New ULM Head Coach

[CajunEXPRESS]

ULM and ULL are on the same level. You guys should really lay off them, it could easily be you next. The

Exactly what's RustON level. Same as us. Budgets almost identical.

Before you start foaming and screaming scoreboard. OSU vs Michigan. 10 wins in last 11 games. Currentl OSU seen as being dominant. Historically the same.

Didn't your school just accept a bowl game in NOLA. Why don't you figure out how to not rep there.

[Clutch0364]

Yeah I'm sure you would be saying this if Coach Hud was 0-4 in the postseason.

Yes. Bowl games are pretty useless to me. Unless you are in the conversation for what was a BCS bowl or now a playoff spot, no one cares about the bowl.

I much rather have 4 conference titles than 4 bowl wins. When 5-7 and 6-6 teams are making bowls I don't see how anyone can say they mean much.

[CajunJack55]

Yes. Bowl games are pretty useless to me. Unless you are in the conversation for what was a BCS bowl or now a playoff spot, no one cares about the bowl.

I much rather have 4 conference titles than 4 bowl wins. When 5-7 and 6-6 teams are making bowls I don't see how anyone can say they mean much.

Whelp we might as well drop to FCS then.

[Boomer]

Yes. Bowl games are pretty useless to me. Unless you are in the conversation for what was a BCS bowl or now a playoff spot, no one cares about the bowl.

I much rather have 4 conference titles than 4 bowl wins. When 5-7 and 6-6 teams are making bowls I don't see how anyone can say they mean much.

---"No one cares about the Bowls"---Well we had I think 56K at one of our games in NO!!! Not much not caring, especially at the prices for a ticket!!!

[Oiler]

---"No one cares about the Bowls"---Well we had I think 56K at one of our games in NO!!! Not much not caring, especially at the prices for a ticket!!!

Attendance at last year's New Orleans Bowl was 34,014. Not great, but still far better than a lot of the bowl games played last year. Interest in bowl games in general has diminished somewhat due to the fact that there are now so many of them. Lots of bowl games are played in front of sparse crowds every year. Having a local team as one of the participants is the only way the smaller bowls ever have decent crowds.

[AstroCajun]

I think the crowd will be decent. Lots of folks in NO will show up because there is a "local" team. If they knew what the Rustonians thought of them they wouldn't but the Techies will claim them anyway.

[Clutch0364]

Whelp we might as well drop to FCS then.

So you would take 4-0 in bowls over 4 conference titles? That's what I'm arguing. The conference title means more. I'm sorry but as long as the bowl pool is watered down with 5-7 and 6-6 teams it's not that big of an accomplishment.

[Turbine]

Just from my pool of ancient memories, bowls are bigger than titles.

As a kid I followed Nebraska and LSU. I have distinct bowl memories but conference titles would have to be reverse engineered.

[Clutch0364]

Just from my pool of ancient memories, bowls are bigger than titles.

As a kid I followed Nebraska and LSU. I have distinct bowl memories but conference titles would have to be reverse engineered.

5-7 teams didn't make bowls then.

[CrazyCajun]

5-7 teams didn't make bowls then.

What stands out to you more 2005? Or 2011?

[Clutch0364]

What stands out to you more 2005? Or 2011?

05 we shared a title with 3 teams but that team was a lot of fun to watch down the stretch. 2011 was better for the amount of wins and the excitement that had finally taken hold of program. I'd feel the same about that season with or without a bowl win though.

I stand by the fact that I'd much rather have conference titles. I have always looked at bowls as lagnaippe. Win or lose, there is not much to them.

[CrazyCajun]

05 we shared a title with 3 teams but that team was a lot of fun to watch down the stretch. 2011 was better for the amount of wins and the excitement that had finally taken hold of program. I'd feel the same about that season with or without a bowl win though.

I stand by the fact that I'd much rather have conference titles. I have always looked at bowls as lagnaippe. Win or lose, there is not much to them.

I'm looking at it in a year with a title and no bowl against no title and a bowl. You can't really compare it now because a title also means you get a bowl. 2012 was a hell of a lot more fun than 2005, because of the bowl and bowl win. It also gives you a chance to play someone you would probably never schedule and get them on a neutral site. There are advantages to bowls and while they may not "mean anything" being 0-4 would be pretty crappy right now and it would be brought up constantly.