And I might add that when Tech is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack. Tech is doing just fine

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when Tech is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack. Tech is doing just fine

Have you seen the ratings for last night? Attendance was 32,000 dwarfing the other Sunbelt Bowls

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 11:47 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  As I said, As the years go, so does the spelling. Not something I worry about too much because I have someone to do that for me where it counts. I don't have a secretary proofreading a sports message board. But I guess it's typical of ULL, who uses attendance smack to use spelling smack. Well since your team isn't in a bowl and all.

Take a deep breath ATLDawg and re-read your posts here. They represent in capsule form why so many who aren't related with LahTech athletics find you guys to be such pompous asses.

We not only get told repeatedly about your school's prestige and Tier 1 rating, you (and another Tech fan) have informed us of your personal wealth, as in "my spelling isn't very good but I know how to count money", or "he has someone to count his money for him", or "I don't worry about it too much because I have someone to do it for me when it counts".

Guess what? No one gives a rat's ass about how important or successful you are in business. There are posters here from all walks of life who care about one thing, athletics. The general theme in these threads is that you Tech guys tend to be an arrogant and insuffereable bunch and you're doing your part to continue the tradition.

As for the subject of attendance, while I agree it doesn't hold the weight of on-the-field-performance and is generally a weak smack subject, I believe that any program that cannot get butts in the stands will eventually suffer the consequences. From that standpoint I think it's a valid topic of discussion under the right conditions.

I guess that's why you enlarged that stadium to show us all that Southern and McNeese travels well. Just another moronic ULL move to try to make themselves feel better. Yes ULL brought more to New Orleans. I grew up in Acadiana. When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You made a nice word salad there, little fella. But here are some facts that shoot down your idiotic claims:

1) Ticket sales

UL
FB: 2,314,496 Total: 3,529,934

ltu-R
FB: 1,678,855 Total: 2,019,333

In other words, our FB ticket sales ALONE out-strip ltu-R's TOTAL sales.


2) Merchandise is included in the 'Program sales, concessions, novelty, sales, and parking' category:


UL: $522,999 ltu-r: $119,583

So, tell me again how there isn't any UL merchandise out there???? And that there is ltu-r stuff everywhere ltu-r fans go....even in Lafayette????


In fact, the only reason that they are even close to us in the budget is because they are sucking at the teat of the state government at a far greater rate than us:

UL: 26% ltu-r: 40%

Gotta wonder what's gonna happen as those tax dollars continue to shrivel.


So the bottom line is, whatever success they are having in FB, it is not transferring down to the bottom line. And that there are the facts. Not opinions or delusional myths.

How's that lawsuit going, StoolDog?

(12-20-2015 02:57 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 11:47 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  As I said, As the years go, so does the spelling. Not something I worry about too much because I have someone to do that for me where it counts. I don't have a secretary proofreading a sports message board. But I guess it's typical of ULL, who uses attendance smack to use spelling smack. Well since your team isn't in a bowl and all.

Take a deep breath ATLDawg and re-read your posts here. They represent in capsule form why so many who aren't related with LahTech athletics find you guys to be such pompous asses.

We not only get told repeatedly about your school's prestige and Tier 1 rating, you (and another Tech fan) have informed us of your personal wealth, as in "my spelling isn't very good but I know how to count money", or "he has someone to count his money for him", or "I don't worry about it too much because I have someone to do it for me when it counts".

Guess what? No one gives a rat's ass about how important or successful you are in business. There are posters here from all walks of life who care about one thing, athletics. The general theme in these threads is that you Tech guys tend to be an arrogant and insuffereable bunch and you're doing your part to continue the tradition.

As for the subject of attendance, while I agree it doesn't hold the weight of on-the-field-performance and is generally a weak smack subject, I believe that any program that cannot get butts in the stands will eventually suffer the consequences. From that standpoint I think it's a valid topic of discussion under the right conditions.

