2011 Vermilion & White Spring Game

[VObserver]

_ Comprende', but, this is a football state & Lafayette is as much a football community as there is in the country.

Not to dampen the enthusiasm that there really IS in Lafayette, but if you really believe Lafayette is 'as much a football community as there is in the country', you haven't travelled much.

Try buying a walkup ticket to a week 4 home game at Midland Lee or Hoover, AL. Or if you don't want to pick a big town, try the same at Celina, TX, or Goshen, AL.

Louisiana [and Lafayette] like football.. In Texas and Alabama, football isn't a matter of life and death, it's MUCH more important than that.

[Boomer]

_ Not to dampen the enthusiasm that there really IS in Lafayette, but if you really believe Lafayette is 'as much a football community as there is in the country', you haven't travelled much.

Try buying a walkup ticket to a week 4 home game at Midland Lee or Hoover, AL. Or if you don't want to pick a big town, try the same at Celina, TX, or Goshen, AL.

Louisiana [and Lafayette] like football.. In Texas and Alabama, football isn't a matter of life and death, it's MUCH more important than that. _

Well----if you consider trees--this statement is to be taken literally!!!

[Zeebart21]

_ Well----if you consider trees--this statement is to be taken literally!!! _

Boom, appreciate you and Luke making your way to the Eauque yesterday. Great seeing you guys.

Z

[Boomer]

_ Boom, appreciate you and Luke making your way to the Eauque yesterday. Great seeing you guys.

Z _

And great being with ya'll---Luke is cranked ---Now if he can learn to post on the board we will read some great stuff!!!!

[Zeebart21]

_ And great being with ya'll---Luke is cranked ---Now if he can learn to post on the board we will read some great stuff!!!! _

Have Patin teach him!!!! LOL!!

[Bandwagon King]

_ Not to dampen the enthusiasm that there really IS in Lafayette, but if you really believe Lafayette is 'as much a football community as there is in the country', you haven't travelled much.

Try buying a walkup ticket to a week 4 home game at Midland Lee or Hoover, AL. Or if you don't want to pick a big town, try the same at Celina, TX, or Goshen, AL.

Louisiana [and Lafayette] like football.. In Texas and Alabama, football isn't a matter of life and death, it's MUCH more important than that. _

Naming a town that you have to get lost to find & then saying they are a better football town than Lafayette, because the only entertainment they have for a hundred mile radius on Friday night is eating at the local catfish house or going to the local High school game, is a little bit slanted comparison. Couldn't you agree with that? How about comparing apples to apples, like any major or semi major metropolitan area in the country.

This is completely off point of the main post.

[cajunhawk]

_ Naming a town that you have to get lost to find & then saying they are a better football town than Lafayette, because the only entertainment they have for a hundred mile radius on Friday night is eating at the local catfish house or going to the local High school game, is a little bit slanted comparison. Couldn't you agree with that? How about comparing apples to apples, like any major or semi major metropolitan area in the country.

This is completely off point of the main post. _

Lafayette has one major obstacle to becoming like Baton Rouge...it's a fun city. Festivals galore, a great night life, enough great restaurants to choke a horse, and a cultural heritage that brings people back year after year. Those small towns and Baton Rouge all have in common the fact that there is nothing else to do in those towns than watch football.

[CajunsHat]

Naming a town that you have to get lost to find & then saying they are a better football town than Lafayette, because the only entertainment they have for a hundred mile radius on Friday night is eating at the local catfish house or going to the local High school game, is a little bit slanted comparison. Couldn't you agree with that? How about comparing apples to apples, like any major or semi major metropolitan area in the country.

This is completely off point of the main post.

igeaux.mobi

I actually completely agree with you. With a town like lafayette, we have 5 public high schools, just because each stadium isn't full to capacity every Friday doesnt mean our town is less of a fan than some town who fills up the only high school game each and every week.
In comparison of what Lafayette has to offer with sports/entertainment, we hold our own on game days (and still having to compete with fans leaving to go attend games east for another sporting event)
Our goal is to get fans to not want to drive an hour away to cheer for a team that they have no connection too, but just go because "it's a Louisiana school". We want to establish a sense of pride in fans that haven't felt like they needed to show it. And Lafayette has that to offer.

[IHateLaState]

_ This coach will draw 25k minimum per first year. The people around Lafayette are a lot smarter than some on here give credit. They understand that this is going to take a couple of years & will give this coach time because they understand winners. Now next year, the expectations will be through the roof & so will the crowds. I'm talking capacity sell out every week. _

Amazing... I agree with you on something

[CajunsHat]

Amazing... I agree with you on something

That's how I felt too! Lol

igeaux.mobi