Marlin bringing the heat in the presser

[Turbine]

What does LSU gain by playing the Cajuns? It seems to me that they have more to lose by playing us. Especially if they lose a game. Maybe attendance revenue? 2017 avg attendance at LSU was 7,019, UL was 3,654 I'm guessing that Wednesday's game will have a good crowd.

What does LSU lose by losing to UL? It depends on the year.

This year they would have lost nothing.

NITwits aside, everyone knows UL was better this year.

Every year is different.

[anhil8tor]

I'm ignorant so excuse the question...

but what if that is all he has to fill out his home schedule? What if truly no one comes here under any means.

[CajunProud]

I'm ignorant so excuse the question...

but what if that is all he has to fill out his home schedule? What if truly no one comes here under any means.

Then I think the only option is to go on the road. It sucks for the fans/season ticket holders, but in all honesty, do you really want to see the team beat up on a glorified high school team? Schedule some games with middle of the pack to lower tier P5 schools or schools from non P5 conferences that are traditionally basketball rich conferences, and most importantly....... WIN.

[VObserver]

Actually, we do need to play them as it would help our RPI out tremendously. It sucks that they won't come here and play because they are a bunch of spineless bi&%#es, but Marlin needs to suck it up and go play them there. If he truly believed in his coaching abilities, he would play them there. Stephen F. Austin actually beat them there this year. This is not like baseball where we truly don't need them. I have been ______ed at Tony for the last several years for not telling them to go F off if they wouldn't agree to a home and home every year.

Like you, I also applaud him for calling them out on this, but now that he has done so, he needs to back it up and go whip their ___zzes.

You are misreading what I said. We don't need to play specifically them, and they don't need to play specifically us. But we both need to upgrade our OOC schedule, and playing each other home and home accomplishes that goal for both programs at virtually no cost.

[VObserver]

That's not the way I read the quote above, but if that's correct then I stand corrected.

However, with regard to scheduling, I still think we should and are going to have to go on the road to play some better competition, and actually win some of those games. I do not want to see non Div. I teams on the schedule any longer.

None of us want non D1 games, but the OOC games that really hurt us are the teams like UNO and McNeese, who are generally bottom feeders in the SLC, and SWAC or MEAC schools. These are the games we need to replace with better quality opponents.

[HoustonCajun]

What does LSU gain by playing the Cajuns? It seems to me that they have more to lose by playing us. Especially if they lose a game. Maybe attendance revenue? 2017 avg attendance at LSU was 7,019, UL was 3,654 I'm guessing that Wednesday's game will have a good crowd.

I'm also guessing that if we played LSU at the CajunDome, our attendance would be closer to 8,000+ than what we averaged.

[VObserver]

New Mexico and NMSU play home and home every year, giving both teams two quality games OOC every year. No valid reason for us not to do that with both LSU and LTU.

[VObserver]

What does LSU gain by playing the Cajuns? It seems to me that they have more to lose by playing us. Especially if they lose a game. Maybe attendance revenue? 2017 avg attendance at LSU was 7,019, UL was 3,654 I'm guessing that Wednesday's game will have a good crowd.

By playing us home and home, LSU benefits in exactly the same ways we do. They get a winnable game against a quality program at a site (even when they play here) that their fans can travel to and somewhat counter the home court advantage. It is an RPI boost for both schools, and travel cost is virtually zero, in both time and money.

It is a win win situation, as would similar arrangements with LTU be for both schools.

You schedule these games for RPI purposes, NOT for attendance. Play and beat enough quality teams and attendance will follow.

[Cajun Soldier]

Enough of the talking I like all of you are ____ed with the way the NIT handled this. The only remedy is to go to tiger land and get a W then we can ______ about being on the road again next week. As much as I wanted the NCAA bid I'd play LSU anywhere just to prove to my baton rouge buddy what I've been saying all year. "UL have the best team in the state." Now lets go prove our point.

[Turbine]

LSU won't see UL this year.

They will see uL, and that might be enough for them to THINK they saw UL.