McNeese Week 2016

[jcstewart]

Don't you think it says something when more Cajun fans show up to watch U.S.L. play McNeese than will show up to watch U.S.L. play Boise?

Why do you think that is?

To make that comparison valid you'd have to put both games in a vacuum, same start times, same weather, same competing TV games, etc. We cannot do that, so on paper you'll be correct. Any intelligent individual knows there's more to the numbers.

[ManAboutTown]

This turd is waking up early in the morning to be a troll.. I think I feel sorry for him now..

[FormerPokeCenter]

It's Boise freakin' State.

It.should.have.been.a.sellout.PERIOD.

YOU.KNOW.THIS.

[ManAboutTown]

And then the rapid responses. Sitting by the keyboard, waiting to fire off those "hot takes".

Pathetic.

[FormerPokeCenter]

Hmmm...let's see....2 minutes between my post and your reply.

vs 2 minutes between your post and my reply.

Okay...you got me there. Is is pretty pathetic for me to engage in behaviour that's identical to yours.

[zephyr]

Here is my understanding... Third tier rights belong to ESPN and they can do what they want with them. Apparently that includes subleasing them to another entity like Raycom. Based on the interview with Farmer today I don't think the commissioners office or other schools really have a grasp on that concept.

Along comes Raycom to offer a deal to ESPN3. We will provide all the resources including the talent in exchange for providing over the air broadcast for the McNeese game. ESPN3 still gets their online content but now they don't have the associated expenses of the broadcast.

So as I understand it right now any entity can negotiate with ESPN3 to broadcast any of our games (or any other SBC team since this is a conference contract) and if they do it twelve days out they have the right to dictate our kickoff time as well.

Look at the bright side.... someone wants to broadcast our games!! ;-0

To me, it sounded like someone wanted to broadcast the McNeese game and we were the opponents. Its not like we're drawing a ton of interest here.

[zephyr]

As I understand it, the McNeese alums, who've done PBP and color commentary before, took the bull by the horns and suggested televising the game in Lake Charles to Raycom. I could be wrong, but they did the ground work and pitched it to the powers that be, who agreed. Televising it in Lafayette was an afterthought, on the coattails of the McNeese alums who pitched it.

The only slap in the face here is to Buford Jordan who helped lay the ground work, did promos and lent his name to getting this done.

Typical USL response. No gumption to actually come up with ideas and do the scut work necessary to be successful, simply show up late, _____ and whine loud enough and throw a fit until somebody throws you a bone...

No wonder every other fan base in the state, aside from Southern, laughs at the vainglorious overreach inherent to the "University of Louisiana" movement.

You guys have tried everything else, and I do mean EVERYTHING else, why don't you try laying a proper foundation, doing the actual work necessary to excel and then letting the chips fall where they may, instead of trying to shortcut and name change your way to relevance?

Pathetic...as usual.

So you are saying we are piggybacking off this thing? I doubt Raycom agreed to do the broadcast unless they could get this into more households which included Lafayette. That was probably a contingency in the deal, not an afterthought. You can ____ and moan about it all day if you'd like but we are unfortunately joined at the hip on this one. You needed us as much as we needed you.

[ManAboutTown]

The pathetic boob continues to hammer the keyboard.

[Turbine]

Somebody on the LaTech boad...or maybe it was the ULM board...??

A case of the homeless losing their bearings.

[FormerPokeCenter]

I'm gonna venture a guess than none of you keyboard commandos understand the concept of irony...particularly not when you pound your keyboards in whiny rage about a guy pounding his keyboard.

I know you guys catch a lot of grief from the other fanbases in the state, but I don't care what anybody else says.

This place has the best unintentional comedy on the interwebs!

[KajunKrazy]

Farmer said they are negotiating to provide one of the gents in the booth. Prediction G will take Jordan's place.

[FormerPokeCenter]

So you are saying we are piggybacking off this thing? I doubt Raycom agreed to do the broadcast unless they could get this into more households which included Lafayette. That was probably a contingency in the deal, not an afterthought. You can ____ and moan about it all day if you'd like but we are unfortunately joined at the hip on this one. You needed us as much as we needed you.

Then how is it that USL didn't really know about any of this until late in the game?