103.7 The Game to become ESPN Lafayette and ESPN Lake Charles

[RaginScotsman]

I used to believe that. 7,888 was a hard reality pill to swallow.

I get that. I don't think that's a result of people in the community that used to show up for Cajuns games pulling support and going east, though.

I know several fans that are all UL, but don't come to many games anymore. They'll watch from home. The reasons for that are numerous like we've talked about before and will surely recap as football season approaches and we get an idea of season ticket sales.

[CajunT]

I don't know about that, all my friends were Saints fans in the 80's we just all had another team we also followed, because all kids need to follow a winner haha, but we were all Saints fans we just didn't have much hope.

Yea, I'm not built that way. I've never had a backup team in case my favorite sucked. Now there are franchises I respect, but I would never become a fan that had to watch them daily, or weekly.

[Cajunsmike]

About as many as there would for the Saints if they were still winning 3-4 games a season. I've been a diehard Astro's fan since 1972, held on through many losing seasons.

Astros fans since 1968 here. That is due to listening to games on KPEL when Gene Elston, Loel Passe, and Harry Calas were broadcasting. Calas went on the Phillies but his son is now part of the Astros TV crew. Top players back then were Joe Morgan (before his Reds days), Bob Watson, Doug Radar, and Jimmy Wynn (Toy Cannon). There are plenty of others like me still around.

[Cajunsmike]

Did the sellout lose his show?

Matt Miguez just announced the changes. He reported he will still be with the station but in a new and exciting role. They are not ready to announce that role as of yet. His partner indicated he would still be on air at times. I wonder if he will do more live coverage of games and give progress reports as well as video highlights on Twitter. That is just my guess. No actual clue of what his role will be.

[Turbine]

That was sold tickets, way less actual total.

That is on lack of public season ticket drive and not reflective of actual interest.

If they had actual tickets in hand from a season ticket drive they would use them.

[Turbine]

I used to believe that. 7,888 was a hard reality pill to swallow.

Since UL only markets to Lafayette and ignores Acadiana, that number represents about 7% of the locals.

It is a low water mark but not nearly representative of what can be.

[Lafitte the Pirate]

I hope everyone has been reading some of my LinkedIn responses to all of the different groups that UL Lafayette us to death. Some have changed, some did not. They instead call me a bully. I will not stop with correcting these idiots until the name is correct. You should not stop either!

[Turbine]

Since UL only markets to Lafayette and ignores Acadiana, that number represents about 7% of the locals.

It is a low water mark but not nearly representative of what can be.

By way of comparison, in 2015 LSU had an SEC game in Tiger Stadium where season tickets were not involved and only 42,058 were in attendance.

Since LSU is hypermarketed to the whole state that represents 1% of their market.

A low water mark to be sure but certainly not indicative of overall interest.

[JamesTheJeweler]

It’s a waste of time. ULL, etc, isn’t an issue for Delta Media. They put McNeese into our market and they do the same thing. Know all their products, don’t listen or watch.

Those who do listen, please post the sponsors…so we will know where not to spend our money.

1000%

[JamesTheJeweler]

Hard to run a business out of town for being pro-LSU/anti-UL in an 80/20 LSU/UL town.

The first thing you see entering Lafayette from the West is Don’s flying the LSU flag directly above the UL flag. That sentiment is woven into the fabric of this city.

Best Stop is a UL supporter