What if the I Bowl called us a few weeks ago...

[Boomer]

Well again I just can't see that the I -Bowl called and w/o any talk we just said NO-----I had heard that we did turn the I-Bowl down last year precisely because of a money amount, but I could very easily see that if we were offered less than a team that would bring less people the answer would again be hell no!!

[Turbine]

I think this is a year old story, somehow being applied to today.

[Hammer58]

I take this with a grain of salt considering the source (ASU fan). They have a vested interest in us going to I Bowl. They were more interested in what benefits them not what's best for UL. And we have discussed the negatives with the I Bowl regarding seat locations, payouts, etc. And with the uncertainty of a guaranteed spot until after the SEC championship game and the fast approaching date of the NO Bowl had we passed to wait to see if Indy opened up ASU would have been slotted to NO Bowl and then if SEC fills the slot we get stuck in Mobile as a fallback option which would be worse than either of the other two. Unless Missy was ready to guarantee the spot and make those seat and payout concessions, it was the smart move.

Having said that, you at least need to listen to their offer especially in light of it being Hud's preference. Kind of like meeting with Sollozzo, it's good business to give them the respect of hearing their offer.

[Zeebart21]

Some of you are missing the point. Our guy, barely even took the call, and when he did it was to say, "not interested in even discussing, we are going to the NO Bowl." That is a problem. Doesnt matter whether Missy Setters is a _____ or not, this will come back to haunt us.
Unless, of course some of you are happy with the NO Bowl forever....

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[Zeebart21]

I take this with a grain of salt considering the source (ASU fan). They have a vested interest in us going to I Bowl. They were more interested in what benefits them not what's best for UL. And we have discussed the negatives with the I Bowl regarding seat locations, payouts, etc. And with the uncertainty of a guaranteed spot until after the SEC championship game and the fast approaching date of the NO Bowl had we passed to wait to see if Indy opened up ASU would have been slotted to NO Bowl and then if SEC fills the slot we get stuck in Mobile as a fallback option which would be worse than either of the other two. Unless Missy was ready to guarantee the spot and make those seat and payout concessions, it was the smart move.

Having said that, you at least need to listen to their offer especially in light of it being Hud's preference. Kind of like meeting with Sollozzo, it's good business to give them the respect of hearing their offer.

yup

[Zeebart21]

If this did happen, is it possible the I-Bowl just didn't offer us enough $$$$ for the game?

How would we know this if our guy took the phone call just long enough to say, "not interested?"

[Cajun Monkee]

I take this with a grain of salt considering the source (ASU fan). They have a vested interest in us going to I Bowl. They were more interested in what benefits them not what's best for UL. And we have discussed the negatives with the I Bowl regarding seat locations, payouts, etc. And with the uncertainty of a guaranteed spot until after the SEC championship game and the fast approaching date of the NO Bowl had we passed to wait to see if Indy opened up ASU would have been slotted to NO Bowl and then if SEC fills the slot we get stuck in Mobile as a fallback option which would be worse than either of the other two. Unless Missy was ready to guarantee the spot and make those seat and payout concessions, it was the smart move.

Having said that, you at least need to listen to their offer especially in light of it being Hud's preference. Kind of like meeting with Sollozzo, it's good business to give them the respect of hearing their offer.

Just as long as Rusty Brasi doesn't end up sleeping with the fishes.

[CAJUNTODD44]

Coach HUD would have loved to play a quality opponent in the I Bowl, this is not good for the administration to go against his wishes if true. This whole weekend could cost us our coach sooner than we think

[Redgineer]

From what was said on the sunbelt board , benson wanted us to go to Shreveport so ASU and a third sunbelt team could go to New Orleans and mobile .

So what if independence low-balled us? And another rumor is the ACC didn't want to play us.

And there are contingencies to our invitation? What if they want us to wait until they're sure of who we play? And then we lose to USA? And they end up inviting a PAC 10 team to play the ACC team?

And ASU goes to New Orleans and WKU goes to mobile. And the champion is accommodated and we stay home?

This.

[moorecajun]

How could we dis them a week or two ago when they're contracted to other conferences and those conferences still can fill their spots?

Details, details ... dms, don't let details get in the way of someone stirring the pot!

That Internet, you gotta love the info you can get.