15,053

[Big Tyme]

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/la...arishlouisiana

I know some of yall do not trust the guvmint but. Also Lafayette and Lafayette Parish are not the same, obviously.

[CajunSaint08]

There will never be another Hud, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the great.

When it comes to promoting, that doesn't mean UL can't learn from him.

Exactly

[Esqueleto]

There will never be another Hud, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the great.

When it comes to promoting, that doesn't mean UL can't learn from him.

Hud is not one of a kind. There're plenty of young up-and-comers with that fire. We just didn't go and get one of 'em.

[shof]

I have thoughts about the game day experience. The music has gotten so terrible we could just get rid of the DJ for all I care. During tv timeouts why not use the video board in a better manner. You can have player and coaches interviews. You could do coaches and players from other sports as well. Maybe getting fans excited about the other sports. As someone mentioned. You could flash scores from around the country and sunbelt. Since we can’t get them on our phones. Just because we never play tech, people would still enjoy announcing when they lose on the PA. Dr maggard interview bits would also Interest some fans. Remember not everyone there gets info on this board or listens to sports radio. We could be feeding people a lot of good information on the video board and filling 3 minutes of dead time with terrible music playing. Coordinate these videos during commercials with the band. Let them play songs and maybe have sing alongs with the lyrics on the video board. Also, why not a kiss cam, flex your muscle, or other funny things women and children like at games. I don’t know the last time I saw a crowd shot on the video board.

Good post. My wife and I make 1 or 2 games each season to watch Longhorns play (her alma mater). They do a great job with their big screen, many of the things you mentioned.
TV timeouts are long, so you’ve got to fill that void in stadium. Feature players, other sports program notes, etc. Use the asset!

[JMV JustMyView]

Thanks. That sounds accurate.

Any idea what that % is today? And how many season tix total were we selling per year from 2011-14?

I think we're around 6k now?

2011-2014 around 15K season tickets.

[jaxmc1023]

2011-2014 around 15K season tickets.

I'm moreso interested in how many tickets were bought up by corporations -- ex. Frank's-- and then those distributed to employees, friends, family, etc.

[JamesTheJeweler]

im 3 hrs away I see facebook, twitter and emails every week, also a couple of different podcasts a week, not sure what more you can ask for

LoL. Because you're connected to the university as a fan on their social media sites. You think the average resident follows anything UL athletics social media sites? The answer is no. You think those emails you're getting are going to every resident? They're basically advertising to the people that already go.

[JamesTheJeweler]

And he won like we’ve not seen before. I credit him for his public appearances even though it was probably more stroking his own ego than anything. But without winning and doing what hadn’t been done here on the field the stadium would not have been as full as it was.

Ok. If winning was why the numbers were up, then why weren't they even higher for Napier? It's weird how you can't see what his efforts out in the community had on getting attendance up. If you can't acknowledge the effect that had, you're either blind or HUD made a pass at your old lady.

[Jacob81]

My point is the average fan said we’re finally winning and going to bowl games in Nola this is awesome. Then we lost towards the end of the Hud era. Billy built it back up and we started winning again and bowling but the average fan had already done that. It wasn’t shiny and new. The average fan is in “what’s next mode”. The average fan sees nothing the program is doing as special anymore. We’re a good football program in a mid level conference. “Big deal”. Unfortunately our best teams were during Covid. We’ve had no big wins since ISU and the average fan might not even consider that a big win.

[Jacob81]

And Hud was a great speaker and an average coach. He won some games in a bad sunbelt conference. He could not duplicate that on field success today. To win in this conference you need to be coaching 365 days a year, not shaking hands and kissing babies. I want my coach coaching. Maggard or one of his minions needs to be out in public pushing this program.

[JMV JustMyView]

And Hud was a great speaker and an average coach. He won some games in a bad sunbelt conference. He could not duplicate that on field success today. To win in this conference you need to be coaching 365 days a year, not shaking hands and kissing babies. I want my coach coaching. Maggard or one of his minions needs to be out in public pushing this program.

I disagree. Maggard doesn't need to be pushing the program in the public.

[Esqueleto]

I disagree. Maggard doesn't need to be pushing the program in the public.

Well, someone sure needs to.