Only a few short years ago we were concerned with having the minimum number of fans in Cajun Field to remain eligible for D1A ball. We have never gotten over the .500 mark in 7 seasons under Bustle, with the exception of one 6-5 season... in the SBC. We have not seen any postseason play. Lafayette is an elitest minded city in Louisiana. Those who participate in college football, outside of the very loyal Cajun fan, do not derive the short term entertainment return, nor any hope of a long term entertainment hope that a loyalist gets with average results in a weak conference. Weather and LSU are perfectly adequate excuses for these people... and the way a free society works... they get to make their own excuses and live how they wish. My whiny ass doesn't count... and no one else's does either... thank goodness.
Realistically, I never expect a larger than 15k ish crowd on any weekend home game that does not include a BCS opponent... an ancient rival... or a team that brought at least 8k of their own fans. Greater than 15k amazes me. But, I'm sick of hearing how proud we are of the greatness of that small but honorable crowd. That is the talk of eunuchs. This is college football in the south. I sure wish we had the old crowd that had a huge hairy pair. Even more good looking women would show up if the old crowd was back. The eunuchs can still play in the grass and keep the children from getting run over... but they cannot run our football program.
RC90 is correct about predicting our season. Absolutely dead nuts on. We are in no shape to predict anything. Our football players need to fight WKU today like WKU just spit on their moms and kissed their girlfriends. We have to start being brutal football execution machines and stop acting like kids at a wishing well.