If it makes anybody feel better, McNeese is convinced it's going to CUSA
If it makes anybody feel better, McNeese is convinced it's going to CUSA
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.
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.
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.
Tulane, Rice, La Tech, and UAB are scheduled for home and home series in upcoming years. Tulsa also owes us a visit. The ECU game is part of a deal from several years ago.
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