PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[Boomer]

Anything over 10k is a success from their viewpoint. Anything over 15k is a huge success. Anything approaching 17k is mindblowing for this bowl.

You need to get a little reality. Check their previous record sales by a university.

------------Do you have that figure??? I just love to have the ammunition to brag about our school-------HUD can do it better than anybody---so just follow his lead!!!

[Hammer58]

Remember there are lots of freebie tickets and tickets through Ticketmaster so our 17000 and 5000-10000 freebies and 5000 or so other sales and visiting fans there and the bands the crowd will be fine

Also note that those totals likely do not include suite tickets. All of the suites have to be purchased through the dome and UL does not get any credit for those sales. I know a number of local corporations have purchased suites for the game. In addition to the price for the suites they also have to purchase tickets for each individual to the suite. BTW, i believe all of the revenue associated with the suits goes to the Saints. That was part of the last deal to keep the Saints in New Orleans, IIRC..

[Boomer]

Now if they can just stay away from the ECHO L and the Lafayettes we will on a roll---Like Roll ON Cajuns!!!!

[moorecajun]

------------Do you have that figure??? I just love to have the ammunition to brag about our school-------HUD can do it better than anybody---so just follow his lead!!!

I remember watching an interview with the NO Bowl head on tv3 the next morning ... I heard him say that we had more ticket reservations (at that time also) than they had EVER SOLD to one team, total ticket sales!

Now it was early, but that is what I heard. I would expect more info to come out after the bowl game is over by their committee.

Geaux CAJUNS!

[Just1More]

PS I don't think we'll bring 10k, probably closer to 3k. If we had more than a weeks notice I think we would have hit that 10k mark. Either way, I'll be there Thursday ready to party and cheer on my team.

We seriously look forward to the game... as you can imagine. I was guessing from the start that SDSU would bring between 3k and 5k. I think you're ticket sales concept with the Marshall Faulk Foundation is a winner.

Hillman is our biggest concern. We had a serious problem with a similar scat back in WKU's Rainey. I think we've made a personnel change as of late that is going to help us. When Hillman gets past the line, he may take a pop he's never experienced. We shall see. Our DL as a pass rushing unit has been helter skelter. We did better earlier in the season, but I think it had more to do with matchups at the line late in the season. Personally, I think you're going to depend heavily on Hillman... and we know it. I hope you're coach tries to overthink it and opens up early with passing. You don't want to play around with our defensive secondary. They will pick your QB at will.

Our offense depends a lot on our starting QB. He is a good passer and a good runner. Bigger than either of those two assets, his desire cannot be measured. He is a warrior. Our passing targets are phenomenal. If SDSU cannot put pressure on our QB... we're going to light it up. We also have a 6'6" very athletic first/second round NFL TE that is as good a receiver as any you've ever seen. He was injured for the better part of this year, but will likely be 100% for the bowl game. As great as our WRs have been this year, having him back to 100% is a tremendous advantage for us.

Our running game is good... again... if our QB is on the loose. We have a really solid freshman RB... good size and speed... and really good instincts for a freshman. We depend on the pass opening up the run for us. Our platoon of RBs are night and day from each other in styles. It will be interesting to see how we utilize their strengths against SDSU.

Most schools don't brag heavily on their kicker... but we have a really good one. He's deadly on FGs from any reasonable distance and he doubles as a punter. He's fantastic at pinning teams deep inside their own territory. You are also going to have to be concerned on every kickoff. You absolutely never know what we might do. It is not going to be as if we've decided early in the contest that we have to deploy some trickeration. Our coach may toss something at you anywhere in the ballgame.

It's interesting that you say that SDSU generally comes out slow but picks it up in the second half. UL is all about conditioning and out performing the opponent, especially late. I have a lot of respect for what your team has done this year. It will be interesting to see this matchup.

[ULvictory]

Anyone hear anything new on N.O. Bowl Ticket Sales, are we up over 15K? I sure hope the dome has more than 40K there. Otherwise it will look empty.

Went over 18,000 tics sold as of yesterday! FACT!! Still granting requests!!

[SteveAztec]

We won't have 10,000 at that game. Now we may sell 10,000 tickets.

[SteveAztec]

We seriously look forward to the game... as you can imagine. I was guessing from the start that SDSU would bring between 3k and 5k. I think you're ticket sales concept with the Marshall Faulk Foundation is a winner.