I guess that's why you enlarged that stadium to show us all that Southern and McNeese travels well. Just another moronic ULL move to try to make themselves feel better. Yes ULL brought more to New Orleans. I grew up in Acadiana. When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You made a nice word salad there, little fella. But here are some facts that shoot down your idiotic claims:

1) Ticket sales

UL
FB: 2,314,496 Total: 3,529,934

ltu-R
FB: 1,678,855 Total: 2,019,333

In other words, our FB ticket sales ALONE out-strip ltu-R's TOTAL sales.


2) Merchandise is included in the 'Program sales, concessions, novelty, sales, and parking' category:


UL: $522,999 ltu-r: $119,583

So, tell me again how there isn't any UL merchandise out there???? And that there is ltu-r stuff everywhere ltu-r fans go....even in Lafayette????


In fact, the only reason that they are even close to us in the budget is because they are sucking at the teat of the state government at a far greater rate than us:

UL: 26% ltu-r: 40%

Gotta wonder what's gonna happen as those tax dollars continue to shrivel.


So the bottom line is, whatever success they are having in FB, it is not transferring down to the bottom line. And that there are the facts. Not opinions or delusional myths.

But why would this not be the case? UL is in an area with 10x-15x the population with 25% more enrollment. Those numbers should be the case and not a surprise. It's unfortunate they've had ULs number this year so far.

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

(12-20-2015 03:06 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

From what I have read, last night was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. I'm sure the top four were when @ Lafayette played, which is to be expected. Tech and Ark St both supported their teams and the NO Bowl well. Everyone should be happy. Of course, @ Lafayette has to find or create something to criticize Tech about.

(12-20-2015 03:03 PM)Redwolves06 Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:57 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 11:47 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  As I said, As the years go, so does the spelling. Not something I worry about too much because I have someone to do that for me where it counts. I don't have a secretary proofreading a sports message board. But I guess it's typical of ULL, who uses attendance smack to use spelling smack. Well since your team isn't in a bowl and all.

Take a deep breath ATLDawg and re-read your posts here. They represent in capsule form why so many who aren't related with LahTech athletics find you guys to be such pompous asses.

We not only get told repeatedly about your school's prestige and Tier 1 rating, you (and another Tech fan) have informed us of your personal wealth, as in "my spelling isn't very good but I know how to count money", or "he has someone to count his money for him", or "I don't worry about it too much because I have someone to do it for me when it counts".

Guess what? No one gives a rat's ass about how important or successful you are in business. There are posters here from all walks of life who care about one thing, athletics. The general theme in these threads is that you Tech guys tend to be an arrogant and insuffereable bunch and you're doing your part to continue the tradition.

As for the subject of attendance, while I agree it doesn't hold the weight of on-the-field-performance and is generally a weak smack subject, I believe that any program that cannot get butts in the stands will eventually suffer the consequences. From that standpoint I think it's a valid topic of discussion under the right conditions.

I guess that's why you enlarged that stadium to show us all that Southern and McNeese travels well. Just another moronic ULL move to try to make themselves feel better. Yes ULL brought more to New Orleans. I grew up in Acadiana. When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You made a nice word salad there, little fella. But here are some facts that shoot down your idiotic claims:

1) Ticket sales

UL
FB: 2,314,496 Total: 3,529,934

ltu-R
FB: 1,678,855 Total: 2,019,333

In other words, our FB ticket sales ALONE out-strip ltu-R's TOTAL sales.


2) Merchandise is included in the 'Program sales, concessions, novelty, sales, and parking' category:


UL: $522,999 ltu-r: $119,583

So, tell me again how there isn't any UL merchandise out there???? And that there is ltu-r stuff everywhere ltu-r fans go....even in Lafayette????


In fact, the only reason that they are even close to us in the budget is because they are sucking at the teat of the state government at a far greater rate than us:

UL: 26% ltu-r: 40%

Gotta wonder what's gonna happen as those tax dollars continue to shrivel.


