ULM attendance

[CajunVic]

No one said anything about accepting it. What some are saying, including myself is understand where we are in building a football tradition here at UL. You may like that, but it's reality, not an excuse. We are not LSU in tradition. We are not even Louisiana Tech or Appalachian State in football tradition. The only way to fix it long term is to continue to win consistently and grow the culture. We accomplish nothing by continously bashing the very people you want to show up at Cajun Field.

There is no short cut in building a winning tradition and 3 years of outstanding football won't change that fact. But you can continue to build upon what Coach Napier has started, one win at a time ......one season at a time.

Ain’t nobody bullying anybody into coming. In fact, that tactic has probably assisted in the opposite direction. If you doing it, quit and see what happens.

[CRAWFISH61]

Sorry but ULM is not a rival. You have to get named teams to CF to get the casual fans to attend. Once they attend then you have to win those games to get those fans back. Then rinse and repeat. The whole GameDay experience has to also be on point.

How about going see the 22 ranked team in the nation play? When will people go to SEE the Cajuns and not the opponent? We can’t play the top 20 at home all season long. And we need to ULM to get much better so that it is a rival. We need to stop being condescending to teams in the Sunbelt and promote the league so that people will be excited to watch the Cajuns play.

[CajunVic]

Sorry but ULM is not a rival. You have to get named teams to CF to get the casual fans to attend. Once they attend then you have to win those games to get those fans back. Then rinse and repeat. The whole GameDay experience has to also be on point.

Last I looked, every team we have played for the last 100 years were all named . . .

[ZZeebart21]

Note to self: don’t go to festivale Internationale next spring because the economy is down and I can’t afford it.

Also note to LCG: stop with the $75,000 contribution you make the festivale; You’re throwing good money after bad because the economy is down and nobody will go.

BOOM!

[Cajun Monkee]

BOOM!

Always good seeing you.

[UL_Cajuns]

I’m confident we will have 30K at the championship game if it’s not raining. Keep building the brand.

[zephyr]

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The economy and the poor schedule plays a part in attendance no matter what you say or think. You might see it as a excuse but some fans see it as reality. Like T said we have no tradition and need many more years of winning to get fans intrested in coming to the games. I was at the game until the very end like I am at all games. So don't let your ass over load yourself that would be a bet you would lose.

The economy? Yeah, our local economy is not down. Maybe you are just automatically thinking it is due to the oil and gas industry being down here but our economy has diversified. Real Estate is at an all time high and people don't pay top dollar when the economy is down. Our sales tax revenues are at record levels which means people are spending money. They don't spend money when the economy is down.

[Big Buds]

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The economy? Yeah, our local economy is not down. Maybe you are just automatically thinking it is due to the oil and gas industry being down here but our economy has diversified. Real Estate is at an all time high and people don't pay top dollar when the economy is down. Our sales tax revenues are at record levels which means people are spending money. They don't spend money when the economy is down.

O&G isn’t completely dead in the water too. There are a few area service companies doing very well right now.

[fanof71]

How about going see the 22 ranked team in the nation play? When will people go to SEE the Cajuns and not the opponent? We can’t play the top 20 at home all season long. And we need to ULM to get much better so that it is a rival. We need to stop being condescending to teams in the Sunbelt and promote the league so that people will be excited to watch the Cajuns play.

This right here...it shouldn't matter who (or really when) UL puts the ball down...there is no rational reason why UL can't expect a base crowd of 25k out of a MSA population of nearly a half million.

[ULGrad@HOU]

This right here...it shouldn't matter who (or really when) UL puts the ball down...there is no rational reason why UL can't expect a base crowd of 25k out of a MSA population of nearly a half million.

Shouldn't, maybe not, but it does. There are many reasons, and all have been expanded on in many threads posted here on this forum.