Bowl Projections going into rivalry week

[CajunSID]

This is where a good PR department comes in.

Highlight recent top 25 ranking.

Highlight best ever New Orleans Bowl numbers.

Highlight recent best non playoff bowl game rankings.

Highlight human interest Lunch Winfield to counter any negatives.

Force them to consider Louisiana's record with Lunch under center.

Unless some other entity is out there actively promoting Louisiana negatives, a proactive PR team can earn the slot.

There are 3 things that matter to bowls:

1) Ticket sales
2) Sexy matchup
3) Brand

They do not care about anything else. All the PR skills in the world do not change this.

While I personally could not care less about bowls, especially since the transfer portal has further lessened its relevance, it does not change the fact that brand creation should be a major UL focus.

[ZoomZoom]

There are 3 things that matter to bowls:

1) Ticket sales
2) Free advertising for 10-14 days, ie: continuous ESPN scroll
3) Brand

There is nothing sexy about a MAC matchup.

They do not care about anything else. All the PR skills in the world do not change this.

While I personally could not care less about bowls, especially since the transfer portal has further lessened its relevance, it does not change the fact that brand creation should be a major UL focus.

[Swamp]

1993, Jake Delhomme's first game. He came in after 3 other QBs, hole too deep to dig out of. Then at end of season they won the tiebreak because of that game and represented big west in las vegas bowl, making us wait almost 20 years for another bowl

Nice

[MarlinMan3]

Nice

Could have been the most interesting QB1 thread of all time, if RP had existed at that time....maybe we could recreate it...

[RaginScotsman]

CBS has UL vs. Southern Miss in Boca Raton.

Some things never change.

[RaginDave]

CBS has UL vs. Southern Miss in Boca Raton.

Some things never change.

I saw that yesterday, unbelievable.

[CajunNation]

Could have been the most interesting QB1 thread of all time, if RP had existed at that time....maybe we could recreate it...

If the internet was a thing, JD would have gotten absolutely roasted with the number of picks he threw.

[billbeck451]

USM really wants New Orleans Bowl, they don't travel that well and New Orleans or Mobile would be their choices and would give them their best shot at having fans in the stands. I know that my daughter and son in law, (both USM grads) and him having worked with the athletic department all the way through school (first at the USM paper, then being over athletic media and having a sports podcast and then during grad school working with the athletic department directly while he got his MBA and masters in sports management) and heaing it from other usm fans, one most don't think the team is good enough to travel for this year and most are wondering if their coach can recruit in an area where he has to but heads with so many MS, LA and AL schools including 4 SEC teams in their recruiting footprint that they just won't follow the team to far out of town. Good example is that USM had about 20 fans at the UL game

[CajunNation]

Our best possible bowl matchups are as follows:

1) Playoffs
2) vs. P4 school anywhere
3) vs. ranked G6 school anywhere
4) New Orleans
5) Orlando
6) Houston

Everything else is MEH

[RedBug58]

Our best possible bowl matchups are as follows:

1) Playoffs
2) vs. P4 school anywhere
3) vs. ranked G6 school anywhere
4) New Orleans
5) Orlando
6) Houston

Everything else is MEH

We need to win on Saturday to even reach the “MEH” level. But I will go if NO/Houston/Mobile/Shreveport. We will probably get a 6-6 opponent.