Lamar no longer opening football season at La. Tech

[Guest BigRed2010]

David Henry from Beaumont Enterprise tweeted a few minutes ago that Lamar will open 2012 season at Louisiana-Lafayette.

[Mike]

Ill add it to this thread too:

 

LU will still play @ La Tech. The game has just been pushed back to September 7, 2013.

[Guest NorthoftheBorder]

Ill add it to this thread too:

 

LU will still play @ La Tech. The game has just been pushed back to September 7, 2013.

 

Does that mean we get the $175k this year for them cancelling the game? If so, this is a windfall because we get the cash, a good opponent (ULL) this year and a game at LaTech next year.

[Guest Crawfish]

Hmmm.. lesson; always listen to the Fish B)

 

 

If you'll excuse the wild speculation... (disclaimer)

 

The Ragin Cajuns are looking for a 12th game (6th home game.) The pay would be comparable to the La. Tech game, and it is an easy drive for Cardinal fans. I have heard that the Cajuns are looking at an out of state FCS opponent because a game tentatively scheduled with Southern fell through.

 

Probably won't happen, but stranger things have happened. This would be a fun road trip for Cardinal fans as the tailgating over there is legendary. They also averaged about 29K per game last season, so the game day atmosphere is great.

 

Like I said, this is wild speculation.

[toobahcowboy]

Beat the mess out of both ULL and Louisiana Tech!! Neither want to play us, despite the crowd we would bring, and the fact that the revenue would stay in-state. Louisiana schools just don't get the concept of scheduling other in-state schools for revenue.

 

Tim aka Wet Burrito King

[TBonesLU]

Beat the mess out of both ULL and Louisiana Tech!! Neither want to play us, despite the crowd we would bring, and the fact that the revenue would stay in-state. Louisiana schools just don't get the concept of scheduling other in-state schools for revenue.

 

Tim aka Wet Burrito King

 

Because that is not a concept. Scheduling another in-state university, which has no affiliation with the other, doesn't do anything for the education system as a whole. It is honestly no different than Lamar playing McNeese State. Just because of proximity or conference affiliation, there is no direct advantage to scheduling any particular school. Where a university may benefit is scheduling a game within the same university system (UL-L and UL-Monroe or Lamar and Texas State). Keeping the money in-state does nothing unless you are wanting the other university to succeed as well.

[Guest Crawfish]

Two things were at work here:

 

1. The Cajuns were in fact negotiating with the Cardinals first. (should they have dropped the Cards so they could play Mcneese?)

 

2. Mcneese wanted more money; presumably because they would bring a larger crowd. The Cajuns drew an average of 30K per game last season with a stadium capacity of 31.5, so this is a non-factor. After the Cajuns won the Bowl game against San Diego State, one would expect the first home game to be a sell out anyway. (get your tickets early) Why would they pay more to play a school just because they are 30 miles nearer?

 

This will be a fun event, and I guarantee if Lamar fans come out early, they will be treated very nicely by Cajun fans. The tailgating there is phenomenal.