So the bottom line is, whatever success they are having in FB, it is not transferring down to the bottom line. And that there are the facts. Not opinions or delusional myths.

But why would this not be the case? UL is in an area with 10x-15x the population with 25% more enrollment. Those numbers should be the case and not a surprise. It's unfortunate they've had ULs number this year so far.

What you are not understanding is that the ltu-r folks are constantly saying how they own the Monroe and Shreveport areas.....are of n. Louisuana. If that is true than there is really not that big of a difference in the fan bases of the two schools. Also, per the ltu-r little fellas, they 'travel well.' Just not to thier own staduium or bowls in their own state and a fairly easy drive to make.

Plus, if you listen to them there is ltu-r gear all over the world.....but never any UL stuff. Thise budget numbers prove how ridiculous those claims are.

(12-20-2015 03:15 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:03 PM)Redwolves06 Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:57 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:10 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Take a deep breath ATLDawg and re-read your posts here. They represent in capsule form why so many who aren't related with LahTech athletics find you guys to be such pompous asses.

We not only get told repeatedly about your school's prestige and Tier 1 rating, you (and another Tech fan) have informed us of your personal wealth, as in "my spelling isn't very good but I know how to count money", or "he has someone to count his money for him", or "I don't worry about it too much because I have someone to do it for me when it counts".

Guess what? No one gives a rat's ass about how important or successful you are in business. There are posters here from all walks of life who care about one thing, athletics. The general theme in these threads is that you Tech guys tend to be an arrogant and insuffereable bunch and you're doing your part to continue the tradition.

As for the subject of attendance, while I agree it doesn't hold the weight of on-the-field-performance and is generally a weak smack subject, I believe that any program that cannot get butts in the stands will eventually suffer the consequences. From that standpoint I think it's a valid topic of discussion under the right conditions.

I guess that's why you enlarged that stadium to show us all that Southern and McNeese travels well. Just another moronic ULL move to try to make themselves feel better. Yes ULL brought more to New Orleans. I grew up in Acadiana. When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You made a nice word salad there, little fella. But here are some facts that shoot down your idiotic claims:

1) Ticket sales

UL
FB: 2,314,496 Total: 3,529,934

ltu-R
FB: 1,678,855 Total: 2,019,333

In other words, our FB ticket sales ALONE out-strip ltu-R's TOTAL sales.


2) Merchandise is included in the 'Program sales, concessions, novelty, sales, and parking' category:


UL: $522,999 ltu-r: $119,583

So, tell me again how there isn't any UL merchandise out there???? And that there is ltu-r stuff everywhere ltu-r fans go....even in Lafayette????


In fact, the only reason that they are even close to us in the budget is because they are sucking at the teat of the state government at a far greater rate than us:

UL: 26% ltu-r: 40%

Gotta wonder what's gonna happen as those tax dollars continue to shrivel.


So the bottom line is, whatever success they are having in FB, it is not transferring down to the bottom line. And that there are the facts. Not opinions or delusional myths.

But why would this not be the case? UL is in an area with 10x-15x the population with 25% more enrollment. Those numbers should be the case and not a surprise. It's unfortunate they've had ULs number this year so far.

What you are not understanding is that the ltu-r folks are constantly saying how they own the Monroe and Shreveport areas.....are of n. Louisuana. If that is true than there is really not that big of a difference in the fan bases of the two schools. Also, per the ltu-r little fellas, they 'travel well.' Just not to thier own staduium or bowls in their own state and a fairly easy drive to make.

Plus, if you listen to them there is ltu-r gear all over the world.....but never any UL stuff. Thise budget numbers prove how ridiculous those claims are.

