Episode 141 Shreveport Rouxgaroux - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"

It's a very special time for football in Shreveport-Bossier. You can find my full discussion with the Shreveport Rouxgaroux here.

 

Here are the questions I asked:

 

0:28 1. Let’s just start with some of the basics.

 

Heather, you are the Fan Club Director for the Shreveport Rouxgaroux Roux Krewe and Chase you are the Center for the Shreveport Rouxgaroux. Heather, start by telling me a little about our newest pro team that we’re so excited to have. Where do you play in town? And when is your next local game?

 

2:21 2. I haven’t been to a game yet but I definitely plan to come. Chase, I’ve heard arena football described as a circus with a football game or as NFL meets hockey. I’ve heard you say, “Hopefully it will be so loud I can barely hear the quarterback tell me to snap the ball” and “Usually if you’re not scoring at least 50 points, you’re not doing your job right.”

 

Tell me what I’m going to experience when I come to a game.

 

5:14 3. It’s a special time for football in Shreveport-Bossier. We have Centenary bringing back football after more than 70 years of not having a team and in a little over a year we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Independence Bowl. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to have a professional arena football team in our community. Heather, tell me about the Roux Krewe. And tell me some things that will help encourage families to come out and support the Shreveport Rouxgaroux.

 

7:08 4. Chase, I’ve heard you say, “I just really love to play football.” Tell me some about your football history. Where are you from and where all have you played? And how about the football history of some of your teammates?

 

10:10 5. I read about an arena football team in Wyoming. It’s a town of 37,000 that sells out a 5,000 seat arena every game. I also read, in preparing for today, that the Rouxgaorux contracts each of their players to do something in the community at least two times a week. And I heard that the Rouxgaroux players stay on the field after each game to meet kids and their fans.

 

So all that to say how can we make sure that this community adopts the Rouxgaroux as their team and ensures they are here for many, many years to come?