(11-02-2013 02:31 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 02:10 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 01:25 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 09:25 AM)DTD343 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 08:45 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  IF they can get the people around St. Charles to put down their purple and gold I will buy into it. So far they have just beat a bunch of bad teams in bad conferences.

I hope we get a shot at them in the NOLA bowl. It's sad that we will bring more fans to there home field.

*Their

1. Your fan base is bigger. We are a much bigger school.
2. This is/wouldbe your Super Bowl/thebestyoucando
3. You live in Laffy, where there is 1/5th the competition entertainment wise
4. You haven't had 11 straight losing seasons

1. True our fan base is larger
2. This wouldn't be our Super Bowl unless you mean it would be a blowout in favor of UL.
3. You assume only people from Lafayette are UL alumni. I along with tens of thousands of alumni live in the New Orleans area. We are scattered throughout the state, region and nation. To be fair, your alumni are scattered throughout the east coast.
4. You sure about that? Between the last years of Stokely, then the short tenure of Baldwin and lastly Bustle, I'm thinking it was more like 15 years. I went to two games for the Bowden year and you didn't have more than 25,000 in the dome.

I meant leading up to this particular bowl game. And yes, this matchup is/wouldbe as good as it gets for ULL.

Sorry dude but it's not our Super Bowl nor is it as good as it gets for UL. Enjoy your time in the sun. It's been a long couple of years for Tulane. You deserve to be excited. It's far to early to be cocky or talking smack.

(11-02-2013 02:29 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 02:01 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  6-2 (4-0)...billion dollar endowment...Yulman stadium...joining the AAC...good time to be a Tulane fan.

No doubt, it's a nice looking computer image. I'm old enough to remember when the Super Dome was being built and it was suppose to raise Tulane's attendance, national respect, huge recruiting tool and get the Greenies to the next level. We all know how that turned out.

Again, IF you can have a good team long enough in that new stadium, you have a shot at getting the locals behind you. I believe the key are the folks that live around $t. Charles. Many were none to happy about the stadium.

That's not a computer image...can't wait to get ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane into the AAC.

(11-02-2013 02:48 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 02:29 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 02:01 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  6-2 (4-0)...billion dollar endowment...Yulman stadium...joining the AAC...good time to be a Tulane fan.

No doubt, it's a nice looking computer image. I'm old enough to remember when the Super Dome was being built and it was suppose to raise Tulane's attendance, national respect, huge recruiting tool and get the Greenies to the next level. We all know how that turned out.

Again, IF you can have a good team long enough in that new stadium, you have a shot at getting the locals behind you. I believe the key are the folks that live around $t. Charles. Many were none to happy about the stadium.

That's not a computer image...can't wait to get ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane into the AAC.

Your assuming I can't stand Tulane. I really don't. I'm not a fan but there's no hate here. I know the stadium is under construction. When will it be completed? I pass by Tulane every work day. Do you not agree you have win over the locals to truly be on the rise?

Why knock Tulane? All the universities in Louisiana should be supportive of each other particularly with that behemoth university in Red Stick!

(11-02-2013 02:57 PM)Savacool Wrote:  Why knock Tulane? All the universities in Louisiana should be supportive of each other particularly with that behemoth university in Red Stick!

Dude reread what I've posted. I simply questioned that Tulane can get the locals behind them. If you have the money, building a new stadium to attract more fans is the right move. The Super Dome isn't working for Tulane.

Tulane has a lot of big money people living right around campus...sure wouldn't hurt getting them to embrace Tulane football as a neighbor and team.

(11-02-2013 02:57 PM)Savacool Wrote:  Why knock Tulane? All the universities in Louisiana should be supportive of each other particularly with that behemoth university in Red Stick!

I'm a UL Grad, but I grew up in Mandeville and went to Tulane games as a kid. They are the only other College I support besides the Cajuns.
No Hate. But LSU A&M/ULM/Tech can be on fire and I wouldn't put it out . LOL

(11-02-2013 02:57 PM)Savacool Wrote:  Why knock Tulane? All the universities in Louisiana should be supportive of each other particularly with that behemoth university in Red Stick!