Considering monroe has an fbs school and Shreveport is over an hour away, I'd say it's a pretty big difference. Besides, yalls attendance at home was almost identical. I was at the game last night and they had plenty of fans. Obviously can't compare it to Lafayette being so much closer. And it was extremely painful being around my wife and her tech friends after the game

(12-20-2015 03:19 PM)Redwolves06 Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:15 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:03 PM)Redwolves06 Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:57 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  I guess that's why you enlarged that stadium to show us all that Southern and McNeese travels well. Just another moronic ULL move to try to make themselves feel better. Yes ULL brought more to New Orleans. I grew up in Acadiana. When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You made a nice word salad there, little fella. But here are some facts that shoot down your idiotic claims:

1) Ticket sales

UL
FB: 2,314,496 Total: 3,529,934

ltu-R
FB: 1,678,855 Total: 2,019,333

In other words, our FB ticket sales ALONE out-strip ltu-R's TOTAL sales.


2) Merchandise is included in the 'Program sales, concessions, novelty, sales, and parking' category:


UL: $522,999 ltu-r: $119,583

So, tell me again how there isn't any UL merchandise out there???? And that there is ltu-r stuff everywhere ltu-r fans go....even in Lafayette????


In fact, the only reason that they are even close to us in the budget is because they are sucking at the teat of the state government at a far greater rate than us:

UL: 26% ltu-r: 40%

Gotta wonder what's gonna happen as those tax dollars continue to shrivel.


So the bottom line is, whatever success they are having in FB, it is not transferring down to the bottom line. And that there are the facts. Not opinions or delusional myths.

But why would this not be the case? UL is in an area with 10x-15x the population with 25% more enrollment. Those numbers should be the case and not a surprise. It's unfortunate they've had ULs number this year so far.

What you are not understanding is that the ltu-r folks are constantly saying how they own the Monroe and Shreveport areas.....are of n. Louisuana. If that is true than there is really not that big of a difference in the fan bases of the two schools. Also, per the ltu-r little fellas, they 'travel well.' Just not to thier own staduium or bowls in their own state and a fairly easy drive to make.

Plus, if you listen to them there is ltu-r gear all over the world.....but never any UL stuff. Thise budget numbers prove how ridiculous those claims are.

Considering monroe has an fbs school and Shreveport is over an hour away, I'd say it's a pretty big difference. Besides, yalls attendance at home was almost identical. I was at the game last night and they had plenty of fans. Obviously can't compare it to Lafayette being so much closer. And it was extremely painful being around my wife and her tech friends after the game

Are you freaking kidding me???? Do you not understand that the purple monster is located a mere 75 miles away from us? And that Lft is FULL of lawyers, doctors and just plain old lsu grads? If all we had to delete with ULM we would be doing much better than we are now.

No doubt though that we are nowhere near where we should be, esp in FB, and that is very frustrating for us indeed. Most of this been our own fault and self-inflicted by our (former) admin. Thankfully Thise days are gone, and we have made tremendous gains over the last four years. But again....we definetly have a lot further to go. But make no mistake: we WILL get there one day.

(12-20-2015 03:12 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:06 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

From what I have read, last night was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. I'm sure the top four were when UL played, which is to be expected. ltu-r and Ark St both supported their teams and the NO Bowl well. Everyone should be happy. Of course, UL has to find or create something to criticize Tech about.

No, it is not 'to be expected.' @ruston has had a good season, has accomlished total seperation from all of other G5 teams, not only all of N. La, but also Nola are ltu-r country, you guys are also claiming yo travel very well.......put all those things together and it is inexcusable to have the pitiful attendance at that game last night. Or the conference division game against USM.

And it is you who always has to find something to critize UL about. It all goes back to your intense hatred of us, which is based dokey on petty jealousy and insecurity.

(12-20-2015 03:37 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:12 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:06 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

From what I have read, last night was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. I'm sure the top four were when UL played, which is to be expected. ltu-r and Ark St both supported their teams and the NO Bowl well. Everyone should be happy. Of course, UL has to find or create something to criticize Tech about.

