2011 New Orleans Bowl: LOUISIANA (32) SDSU (30)

[TuffGuy84]

New Mexico Bowl- 25,762

Idaho POtato Bowl- 28,078

New Orleans Bowl- 42,841

Since the fightin red necks of la tech claim to own shreveport and their bowl game in 2008 had less people than we had in new orleans, does that mean we own the new orleans market?

[cajuns80]

Kelley only played a quarter his freshman year so he could get a medical hardship waiver for next year

[I_Bleed_RED]

Yall don't forget about James Butler. He looked really good his freshman year but missed this season with a knee injury. We will be STACKED at WR next year

[I_Bleed_RED]

I think I heard that our total expenses were around 300K for this bowl. So how far over that did we make in ticket sales?

[gatadotcom]

If you think all of us in the stands went through emotional highs & lows and flip flops during the last few minutes of the game, just take a look at the difference in Blaine Gautier's emotions before and after Baer's game-winning field goal.

BEFORE THE FIELD GOAL



AFTER THE FIELD GOAL

[NewsCopy]

Blaine Gautier drove Louisiana-Lafayette 44 yards to the Aztecs 38 to set up what was initially a 55-yard attempt, but a pre-snap penalty on SDSU for trying to bait the Cajuns into a false start moved the winning kick 5 yards closer. Aztecs ...

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[CAJUN_LXA685]

He clearly jumped twice trying to draw our offensive linemen offside and rumor has it he was also making noise. It was clearly the correct call. It's just not a call you see made very often.

Didn't we get called for something like this a couple years ago against Troy on a 4th down that gave them a 1st down and then they scored and won the game?

[CajunDreDog]

Didn't we get called for something like this a couple years ago against Troy on a 4th down that gave them a 1st down and then they scored and won the game?

Yes, last season at Troy.

[CajunZ1]

Yes, last season at Troy.

Disconcerting signals

[NewsCopy]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Blaine Gautier's record-setting passing and a big clutch kick by Brett Baer gave Louisiana-Lafayette fans the type of thrills they haven't had since Jake Delhomme was the Ragin' Cajuns' quarterback. Baer kicked a 50-yard field goal as ...

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[Kal]

Well, UL sold over 18,000 tickets at 42 dollars a pop. Let's say its a 50/50 split on the tix and UL gets 20 bucks per ticket sold. That would mean they would get 360,000 dollars off of ticket sales. But UL will make alot more from excited Cajun fan purchases just before the game and memorabilia after the game. I personally spent 120 bucks at the bookstore Friday morning getting some brand new gear to head to N.O. with. The guy who sat next to me was from Port Barre and told me he'd never seen UL play before. He was decked out head to toe in new UL gear. He couldn't stop smiling the whole game and I could tell that he was hooked. By the time they were handing out the trophy he was asking how to go about getting season tickets next year.

My point is, let's say UL only makes 60 grand profit off tix this game. That's not alot. But you enlarge the fan base and with this win you start opening up pockets that have previously been closed. Season tix sales will go up. RCAF pledge numbers will rise and old pledges will be raised to an even higher dollar amount. UL will make money hand over fist off this New Orleans bowl win.

[CoolCajun123]

I still got chills from watching the kick on the replay of the bowl game tonight... Awesome!!!