Game Week: LA / Ga So

[cajun_lannister]

You can take off 2 from that total this year
. Will not support southland football

[RiverRanchMan]

There is no result remaining that will produce 30k Cajuns fans in any bowl, anywhere.

UL would bring more fans to the NOLA Bowl than any other school. Maybe 30K is a stretch, but its still better than playing in an empty stadium with 2,000 UL fans present against a school that was IAA just a few years ago.

[CajunT]

Yes, but I'd rather have the participation trophy than watch some other ____ program like Monroe or South Al get it instead.

Yes, but then you are sending a message to your president that mediocrity is fine and you are willing to pay for it. I did it last year, I won't do it again.

[Grantvb]

Don’t you guys remember what it was like in 2011? The excitement of our first bowl game in 41 years? I remember because I was behind the goalposts kneeling on the concrete holding my sleeping 3 year old, my back to the field - prayer for a miracle. The roar of the Cajun Nation, confirming that my prayers had been answered. Aside from the money we’ve invested, why is the NOLA Bowl beneath us now? Have they not been good to us? Aside from losing last year (which I think we should’ve won), when was there a bad NOLA bowl game with us in it?

[RedBug58]

It's amazing to me how some fans attitude about the NOLA Bowl has changed since our first visit. Back then, you would have thought the NOLA Bowl was just a notch below the Super Bowl!

Unless the Cajuns can get into a Bowl game against a P5 opponent at another location, the NOLA Bowl is by far the best bowl and venue we could hope for. Going anywhere else (except maybe Shreveport occasionally) to play against any other G5 school would not be an upgrade, and almost always a downgrade. The big issue is that most, if not all, Bowl games are tied into Conferences by contract. Therefore, they don't have the luxury of selecting any team they may want that is not affiliated with the contracted Conferences. It is what it is.

NO Bowl Dec 16th
Saints vs Jets Dec 17 (Superdome)
Could make for a nice trip

[HOUCajun]

For all you “bowl is great” folks:

What if we go 5-7 and get a pity invite?
Y’all still roosta dancin? Hud still great?

A 5-7 pity invite would be awful but it won’t happen because we won’t be 5-7.
Who exactly said HUD was great? Literally no one on here is saying that.

[cajun_lannister]

Don’t you guys remember what it was like in 2011? The excitement of our first bowl game in 41 years? I remember because I was behind the goalposts kneeling on the concrete holding my sleeping 3 year old, my back to the field - prayer for a miracle. The roar of the Cajun Nation, confirming that my prayers had been answered. Aside from the money we’ve invested, why is the NOLA Bowl beneath us now? Have they not been good to us? Aside from losing last year (which I think we should’ve won), when was there a bad NOLA bowl game with us in it?

We have never moved up from the NOLA bowl that is the probelm we are stuck in a rut.. would going 0-2 in a baseball regional for 5 years straight be oK

[CajunT]

Don’t you guys remember what it was like in 2011? The excitement of our first bowl game in 41 years? I remember because I was behind the goalposts kneeling on the concrete holding my sleeping 3 year old, my back to the field - prayer for a miracle. The roar of the Cajun Nation, confirming that my prayers had been answered. Aside from the money we’ve invested, why is the NOLA Bowl beneath us now? Have they not been good to us? Aside from losing last year (which I think we should’ve won), when was there a bad NOLA bowl game with us in it?

I don't think it's beneath us, I think you are rewarding mediocrity. I remember 2011 well, it was the first bowl game for UL in 40 plus years. We had no history of going to bowl games and we won 8 games that season. That game will always be special to most of us for that reason. Returning to the NO bowl or any bowl again with a 6-6 record does not have that feel for me. It simply reminds me of the seasons in the past when we went 6-5 and were told it wasn't good enough. So it's not that the NO Bowl is beneath me, but a 6-6 record is beneath my standard for this program today and not 2011. It simply reflects a marginal performances being rewarded.

[ULvictory]

Don’t you guys remember what it was like in 2011? The excitement of our first bowl game in 41 years? I remember because I was behind the goalposts kneeling on the concrete holding my sleeping 3 year old, my back to the field - prayer for a miracle. The roar of the Cajun Nation, confirming that my prayers had been answered. Aside from the money we’ve invested, why is the NOLA Bowl beneath us now? Have they not been good to us? Aside from losing last year (which I think we should’ve won), when was there a bad NOLA bowl game with us in it?

It was a great moment for us then. But what does that do for us now? Does it elevate our program? Does it allow us to grow as a program at this moment? Or is it stagnant?

The 4 bowl games from 2011-14 gave us hope and showed us the potential this program has. But it should not be the ultimate prize. From the success of those bowls, I would like a 10 win season. I would like an outright conference championship. I would like a top 25 ranking. I would like to beat a P5 school. We achieved the goal of a bowl berth and win. But 6-6 with another Nola Bowl appearance will do none of that.

[AstroCajun]

Yes, but then you are sending a message to your president that mediocrity is fine and you are willing to pay for it. I did it last year, I won't do it again.

Negative. I didn't say I was fine with it. Nor did I say I was going. I'm not going to see that particular ____ show.

All I'm saying is that I'd rather we be invited to a ____ show than not. Especially if the Hoax or South Al gets invited to said ____ show over us.

____ show.