No, it is not 'to be expected.' @ruston has had a good season, has accomlished total seperation from all of other G5 teams, not only all of N. La, but also Nola are ltu-r country, you guys are also claiming yo travel very well.......put all those things together and it is inexcusable to have the pitiful attendance at that game last night. Or the conference division game against USM.

And it is you who always has to find something to critize UL about. It all goes back to your intense hatred of us, which is based dokey on petty jealousy and insecurity.

I'm just dumbfounded by all this. I hate to take up for tech but my wife is a grad so I don't have the hatred that most here have. Last night was not a poorly attended game by any means. I drove from my in laws in choudrant to Nola and that drive sucks. Big difference between it and the trip from Lafayette to Nola. I remember freezing my ass off at the independence Bowl a handful years ago with my wife and tech had that place packed out. Obviously it's a closer destination just like Nola is to you.

Also went to the tech/miss game with the in laws. Was in Ruston for thanksgiving. Rainy weather with school out and not a student on campus. I would expect similar in Jonesboro if the conditions were the same.

(12-20-2015 03:44 PM)Redwolves06 Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:37 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:12 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:06 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

From what I have read, last night was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. I'm sure the top four were when UL played, which is to be expected. ltu-r and Ark St both supported their teams and the NO Bowl well. Everyone should be happy. Of course, UL has to find or create something to criticize Tech about.

No, it is not 'to be expected.' @ruston has had a good season, has accomlished total seperation from all of other G5 teams, not only all of N. La, but also Nola are ltu-r country, you guys are also claiming yo travel very well.......put all those things together and it is inexcusable to have the pitiful attendance at that game last night. Or the conference division game against USM.

And it is you who always has to find something to critize UL about. It all goes back to your intense hatred of us, which is based dokey on petty jealousy and insecurity.

I'm just dumbfounded by all this. I hate to take up for tech but my wife is a grad so I don't have the hatred that most here have. Last night was not a poorly attended game by any means. I drove from my in laws in choudrant to Nola and that drive sucks. Big difference between it and the trip from Lafayette to Nola. I remember freezing my ass off at the independence Bowl a handful years ago with my wife and tech had that place packed out. Obviously it's a closer destination just like Nola is to you.

Also went to the tech/miss game with the in laws. Was in Ruston for thanksgiving. Rainy weather with school out and not a student on campus. I would expect similar in Jonesboro if the conditions were the same.

Again, it is the fact that they claim to have such a huge, well traveling fan base.....until they have to drive more than 15-20 minutes. What is so disgusting is to have to listen to all their outrageous claims, when the reality is extremely different.

They have the biggest case of 'little man' complex known to mankind. And considering the Ruston area.....it is clear to see why they would be affected with that
disease.

Chuckle. Our worst NO Bowl crowd was in year 4, playing against NEVADA at 10:00 AM and the total crowd still exceeded last night's. Thank God stAte repped with their fanbase or last night's crowd would have been a laugher.

(12-20-2015 01:41 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  When it comes to needling an excuse to drink and party Cajuns will always show up. But answer me this. Why do u bring 40k to New Orleans but never get much more than 20k in your own stadium? Clearly your fan base cares more about a party than they care about your team. You should own the entire Acadiana area. It's all in driving distance. You only brought 25k against a Tech team that you couldn't wait to finally beat last year. We had almost 28k in Ruston against you. You guys show wel for the big party. Congrats on proving what Cajuns really find important. I am a Cajun. I am proud that we know how to have a good time. But don't pretend you have such great football support. You will find the answer in Baton Rouge where most Acadiana fans are on game day.

You've answered some of your own questions with your last comment. I've answered the other numerous times, but perhaps you were busy counting your money on those days so I'll do so again.

Let's see, 25K showed up in Lafayette to watch you guys play at Cajun Field but 28K showed up in Ruston when we played up there. 28K in Ruston must have been near a record crowd, no? Seems that despite having "moved on" to bigger and better things than lowering youself to play the Cajuns, your fans still care deeply about the series. I'd say that crowd up there versus the one in Lafayette shows that your fanbase is actually more excited about us than we are about you.

