ODU Football Season Tickets

[CajunT]

You are correct to the bone. We have a big game in Houston with Rice this season. Where is the Alumni Idiot Association and RCAF people on getting thing set up here?

This is nothing new as you know, because they operate as separate entities when it comes to these types of events. But, I hear there is a great bus charter lined up for the Rice game.

[John Cocktolstoy]

This is nothing new as you know, because they operate as separate entities when it comes to these types of events. But, I hear there is a great bus charter lined up for the Rice game.

Houston is a place I would like to drive to and stay the night. Monroe is a place I hope they charter busses to so I can let them do the driving and get in and out as quickly as possible.

[Duggie35]

The next time I walk into Cajun field because of who the opponent is will be the first time. If your reason for not supporting your school is because of the OOC schedule then you are finding excuses not to support them. We have at least one G5 school like us come in every year and many times a FCS with local appeal that have actually been good crowds.

Very true and accurate!

[KajunKrazy]

Agree. There are so many people that I know personally, that I sat next to in the stands as students, in the late 80s and early 90s, once they graduated, got a job, and a little money they became A&M at BR season ticket holders and TAF members. Heck one of my fraternity brothers goes as far as, calling on people in Houston, and telling them he went to La St at BR, and he never stepped foot in a classroom there. I just don’t get the lack of loyalty to the school you graduated from. I’ll never understand that mentality.

He sounds like some one I know. Did he used to call the Mr. Bitter show and go by the name RC?

[RaginScotsman]

I used to get really upset about attendance. I still do to a certain extent. Especially when we used to hang our hat on getting around 30k for Sun Belt games when no one else was. Then you had record after record broken for NOLA bowls.

However, I'm happy I'm not in the administration because it would keep me up at night. We're average in football attendance at best and this should be the era of Louisiana football when you've had your highest average attendance (sans the covid year.)

I don't know what the hell the deal is or why the community isn't going nuts for this program with as trendy as Lafayette is and the amount of band wagon fans in the state that will cling to any winner.

In any event, I'll keep making my donation, keep buying tickets, wearing the gear, supporting businesses that back UL, and spreading the word about the university I love. That's all I have to do as an alum and fan. Job done.

Getting 31k for the championship game felt good. Hopefully ticket sales pick up and we keep this train going.

[JMV JustMyView]

100%. I have seen us play MVSU or Delta State in baseball back in the 80's. I have seen us play countless horrible teams in basketball, I have seen us play MAC and FCS teams in football that I don't care about. I don't care who is on the schedule, I will go to see the Cajuns, it should never be about the opponent, it should be about us. Granted playing a team with a recognizable name may draw in the casual fan, but at the end of the day that is a one day pickup in attendance. You can't play 6 home games vs opponents that are going to draw the casual fan in football, 26 games that will do the same in baseball and softball and 15 that will do the same in basketball. What you can do is try to build the best schedule possible with the cards you are dealt and your fan base needs to get out and support them whether it is MVSU or Alabama coming to Lafayette. We have built a really nice conference with 6 quality SBC west rivals. USM, USA, Troy, Arkansas State, Texas State and even ULM should give us a better boost then the original SBC conference, when you add to that Georgia Southern, App State, Coastal and Marshall and to some extent even Ga State, ODU, JMU we have quality opponents up and down the schedule. You need to fill in where you can. Baseball and Softball have done a really good job of getting quality regional teams here as well as Football has a plan on their schedule, 1 P5 road game, 1 G5 Road Game, 1 G5 home game and one FCS opponent. Basketball has done what they can, but it is a challenge to get quality opponents to come to Lafayette to play us, similar to every other G5 team. Even those that get some P5 opponents to come to their place it is usually 1 quality game sandwiched between playing tons of mediocre to less than mediocre teams.

If I were the SBC commissioner I would do this in Basketball. We have to set up a conference partnership in both men's and women's basketball. Meaning at least so many games per season need to be set up with peer conferences, whether that be CUSA, Southern Conference, Colonial Athletic, Missouri Valley or AAC and if the number is 2 or 4, then half of them have to be at the other teams home. Meaning lets say we set up a deal with the Southern Conference for the East and the CUSA for the West. Teams like Chattanooga, Furman, Samford, Wofford, UNCG, VMI, Mercer ETSU, Citadel and Western Carolina would play our teams in the East in some sort of home and home games. You could take Georgia State vs Chattanooga, that would have been a good matchup, if that is a home game for Georgia State, then they must go on the road to play Wofford. And vise versa for the West. Rice, UTEP, Tech, NMSU, Sam Houston, etc.

I don't have all the details but it appears our conference has done a great job scheduling football and baseball, but it lacks in basketball. Partnering up with a peer conference would help. The other option is to get into as many exempt multi team events and also limiting the number of non D-1 opponents that a team can play each season. It is rare that you are going to get a SBC team to get a major college to come to you, but if you work out deals with peer conferences you can get them to come, specifically home and home matchups or Conference vs Conference matchups since many teams are in the same boat as us. ODU is in a great MTE event this season with Charleston, Colorado State, Davidson, Furman, ODU, Penn State, South Carolina and VT. Troy is in one with Merrimack, Montana and St. Thomas (reclassifying this year), not a great one. Georgia State is in one with EKU, UNC Ashville and Texas A&M commerce (reclassifying). Georgia Southern is got one with Houston Baptist, Rice and WMU. USM is matched up with EMU, Winthrop and Purdue Ft Wayne. ULM has one with Southern, Loyola MD and Omaha. And the SBC has tons of others. We traditionally play one, not sure if we are doing one this year or not.

Their are lots of ways to bring better teams here but at the end of the day it should not be about the teams that are coming it should be about the team that is already here.

Great post Dave but I disagree with the struggle to get good teams to play in Lafayette. That is because the administration hung on to Marlin for so long and he has literally no relationships. That is the reason. Get a real coach in Lafayette and teams will come play us.

[BabbForHeisman]

You are correct to the bone. We have a big game in Houston with Rice this season. Where is the Alumni Idiot Association and RCAF people on getting thing set up here?

I’m not really involved in it, but I believe there will be a Friday night gathering. Hopefully advertised more than two days ahead of time.

I think we all expect/hope to be going for our 16th straight win that day. There’s no excuse for not having 10K Cajuns in the stands. We won’t…but there’s no excuse.

[JMV JustMyView]

I’m not really involved in it, but I believe there will be a Friday night gathering. Hopefully advertised more than two days ahead of time.

I think we all expect/hope to be going for our 16th straight win that day. There’s no excuse for not having 10K Cajuns in the stands. We won’t…but there’s no excuse.

I should be with BFH and WestUCajun

[Lafitte the Pirate]

I’m not really involved in it, but I believe there will be a Friday night gathering. Hopefully advertised more than two days ahead of time.

I think we all expect/hope to be going for our 16th straight win that day. There’s no excuse for not having 10K Cajuns in the stands. We won’t…but there’s no excuse.

Chris, you and I have a lot more inside on this subject. I do not expect your boy Adam to do anything!

[WestUCajun]

Currently, plans are to have something the Friday evening before the Rice game at Lil Woodrow's (I think in Rice Village) Not sure if this is 100% finalized but should be by the end of this month or early August at the latest. Also will have tailgating at Rice stadium before the game on Saturday. Info to sign up for the events will be coming out when all is set. Also hearing there may be additional events for the big donors. Hoping for a great turn out at all the events, especially the game.