2025 Vermilion and White Spring Game

[Turbine]

then spit them out...its a spring game,one of the highest attaended ive ever seen. Again, if you didnt see it on tv news, online news media, social media,email or on the digital bill boards then where are you going to see it?

Everyone here knew.

Every season ticket holder on the past 10 years knew.

Every RCAF family knew.

"Everybody knew."

Except we had people showing up on RP not knowing. People you would think knew.

So not everyone knew.

Everyone should have known but they didn't.

More could have been done.

More to get people excited about the upcoming football season.

More that want to check out the new landmark.

More that just plain old like watching football no matter who is playing.

3,000 is an osmosis number.

[KajunKrazy]

then spit them out...its a spring game,one of the highest attaended ive ever seen. Again, if you didnt see it on tv news, online news media, social media,email or on the digital bill boards then where are you going to see it?

I follow all socila media pages and I saw nothing on the spring game until the day of the game when it was almost over.


Anyone know if it is on any streaming outlets? I tried YouTube but cannot find it.

[KajunKrazy]

Everyone here knew.

Every season ticket holder on the past 10 years knew.

Every RCAF family knew.

"Everybody knew."

Except we had people showing up on RP not knowing. People you would think knew.

So not everyone knew.

Everyone should have known but they didn't.

More could have been done.

More to get people excited about the upcoming football season.

More that want to check out the new landmark.

More that just plain old like watching football no matter who is playing.

3,000 is an osmosis number.

Just the presence of Walker and Sam will get you 3k out there.

[CajunT]

I agree regarding Altman. He looked sharp

Howard gives them something they haven't had since Levi Lewis, a legitmate threat to take the ball much further down the field on the Zone Read Option. He looked accurate and his connection with Simpson brings back memories of Jefferson. The guy was at Red's working out at 5am Saturday morning before the scrimmage.

Beale has gained weight, but he looks a tad bit slower. He was more confident in the pocket. I agree Altman looked a little bit better and in my opinion without the watching him in practice based off the scrimmage, he's #2 on the depth chart.

People forget that Lunch is still recovering from his shoulder surgery, so his accuracy was not great, but the other elements are there in my opinion. Dez took the black jersey off the QB's this spring and that allowed Walker and Lunch to display their full abilities on the field.

[KajunKrazy]

Howard gives them something they haven't had since Levi Lewis, a legitmate threat to take the ball much further down the field on the Zone Read Option. He looked accurate and his connection with Simpson brings back memories of Jefferson. The guy was at Red's working out at 5am Saturday morning before the scrimmage.

Beale has gained weight, but he looks a tad bit slower. He was more confident in the pocket. I agree Altman looked a little bit better and in my opinion without the watching him in practice based off the scrimmage, he's #2 on the depth chart.

People forget that Lunch is still recovering from his shoulder surgery, so his accuracy was not great, but the other elements are there in my opinion. Dez took the black jersey off the QB's this spring and that allowed Walker and Lunch to display their full abilities on the field.

How was the Howard and Sampson connection? Where is Simpson from? Is his first name Bart?

[CajunT]

How was the Howard and Sampson connection? Where is Simpson from? Is his first name Bart?

Sorry Sampson. I think I referred to Jefferson as to the connection. That's what he looks li to like me.

[KajunKrazy]

Sorry Sampson. I think I referred to Jefferson as to the connection. That's what he looks li to like me.

I know just playing with you. I was hoping for a Jake to Brandon kinda connection. The best here that I can remember in my life time.

[CrazyCajun]

I follow all socila media pages and I saw nothing on the spring game until the day of the game when it was almost over.


Anyone know if it is on any streaming outlets? I tried YouTube but cannot find it.

It was on every social media outlet, every local news channel, local radio, digital billboard, local digital print for weeks. The first post was march 7th…2 months out. Foote had articles almost everyday. Spring practice always concludes with a spring game, not sure what people expect them to do. You can follow social media but the algorithm will show you what you interact with, if you don’t interact and their post is not on your feed, there isn’t anything they can do about you not seeing their post. Same as if you never watch the news, read the paper or listen to the radio.

[jaxmc1023]

They gotta figure out how to get mom's attention. In the age group that they're desperately chasing (25-45 year old parents), mom makes the schedule.

Dad wakes up on Saturday morning and thinks, "man, it would be nice to get out to Cajun Field at 10am and start pre-gaming before kickoff at 4". Then gets quickly corrected that Timmy has a soccer game at 11, daughter has dance practice at noon, we have two birthday parties on the same day, and grandma and grandpa want to go to lunch.

They posted about the Spring Game plenty, but it's just another game. In one ear and out the other. They'll get some buzz from the new stadium opening, and a little more from Walker Howard, but that will wear off VERY quickly.

Others have posted ideas about what would make gameday an event worth bumping some kid's birthday party, or the farmer's market, or lunch with grandma, etc.

If I had to guess, success would lie somewhere near a blend of:

1. Tailgating festival -- give people a space and a reason to stand around the stadium all day before the game. If you want 25k+ inside CF, you'll need 40k+ standing outside. They will NEVER get 20k people just off of 'drive up before kickoff and go straight inside' traffic.

2. Anything that you do well inside the stadium, market the hell out of it. This is a pretty short list, unfortunately. We're still looking for our viral moment like Callin Baton Rouge, or videos of the entire crowd singing Neck that get 2+ million views.

The media and graphics department at UL has improved by leaps and bounds just since Hudspeth was here. We have the tech talent to put out great content, unfortunately there aren't many 'viral' moments about the gameday experience for them to promote.

[Turbine]

...If you want 25k+ inside CF, you'll need 40k+ standing outside...

BOOM!

It can be done, has been done.

[Cajunrunner]

The guy was at Red's working out at 5am Saturday morning before the scrimmage.

Don't let Turbine find this out!

[Turbine]

Don't let Turbine find this out!

This has me super excited.

If he looked that sharp after ripping his arm muscles to shreds Saturday morning, this upcoming season is going to be awesome.