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re: So why does LSU have much less show up for the Spring Game?
Posted on 3/31/10 at 8:14 pm to RBWilliams8
Posted on 3/31/10 at 8:14 pm to RBWilliams8
Its crawfish season here.
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Posted on 3/31/10 at 8:25 pm to Rocket
quote:
Haven't you already done this thread before?
yes, at least once.
Posted on 3/31/10 at 10:05 pm to nosaj56
honestly I find the spring game horribly boring. I was going to actually go this year, but I started a new job and had to work....darn!
Posted on 3/31/10 at 10:12 pm to Gtiger9757
LSU simply does not promote the spring game.
In contrast to schools like Penn State where the school really promotes it and invites all the alumni and fans. Its a carnival type atmosphere on Spring Game Day and its treated like an alumni event. They get a lot of alumni donations at the event and LSU could learn a thing or two about that.
I know several people who graduated from Penn State and each year fly back to Happy Valley for the spring game. Its just something they're accustomed to. At LSU its an afterthought.
March 27th, there wasnt crap going on in BR or NO. Now come april its festival and concert galore, but certainly wasnt March 27th.
Many fans are apathetic towards the event.
I always have a spring tailgate and have for the past 8 years. This year we boiled 13 sacks and had 4 kegs. We had around 70 people and usually the tailgates are around 150 people.
But everyone remarked we were pretty much the only group tailgating for the game
In contrast to schools like Penn State where the school really promotes it and invites all the alumni and fans. Its a carnival type atmosphere on Spring Game Day and its treated like an alumni event. They get a lot of alumni donations at the event and LSU could learn a thing or two about that.
I know several people who graduated from Penn State and each year fly back to Happy Valley for the spring game. Its just something they're accustomed to. At LSU its an afterthought.
March 27th, there wasnt crap going on in BR or NO. Now come april its festival and concert galore, but certainly wasnt March 27th.
Many fans are apathetic towards the event.
I always have a spring tailgate and have for the past 8 years. This year we boiled 13 sacks and had 4 kegs. We had around 70 people and usually the tailgates are around 150 people.
But everyone remarked we were pretty much the only group tailgating for the game
This post was edited on 3/31/10 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 3/31/10 at 11:30 pm to Mudminnow
quote:
March 27th, there wasnt crap going on in BR or NO. Now come april its festival and concert galore, but certainly wasnt March 27th.
Yep nothing going on March 27th in and around NOLA ;)
- Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival March 24- 28, 2010. New Orleans
- Louisiana Crawfish & Redfish Cup Festival March 25-28, 2010. Civic Center, Judge Perez, Chalmette, La.
- Smokin Blues & Bar-B-Que Challenge March 26-27, 2010. Downtown Hammond.
- 45th Jackson Assembly Antiques Festival and Tour March 26-28. 2010. Downtown Jackson, Louisiana, Charter Street.
- Louisiana Roadfood Festival March 26-28, 2010, New Orleans, French Quarter.
- Riverside Academy Spring Festival March 26-28, 2010. Reserve, 332 Railroad Ave.
- Soul Revival March 27, 2010, Fulton Street, New Orleans, La.
- Lusher Crawfish Boil March 27, 2010, New Orleans, 5624 Freret St.
- Louisiana Oyster Jubilee March 27, 2010, New Orleans, Musical Legends Park, 311 Bourbon St.
- Southdown Marketplace March 27, 2010. Houma, Southdown Plantation House.
- Freret Street Festival March 27, 2010, New Orleans, Freret Street at Napoleon Avenue.
- Hoof and Paw Stock March 27, 2010, Belle Chasse, 10913 Louisiana 23.
- Abita Springs Whole Towne Garage Sale and Flea Market March 27, 2010.
- The Porch 7th Ward Family Day Walk/Run March 27, 2010 21, New Orleans, 1910 Urquhart St.
- St. Matthew "Treasures and Trinkets" Spring Festival March 27, 2010, 6017 Camphor St., Metairie.
- Big Bass Fishing Rodeo and Fish-T-Val, March 27, 2010.
- Benjamin Franklin High School Fruhlingsfeier (Spring Celebration) March 27, 2010, New Orleans, Deutsches Haus, 200 S. Galvez St.
- Warren Easton Mid City Fest, March 27, 2010.
- Land of Nod, March 27 - 28, 2010, Dutch Alley in the French Quarter, New Orleans,
- New Orleans Roadfood Festival (opening night reception, March 26), March 27-28, 2010. 300-700 block of Royal St., New Orleans
Maybe no JAZZ FEST on the 27th, but a bunch of smaller festivals sure add up.
Posted on 3/31/10 at 11:36 pm to clhstrojans
Oh, you also had one of the Kentucky Derby favorites running at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans on the 27th.
This post was edited on 3/31/10 at 11:41 pm
Posted on 4/1/10 at 1:43 am to LSUTANGERINE
Because the Rant scared everyone away since we are not all rah-rah posiMiles. 
Posted on 4/1/10 at 5:59 am to clhstrojans
Louisiana has more festivals than there are days of the year.
But we don't have a monopoly on that...
But to answer the question I'm with those that say because the game itself is boring (especially this year with the lack of any offense). And part two of the answer is because Miles is slowly but surely losing the fanbase - even the rah-rah types.
The reason Bama packed the shite out of their spring game is because that fanbase is now where ours was the first few years Saban was here - in an absolute fever pitch with the guy. Just stick around though, he'll pull the same stunt on them when they're least expecting it. He'll be the next head coach of the Pats when his best friend and mentor retires.
But we don't have a monopoly on that...
But to answer the question I'm with those that say because the game itself is boring (especially this year with the lack of any offense). And part two of the answer is because Miles is slowly but surely losing the fanbase - even the rah-rah types.
The reason Bama packed the shite out of their spring game is because that fanbase is now where ours was the first few years Saban was here - in an absolute fever pitch with the guy. Just stick around though, he'll pull the same stunt on them when they're least expecting it. He'll be the next head coach of the Pats when his best friend and mentor retires.
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:12 am to bgtiger
quote:
Other schools and fanbases saw that and have taken the spring game sellout thing as a challenge.
this...
it's all about keeping up appearences to potential recruits. do we want to lose out because they're impressed by Alabama's, Georgia's, or Tennessee's turnout and not by ours?
it's a small concern, but i can see why it's valid
Posted on 4/1/10 at 9:18 am to LSUTANGERINE
because it was on espn
Posted on 4/1/10 at 12:04 pm to LSUincommerce
LSU does not market it because it does not want that many people in tiger stadium.
They have said because of the amount of people needed to run concession stands
LSU does the recruiting bash very well but does a pathetic job with the spring game and alumni
They have said because of the amount of people needed to run concession stands
LSU does the recruiting bash very well but does a pathetic job with the spring game and alumni
Posted on 4/1/10 at 12:10 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Cuz WE know who's going to win???
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