2021 New Orleans Bowl: LOUISIANA (36) MARSHALL (21)

[Tripple Threat]

Yep. There are TONS of great hotels in the poydras/warehouse district. Recommending staying on the north shore for the Nola bowl is just plain nuts. If you want to avoid the city just stay in Metairie or Kenner.

I stayed on Canal Street in the Team hotel for every bowl game in NOLA. It’s a great environment and shouldn’t be missed.

[OrlandeauxCajun]

I heard a statistic somewhere that if you separate New Orleans from the rest of the State, we automatically jump to 21st in the country for education from 49th.

[CajunNation]

We love Hilton Riverside. Self parking tower, walking distance to Quarter and Aquarium and connected to the Riverwalk.

[CajunVic]

I heard a statistic somewhere that if you separate New Orleans from the rest of the State, we automatically jump to 21st in the country for education from 49th.

We going to play a football game there, we not going to school . . .

[CajunEXPRESS]

Unfortunately NOLA is a very different city since the pandemic, and peaceful protests. Shootings in the busiest parts of the French Quarter are fairly common. It simply didn’t happen back in the Hud era.

[Bandwagon King]

We going to play a football game there, we not going to school . . .

You finally said something funny.....on purpose.

[Big Buds]

How come tickets are more expensive through the university? $65/each before fees vs. $40/each on Ticketmaster.

[Bandwagon King]

Let me try to explain our destination.

We have the five bowl tie ins (NO, Myrtle, Camellia, Lending Tree, Cure) In addition, the ESPN pool of bowls they own come into play. Those are Boca Raton, Idaho Potato, New Mexico, First Responder and Frisco.

The picking order is ESPN, NO, ESPN, ESPN, Lending Tree. However, there are years (once every three I think but don't quote me) when New Orleans can invoke a clause that gives them the first pick, which they did this year.

Without the clause, we'd probably still be in NO, although they could have matched us with UTSA in the Frisco Bowl (where the Roadrunners will play San Diego State.)

As far as our opponent is concerned, once UAB was placed in the Independence and UTSA in the Frisco, that left WKU and Marshall as the next strongest teams (UTSA, as champion, got to select the bowl they preferred.)

WKU would have been an interesting matchup, as their quarterback Bailey Zappe has thrown for 54 touchdowns this year (that isn't a misprint) and still has an outside chance at Joe Burrow's record.

As of 10am yesterday, our opponent still had not been determined. It was finally decided that Marshall would come to NO, while WKU went to Boca Raton. And, App State was selected to play the Hilltoppers.

I agree with the Marshall fan who posted here, I think the Herd is a better team than WKU. (And, can you imagine if WKU was in NO, how long that damn game would last with a gazillion passes thrown?)

We complained last year about UTSA being our opponent and it turned out to be a great game. Hopefully this will be the same.

Dr. Maggard was all for New Orleans since it's been five years since we've played there. And, NO Bowl has a good reputation for the way they run their bowl game. Dr. Maggard wanted to give Cajun fans the best opportunity to see the team play.

Hey, it could be worse. We could be Georgia State who is playing in the Camellia Bowl.....on Christmas Day.

It's not the bowl to me. the New Orleans bowl is an incredible venue. People can crack all the jokes they want about New Orleans. It is still a major destination city & the Superdome is still one of the greatest stadiums to host a major venue anywhere in the world. You have thousands of hotels, restaurants & clubs plus the stadium all within waking distance of each other to boot. It's the opponent which doesn't excite me all that much. I wish we could have gotten the Hillbillies, or the Roadrunners, Houston, or a P-5 team as an opponent. I would have enjoyed playing Arkansas, or MSU. Marshall is not better than WKU. UL should wipe the field with those guys.

[cjr3888]

How come tickets are more expensive through the university? $65/each before fees vs. $40/each on Ticketmaster.

Better seats

[Big Buds]

Better seats

But that is not the case. $40/each for lower level and the 200 level, which are my favorite. Whatever I’m still buying through the university…just spending an extra $100 for the 4 tickets I’m getting.

[RedTails]

Are we also going into the bowl game without PT, Hocke, and Juluke? Or are they coaching for the bowl game? May have missed where that was addressed in one of these threads.

[cjr3888]

But that is not the case. $40/each for lower level and the 200 level, which are my favorite. Whatever I’m still buying through the university…just spending an extra $100 for the 4 tickets I’m getting.

University has $60 (plus $5 fee) and $40 (plus $4.50 fee) tickets. Other fee on top of that is $5.50 per order. You can call the ticket office today through Thursday to request the $40 seats. Friday they start the allocation.