2010 schedule

[Zeebart21]

_ Scouting purposes!!! I didn't make it past the 2nd quarter but that's not the point, lol. _

you wanna know what I am gonna incorporate into this thread? Wait for it.....its coming.......

Maybe tomorrow, but its coming.

[RaginFan2]

_ you wanna know what I am gonna incorporate into this thread? Wait for it.....its coming.......

Maybe tomorrow, but its coming.

_

Tomorrow WILL be sweeeeet!!!!

[CajunNation]

Games against 1-AA opponents are here to stay....not only here, but just about everywhere.

We should sign multi-year contracts with Mcneese and Southern on a rotating basis. Play one this year and the other the next year and so on...

We don't need to schedule any other FCS schools besides these two.

It makes so much sense financially and would give us a permanent boost in yearly average attendance numbers.

[zephyr]

_ We should sign multi-year contracts with Mcneese and Southern on a rotating basis. Play one this year and the other the next year and so on...

We don't need to schedule any other FCS schools besides these two.

It makes so much sense financially and would give us a permanent boost in yearly average attendance numbers. _

I don't doubt this would be great for both schools however, I think this has been talked about between the two schools and no head room has been made. The problem rolls in that I think both would want us to do a return trip to their campuses and play there and I think the decision makers don't want to do that which is probably where we see the hold up. BOP would know better than any of us whether this is true or not but these are the rumblings I've heard for quite some time.

[CajunNation]

I don't doubt this would be great for both schools however, I think this has been talked about between the two schools and no head room has been made. The problem rolls in that I think both would want us to do a return trip to their campuses and play there and I think the decision makers don't want to do that which is probably where we see the hold up. BOP would know better than any of us whether this is true or not but these are the rumblings I've heard for quite some time.

If the decision makers at these 2 schools truly expect a return trip from us and are using that as a reason to nix this deal, then they are even more stupid than I thought.

[CajunDreDog]

LOL. dude, I think you guys are watching the games in the superdome and assume they travel like this for every road game. Not so. Like I said, I watched several of their home games on CST recently and the attendance looked liked that of a high school game. I think we are a little overzealous with the top 3 and top 5 crowd predictions. I hope it works out that way, I just think it is too optimistic.

I have lived in Baton Rouge most of my entire life except for my 5½ years (yes it took me more than 4) at UL, so I have been around plenty of Southern fans and know many as well.

They are a VERY DEVOUT group unlike any! You have to relize that most of there ENTIRE schedule is played within driving distance to Baton Rouge. Most of the SWAC schools are in TX, LA, Ark, MS, AL. There stadium holds almost as much as ours does now, and is being expanding right now, and I think when finsihed will hold MORE than ours! They have a group of about 10-15K fans that go to just about EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THERE GAMES NO MATTER WHERE IT IS AT!!! They travel in RV's around the south! They are proud of there band, which is coming to Lafayette.

So now with this being only a 1 hour drive, why wouldn't they bring 15K fans??? They'll be in the Cajun Field parking lot by mid week taking up our spaces.

I remember driving to Lafayette once for a UL game and being passed by a huge group of Southern fans and thinking "Where are they going?". Southern was playing in Houston that weekend. If you don't think they travel well, you are lying to yourself.

FWIW, I don't watch any of there games on CST.

[Zeebart21]

_ I don't doubt this would be great for both schools however, I think this has been talked about between the two schools and no head room has been made. The problem rolls in that I think both would want us to do a return trip to their campuses and play there and I think the decision makers don't want to do that which is probably where we see the hold up. BOP would know better than any of us whether this is true or not but these are the rumblings I've heard for quite some time. _

LOL!! Seriously, they need to have their heads examined.

Z

[zephyr]

_ LOL!! Seriously, they need to have their heads examined.

Z _

Their rationale is why not? It's not like we're that much better than them and they look at us in a similar fashion as to how we look at LSU. They feel like we hold the superiority complex over other state schools and feel that we are not worthy of not traveling to play them at their place. We do it in other sports. I'm not saying I disagree, I'm just saying I ee the argument.

[zephyr]

_ I have lived in Baton Rouge most of my entire life except for my 5½ years (yes it took me more than 4) at UL, so I have been around plenty of Southern fans and know many as well.

They are a VERY DEVOUT group unlike any! You have to relize that most of there ENTIRE schedule is played within driving distance to Baton Rouge. Most of the SWAC schools are in TX, LA, Ark, MS, AL. There stadium holds almost as much as ours does now, and is being expanding right now, and I think when finsihed will hold MORE than ours! They have a group of about 10-15K fans that go to just about EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THERE GAMES NO MATTER WHERE IT IS AT!!! They travel in RV's around the south! They are proud of there band, which is coming to Lafayette.

So now with this being only a 1 hour drive, why wouldn't they bring 15K fans??? They'll be in the Cajun Field parking lot by mid week taking up our spaces.

I remember driving to Lafayette once for a UL game and being passed by a huge group of Southern fans and thinking "Where are they going?". Southern was playing in Houston that weekend. If you don't think they travel well, you are lying to yourself.

FWIW, I don't watch any of there games on CST. _

I'm not trying to be argumentative, however, I'm just telling you what I saw at their HOME game and they did NOT have 15k people there so if they travel with that many, I'll be impressed. I'll tell you what, If we put 30,000 people in the stands and/or if they bring 15k fans, I'll buy you lunch........

[CajunDreDog]

I'm not trying to be argumentative, however, I'm just telling you what I saw at their HOME game and they did NOT have 15k people there so if they travel with that many, I'll be impressed. I'll tell you what, If we put 30,000 people in the stands and/or if they bring 15k fans, I'll buy you lunch........

This is SU's 2008 attendance, yes the only played 4 games at the bluff. OUCH, and we complain if we only get 5. Maybe you are closer to right, but they also did not have a good year either, thus the only 10K at the last home game.

Date	Team	Attendance
9/13/2008	Miss. Valley State	14317
10/11/2008	Texas Southern	25512
10/18/2008	Florida A&M	15107
11/1/2008	Ark-Pine Bluff	10354
	Avg Att.	16322.5