Tell that to the LaTech fans. Oh, that's right, with their heads up their asses, they can't hear you.

(11-02-2013 03:08 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Tulane has a lot of big money people living right around campus...sure wouldn't hurt getting them to embrace Tulane football as a neighbor and team.

They do. That's one part of the city that has a very dense Tulane alumni base. In a way you have to do what we are doing. That is win your fan base back. Over the years I've run into many Cajun and Green Wave alumni that simply switched over to the dark side (LSU).

A smaller, "cozier" stadium on campus is probably just what the doctor ordered for the Wave. Such a stadium could be quite noisy and intimidating to opposing teams.

I recall Cajun games at Blackham versus the Cajundome. Blackham was a barn, the Cajundome a penthouse. I preferred the barn. Our opponents probably preferred the penthouse.

Why isn't this argument being made on the CUSA board?

We play numerous SBC teams and may play you in a bowl game.


Thanks for the <3 yall. We're excited about our season and the stadium's completion for fall 2014 season. October looks like (which is a month late but we have rain days that may not be used).

(11-02-2013 04:04 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  We play numerous SBC teams and may play you in a bowl game.


Thanks for the <3 yall. We're excited about our season and the stadium's completion for fall 2014 season. October looks like (which is a month late but we have rain days that may not be used).

Uhhhh, WOOPS!

Pray you win out and dont go to NO.

Z

(11-02-2013 09:50 AM)MJG Wrote:  A winning season and new stadium are big steps in the right direction .
The positive factors Tulane academics, market, endowment and SEC history .
Those are impossible for other contenders to match .


The negative factors winning and bad stadium situation.
The stadium issue is over with an on campus right sized stadium .
Winning that is not guaranteed for anybody but the invest in winning is obviously increasing NEW STADIUM .

I know its a bunch of what ifs as far as winning .
Two in state conference schools probably have interest in what happens at Tulane. A long shot at best but I would have thought that about the AAC .

Reality check:

SEC history? Yea ancient history, like Ga Tech, only at least Tech landed in the ACC.

BILLION DOLLAR endowment? Yes, and most of it has zero to do with athletics.

New Stadium? Yes, and pizzed neighbors. In the old days with TooLame stadium you had thousands of parking spots as neighborhoods would rent their driveways for parking. Those were for Saints, not so much TooLame. That type of parking is illegal today. I have gone to TooLame UL baseball games. Not even the 2100 people claimed in the stands, but still no parking. Go find parking for 30K people. Ain't going to be fun, but there will be 30K on opening day, and that is about it, then back to 15K announced 28k.

Oh, and the truth, C USA is really, really, really bad this year. Next year they will be playing Central Florida, Cinncy, South Florida under Taggert, East Carolina, Houston, SMU to name a few instead of FAU. OH! OH! Coachless FAU beats TOOLame.

(11-02-2013 01:25 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 09:25 AM)DTD343 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 08:45 AM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(11-02-2013 08:33 AM)MJG Wrote:   Tulane being invited to the Big East was widely criticized .
Terrible team playing in a over sized NFL stadium for a bad game day experience .
Despite a history that includes SEC membership and great academics and plenty of money.

One year later they might win C-USA and a on campus stadium is being built. The momentum of the new stadium along with good coaching could turn them into a AAC power. Depending how long the Big 12 waits to add teams they might become a candidate .

IF they can get the people around St. Charles to put down their purple and gold I will buy into it. So far they have just beat a bunch of bad teams in bad conferences.

I hope we get a shot at them in the NOLA bowl. It's sad that we will bring more fans to there home field.

*Their

1. Your fan base is bigger
2. This is/wouldbe your Super Bowl/thebestyoucando
3. You live in Laffy, where there is 1/5th the competition entertainment wise
4. You haven't had 11 straight losing seasons

Let's be clear here. The people of New Orleans go to sports venues, just not TooLame venues. I have heard this tired argument for years, 'we have so much more to do here'. BS, the people of New Orleans do the same thing they do in Lafayette day in and day out. They go to work, come home, and watch TV. They go to dinner, mostly not at a five star restaurant, movies, and bars. They do not, and have not ever gone to TooLame games. Why, because frankly most of the people of New Orleans, and Jefferson, and the North Shore do not associate themselves, or view themselves as being one with TooLame.

