Are you talking about the bowl game attendance? The official attendance for the New Orleans Bowl this year was only 30,197. That's nothing to write home about considering USM is only and hour and a half from NO and Troy is not much further.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=283562653
Other than having ULLLL in the game, a Troy vs USM matchup should have offered the NO BOWL its' best opportunity for a big crowd. Didn't happen.
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