Attendence?

[Sonsissymia]

_ How are they supporting UL when staying out in a parking lot to watch State? You may be assuming they bought a ticket but just didn't use it; I'm assuming they just showed up to tailgate at a spot purchased by one person or company. they are not in the stadium buying concessions, not is the stadium supporting the team in their efforts, etc. They are just outside partying all afternoon watching another team play without the hassles of driving to BR and fighting the traffic to achieve a "game day" tailgating experience.

But aside form the "casual fans" there is no excuse for students not being in the game. Frat pledges at other schools such as "big time" programs like State are required to go to every game. If they can't get a student ticket they have to go to the frat house and sign up and the frat arranges tickets. They demand loyalty and support from the students and I don't hear any whining from them about it. _

12 thou is bad, but it was a big win. way to go cajuns.

[ULtimateCajun]

I think it's pretty p.i.s.s poor. It's obvious that we don't have as many die hard fans than this team deserves. Winning hopefully will change that. But shame on us for not putting more butts in the seats for this very talented football team.

[Turbine]

A lot of factors out of UL's control here.

Cattle Festival in Abbeville
Festivals Acadiens at G Park
ArtWalk downtown Lafayette
Overcast cloudy and previously rainy
UL/UNT game on TV
LSU/Florida game in BR
LSU/Florida game on TV

ps A lot of people (fans of UL) have responsibilities at some of these events that they just can't walk away from.

[ULtimateCajun]

_ A lot of factors out of UL's control here.

Cattle Festival in Abbeville
Festivals Acadiens at G Park
ArtWalk downtown Lafayette
Overcast cloudy and previously rainy
UL/UNT game on TV
LSU/Florida game in BR
LSU/Florida game on TV

ps A lot of people (fans of UL) have responsibilities at some of these events that they just can't walk away from. _

Come on Turb, festivals and Artwalk have the same weather as Cajun field. i'm tired of the excuses and starting to think we just 1. don't have a big fanbase at all or 2. we are the definition of fair weather fans cause if there is a rain drop in the sky we lose 3,000 fans off the bat.

[NOCajun]

_ My wife and I were discussing this today....If all of the tailgaters would come into the stadium, do you think it would make a huge difference? _

I think most, if not all of them DID go into the game. We didn't even have anywhere near as many people tailgating, either.

[Turbine]

Come on Turb, festivals and Artwalk have the same weather as Cajun field. i'm tired of the excuses and starting to think we just 1. don't have a big fanbase at all or 2. we are the definition of fair weather fans cause if there is a rain drop in the sky we lose 3,000 fans off the bat.

Fair enough but I only gave an out to those with responsibilities (and family members) I suspect that could range in the hundreds.

Another guage is to see if those multiple venues set attendance records.
igeaux.mobi

[anhil8tor]

and major props to the students for coming out and almost filling the first 5 rows of the student section!


PS: How much did franks donate?

[UL_Cajuns]

_ I think most, if not all of them DID go into the game. We didn't even have anywhere near as many people tailgating, either. _

Question. Now that all tailgating spots are pay, will they kick you off a pay spot if no one is there?

[ragin91cajun]

_ Anyone know what the attendence was for tonight's game?
By the way, MAJOR PROPS to the the owner of Frank's Casing for that HUGE donation to RCAF! Thank you for helping grow this GREAT PROGRAM! _

I wasn't paying attention when they announced the donation. How much was it?

[BabbForHeisman]

_ I wasn't paying attention when they announced the donation. How much was it? _

$135,000. This is the second donation of that amount making a total of $270,000