Scheduling

[CajunRebel]

I agree with your assessment. The one area that needs improvement is in playing the Top of the G5. The question is as you stated, are they willing to do a 1-for-1? I'm not against agreeing to 2-for-1 deals for a P5 program to come to Lafayette if the deal is break even at worst. The problem I've heard is that in conversations held with P5 programs, the payout for our two trips were reduced significantly enough that is wasn't worth further discussion. I don't know which programs were involved in those discussions.

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.

[Turbine]

Ok, but if we do a 3 for 1 with a P5 it means one of two things will happen:

1. We’ll lose a home game 3 out of every 4 years.
2. We replace a G5 game for another FCS game every 3 years to keep 6 home games.

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To put it another way:
-6 home games/yr
-2 G5 games/yr (instead of 2 FCS)
-A series with a P5.
Pick 2 of the above. We can’t have all 3.

Louisiana has only been playing 6 home games since 2011 so for the bulk of the current crowd, this would not seem totally out of the norm.

Make it happen.

[CajunNation]

Ok, but if we do a 3 for 1 with a P5 it means one of two things will happen:

1. We’ll lose a home game 3 out of every 4 years.
2. We replace a G5 game for another FCS game every 3 years to keep 6 home games.

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To put it another way:
-6 home games/yr
-2 G5 games/yr (instead of 2 FCS)
-A series with a P5.
Pick 2 of the above. We can’t have all 3.

I reject your premise.

We DO NOT need 6 home games for the sake of having home games.

We DO need to schedule to grow the program and put ourselves in position for the playoffs.

Hanging on to that 6th home game like a woobie does neither.

[Million$Mullet]

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.

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.

[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.