You guys are all trying very hard to figure out this problem. I commend your efforts, but none of these are the answer. If you want attendance to go up, paint the stadium purple and gold, put a Walmart next to the stadium, and serve corn dogs, and......voila! You'll have every casual NPC there to pack out the stadium! Problem solved!
Totally agree. If the prior 3 seasons under Napier can't fill the stands, then nothing will. I always thought there were 2 ways to draw 40k+.
1. Play a major P5 school at their field and beat them handily. Then it wouldn't matter who you were playing at home, even Comeaux High, the crowds would still come out to see the school that just beat the P5 at their place.
2. Play the major P5's at home....Alabama, GA, Clemson......that would fill the stadium.
HOWEVER, not sure either of those two scenarios would even work now. It's really pitiful this community doesn't support this university. It's really embarrassing.
I'm not saying it's all UL's fault..
It's not their fault the conference _____d out Tuesday night games for a wink from ESPN..
It's also not their fault that they announced their ambitious facilities expansion plans right into the teeth of another oilfield and local economy collapse.
I never minded the walk to the stadium because I'd be rewarded with a cold beer from one of several tailgating spots.. Those spots disappeared though when they hiked prices and added tons of restrictions.
Because in the past, there was this naive idea that winning either of #1 or #2 above would get your school some attention and respect..
Then we actually do #1, finished ranked, and get rewarded with a game against a 4 loss CUSA team.
Next year team loses one game to a P5 team, again finishes ranked, and get a game against a 5 loss Marshall team.
Casual fans figured out that G5 football carries no more weight than minor league baseball.. It's something to do if you get free tickets, the weather is perfect, and there's no festivals or monster trucks in town
I have been having the same spot between the back side of the mechanical building and the paved road that runs through the grass field since the mid 90s. Of course one can expect to pay more over the years as every thing goes up. But I am not sure what restrictions you are talking about? The rules have been the same as always to my knowledge.
That's just the explanation I was given.. "It's too expensive and they added a bunch of rules". Person may have been full of it
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