Homecoming attendance? 18,132 (merged)

[facelessjonmoon]

Predicted 25k last week. Sticking with it.

Best gameday weather in several years. Best group of running backs in the history of the school. We might have 2 future NFL RBs on the same roster. We've got the best tailgating in the country. It's Homecoming. Gonna be a very good game.

The place to be Saturday afternoon is not at home on a beautiful Fall afternoon watching those other guys. The place to be is Cajun Field.

People will show up to watch the Louisiana Pain Train.

Better than Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire combo? I’m not saying they are not, but both of those guys have actually played in the nfl.

[Policarp]

25470

[Tell The Truth]

Will be 15,000 in the stands but the fleur de leis math dept. will count by 2's...as per usual...all in all...who really cares!!! the chili peppers are not a real football program in the NCAA scheme of things!!!

[IndiaPaleAle]

My prediction . . .

[Ragin' Caleb]

FYI, LSU doesn't have a waiting list for season tickets. They didn't sell all their season tickets this season.

I'll take your word on that, I really dont care too much for those boys out east. But that's not the point. It's about supply and demand. 105k find a way. In the same state. Only an hour away. But we don't have 50k fans who have money, or 40k, or 30k. Do you see my point?

[Clutch0364]

These students suck, plain and simple. No sugar coating it. I was at the Texas State game, and they had about 2-3k students there (in the first half) for a terrible team, with ACL going on down the road. I don't think there is a worse student section in the Sunbelt than UL. Maybe Georgia State, but I can't confirm that, yet.

ETA: 19,450
300 students

LSU/UGA keeps away 5k

The entire fanbase sucks. We add 3000 students to our attendance and our numbers still suck. We have a much larger issue than just the students and people need to realize that. The local community is not getting involved for whatever reason. Until that is fixed our attendence will always be bad.

[DaddyCajun]

fortunately , we are in south central La. and he s going to florida

30,000. Festival people come take in a UL Football 🏈 game

[RaginScotsman]

They weren't always bad.


Someone sent the message that they didn't matter.

Someone needs to send the message that they are needed.

I’m sure everyone can think of games were the student section was packed. If not packed, it was certainly fuller than it has been in recent memory. When Hud was winning, the students showed up. They’ll come back for a winner.

Plus, across the college football landscape, attendance is a topic of conversation. I’m sure the peer schools in our conference and similar sized institutions across the G5 collectively have the same conversations about attendance as we do on this board, oh, every 9 days or so.

[SMD7636]

Hudspeth was motivating and marketing to the students and fan base in the beginning. UL had hope of being big time due to winning. Students and fans need constant visual reminder. Does the athletic department need to have more of a presence on campus?

[CajunVic]

30,000. Festival people come take in a UL Football 🏈 game

I'm thinking we get at least 10 Festival People.

[ManAboutTown]

The entire fanbase sucks. We add 3000 students to our attendance and our numbers still suck. We have a much larger issue than just the students and people need to realize that. The local community is not getting involved for whatever reason. Until that is fixed our attendence will always be bad.

Because we don’t win.. And I don’t mean Sun Belt win.. We need to WIN.

People want to be a part of something special. Beating NMSU isn’t special. Even if you do it over and over again.

Bring Boise to town and win. Go beat a Kentucky or Ole Miss on the road, and then come home and dominate the conference. Do something special on national TV when the whole country is watching. That’s our problem.

[fanof71]

There are folks in the Athletic complex who are paid money to figure this out. Obviously, they aren't doing a very good job. UL has always had game marketing/involvement issues. While winning will cure some of these ills (see Cincinnati vs Tulane, the Bearcat student sections were full for an afternoon game...) its going to take some creative direct marketing to sway student participation. It ain't rocket surgery, get creative and get to work on social media. Avoid the "cutesy" promotions, they never work and only look cheap and dumb. NO ONE is going to show up to for a free fry or drink promotion. And to some extent, this situation DOES involve the game day atmosphere and in stadium experience, which has been enough of a sore point that it makes its way on to the after game surveys, but changes never occur. And since it is homecoming, Napier should say something about not just student attendance, but address the "casual" fan out there...