2011 New Orleans Bowl: LOUISIANA (32) SDSU (30)

[zephyr]

Schedule is much tougher next year. I would be very pleased with 7 regular season wins

I don't necessarily agree with this. I actually view next year's schedule to be similar to this years. First, we still have 2 OOC games that will be considered money games against teams that we are not expected to beat in Florida and OSU. I think it will be interesting against OSU as they lose a lot of guys from this year's team. Florida is somewhat rebuilding but will certainly still have major talent advantages over us and playing at home. However, we get an FCS team to open up our home schedule and Tulane is going to be similar to the Kent State game except at home. That will be the crucial turn game that can help decide how good our year is. I still think we can go 6-2 or 7-1 in conference next year with the offense we have returning and that is 8 or possibly 9 wins. I think we get to 7 wins minimum and I think this schedule can set up for success given we get a couple of bye weeks in the middle of the season rather than before the very last week like this year.

[RaginWaldo]

I don't necessarily agree with this. I actually view next year's schedule to be similar to this years. First, we still have 2 OOC games that will be considered money games against teams that we are not expected to beat in Florida and OSU. I think it will be interesting against OSU as they lose a lot of guys from this year's team. Florida is somewhat rebuilding but will certainly still have major talent advantages over us and playing at home. However, we get an FCS team to open up our home schedule and Tulane is going to be similar to the Kent State game except at home. That will be the crucial turn game that can help decide how good our year is. I still think we can go 6-2 or 7-1 in conference next year with the offense we have returning and that is 8 or possibly 9 wins. I think we get to 7 wins minimum and I think this schedule can set up for success given we get a couple of bye weeks in the middle of the season rather than before the very last week like this year.

We will beat Tulane by atleast 2 TDs.
We will upset, or come close to upsetting Florida or OK St.
We will win the Sunbelt conference.

[sportsfanatic21]

9 regular season wins. Sun Belt champs.

Ark St loses a ton of people and their coach. FIU loses their QB and TY Hilton, WKU loses Rainey, FAU and ULM suck, and NT loses Dunbar (and they suck). Troy is on a downswing, as is MT.

7-1 in the conference, beat FCS and Tulane, compete hard with OSU and Florida. Win the New Orelans bowl again, and celebrate our first 10 win season.

That's what next!

[IHateLaState]

9 regular season wins. Sun Belt champs.

Ark St loses a ton of people and their coach. FIU loses their QB and TY Hilton, WKU loses Rainey, FAU and ULM suck, and NT loses Dunbar (and they suck). Troy is on a downswing, as is MT.

7-1 in the conference, beat FCS and Tulane, compete hard with OSU and Florida. Win the New Orelans bowl again, and celebrate our first 10 win season.

That's what next!

What he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boomer]

Well we are still listed as the biggest crowd---Shreveport gets 41,700----and remember we brought about 40K or more!!!!

[NewsCopy]

Attendance was announced at 41,728 tickets sold, but there might have been only about 5,000 fans in the stands.

The rest of the story

[LFTCajun]

Watched on TV, I can concur.

Lifeless...

[Boomer]

How can we stop this falsification of the actual attendance????? Damn, I can tell a recruit just about anything, and it isn't substantiated by seat butts-----Arial photography may be the only way with a true fan guesstimate!!!!

[BabbForHeisman]

How can we stop this falsification of the actual attendance????? Damn, I can tell a recruit just about anything, and it isn't substantiated by seat butts-----Arial photography may be the only way with a true fan guesstimate!!!!

If we're going by actual attendance, I doubt the New Orleans Bowl had more than 30K. Still a significant advantage over other bowls, but not quite as impressive as 43K.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I do not think that the actual seat butts in NOB were not about right. I was shocked to learn that a family who I never would have believed to attend the NOB goes every year on their dollar. In addition, I have been to the MLSD many times for many decades and the look of that bowl the fans in the seats to my eyes suggest yest 40 plus.