programs without having great support from its fans. Also, of the 45,000 plus UL fans who attended the NOLA Bowl, which includes myself, how many do you think invested $10,000-$15,000 of their hard-earned money into the UL football program this season? I'd love to hear that it was a large number of fans , but unfortunately that's probably not the case. But for many LSU fans, that's a reality each and every season, and many of us are happy to contribute that kind of money, because we love our university and football team, and we understand that's the kind of money it takes to stay near the top with the big boys. And, despite dropping that kind of coin, there's plenty of us LSU fans and alumni in this area who still find a way to contribute money to UL athletics and the university in general, because we love our hometown school.

The amount people give shouldn't matter, both fan bases have fans that give til it hurts. It's all relative.

[Just1More]

Papo Ramos, let's put this in proper context. The mention of LSU's Outback Bowl fan participation came on the heels of a local LSU football player belittling UL and the NO Bowl. Z being snarky toward LSU comes from having this twit putting his opinion in public. In reality, when an LSU alumni gives a speech on how much it costs to be an LSU fan, and chastises a UL fan for reacting to a twit, I'm just not that impressed.

I'm heavily connected to LSU as a UL grad and fan. I'm not an "LSU fan". There are huge UL LSU fans, however. And I know some that are close to pulling out on LSU due to the perpetual condescending attitude. So, to have the LSU twit make comments about UL and the NO Bowl, is probably a more worthy cause for you to focus on than Z's comments.

If you participate in UL events, that's great. Glad to have you. But, if you are concerned about derogatory attitudes and condescending remarks, I can assign you to some details over here in Baton Rouge. I assure you that you'll have plenty to do.

[Turbine]

In terms of modern day -bowl attendance- perception, LSU was put on the map following the 1996 football season when the school guaranteed 17,000 in ticket sales to the Peach Bowl and fans delivered.

This was the second year back (bowl wise) from a 5-year bowl drought.

In 1996 raised LSU's fan travel stock climbed, in 2013 it fell back a bit.

[Turbine]

Ps The year before (first year after drought) a mixed fanbase total of 48,835 had watched LSU vs Michigan at the Independence Bowl just up the road.

[cajunfan337]

My brother in law, whose brother is a top 15 donor for LSU, fell asleep during the game. Tells me a lot about the perception of LSU fans that even a die-hard, LSU grad, season ticket holder just didn't give two spits about that game

[jumboragncajun]

3k....maybe 4k to Monroe last year; maybe 2k to Mobile this year. I don't think there is any way in hell we take 15k to Tampa.

Also, I think destination has a lot to do with it. New Orleans is a pretty good place to go hang out. I think LSU would have traveled better to the Rose Bowl than they did to Tampa.

[cajun4life]

3k....maybe 4k to Monroe last year; maybe 2k to Mobile this year. I don't think there is any way in hell we take 15k to Tampa.

Also, I think destination has a lot to do with it. New Orleans is a pretty good place to go hang out. I think LSU would have traveled better to the Rose Bowl than they did to Tampa.

Let us somehow find ourselves in the Texas Bowl and we will bring at least 25k.

[jumboragncajun]

Let us somehow find ourselves in the Texas Bowl and we will bring at least 25k.

So The trip goes from 2 hours to 3 hours and our crowd drops from 40k to 25k? That's kinda my point. I think the only bowls we can legitimately talk smack about are regionally placed teams that didn't travel. Beating your/our chest in the face of someone who had to travel makes no sense. No way to back it up.

[basinbear]

3k....maybe 4k to Monroe last year; maybe 2k to Mobile this year. I don't think there is any way in hell we take 15k to Tampa.

Also, I think destination has a lot to do with it. New Orleans is a pretty good place to go hang out. I think LSU would have traveled better to the Rose Bowl than they did to Tampa.

No way to know ....Outback Bowl, if we were to make it, would be against a major opponent....not ULM or S. Alabama....That in itself could attract 15,000 Cajun fans

[ulXrunner]

In not sure we travel well outside of NO. I would rather see it happen than give speculation. I spoke before of my diss appointment in the number of Cajun fans I seen in Arkansas first game of year. Next year, wife and I planning for Boise, Monroe on road. Of course, bowl to anywhere.