Hey you might be able to fool some of your ACC buds, and some people who do not live in New Orleans metro, but I have lived here a long, long time. It ain't a happening for TooLame as far as grass roots fans.

Beating TooLame is not a super bowl to us, just something we expect to happen on a regular basis.

Finally it will all be clear soon, so all your bravado is for naught.

(11-02-2013 03:08 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Tulane has a lot of big money people living right around campus...sure wouldn't hurt getting them to embrace Tulane football as a neighbor and team.

Few in Uptown support Tulane. Its not where they went to school. Its not where their kids will go to school. Its just a piece of New York plopped down in Uptown. Tulane returns the favor. But the end result is that Tulane has an awful relationship with its' host city.

Private schools have special issues with fan support. Some have done a better job than others. Even Miami can't get anyone in Miami to support them as they win national championships (although they do sell a lot of apparel in the inner city - but the people wearing Da U apparel rarely grace their presence at Miami home games). BYU and ND are special cases, as they have major religious denominations behind them. Syracuse, USC, and TCU do a better job than most. Tulane has the biggest challenge as their students don't come from the area (and don't stay there after graduation) and the cities' elite loathe anyone from outside the area.

Tom in Lazybrook clearly understands the dilemma, or reality that is TooLame. In a very real sense TooLame is like the British in post revelation Boston, yea a few Tories but most people preferred a Tea Party.

(11-02-2013 11:57 PM)CajunExpress Wrote:  Tom in Lazybrook clearly understands the dilemma, or reality that is TooLame. In a very real sense TooLame is like the British in post revelation Boston, yea a few Tories but most people preferred a Tea Party.

Actually I think that the real problem in New Orleans isn't Tulane, but rather New Orleans' elite. They are a bigger problem to the future viability of New Orleans than the crime and corruption problems. They hate new ideas. They hate outsiders. They are kind of like the Amish in that they want time to stop (at about 1855). Bill Gates or Warren Buffet would never grace the Boston or Louisiana Clubs as members, even if they moved every job they could to New Orleans. No Jew can be a member of a business club an elite Mardi Gras Krewe, or even some Country/Yacht Clubs in town.

When Uptown wanted to block Tulane's new stadium, I jokingly suggested to a Mobile city councilperson that Mobile publically offer Tulane some land to move to Mobile (the school was largely funded by a Mobilian anyway - Sam Zemurray). We wouldn't care where their students came from. We'd be glad to have the economic boost.

It's now literally "in their back yard"...just try and convert a few...plus attract some students...Yulman will seat 27,000 when it's all said and done (not quite the 30k they say)...it's much more appropriate than the 70,000+ seat super dome.

Winning will of course help...

We got plenty of Jews in high places. But you are right about the rich elite fighting every beneficial thing that could happen in New Orleans. You recall Caddy Shack Ii, and the Carriage House at the brook. No it was a garage. No it was part of the original Armstrong Estate.

Seriously you are wrong, it is the whole city that is so steeped in tradition it will cut of it's nose to spite it face. Recently a neighborhood that is dead, and dirt poor celebrated their great victory over the evil new comers wanting to put up a seven story condo along the river. The new condo development would have provided a new tax base, parks, and access to an improved river front for the poor of the area.

Finally one of our members was warned not to comment about TooLame being heavily tied to the Jews. It seems Jew is now a dirty word to some members of this board. I thought being a Jew considered to be a negative went out with the suicide of Hitler with a Walther PP 7.65 mm shot to the head.

Fear not, New Orleans in spite of itself is being reborn and has been the growing at an astounding rate, including new mecca for entrepreneurship. Of course Lafayette is easily one of the best business climates in the USA, just so you know.