2008 Bowl Season Louisiana Snubbed by Indi Bowl

[rcarte3]

_ A myth of Brando-size proportions. Just in... VP of ESPN ("World-wide" leader in sports)... "we picked NIU in the Indy Bowl... says who... we told the Indy that we didn't care who else was in it... send John, one microphone, one camera and that old ESPN sign Fred's daughter made... oh, and bring some tarps... oh, and make up some TV ratings... oh, and call Don... Dan... Dooley back and tell him... yes, we know you are Vince's son." _

Brando knows more about how the college football/bowl situations work than any of us on Ragin Pagin. Do you really think ESPN is going to say we told the I-Bowl who to pick? Get real they aren't going to say that. If that's the case then you must believe every promise a politican promises.

[California Cajun]

_ If they are truly trying to increams sponsorship revenues, wouldn't they invite a regional team. Not just the Cajuns, but Arkansas State would have worked. I doubt they will bring in many sponsorship dollars from Illinois when compared to what they could have brought in rom Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Of couse, what do I know. I'm drinking beer and watching the Saints on a Thursday night.


igeaux.mobi _

DeKalb, Illinois is about 900 miles from Shreveport while Lafayette is about 200 miles away.

Chances are that more NIU fans would elect to stay at home and drink egg nog in front of the tube.

Plus, UL-LTU have a long history of playing one another which has for the most part ended the past 10 years. It has local appeal and state dollars are helping support this event.

You can't spin this one. Bye-bye I-Bowl.

[Hammer58]

_ Tech guy: Sweedhard, way gotta make sher an goedatha Andy Bowel and sport er time. Ya no them thar sally Cajuns era claimin thut this her bowel issa goin to bea joke. Wa neeed ta provem wrung.

His wife: Izit fry?

Tech guy: Hake No. Way need ta shale out fir hunerd dawlers to hep Dooley luk like he cutta gud dial.

His wife: Wut!? Fir hunerd... yewz nutz!

Tech guy: Bibee... tisis gonna makus luk stuperd if way don't hep at er daawgs.

His wife: Who cars? Who'r tha playan annie war?

Tech guy: Sum huskers from nothern injunanna... or ellanose. Tha Andy Bowel ul be pladen Shrevesport dazember twowny suvth.

His wife: Wut!? Shrevesport! Ifan yer a thankin eyma goin ta sat my butt an Shrevesport fir Christmas vication... yer nutz! Fir hunerd dollars!?! Yer nutz! I ainta gunna watch a buncha daawgs ruin round a smellin onna buncha huskers butts intha freezin code justa hep at Dark Doolay. Hez justa shyster loryer pratty boy!!!

Tech guy: Ite... meez an Bubba zer goin buyer sefs. Wardeye put tham balue tarps an ma blode up dawl?

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When he leaves the house I bet Tech guy turns to his wife and says "I'bbe seen ya when I gayit bayuck from da game, Sis."

[DestinCajun]

A myth of Brando-size proportions. Just in... VP of ESPN ("World-wide" leader in sports)... "we picked NIU in the Indy Bowl... says who... we told the Indy that we didn't care who else was in it... send John, one microphone, one camera and that old ESPN sign Fred's daughter made... oh, and bring some tarps... oh, and make up some TV ratings... oh, and call Don... Dan... Dooley back and tell him... yes, we know you are Vince's son."

I'm looking at the weather forecast for Sunday evening and it's looking rough for BR. What conditions will they have in Shreveport? I dunno but I'm kinda thinking I won't be all that unhappy at the family Christmas party afterall.

[DestinCajun]

NIU is 67 miles from the heart of Chicago.

The only way there is any more than mild interest in NIU in Chicago is if NIU has a record like Boise or Utah and is playing in something like the Sugar Bowl. They have an ongoing "show" in Chicago right now that trumps everything on TV. lol!!!

The bottom line question here is -

How many fans from NIU will be at the game?

[California Cajun]

Any suggestion of NIU delivering the Chicago market for the Independence Bowl sounds like pure lunacy to me.

The only people interested in a minor bowl to me are the people putting it on and the fans of the teams involved provided they are close enough. No well-known team is going to go there unless they had a bad year.

If I'm an average NIU fan, chances are I'm not going to travel 900 miles to watch my 6-6 team get after it. If I'm an average UL fan, chances are I will travel 200 miles to watch my 6-6 team play a team my school has a long history with and has been flapping their gums of late about superiority.

If the announced crowd is 30,000 and you're hard pressed to see half that many there with dorky announcers calling the action, what is the future of that game? A lot of people are likely to watch a Home Alone rerun, play with the kids, or walk the dog because they lost interest. I'd think the best shot the game had would be if it held the attention of Louisiana audiences.

[4LSU]

_ I think it was all TV but I dont' agree with ESPN on how a school that draws interest from .002 percent of its market can suddenly pull in TV viewers.

Old rivals LA vs LA would have had a much higher national interest. _

Two things come to my mind. One, if there was no TV network broadcasting the I-Bowl, the Cajuns are a lock for this game.

Two, the network carrying the I-Bowl is thinking potential of exposure for advertisers to the greatest available market of sports fans in general and not to fans of any certain team. Which of their choices had the largest potential market of sports fans considering they might well see the La market as locked up already with a La team in the bowl?

As you say...jmo

[rcarte3]

_ all I can say is Why? I hate these little attempts on the part of sports writers to make jokes about UL's misshaps. All they do is stir the pot and mark up another jab at the football program that (besides us) everyone in the state loves to hate. And of course cue the LSU fans with the usual "accept what you are" and the "UL will never be good. Period". But we wanted more media coverage, we got it. _

The reason a lot of people don't like you is because you whine too much. Always bragging about how good you are going to be and when things don't go well you blame it on LSU or something college in the state. I don't think LSU gives crap about ULL other than an easy win in football once every few years. Why don't you just whip LSU's butt next time you play them in football and really give them something to worry about. Until then quit whining.

[rcarte3]

_ I don't see what the big deal is. The dude's a local skid mark. Skid marks write these kind of satirical articles. Thinking about it, from outside the UL perspective, it is kind of "funny". Stupid... but funny. Really... does this guy or this rag matter? I was kind of surprised that a Tech fan-friend sent this to me hot off the press... and he doesn't have anything to do with the Independent or Lafayette. This article cracked them up... of course.

We, UL, are becoming notorious for being major whiners. The only way we are ever going to get this kind of punk junk off our backs is to accomplish more in athletics. Look, it's sad that you have to comb your hair and wear a clean shirt to a job interview... "why don't they just admire me for my GPA and hire me"... well, the world doesn't work that way... you can't have bad breath and a stain on your shirt and expect to get respected. We need to kick our athletics up to half way where we perceive ourselves... and this kind of stuff will stop bothering us. _

Thank you for saying that ULL fans are getting notorious for being whiners because that is how you are preceived by the rest of the state and by the way your own conference. I have a friend who works at Arkansas State and he says several people in the athletic department were happy to see you guys get snubbed.

[Turbine]

_ Two things come to my mind. One, if there was no TV network broadcasting the I-Bowl, the Cajuns are a lock for this game.

Two, the network carrying the I-Bowl is thinking potential of exposure for advertisers to the greatest available market of sports fans in general and not to fans of any certain team. Which of their choices had the largest potential market of sports fans considering they might well see the La market as locked up already with a La team in the bowl?

As you say...jmo _

I agree with your "juxtapose malleable opinion"

I just don't agree that simply felling a tree from a larger forest creates more buzz.