Final: Louisiana 75, USM 61

[ULvictory]

I don't remember many games last year that were half full for baseball

No, fans show up and the reported attendance is a lot more accurate than what is claimed in the Cajundome.

[Million$Mullet]

The difference is that when I can count by hand the number of people on one side of the Cajundome as less than 300 people and I see the reported attendance of over 2500, there's a big difference between that and the diamond sports. Baseball may claim 4,300 in attendance but I am willing to bet it would be too much for me to count by hand the number of people sitting at The Tigue considering that there's a higher percentage of people actually there out of the tickets sold.

Maybe on a Friday night it’s more accurate. But midweek and Saturday Sunday games may have 1000 people there

[zeppelincajun]

No, fans show up and the reported attendance is a lot more accurate than what is claimed in the Cajundome.

Gotta disagree with you on this one. CD and CF just make it seem so much worse because of the ridiculous size of the venues compared to what’s needed. For plenty of baseball games, we are not drawing close to the reported numbers.

[ManAboutTown]

Gotta disagree with you on this one. CD and CF just make it seem so much worse because of the ridiculous size of the venues compared to what’s needed. For plenty of baseball games, we are not drawing close to the reported numbers.

Agree. Seems like it's gotten worse lately.

[ManAboutTown]

I want that same energy for softball, baseball and football who all compete for postseason play yearly. I know it’s the cool thing to rag on basketball right now but you got nationally competitive diamond sports who do the same thing as basketball attendance wise. And let’s not even start with football attendance

I'm not ragging on the team. I'm ragging on the propaganda mill. I know baseball over reports. Football under reports, mostly because of incompetence. I also don't come here and pound my chest about attendance numbers in other sports. I know it's all made up.

[zephyr]

I don’t think Brown is a selfish player. I don’t believe his goal is a double double. He’s limited in spite of his high school rating, and he’s constantly trying to make his way. IOW it’s not personal glory he’s seeking, it’s being a leader who wins. That was put on him by Bob.

Semantics. He needs to get the ball out quicker and recognize double teams which will come regularly. Perhaps he can move a bit and get to the FT line like he did this last game and use his midrange shot or beat his man. Like I said, he needs to modify his game. And defensively, it would be nice for him to be more active and take up space in the lane and challenge shots.

[ULvictory]

Gotta disagree with you on this one. CD and CF just make it seem so much worse because of the ridiculous size of the venues compared to what’s needed. For plenty of baseball games, we are not drawing close to the reported numbers.

For midweek games, no. But I would say we draw a lot more closer to the numbers reported more on a consistent basis than the Cajundome. When I can count the people in the stands with no issue, that’s not good.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Probably more than some are suggesting visually.

Jay reported something interesting about the Longhorns arena. They have drop down panels hiding a good deal of the upper deck seating for basketball but not for other events like concerts. Maybe those are advertising panels. Might be a good revenue stream for the Cajuns. Of course we’ve probably got a detrimental contract that would reward the dome instead of Louisiana.

[ZoomZoom]

Probably more than some are suggesting visually.

Jay reported something interesting about the Longhorns arena. They have drop down panels hiding a good deal of the upper deck seating for basketball but not for other events like concerts. Maybe those are advertising panels. Might be a good revenue stream for the Cajuns. Of course we’ve probably got a detrimental contract that would reward the dome instead of Louisiana.

Drop down panels won’t work at dome unless parts of end zones vacated. Three sky boxes (2 on west side, 1 on east) were in use last night, can’t block the view.

[CajunRebel]

Drop down panels won’t work at dome unless parts of end zones vacated. Three sky boxes (2 on west side, 1 on east) were in use last night, can’t block the view.

In the original CD renovation plans they were going to move the suites down below the third level which would have allowed us to curtain off the third level. We just didn’t have the money to get it done.