Louisiana Hosts Sunbelt Championship vs. Marshall

[JamesTheJeweler]

You assume it is just so easy to call them up and ask, without an other factors in play

No one said that. But our peers are able to do it, is the point. If they can, why can't we? So, whether its simply calling and asking or a myriad of other means, the excuse that it can't be done, is BS. At the end of the day, they are scheduling they way they want to schedule. I don't think it's because Maggard is lazy. Doesn't mean we have to like it, but this is the scheduling strategy they're going with. May even be the strategy that Des prefers as well. I like the FCS tune up games, and Id like annually playing a P4 every year, even if it mid to lower tier P4, (like the WF game this year) and a upper tier G5 like the Tulane game this year. I would say it would've been better if instead of that Kennesaw state game, we had played another upper tier G5 this year, but when you consider how down the east SBC division was this year, imagine that same schedule if App, Coastal, and Marshall were as good as they've been the last few years. And add to that, if Southern Miss would not have been down this year also. There was no way to know how things would play out when they made this schedule, but at the time of scheduling, this year would have been one hell of a schedule to play. We may not be at 10 wins and hosting a Conf Championship game. I think its a balancing act in which you don't know how tight the rope will be when you cross it.

[ragin50]

Weather looking good for Saturday! Now only 20% chance of rain!

The fair weather fans are gonna have to get creative for excuses.

[CAJUNSby90]

The fair weather fans are gonna have to get creative for excuses.

You know $30 tickets are too expensive, but will spend +60 to watch TSAB play nicholls st

[ZoomZoom]

You know $30 tickets are too expensive, but will spend +60 to watch TSAB play nicholls st

Naw, most of the TSAB Walmart wearing bunch get free tickets from their whale donor bosses.

Neighbor is a big Tiger person apparently with great seats. Usually sells off the biggest home game tickets to cover TAF costs; would either go to other games or give away tickets, depending on time game was. Legacy ticket holder, apparently a lot of them do this.

[CAJUNSby90]

Naw, most of the TSAB Walmart wearing bunch get free tickets from their whale donor bosses.

haha Touche

[billbeck451]

the couple of games that I drove home after and TSAB was playing, the upper deck looked empty from the I-10 bridge going into BR. and one was the Alabama game around half time

[Esqueleto]

the couple of games that I drove home after and TSAB was playing, the upper deck looked empty from the I-10 bridge going into BR. and one was the Alabama game around half time

LSU made a mistake by building the South upper deck. They probably have 20k seats too many for today and the future.

[ZoomZoom]

the couple of games that I drove home after and TSAB was playing, the upper deck looked empty from the I-10 bridge going into BR. and one was the Alabama game around half time

Well, the bama game was over at halftime.

[jaxmc1023]

the couple of games that I drove home after and TSAB was playing, the upper deck looked empty from the I-10 bridge going into BR. and one was the Alabama game around half time

We were in Tiger Stadium last Saturday for Oklahoma, as my wife's grandfather is a lifelong Oklahoma fan and this may be his last chance to go to a game, so they turned it into an impromptu family reunion. We didn't plan on actually going to the game, but someone basically gave away tickets in Section 102 to us, so we jumped on the chance to take the kids.

Even at half full (because of the cold), that stadium is just a different experience altogether than anything we could ever hope for. And honestly, I've always said it was because they do 'cooler' stuff than us, but really it's just the sheer number of people in there.

Most people at the tailgate were saying that they didn't expect much of a crowd because of the weather and because their "season is over". And yet that place was loud is all hell. By comparison, if playoff berths are how your fans deem your season a success or not, our season has been over since South AL. So we shouldn't be surprised by the same apathy from casual football fans.

Trying to out-football them is never going to work, but we might be able to out-Louisiana them. But that would require leaning heavily into the "Louisiana likes to party" reputation that defines our state, which this administration seems to avoid like the plague, and LSU embraces at every opportunity

[Turbine]

Yep JaxMC.

The old adage "people want to be where people are" is true... at least for a little while.

[CajunNation]

. . . Trying to out-football them is never going to work, but we might be able to out-Louisiana them. But that would require leaning heavily into the "Louisiana likes to party" reputation that defines our state, which this administration seems to avoid like the plague.

Agree 1000%

We should have people in Acadiana waiting impatiently every year to circle the dates of the home games on their calendars.

[jaxmc1023]

Yep JaxMC.

The old adage "people want to be where people are" is true... at least for a little while.

We used to stack 40-50k in the parking lot for a team that didn't have a chance of winning s***, for the simple reason that "that's where everybody else would be"