Scheduling

[Turbine]

Wow, we agree on something, lol???

I don’t doubt it. 2-1 deals on the P5 side were mostly about saving money. But today these schools are making so much money they just don’t need to schedule them. Why take away a home game when you don’t have to? Why put your team reputation at risk by playing a G5 on their home turf where they have the advantage?

I really liked the home/Superdome deal Farmer made with Miss. State. I know it didn’t work out financially for us (only because us fans didn’t do our part,) but it gave us a national TV game in a marquee stadium against a winnable P5 school. I feel like there could be more room for creativity like this in the future.

I agree.

Calling the Superdome game a home game for the sake of a home game cost UL big bucks.

Realizing that the 6th home game carrot is valueless will generate millions while enhancing the overall schedule.

[ultracajun]

We gave up too soon on opening the season in the Dome. You want a better OOC opponent, open the season in the dome and learn from past mistakes.

[Turbine]

We gave up too soon on opening the season in the Dome. You want a better OOC opponent, open the season in the dome and learn from past mistakes.

I agree just call it a neutral sight and split expenses.

[RaginDave]

Been saying that for 2 seasons. (1) SEC; (1) Big12 and (1) AAC team in Non conference. The 4th game should be in-state school

Not a bad idea in theory. But you could not guarantee 6 home games this way. This would almost mean every other year you would only play 5 home games. The P5’s even if agreed to would at best come here for a 2 for 1 probably a 3 for 1 and the AAC game would be every other year. We can’t play 7 road games at best every other year and that is what this would add up to.

[Turbine]

5 home games (every year) in that scenario, would be awesome.

jmo

[cajun4life]

If we didn’t need the money then there would be no reason to play a P5 program.

The goal of the SBC should be to be the 5th or 6th best league to get an auto qualifier. You do that by beating the leagues, in every head to head matchups, that are traditionally +/-1 ranking ahead of you.

Get H&H with the MWC and the AAC. Play the ACC or PAC12 if you want a P5 game.

[CajunRebel]

That deal was garbage. Should have been 2 games in Starkville, 1 game in Lafayette and 1 game in the dome. Mississippi St only paid us 500k for the first game and then the superdome game they got 43 percent of the ticket revenue. On top of that UL was responsible for game day costs since it was a “home” game. It was a terrible deal.

When the deal was signed we were bringing 30-40k to the Superdome for the NOLA Bowl every year. If we would have even brought half of that it would have been a very profitable deal.

Like I said, us fans dropped the ball on this one. We can’t be “big time” with small time fan support.

[Boomer]

Why do you need a warm-up game against an inferior opponent? You have spring and fall camp to prepare for the season and get ready to play. And the weather Saturday was anything but atrocious, no rain during the game and it wasn't hot. People that need near ideal weather before they come out are not real fans.

...Warm up game….read some LSU comments of why they need an easier first opponent…..a weather man you ain’t——-don’t think I would have made the game if the weather was as bad as 2 hours before or when leaving…..know some in the hood that didn’t come because of the WEATHER!

[Balanced_view]

If we didn’t need the money then there would be no reason to play a P5 program.

The goal of the SBC should be to be the 5th or 6th best league to get an auto qualifier. You do that by beating the leagues, in every head to head matchups, that are traditionally +/-1 ranking ahead of you.

Get H&H with the MWC and the AAC. Play the ACC or PAC12 if you want a P5 game.

This is the best strategy for advancing toward playoff contention. I would add the BIG 12 along with ACC and PAC 12, they will have the most winnable teams. this might not always line up with what SOME fans want for home games. if we have learned anything at this age of life, is you can never satisfy everyone. pick what goals are the most important and build a plan to achieve it.

starting off with the idea that there are 2 spots in the 5th or 6th place CC to fight for instead of just the 6th place conference champ, allow you to plan accordingly. attack the bottom of the P5 and the top closest peer conferences in MWC and AAC. the FCS games are wasteful of the potential opportunity in my eyes.

[cajun4life]

This is the best strategy for advancing toward playoff contention. I would add the BIG 12 along with ACC and PAC 12, they will have the most winnable teams. this might not always line up with what SOME fans want for home games. if we have learned anything at this age of life, is you can never satisfy everyone. pick what goals are the most important and build a plan to achieve it.

starting off with the idea that there are 2 spots in the 5th or 6th place CC to fight for instead of just the 6th place conference champ, allow you to plan accordingly. attack the bottom of the P5 and the top closest peer conferences in MWC and AAC. the FCS games are wasteful of the potential opportunity in my eyes.

This should be Kieth Gill’s memo to every AD and president in the SBC.

Use the system to place a SBC program in the auto bid as often as possible.

[CajunT]

When the deal was signed we were bringing 30-40k to the Superdome for the NOLA Bowl every year. If we would have even brought half of that it would have been a very profitable deal.

Like I said, us fans dropped the ball on this one. We can’t be “big time” with small time fan support.

That deal was negotiated by Former President/CEO of MidSouth Bancorp Rusty Cloutier in negotiations with the New Orleans Sports Association and Miss State. Mr. Cloutier fronted the money for the ticket guarantees to get the deal done.