2011 Vermilion & White Spring Game

[cajunfan32]

_ Boris Anyama _

Do you expect him to contribute this year? What's your opinion of him?

[cajunfan32]

_ Great picture. I saw quite a few heads poking over the fence in the upper deck. Did you happen to get a pic of them? Outstanding crowd! Wish I could have been there. Looks like football at UL is going to be fun this year. 25k per game easy. _

we still need to win to do that. We can talk the talk all we want but excitement quickly fades when you lose.

[Hammer58]

_ Any crowd shots? _

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...4100803&Ref=PH


http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...4100802&Ref=PH


http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...4100802&Ref=PH


http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pb...4100802&Ref=PH

The crowd filled up slowly after the start of the scrimmage and then thinned out in the last period. But these shots from TDA website give a pretty good idea.

[Bandwagon King]

_ we still need to win to do that. We can talk the talk all we want but excitement quickly fades when you lose. _

This coach will draw 25k minimum per first year. The people around Lafayette are a lot smarter than some on here give credit. They understand that this is going to take a couple of years & will give this coach time because they understand winners. Now next year, the expectations will be through the roof & so will the crowds. I'm talking capacity sell out every week.

[cajun tom]

_ we still need to win to do that. We can talk the talk all we want but excitement quickly fades when you lose. _

Or if their is a 20% chance of rain.

[cajunfan32]

_ This coach will draw 25k minimum per first year. The people around Lafayette are a lot smarter than some on here give credit. They understand that this is going to take a couple of years & will give this coach time because they understand winners. Now next year, the expectations will be through the roof & so will the crowds. I'm talking capacity sell out every week. _

Look at the first half of our baskeball season. new, exciting coach who starts off going 3-14. Fans knew he is a good coach and knew he would improve the program, but they still didnt go to the games untill we started winning. There will be much more excitement around the program, but if we lose, people still wont come. I'm not saying people will give up on coach if he doesnt win his first year, but our crowds wont be 25k/game. A decent team will bring about 20k. A 8-5 team will bring 25k+ per game.

[cajunfan32]

_ Or if their is a 20% chance of rain. _

LOL!!!! or a LSU road game on TV

[Bandwagon King]

_ Or if their is a 20% chance of rain. _

In all fairness, a 20% chance of rain has meant a foot of rain & Tstorms with lightning strikes at a lot of UL games in the past. The weather has not always been in favor of the cajuns historically. The Hud is here to change all that.

[Bandwagon King]

_ Look at the first half of our baskeball season. new, exciting coach who starts off going 3-14. Fans knew he is a good coach and knew he would improve the program, but they still didnt go to the games untill we started winning. There will be much more excitement around the program, but if we lose, people still wont come. I'm not saying people will give up on coach if he doesnt win his first year, but our crowds wont be 25k/game. A decent team will bring about 20k. A 8-5 team will bring 25k+ per game. _

Comprende', but, this is a football state & Lafayette is as much a football community as there is in the country. People see what's going on. They feel what's going on. In this case it won't just be about winning or losing to start, but about effort. There are a lot of people who are going to take pride in feeling part of ownership of the new regime & its coming success.

[Zeebart21]

Great crowd of course....

The best thing about yesterday, though?

I only heard .50c being played once and do no recall hearing Cupid at all.

This was awesome.

Thanks HUD for being a fan of 80's rock.

Z