PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[CrazyCajun]

I think you guys are going to be disappointed. I don't think they paint the end zones for the New Orleans Bowl. It's going to say "Saints."

this isnt the high school playoffs, our name will be in the endzone

[Turbine]

No, just the name of the State that is hosting the bowl. That is fine with me.

[anhil8tor]

I'm hoping for Louisiana-Lafayette in red, yellow and white.

[VObserver]

If Wright [Wrong] Waters has his way, that is what you'll get.

[cajunfan79]

I don't think we can expect 25 to 30k at this game(from our fans). Our high point this year was what 30k and some change this year. Realistically there is anywhere between 15k to 18k thousand of us diehards that will be there and I think there will be that amount plus maybe 5k max walk-up. Which if you think about that it is almost 75% of your normal home crowd showing up for a bowl. I don't think that is anything to frown upon. This is virgin territory for us and with more success in the future hopefully we can probably expect bigger turnouts in bowls, if located close enough.

[VObserver]

I think you are wrong.. I say that because of the 14 tickets I purchased, 7 are for people who did not attend a single UL game this year. Now I don't think that we will have double our average home attendance, but I do believe that 25-30k is a reasonable number to expect. In fact, I suspect that there will be 20k+ tickets sold through UL, and another 5-10 nominal UL fans who will buy through other sources.

[axg8750]

I'm hoping for Louisiana-Lafayette in red, yellow and white.

Don't forget black! Gotta have Black in there!

[cajunfan79]

I think you are wrong.. I say that because of the 14 tickets I purchased, 7 are for people who did not attend a single UL game this year. Now I don't think that we will have double our average home attendance, but I do believe that 25-30k is a reasonable number to expect. In fact, I suspect that there will be 20k+ tickets sold through UL, and another 5-10 nominal UL fans who will buy through other sources.

Believe me I hope you are right and will gladly eat crow on the 19th. Because I won't be back from New Orleans till then.

[moorecajun]

I don't think we can expect 25 to 30k at this game(from our fans). Our high point this year was what 30k and some change this year. Realistically there is anywhere between 15k to 18k thousand of us diehards that will be there and I think there will be that amount plus maybe 5k max walk-up. Which if you think about that it is almost 75% of your normal home crowd showing up for a bowl. I don't think that is anything to frown upon. This is virgin territory for us and with more success in the future hopefully we can probably expect bigger turnouts in bowls, if located close enough.

I think this is more than like a home game; much more than like a home game. But if you want to compare it to one, I would consider it like a homecoming game, like one we have every 41 years!

[RaginWaldo]

I will have some bbq crow for cajunfan79 when he comes tailgatin w us lol

[NOCajun]

If we just have the same number of people that showed up for all the toolame games back in the 80's and early 90's, there won't be less than about 27-30,000 CAJUNS fans at this game!!!

[VObserver]

Maybe with three fleurs-di-lis at each end..