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

[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!!!

[BirdofParadise]

I'm sure they need to chop the game up before they upload it. Jay said they would have it archive it. Assuming that means archived for fans to download it on their site.

We have the entire game. We'll replay it sometime this week.

We've also got the final call. You'll hear it on the show tomorrow.

Actually, I'M looking forward to hearing it.

[MissingMandy]

I would like to thank everyone of you who for all that you have done for our family. Thank you for sharing in my son's graduation and giving him a memory he will never forget. I cant tell you how incredible that experience was. Thank you for embracing him and sharing this great university and your dedication to the football players. So many of you came up to both my husband and I and thanked us for our son, it was you that gave us the gift. He will never forget this experience.

As far as the game goes.....wow.

[NuForce]

UL alum in the hills of Western North Carolina. Watched the game last night...epic win by the cajuns. The ESPN crew, as we all thought, was relentless with UL-Lafayette and Lafayette references. Even with this morning highlights, it was always UL-
Lafayette. And with basketball on the horizon, its only going to get worse. And after years of trying to get ESPN's attention to the change (as well as AP, USA Today, etc) it may be a good time to change tactics. As ESPN is the world sports
authority, what they say, normally goes.

Mr. Farmer, T-Joe, University Attorney, and anyone else you can think of...Call ESPN, ask when the production meetings for
college football will begin this summer, set an appointment...and fly to Bristol, Conn. Make a presentation in person. Don't
send a fax, or depend on some intern or minimum wage pa to make the determination of the right logo, name,
and scoreboard sig..please no more LaLaf, LafLa, ULouLaf, etc, ESPN.

Much like any other "brand name" our brand, UL, Louisiana, etc. carries a huge value. Every time our teams are called by the wrong name, the brand becomes less valuable. In essence ESPN is costing the university and the athletic department "brand revenue" by not mentioning our athletic teams with the correct identification. That's why I'm suggesting that the University Attorney be present, to protect the rights of the University and the all important brand of the university.

Here in North Carolina, of course, its always UNC. Unless its of an official University nature, then its UNC-Chapel Hill. Read
any news item that concerns a UNC student, UNC is only used after UNC-Chapel Hill is used as the location ID. "UNC-Chapel
Hill student was arrested today after breaking into an atm machine on the UNC campus. UNC security, etc....

Now that we have the gravitas of a bowl win, its time to challenge ESPN and how they refer to the University of Louisiana.

I agree with Supercajun71 1000%.

Does ESPN refer to Long Horns as the University of Texas at Austin or the Crimson Tide as the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa??? The answer is NO!

We are by far the second largest public college in the state and second only to LSU in student population. To give you all a little perspective, our student body is bigger than Mississippi St., Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Miami, and the same size as the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa also known as the Crimson Tide. We are the Ragin Cajuns and we ARE the University of Louisiana... PERIOD!!!!! It is time to put the regional nonsense to rest. No more ULL or ULaLa or even Lafayette.

We are NOT a regional small college and we haven't been since the old SLI days.

[NuForce]

I've been surfing but, can't seem to find the complete game stats. Does anyone have a good website for that?

[Hammer58]

I would like to thank everyone of you who for all that you have done for our family. Thank you for sharing in my son's graduation and giving him a memory he will never forget. I cant tell you how incredible that experience was. Thank you for embracing him and sharing this great university and your dedication to the football players. So many of you came up to both my husband and I and thanked us for our son, it was you that gave us the gift. He will never forget this experience.

As far as the game goes.....wow.

Sue, wecare so grateful that Kyle chose to commit to UL. We know he had other very good options but he came here to UL. I'm so glad he and the other seniors get to go out on such a high note.

The years have flown by, it seems just yesterday that we were first getting to know you and your family. Although Kyle will no longer be playing we hope you, Stu and Kyle will still come back for games and stop by the Eauxk for a visit.

[Hammer58]

We have the entire game. We'll replay it sometime this week.

We've also got the final call. You'll hear it on the show tomorrow.

Actually, I'M looking forward to hearing it.

Can you give us advanced notice hear of approximately when you intend to replay it? If it before 5 some of us are limited in the amount of time we can have a radio on at work.

[Hammer58]

Replay of the N. O. Bowl 12/18 at 7:00 P.M. ESPNU Didn't get to see it on TV because I was there.

Thanks for the heads up. I forgot to set the dvr before leaving Friday.

I hate when they edit the game. I wonder if ESPN3 has it archived?

[LFTCajun]

Here's the boxscore from ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=313510309