Tulane Game Week (pregame)

[CajunNation]

When school fan bases are going to complain about massive crowd impact for any game that’s not between the hours of 4-7 pm or when it’s anything but 72 degrees and sunny, presidents and ADs are going to go for every media dollar they can get.

You left off half of what I said. Weekday games are worse for the fanbase than anything, and before you repeat what you just said in a different manner, what do you think would happen to attendance at most P4 schools if they only had 1 Saturday home game in 2 and a half months, like has happened to us twice recently, because of the espnu trap.

Also, midday games should never happen in the deep south in September, and morning games should never happen here. If you can't see that, I can't help you.

[Big Tyme]

Eggs, Kegs and football.

[LouisianaB]

I dont think the issue is as prevalent as you think.

- 34 home games since 2018, with 1 "neutral" site, so we will use 35
- Of the 35 games, 4 were bumped to 11:00 a.m. for ESPNU (3) or ESPN2 (1)
- The last time Louisiana had to play an 11:00 a.m. home game for TV was October 30, 2021, so close to three years ago.

- Of the 35 games, two were played in primetime on ESPNU (UL Monroe 2019, Georgia State 2023), and two others were played in the afternoon window on ESPNU (ULM 2021, Texas State 2023)
- Of the 35 games, 7 were played on non-Saturdays, all on ESPN (2), ESPN2 (4), and ESPNU (1).

[zeppelincajun]

All this does is prove, yet again, that the less successful we are on field and the less momentum we have going for our program the better our chances are for desirable game times/dates. That is absolutely brutal for programs fighting tooth and nail to get people in the door even on a good day. If you already had a successful gameday operation and loyal fanbase coming in to this, like App State, you can make a case for the exposure helping more than the loss of desired slots hurts. That isn’t the case here.

[CajunSID]

You left off half of what I said. Weekday games are worse for the fanbase than anything, and before you repeat what you just said in a different manner, what do you think would happen to attendance at most P4 schools if they only had 1 Saturday home game in 2 and a half months, like has happened to us twice recently, because of the espnu trap.

Also, midday games should never happen in the deep south in September, and morning games should never happen here. If you can't see that, I can't help you.

Not disagreeing with opinion about weekday games and I understand your point. Just stating why these schools are going after maximum media money.

Also, there are benefits to national tv games as stated very well by someone previously. Presidents/ADs at non-P4’s have to weigh the pros/cons of it and this is what they decided is more valuable (profitable).

[CajunNation]

I dont think the issue is as prevalent as you think.

- 34 home games since 2018, with 1 "neutral" site, so we will use 35
- Of the 35 games, 4 were bumped to 11:00 a.m. for ESPNU (3) or ESPN2 (1)
- The last time Louisiana had to play an 11:00 a.m. home game for TV was October 30, 2021, so close to three years ago.

- Of the 35 games, two were played in primetime on ESPNU (UL Monroe 2019, Georgia State 2023), and two others were played in the afternoon window on ESPNU (ULM 2021, Texas State 2023)
- Of the 35 games, 7 were played on non-Saturdays, all on ESPN (2), ESPN2 (4), and ESPNU (1).

It's worse than I thought.

34 true home games. Nearly half(15) of them were at 11 or during the week. That is program destroying scheduling for US.

Another way to see how bad this is. Over the last 6 seasons we've averaged 3 Saturday afternoon/evening home games per season.

[CajunNation]

...Presidents/ADs at non-P4’s have to weigh the pros/cons of it and this is what they decided is more valuable (profitable).

They are horrifically wrong.

[Swamp]

Moving to 11am and turning it into the family day game has wiped out any chance of what this awesome in-state rivalry was going to be. Couple a terrible game start time with the insane prices of everything before you even get to CF, I'm predicting we see a 40% drop in attendance and a betting line which opens with Tulane -2.5.

A two liter bottle of Pepsi, Dr.Pepper, etc. ONE two liter bottle cost $9.00 at one of our classic Lafayette pizza joints very close to CF.

[USLJim]

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Take the ESPN contract and burn the Damn thing.

There is no point to paying for Tailgating with this contract.

WELL THIS SUCKS. HOPE THE PLAYERS AND FANS DONT SEE 90+ heat. Run is gonna blind them

[UL_Cajuns]

I will be there, but I don't think my kids will. My oldest has to watch film for his HS football team Saturday mornings and eat lunch w/ the team. My youngest has flag football Saturdays. Uhhh They were both really looking forward to a late afternoon or night game.
It is what it is. Can't please everyone, but man this would have been a legit night game!!!
Guess I will cancel my hotel room also because I will drive in and drive out.

[zephyr]

Still gonna be at the game. Never quite understood why some people insist on having to say a shiz sandwich tastes good though. Anyone with common sense knows any “national exposure” from this game being on ESPNU is nothing compared to what we will lose in attendance and tailgating. It’s okay to admit something sucks.

In case you haven't noticed our attendance has been in a tail spin for years now, even when we were winning 10+ games per year. This whole thing about inconvenient time slots doesn't explain that either.

[zephyr]

Did you not read the first sentence of my post?

Yes but I'm commenting on the sheer amount of _____ing about what's not in our control only having people think we can control it.