Attendance was pretty solid. Lots of USM folks around town, as well. I take it you don't watch many bowl games before New Year's Eve? This was pretty much the norm, if not slightly better.

NWLA Tiguh12•98 months

That's actually pretty impressive for a 12:30 game on a Wednesday with 38 deg. weather.

kciDAtaE•98 months

It’s actually not that bad. Bigger than FSU last home game.

hg•98 months

Quote the crowd? Lol okay. “It’s cold as frick, the stadium is crap, and it’s in Shreveport.”

Averytiger•98 months

Bowl games used to be a reward for a good season. Now, they're a reward for not sucking quite so bad.

Godfather1•98 months

130 FBS schools...40 bowl games. Meaning 80 of those 130 go to a bowl. It's now mathematically more difficult to make it to a bowl than it is to miss out on one.

Godfather1•98 months

Actually I have that backwards...more difficult to miss a bowl than to Magee one.

rrboy•98 months

Too many bowl games.

Bunyan•98 months

It's sad because I was there and it was a WAY bigger crowd than last year

roger79•98 months

That doesn't look that bad. The New Orleans Bowl attendance looked worse (I was there).

Goalman34•98 months

More than some of the other bowl games I've seen so far.

Port Royal•98 months

Would you sit in the cold to watch USM vs FSU?... shite no

ByUselves•98 months

What happens when you have team's with no affiliation to the city where the game is played. Also, too many insignificant games, to say the least.

PanhandleTigah•98 months

This is what happens when Bowl Games = Participation Trophies - bowls are no longer a reward for a good season, and they're a huge waste of money.

MusicCityScratch•98 months

Waste of money? How so? Every single conference is rewarded for participating in post-season play. The SEC/ACC will take home 50MM each. The bowls themselves, as their own operating entity, are barely profitable and some lose money but that's due to one main reason and is laid out in their IRS filings: exorbitant compensation for bowl committee execs.

Insideradvantage•98 months

If they were wasting money, you can bet they'd get rid of them yesterday. Rest assured the share holders are making money and as long as that continues so will the bowl.

WhoDatNC•98 months

It's b/c no one cares about watching .500 teams "battle" in the participation trophy bowl series.

dawgsjw•98 months

frick these money grab bowls. Why do we need to have 30+ bowl games? Do we really need to let almost half the teams get a bowl game? I hope they all lose profits outside of the playoff games.

JimboFisherAM•98 months

This is the largest crowd to ever witness the Walkon's Independence bowl. Period!

uveitis•98 months

The game was at 12:30 on a fricking Wednesday with temperatures in the 30’s. Let’s not talk about the other 16 bowls so far with lower attendance.

uveitis•98 months

Let’s not waste a chance for all the flat land Livingston cousin frickers that’s never been north of Zachary to shite of Shreveport.

lewis and herschel•98 months

That's not a bad crowd, Arizona Purdue was...

eugene1928LSU•98 months

6-6 teams shouldn't even be in a bowl game. 80% of the bowls now aren't worth the time of day.

tigerpawl•98 months

It's what happens when we've simply had enough of a good thing. We all need to read more books and hug our children/grandchildren.

damnedoldtigah•98 months

LSU vs Notre Dame did pretty good there as well. As far as I am concerned, if we don't get a big time bid, Shreveport is as good of place as any. The place will sell out and it will be like another home game.

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