PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[cajunhawk]

Deanie's, Acme Oyster House.

[Boomer]

Mandinas on Canal by Carrollton---Adams Street Grocery for po-Boys----Parkway Bakery by Bayou St John!!!!!

[Kal]

Vincent's on St. Charles has the best italian in the country. Trust me, I even spent 2 weeks in New York trying to find something as good. Also in December, the homeade soda at American Sector in the WW2 museum (chef John Besh's restaurant) is SATSUMA soda. The most delicious thing you will ever put in your mouth. My wife and I make a weekend pilgrimage each year for our birthdays and it always coincides with the N.O. Bowl.

[Cajun90]

Guys I did my homework here so this is what I came up with:

The most likely team we will play is East Carolina. We are supposed to be matched up against the #5 team from CUSA and that team is ECU.

Not exactly how it works. Four other bowls are contracted to take CUSA teams then the New Orleans bowl gets the 5th pick. Does not mean we get the 5th placed team.

[Lafitte the Pirate]

I'm thinking 40,000.

We are also talking about alumni that are too cheap to join RCAF!!!

[BrockMeaux]

Deanie's, Acme Oyster House.

This thread starts and ends with this post. Deanie's is a tradition and one of these days, I'm going to save room for the Gold Brick Sundae for dessert after the charbroiled oysters, BBQ shrimp, and the Crawfish Quartet. I'll also make sure to find time to stop by Houston's on St. Charles and I'm in the market to try the Acme Oyster House for the first time. I'll have to find time for those between trips to Tropical Isle and Pirate's Alley.

I feel like I'm forgetting something...oh yeah, the New Orleans Bowl!

[RaginWaldo]

30k CAJUN FANS
45k total fans

[CajunRed]

My comment is the same as above. CUSA number 5 means that bowl gets the "5th pick"...not the 5th ranked team in CUSA standings.

[cjr3888]

Me and junior will be there!

[Cajun90]

The record attendance is 30,228 in 2009 between MTSU and Southern Miss. While our opponent will obviously have a lot to do with overall attendance this year I think we surpass the record with ease.

[Crawfish]

There are many like myself that cannot make it to Cajun Field much if at all during the regular season (I live in California) who will fly in for this game. Since I have been a fan for a long time and have suffered through many games through the years while I lived in Lafayette, there is no way I miss this. I think this will be a "fan reunion" of sorts, and a lot of out of town Ragin Cajuns will show up.

Airfare from Bakersfield to New Orleans 400
2 nights in hotel 200
Airport shuttel 60
2 Bowl tickets 80

Seeing the Cajuns pay in the first bowl game in like forever; priceless

[RCAJUN90]

The record attendance is 30,228 in 2009 between MTSU and Southern Miss. While our opponent will obviously have a lot to do with overall attendance this year I think we surpass the record with ease.

That's what I was thinking. 30,000 locals and about 10,000 old alumni and "New" fans.