Now then......we get 40K in the New Orleans bowl but average only in the mid 20's at Cajun Field.....so you state that our fanbase clearly cares more about a party than the Cajun football team.

While New Orleans is clearly a destination city and a bowl game is an event, both a party event and otherwise, you assume that all 40 thousand Cajun fans made the trip from Lafayette. I say your logic is seriously flawed.

I attended USL in the early 1970's and the first thing that shocked me were the number of students attending from the New Orleans area and the North Shore. I don't know what the numbers would look like today, but I wouldn't be surprised if as many as 20-25% of our student body when I attended were from SE Louisiana, and especially New Orleans.

Most of our home games are played in the evening, many conflict with games of the 800 lb gorilla in the Red Shaft and I can easily understand a family not making the journey from New Orleans or surrounding areas to Lafayette to watch a game. Returning home late at night after the game, or staying over at a hotel is not an option for some families. Now, some most certainly do, but from a cost standpoint, it's a haul.

I'm confident that many of those same fans who might otherwise listen in on the radio or watch a Cajun game on TV will make the trip to the Super Dome for an event like a bowl game that's literally in their own backyard. Is it really that hard to believe that a pretty good percentage of those Cajun fans in attendance at a NO Bowl live within a relatively short driving distance? I think that's obviously the case.

So while you guys put up your billboards about New Orleans being Bulldog Country, I'd say your support last night indicates otherwise. It was as much Red Wolves territory as yours.

Congrats on the well-played game.

(12-20-2015 03:37 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:12 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 03:06 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 02:52 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(12-20-2015 01:52 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  And I might add that when ltu-r is on TV our Tv ratings are much higher than yours. TV sets rule the game. You are losing that battle. Hell even the big conferences will take TV markets over your attendance smack.

Care to provide some facts to back up that outrageous claim?

Tech had 2.34 million viewers last year in the HOD bowl. ULL had 2.25 and 2.02 in the two previous NO bowls. The NO Bowl is actually a better time slot on primetime on Saturday night. It will be interesting to see the numbers but The Cowboys played last night so that will probably hurt the numbers.

As far as attendance Tech showed up in force and crowd was only 2,000 less than last year NO bowl. Considering Tech is much further away, smaller and a lot less alumni in the NO area than ULL that is very impressive for Tech and well not so much for ULL.

From what I have read, last night was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. I'm sure the top four were when UL played, which is to be expected. ltu-r and Ark St both supported their teams and the NO Bowl well. Everyone should be happy. Of course, UL has to find or create something to criticize Tech about.

No, it is not 'to be expected.' @ruston has had a good season, has accomlished total seperation from all of other G5 teams, not only all of N. La, but also Nola are ltu-r country, you guys are also claiming yo travel very well.......put all those things together and it is inexcusable to have the pitiful attendance at that game last night. Or the conference division game against USM.

And it is you who always has to find something to critize UL about. It all goes back to your intense hatred of us, which is based dokey on petty jealousy and insecurity.

It was the 5th best attended NO Bowl. That is not bad. I certainly didn't criticize UL@L.

Didn't this tread start with some moronic article in a newspaper or internet site? The premise is faulty and ridiculous.

(12-20-2015 04:48 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  Didn't this tread start with some moronic article in a newspaper or internet site? The premise is faulty and ridiculous.

It only became moronic, faulty & ridiclous when you joined in.

Take your UL hate filled life somewhere else.

(12-20-2015 04:48 PM)stodgdog Wrote:  Didn't this tread start with some moronic article in a newspaper or internet site? The premise is faulty and ridiculous.

Don't recall if it was in this thread or one of the numerous others dedicated to you guy's arrogance, but some of your own fans agreed with the premise. Not that that would make the premise NOT faulty or ridiculous.....though it would make those particular fans honest.