re: Tulane fans getting fired up ...

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None. They're barely averaging 2,000 in their refurbished ballpark.

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Long time lurker here but this type of unnecessary ignorance never ceases to amaze me.

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From last year, a year in which Tulane didn't have much to brag about (didn't make a regional), they averaged 3,000 fans a game. I had the pleasure of catching the Rice/Tulane series this past weekend and I was very very impressed with their crowd and stadium. And any time I can get an Abita Amber draft or a Blue Moon draft, I won't ever complain.

I can see ripping on Tulane for their subpar athletic record, but to try and trash their baseball stadium makes wonder if you're just ridiculously insecure or haven't watched a game there. Most likely both.

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ignorance never ceases to amaze me.

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Then you must get never-ending amazement from TD!

Their crumb of a baseball team gave up 15 runs to a pitiful UNO team.....hopefully we can take out some of our frustrations on them.

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From last year, a year in which Tulane didn't have much to brag about (didn't make a regional), they averaged 3,000 fans a game.

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FWIW, tulane has had exactly ONE game this year over 3000 fans.

They had 3,003 for a game against Boston College.

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Wrong, all 3 against Ole Miss and Rice were.

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Paid? Yes. Actual? Nope.
And it's still incredibly sad that we are arguing over whether or not they had 3k fans for 2 'big' series.

LSU has better support than Tulane in baseball, but LSU often has a "sellout" and the actual attendance is in the 3,000s. At least this was true in the "Old Box." Not sure how LSU is "actually" drawing now.

Either way, I think most knowledgeable LSU fans know this isn't 1995. Tulane does not treat LSU the same way it did 15 years ago. Whether LSU fans want to believe it or not, Tulane views this as a big mid-week game for RPI purposes, but the players and coaches don't see this is as any bigger of a game than if we were playing a similar type opponent (RPI, Ranking, Record, etc.). Sure we have fans who want to beat LSU more than anything, but don't kid yourselves into thinking you don't have fans who still value a win over Tulane more than a win over Nicholls or another mid-week in-state opponent. And lastly, if you asked every single player on Tulane I can guarantee they'd trade a C-USA win for a midweek win over LSU.

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but to try and trash their baseball stadium makes wonder if you're just ridiculously insecure or haven't watched a game there. Most likely both

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Yeah that's it. You hit the nail on the head!

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LSU has better support than Tulane in baseball, but LSU often has a "sellout" and the actual attendance is in the 3,000s.

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I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying that the fact that every single seat was sold but only half show up (which is not at all the norm nor is it accurate for most games, maybe so when Smoke Laval was here in the latter years) - that shows pathetic fan support? You do realize that if somebody spends money at all on a set of seats, then those fans are supporting LSU whether or not they want to show up or not.

I think Tulane fans criticizing LSU fans on fan support is about like a bum criticizing the home owner whose home he's sleeping in front of because the grass isn't cut.

Shall we discuss Tulane football attendance? Yeah, I didn't think you wanted to.

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I can guarantee you that they had over 3,000 people in every game vs Rice and Ole Miss.

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No you can't.

I'm pretty sure that the attendance figures in the box scores are for paid attendance, as that is what the NCAA reports. I checked the box scores:

Ole Miss
Game 1- 3323
Game 2- 4060
Game 3- 3757

Rice
Game 1- 3061
Game 2- 3018
Game 3- no box score

There may be one or two players who treat this game differently, but I'd be willing to bet most don't. The arrogance of some you guys is ridiculous.