Hillman is our biggest concern. We had a serious problem with a similar scat back in WKU's Rainey. I think we've made a personnel change as of late that is going to help us. When Hillman gets past the line, he may take a pop he's never experienced. We shall see. Our DL as a pass rushing unit has been helter skelter. We did better earlier in the season, but I think it had more to do with matchups at the line late in the season. Personally, I think you're going to depend heavily on Hillman... and we know it. I hope you're coach tries to overthink it and opens up early with passing. You don't want to play around with our defensive secondary. They will pick your QB at will.

Our offense depends a lot on our starting QB. He is a good passer and a good runner. Bigger than either of those two assets, his desire cannot be measured. He is a warrior. Our passing targets are phenomenal. If SDSU cannot put pressure on our QB... we're going to light it up. We also have a 6'6" very athletic first/second round NFL TE that is as good a receiver as any you've ever seen. He was injured for the better part of this year, but will likely be 100% for the bowl game. As great as our WRs have been this year, having him back to 100% is a tremendous advantage for us.

Our running game is good... again... if our QB is on the loose. We have a really solid freshman RB... good size and speed... and really good instincts for a freshman. We depend on the pass opening up the run for us. Our platoon of RBs are night and day from each other in styles. It will be interesting to see how we utilize their strengths against SDSU.

Most schools don't brag heavily on their kicker... but we have a really good one. He's deadly on FGs from any reasonable distance and he doubles as a punter. He's fantastic at pinning teams deep inside their own territory. You are also going to have to be concerned on every kickoff. You absolutely never know what we might do. It is not going to be as if we've decided early in the contest that we have to deploy some trickeration. Our coach may toss something at you anywhere in the ballgame.

It's interesting that you say that SDSU generally comes out slow but picks it up in the second half. UL is all about conditioning and out performing the opponent, especially late. I have a lot of respect for what your team has done this year. It will be interesting to see this matchup.

-On Hillman and his backup Muema. I think they are going to have big days. But a lot will depend on if our passing game gets untracked early.

-I have heard about your interceptions. That is a problem for us. Lindley often make bad or should I say "odd" decisions that leads to interceptions. On the other hand, he will come up with some big plays that will kill teams. Ryan has a shotgun for an arm.

-The punting game? Wow, should be one heck of a battle. Our punter is very good too. Maybe not the type of punter that pins people well, but what a leg.

-Kickoffs...We have one of the strongest lickoff guys in the game. More often than not, returners do not even bring it out of the end zone. Now, I haven't seen him kick off in a Dome, but Qualcomm is one of the hardest places in the nation to get distance on kickoff and he does it there.

-I think our defense is going to give you fits, but they are also susceptble big plays. Should be interesting.

My overall all take on this game is...IF our receivers have a good day catching the ball, Lindley and Hillman will be hard to stop. Aztecs wins by 10.

IF our receivers don't have a good day catching the ball, it goes right down to the wire.

[zephyr]

-On Hillman and his backup Muema. I think they are going to have big days. But a lot will depend on if our passing game gets untracked early.

-I have heard about your interceptions. That is a problem for us. Lindley often make bad or should I say "odd" decisions that leads to interceptions. On the other hand, he will come up with some big plays that will kill teams. Ryan has a shotgun for an arm.

-The punting game? Wow, should be one heck of a battle. Our punter is very good too. Maybe not the type of punter that pins people well, but what a leg.

-Kickoffs...We have one of the strongest lickoff guys in the game. More often than not, returners do not even bring it out of the end zone. Now, I haven't seen him kick off in a Dome, but Qualcomm is one of the hardest places in the nation to get distance on kickoff and he does it there.

-I think our defense is going to give you fits, but they are also susceptble big plays. Should be interesting.

My overall all take on this game is...IF our receivers have a good day catching the ball, Lindley and Hillman will be hard to stop. Aztecs wins by 10.

IF our receivers don't have a good day catching the ball, it goes right down to the wire.

Didn't your QB only throw like 5 ints the entire year? I don't think he's too prone to poor decisions...lol.

I think that both qbs are very efficient and I have the feeling that one of them will be tested quite a bit in this game. I think whichever QB has the better game, that team will win. I just hope its ours.

[Boomer]

Boomer----You should have worn your helmet strap.

----Is that a chin strap???