New Orleans Bowl good deal for Cajuns

[Rebel02]

Question: I've heard it said 100 times now that the New Orleans Bowl is a done deal. But there are three teams in conference that are pushing this thing to the wire. What if Ark State wins out along with Western and we end up with a great record but third in the final conference standings. Are we left at home even with say a 9-3 record?

If you go back and read this thread or any other thread, conference standing only apply when placing the conference champion in a bowl game. After that $$$ talks and UL will have these bowl games seeing $$$. NO bowl only has to take the conference champion 2 out of every 4 years. They took Troy last year as co-champion so they have 3 years to take the champion again. If we wind up not being the champs, they'll have 2 years to take the champ again because they are NOT passing on UL this year.

[CharlieK]

Question: I've heard it said 100 times now that the New Orleans Bowl is a done deal. But there are three teams in conference that are pushing this thing to the wire. What if Ark State wins out along with Western and we end up with a great record but third in the final conference standings. Are we left at home even with say a 9-3 record?

Besides all the other reasons listed, Western will not win out they will lose next week at LSU A&M @ BR and at best be 7-5. The NO bowl will not take them over even a 8-4 UL team. Besides we will win Saturday anyway.

[moorecajun]

I think the part that people miss when they refer to our history (6-6,6-5, no bid from NO Bowl or anyone else) is that the tie-ins and circumstances have changed. In past scenarios, the NO Bowl had to accomodate the champ, because other tie ins were weak. Now we have a solid tie in with Go Daddy.

You must have done well in school; you do your homework. The ones that don't care to do their homework OR listen to the smarter ones in the classroom just don't get it.

You do. There are other smart people in this classroom. Would the other ones please go over their notes again.

[KAjunRaider]

There is no parade, just a fan promenade from the team hotel to the event. They need to have a parade, however.

[moorecajun]

There is no parade, just a fan promenade from the team hotel to the event. They need to have a parade, however.

You haven't posted too much this year ... I wondered if all was ok. You guys set the attendance bar; no offense but we would like to reset it!

[Lexhead]

CBS is projecting Birmingham for us

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ls/predictions

Does anyone have an idea, not based on rank speculation, about what the respective payouts might be for us in the Compass Bowl v. New Orleans Bowl?

No doubt that the NOB wants us, but would we be better off in a different bolw in terms of prestige, recruiting, etc?

[cajunhawk]

CBS is projecting Birmingham for us

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ls/predictions

Does anyone have an idea, not based on rank speculation, about what the respective payouts might be for us in the Compass Bowl v. New Orleans Bowl?

No doubt that the NOB wants us, but would we be better off in a different bolw in terms of prestige, recruiting, etc?

It's cost versus revenue. No matter what the New Orleans Bowl pays out that bowl will be the less cost champion. Granted going to Birmingham is no pocketbook buster either, it's just common sense that going to New Orleans is going to be the only way to go if we want to maximize revenue and minimize costs.

[Lexhead]

It's cost versus revenue. No matter what the New Orleans Bowl pays out that bowl will be the less cost champion. Granted going to Birmingham is no pocketbook buster either, it's just common sense that going to New Orleans is going to be the only way to go if we want to maximize revenue and minimize costs.

I feels ya on the costs side of the equation. And I also understand that our ability to mobilize to New Orleans is far greater than to Mobile or Birmingham, but it seems to me that the analysis is only half done if we don't know the relative payouts. Are both bowls paying us in tickets? Is there a sizeable difference in net? Can we recruit better off of one or the other?

[MetryCajun]

CBS is projecting Birmingham for us

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...ls/predictions

Does anyone have an idea, not based on rank speculation, about what the respective payouts might be for us in the Compass Bowl v. New Orleans Bowl?

No doubt that the NOB wants us, but would we be better off in a different bolw in terms of prestige, recruiting, etc?

ONE MORE TIME FOR EVERYONE!!! WE ARE GOING TO THE NEW ORLEANS BOWL. CBS KNOWS NOTHING. THESE SITES ARE JUST PLUGGING THE FIRST PLACE TEAM(Ark St) INTO NEW ORLEANS. THERE IS NO OTHER BOWL THAT WOULD BRING US MORE MONEY OR PRESTIGE.

[CRAWFISH61]

Unless you get to upper echelon in bowls you get paid in tickets. We will make money on New Orleans Bowl. New Orleans is a area is a place that we get a lot of recruits from and has a lot of great athletes. The guy that does the Saints update with Scott Prather says that they are getting calls on his radio show about the Cajuns going to the bowl and about their season. We used to get a lot of coverage in the New Orleans area. This may help us get us back into the New Orleans media market and help our image.