SBC Media Deal

[cajun_lannister]

Eh. College football just isn’t meant for Friday nights. I know high school football is everywhere so it would effect any college team, but it just doesn’t feel right taking a Friday night from high schoolers

It isn't meant for Tuesday either but Friday Is a lot easier to make

[Turbine]

... students don't go to games because mid-major college football does not interest them enough for them to make the effort. UL games are all televised if they want to watch, all major college football games are televised, and there are a thousand other distractions out there.

Making matters worse, you have a chicken and egg situation: Students see the student section on TV looking half-full (or worse) and get the impression that it's not the place to be.

Bigger name schools making regular trips here (Marshall, USM, App. St.) should help some. Nobody cares about no name programs with no history. Scheduling regional schools for the non-conference games would also help some. No one cares about Ohio.

It's just not a very interesting product for students, whether they live on campus or with their parents in Rayne. And it's not a UL problem, it's a problem across the board. Which mid-major programs are packing the house week in and week out?

When the Sunbelt is dictating 2/3 of your schedule overcoming this problem will be a high hurdle.

[Atown cajun]

“40% of the games televised games on Saturday”. That means 60% on weekdays……..

[Big Poppa]

When the. Sunbelt is dictating 2/3 of your schedule overcoming this problem will be a high hurdle.

The sunbelt is quickly becoming one of the best G5 conferences in the country. Would you rather be in CUSA and let them dictate 2/3 of schedule. Or let’s say we do go independent we might be able to fill a home schedule with a SLC school as we do now and a mixture of SBC, CUSA and MAC. Never playing the same school consistently and developing any rivalries. The P5s aren’t coming here as independents just like they aren’t coming here now with us in the sunbelt.

If fans can’t get excited about the current state of the sunbelt conference then they are just clueless about today’s college football.

[Turbine]

The sunbelt is quickly becoming one of the best G5 conferences in the country. Would you rather be in CUSA and let them dictate 2/3 of schedule. Or let’s say we do go independent we might be able to fill a home schedule with a SLC school as we do now and a mixture of SBC, CUSA and MAC. Never playing the same school consistently and developing any rivalries. The P5s aren’t coming here as independents just like they aren’t coming here now with us in the sunbelt.

If fans can’t get excited about the current state of the sunbelt conference then they are just clueless about today’s college football.

Now that is just a plain wrong, short sighted and myopic take.

Even with only 4 non-SBC independent games to work with, 'the willing to work' could still get, a P5 school at Louisiana every 4 years, and a quality G5 every single year.

Note: Because of the limited number of Indi games (4) to barter with, it would require a 5h and 7r schedule. The number of home games would go down, but the quality of those games would go way up.

[CajunVic]

If fans can’t get excited about the current state of the sunbelt conference then they are just clueless about today’s college football.

Are you talking about those of the 10 to 15 fans who post here who appear not to ever get excited about anything Cajun?

[cajun_lannister]

“40% of the games televised games on Saturday”. That means 60% on weekdays……..

Also 4 more teams to eat midweek games

[CajunVic]

“40% of the games televised games on Saturday”. That means 60% on weekdays……..

Where did these stats come from?

[mxpxfr690]

“40% of the games televised games on Saturday”. That means 60% on weekdays……..

Is that national television or does that included streaming too?

[UL_Cajuns]

Are you talking about those of the 10 to 15 fans who post here who appear not to ever get excited about anything Cajun?

They probably don’t even get excited for sex?