2009 UL Football Schedule

[CajunDreDog]

Someone please tell me we are not scheduling 5 homes games for the next two years.


igeaux.mobi

I think it will be a long time before we have 6 home games again...at least on a regular basis. Five is going to be the norm for us from here on out unless we can get out of the SBC.

[ULvictory]

The game would be played in the Dome and Tulane would pay us over $300,000 if both programs agree to the contract. They are not coming to Lafayette.

Of course. Once again, Tulane will not come to Lafayette in any sport. We always have to go over there to play them. Just look at baseball. We should only play this school if they promise a return game. And that's generous after what they have done to us in the past(only school to vote against us from entering CUSA).

[DestinCajun]

Of course. Once again, Tulane will not come to Lafayette in any sport. We always have to go over there to play them. Just look at baseball. We should only play this school if they promise a return game. And that's generous after what they have done to us in the past(only school to vote against us from entering CUSA). _

I fully agree with your point but we've already proven many times the Superdome is a home venue for us. If we have 6 home games and a game in the dome, I call that 7 homes games and it cannot get any better than that.

Therefore, DESPITE ANYTHING I SAID BEFORE, I'd bite the bullet here and make the supreme sacrifice to take the family to New Orleans for a great win in the dome and weekend in the French Quarter.

By the way, the mighty Tulamies pulled 2500 for its 2008 season home finale against UAB.

[anhil8tor]

Whats funny is LSU posted their schedule on Aug 26th...

08/26/2008
by www.LSUsports.net

BATON ROUGE -- LSU officially finalized its 2009 football schedule on Tuesday with the addition of Louisiana Tech to the home slate.

The addition of Louisiana Tech to the schedule, coupled with the moving of the Tulane game from New Orleans to Tiger Stadium, gives the Tigers seven home games next year.

The Tigers and Louisiana Tech will square off on Nov. 14 in Tiger Stadium.

The Tulane game will remain on Oct. 31, but will be played in Tiger Stadium instead of the Louisiana Superdome. The teams are scheduled to play in the season-opener on Sept. 4 in 2010 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

In addition to Louisiana Tech and Tulane, the Tigers home slate in 2009 will feature Southeastern Conference games against Florida, Auburn, Arkansas and Vanderbilt with the other non-conference game coming against Louisiana-Lafayette.

The Louisiana-Lafayette game was moved up a year from 2010 to 2009, switching spots with Southern Miss, who will visit Tiger Stadium in 2010.

On the road, the Tigers will face Washington in a non-conference contest to open the season, before traveling to league foes in Mississippi State, Georgia, Alabama and Ole Miss.

[CajunProud]

Screw La. Tech and Tulane in all sports. I would rather see us go on the road against Miss. State or some other bottom rung team from a better conference every year and suck it up by only having 5 home games than to sucumb to the will of La. Tech and Tulane. They can both go to hell.

[MetryCajun]

_ Screw La. Tech and Tulane in all sports. I would rather see us go on the road against Miss. State or some other bottom rung team from a better conference every year and suck it up by only having 5 home games than to sucumb to the will of La. Tech and Tulane. They can both go to hell. _

If Tulane is going to give us $300,000 for essentially a home game, I will take that type of screwing.

[CajunProud]

_ If Tulane is going to give us $300,000 for essentially a home game, I will take that type of having supper with. _

I hear what you are saying, but it is time we stop prostituting ourselves out to the rest of the state schools. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I think we are superior to La. Tech and Tulane in athletics, it is about mutual respect. If they can't respect us enough to play home and home games in ALL sports then F*&k them. I am sick and tired of our administration and coaches allowing this to happen period.

[MetryCajun]

_ I hear what you are saying, but it is time we stop prostituting ourselves out to the rest of the state schools. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I think we are superior to La. Tech and Tulane in athletics, it is about mutual respect. If they can't respect us enough to play home and home games in ALL sports then F*&k them. I am sick and tired of our administration and coaches allowing this to happen period. _

I agree on the LaTech front. Their campus is in a backwater town. Tulane on the other hand is in a big media market(by LA standards). I think it is worth it.

[ULvictory]

I fully agree with your point but we've already proven many times the Superdome is a home venue for us. If we have 6 home games and a game in the dome, I call that 7 homes games and it cannot get any better than that.

Therefore, DESPITE ANYTHING I SAID BEFORE, I'd bite the bullet here and make the supreme sacrifice to take the family to New Orleans for a great win in the dome and weekend in the French Quarter.

By the way, the mighty Tulamies pulled 2500 for its 2008 season home finale against UAB.

Well if that's the case, the game will be played in my home town, and I can visit the family while I'm down there. That's the only thing positive I see coming out of this. And yes, the 10-20k fans we'd bring. But other than that, nothing. If they are really paying us 300k, I say we go down there, whip their ass, and never play them again after that.

[HoustonCajun]

_ I would call Tulane a home game. _

I'll take that game too. Does anyone remember what the Tulane games were like in the Dome several years ago? They were outstanding and really were like a home game for UL. The pre-game Dome parties are legendary. And the recruiting benefits are immeasurable. We need the N.O. exposure. DO IT.