That's always a conversation around the Demon football team, especially for road games, and none more so this season than this week for the visit to Thibodaux and Nicholls State.
There weren't a lot of ticket demands among the players for road games at Texas Tech and up in Boston, but this one is different.
"I need 50 tickets," was the answer by Albert Smith, who lives five minutes outside of Thibodaux, and Tyler Cheramie, who is from the deep bayou country in Galliano, about 45 minutes south. Ray Martin, from Lafayette, and C.L. Grogan, from Franklin, are looking for 2-3 dozen apiece. So are Blake Delcambre and Josh Daniels from New Iberia, and even true freshman snapper Bradley Russo of Thibodaux.
Smith said he had teachers from Central Lafourche High calling him hoping for the hookup.
There are more Demons in ticket demand than I mentioned above. Problem is, there are a limited number of complimentary player tickets available and rules to follow. Fact is, it's a tough call for the players to figure out who they can help and who they can't with the limits they have.
A former NFL player and his wife told me recently about how they handled Super Bowl tickets for family and friends. They didn't. Actually, they took care of the immediate family, and then simply apologized to everybody else because it was going to overwhelm them. Still, they got calls at the hotel on the night before the game.
I am sure that until the cell phones are turned off this weekend, plenty of Demon players will hear from family, friends and others hoping for help on tickets. What those folks need to know is this - the deadline is Wednesday afternoon each week to get ticket requests submitted!
Doug Ireland, SID
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