Football Attendance Comparison

[Duckster]

Thought: Couldn't we improve the home schedule not having an annual FCS game? Perhaps go to semi-annual scheduling of FCS home game. Agree one annual P5 road game is enough and only a second P5 if at Cajun Field. Will be a real honor to host a home game for one of the service academies in near future. All three have either a Post or Base in Louisiana to bring out the brass.

[Turbine]

It would be a, lot easier to negotiate a P5 game if we weren't approaching it from a "please be our one and only P5 opponent" standpoint.

Two every year increases the odds of winning P5 games

[CajunNation]

I like hosting an in-state FCS first game.

It lets the new guys get their feet wet, answers some questions for the staff, starts the season on a positive, it’s a home game and keeps the money in-state.

The only thing that would make me want to drop this game in favor of a P5 would be skyrocketing game contracts.

[zephyr]

I like hosting an in-state FCS first game.

It lets the new guys get their feet wet, answers some questions for the staff, starts the season on a positive, it’s a home game and keeps the money in-state.

The only thing that would make me want to drop this game in favor of a P5 would be skyrocketing game contracts.

Last year it was nearly a nightmare

[thecajunitalian]

Why cant we play LSU every year or every other year. A home and home would be amazing!

[zephyr]

Why cant we play LSU every year or every other year. A home and home would be amazing!

You can forget about that. LSU will NEVER be caught travelling to play us or any other state school.

[CajunT]

I like hosting an in-state FCS first game.

It lets the new guys get their feet wet, answers some questions for the staff, starts the season on a positive, it’s a home game and keeps the money in-state.

The only thing that would make me want to drop this game in favor of a P5 would be skyrocketing game contracts.

The idea was originally pushed by politics in Baton Rouge. But it had worked out well during fiscal lean years with in the state and keeping the money in the UL System appeals to many in state. Also playing both HBCU institutions on rotation makes sense economically.

[Balanced_view]

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.

The fan base just needs time, everyone wants things to happen fast but things are too complicated for that. comparing App st, USM, whoever else with decades of tradition is flawed. We have never had sustained success. We are creating the good old days right now. We are at the point of growing new generations of fans and they are all younger right now, but they are seeing winning and cULture and momentum. Sad to say many current die-hards wont see the potential realized the way its in their minds.

To the point about scheduling two P5's per year, I kinda like the idea, but It most likely comes at the cost of our 6th home game at very least every other year, if not more frequent than that. ask yourself are the fans that show up to games willing to keep season tickets in the years there are only 5 home games?

In the end, it helpful to push for better and grow more while both enjoying and celebrating the process. I feel many times our die-hards forget the celebrating part while they are pushing for better.

[babysitter]

Why cant we play LSU every year or every other year. A home and home would be amazing!

Never ever gonna happen. LSU doesn't need UL. UL needs LSU. It's all about collecting a check. Once every 10-12 years maybe but even that may be a stretch.

[Turbine]

5 home games and host a conference championship.

With all the midweek games, the six home games concept has lost. all meaning.