Football Attendance Comparison

[John Cocktolstoy]

I could not disagree more with this mindset.

The biggest win in the Napier era, and it ain't close, was the Iowa St victory. That put us on the map, and led to 2 end of season Nation Rankings.

We don't have to play 4 every year, but we should play at least 2.

Yeah, we should pursue top G5 programs for Home and Homes as much as possible. However, the fallback position should not be Eastern Michigan. It should be Iowa St. I could not care less about losing a 6th home game if it means the opportunity to elevate our program into the stratosphere. LIKE WE JUST SAW!

2020 was a strange year. That was a great win. Would we have pulled that off if the stadium wasn’t empty and Iowa state had their fan base behind them? Possibly. History is not on our side to say we would have .

[KajunKrazy]

It’s not as if Lafayette parish students were all in on Saturday.

What percentage of Lafayette parish students make up the total 18 or 19K student body? Many Lafayette parish students are no different than the Iberia, St. Landry, St Martin, Vermillion if they still living with mom and dad. They drive to cajun field get on the red school bus, go to class, go home, and get involved in nothing on campus. They too are commuter students. No difference. I refer to that type as going to school not going to college.

[JamesTheJeweler]

If it makes anybody feel better, McNeese is convinced it's going to CUSA

[CajunT]

How's it working for ULM? And outside of Iowa State, can you give me another win? How about Texas? Alabama? I don't mind playing one of these games a year, but no one cares that you are scheduling multiple P5 programs today.

How does playing P5 road games yearly increase attendance at Cajun Field? It's not a mentality, it's reality.

[Atown cajun]

If it makes anybody feel better, McNeese is convinced it's going to CUSA

Who would they replace in that conference?

[KajunKrazy]

Who would they replace in that conference?

I heard a guy talking on 103.7 from lake chuck. The speculation is with the next shift maybe cusa getting raided again. The fill ins being McNeese, SFA and Tarelton St.

[CajunNation]

...How's it working for ULM?...

Who cares about ULM? It worked FOR US.

...How does playing P5 road games yearly increase attendance at Cajun Field? ...

Attendance? We should work on building the best program we can. People will come, or they won't. I'm done worrying about it. I know this. MAC schools won't move the needle. Mid to lower tier G5 schools won't move the needle.

We have our conference home games, and we have our home FCS game. If we can't get top G5 or local rivals to fill the home schedule, go play a P5, beat them, get ranked and cash the freakin' check.

[CajunT]

Who cares about ULM? It worked FOR US.




Attendance? We should work on building the best program we can. People will come, or they won't. I'm done worrying about it. I know this. MAC schools won't move the needle. Mid to lower tier G5 schools won't move the needle.

We have our conference home games, and we have our home FCS game. If we can't get top G5 or local rivals to fill the home schedule, go play a P5, beat them, get ranked and cash the freakin' check.

Okay, but going on the road for four P5 games yearly, is the ULM model. There's no getting around it. And few, if any P5 programs are doing the 2 for 1 agreements any longer. Who is playing four P5 road games yearly in the top of the G5? It's an antiqued model and only the absolute bottom feeders like ULM are playing those games for revenue.

Our best bet is to continue to play the best schedule we can, playing 1 P5 game yearly, winning the most games we can and a conference championship. Then, we may have a shot at playing a P5 team in a bowl game. Especially with the possibility of adding a few additional bowl tie-ins to the SBC.

[CajunNation]

Okay, but going on the road for four P5 games yearly, is the ULM model. There's no getting around it. And few, if any P5 programs are doing the 2 for 1 agreements any longer. Who is playing four P5 road games yearly in the top of the G5? It's an antiqued model and only the absolute bottom feeders like ULM are playing those games for revenue.

Our best bet is to continue to play the best schedule we can, playing 1 P5 game yearly, winning the most games we can and a conference championship. Then, we may have a shot at playing a P5 team in a bowl game. Especially with the possibility of adding a few additional bowl tie-ins to the SBC.

I'm agreeing with you about the 4 P5 games per year. I'm disagreeing with you about the 1 per year.

Like I said, If it's not a home game against a conference member, a local FCS, a local rival, or a PG/TopG5, we are better off as a program by going after another P5 road scalp than scheduling some generic G5 school nobody cares about for a Home and Home.

[John Cocktolstoy]

I'm agreeing with you about the 4 P5 games per year. I'm disagreeing with you about the 1 per year.

Like I said, If it's not a home game against a conference member, a local FCS, a local rival, or a PG/TopG5, we are better off as a program by going after another P5 road scalp than scheduling some generic G5 school nobody cares about for a Home and Home.

Definitely need to get away from the Eastern Michigan type scheduling. Tulane, ECU, Tulsa, CUSA schools in closer proximity would all be better option for home and home G5 opponents.