2012 New Orleans Bowl

[MelRock]

Any national firm that may have been hired (to come up with a master plan) has to made to understand that priority one is to get into the Big-12

If that is "goal one" then any other possible contingency will be easily met.

I believe, but not positive on this, that the master plan is for facilities. The problem we had is some of the things that we were going to build would limit us on adding on or upgrading existing facilities. Hopefully we will all find out soon.

Geaux Cajuns!!

[Zeebart21]

We've still got a lot of "low knowledge voters" to educate.

HAHA!! yep!

equates to Lesbians on meth...

Z

[California Cajun]

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sport...04/1#mainstory

If I am correct this shows our budget to be $13,946,204.

Iowa St has the lowest budget in the big 12 at $48,469,929. Any idea how we can get close to that or does this not count as a reason?

Double deck both sides and fill in the endzones at Cajun Field, get a $50 million budget, pay the football and basketball coaches $1.5 million, post winning records on a consistent basis, and then the Big XII is a possibility. Note that I didn't say an impossibility.

[ISUCajunfan]

I haven't posted on here in a while but a simple reminder, the ISU in ISUCajunfan stands for Iowa State.

I, for one, would love to have you guys in the Big XII! I enjoyed your stadium when I visited and the people were all very friendly. You would all love Ames too. Those of you who made the trip up would be welcomed to my tailgate. Just give me a head count so I know how many beers to supply!

[RedBug58]

Current members Big 12 Conference

Institution Location Founded Type Enrollment Joined Nickname
(Population)
Baylor University Waco, Texas 1845 Private 15,195 1996 Bears
-126,697
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1858 Public 31,040 1996 Cyclones
-59,042
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 1865 Public 30,004[60] 1996 Jayhawks
-88,727
Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 1863 Public 23,588[61] 1996 Wildcats
-52,281
University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 1890 Public 29,721 1996 Sooners
-113,273
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1890 Public 23,307 1996 Cowboys/Cowgirls
-46,048
University of Texas Austin, Texas 1883 Public 51,195[62] 1996 Longhorns
-820,611
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas 1873 Private 9,142 2012 Horned Frogs
-758,738
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 1923 Public 32,327[63] 1996 Red Raiders
-233,740
West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 1867 Public 29,306 2012 Mountaineers
-30,293
University of Louisiana (Lafayette, Louisiana) - 1898 Public 17,500 2013 Ragin Cajuns



Take a look at this. It may make it a little easier to see the vision.........

[cajunfan96]

Our problem.. Too many people saying ____ cant be done.. Too few people like HUD saying get it done. Sucks to be small time.

Z

That because a majority of them want to stay small time!

[CrazyCajun]

That because a majority of them want to stay small time!

yeah because if we go big time they might have to pay more for a good seat or park further or pay more for tailgating

[Turbine]

Current members Big 12 Conference

Well Louisiana fits the "Established in the 1800's" criteria.

My question is . . . How did Texas Tech get in?

[RedBug58]

Well Louisiana fits the "Established in the 1800's" criteria.

My question is . . . How did Texas Tech get in?

Facilities(Big 12 Conference)

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000[102] Ferrell Center 10,284 Baylor Ballpark 5,000
Baylor Stadium (2014) 45,000
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000[103] Hilton Coliseum 14,356 Non-baseball school*
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071[104] Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 50,000[105] Bramlage Coliseum 12,528 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112[106] Lloyd Noble Center 12,000 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 3,180
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218[107] Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119[108] Frank Erwin Center 16,734 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000 Daniel–Meyer Coliseum 7,200 Lupton Stadium 4,500
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454[109][110][111][112] United Spirit Arena 15,091 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 5,050
West Virginia Mountaineer Field 60,000[113] WVU Coliseum 14,000[114] Hawley Field 1,500[115]
Louisiana Cajun Field 52,000 Cajun Dome 12,000 Tigue Moore 4,500


Here is another to help "The Vision"..........

[moorecajun]

I haven't posted on here in a while but a simple reminder, the ISU in ISUCajunfan stands for Iowa State.

I, for one, would love to have you guys in the Big XII! I enjoyed your stadium when I visited and the people were all very friendly. You would all love Ames too. Those of you who made the trip up would be welcomed to my tailgate. Just give me a head count so I know how many beers to supply!

I have been to your stadium already (we made a trek through Iowa on a family reunion trip) and your stadium is very nice! We are hoping to get a Master Plan in place to upgrade ours along with everything in athletics.

[moorecajun]

Facilities(Big 12 Conference)

School Football stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity Baseball stadium Capacity
Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium 50,000[102] Ferrell Center 10,284 Baylor Ballpark 5,000
Baylor Stadium (2014) 45,000
Iowa State Jack Trice Stadium 55,000[103] Hilton Coliseum 14,356 Non-baseball school*
Kansas Memorial Stadium 50,071[104] Allen Fieldhouse 16,300 Hoglund Ballpark 2,500
Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium 50,000[105] Bramlage Coliseum 12,528 Tointon Family Stadium 2,000
Oklahoma Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 82,112[106] Lloyd Noble Center 12,000 L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park 3,180
Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium 60,218[107] Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 Allie P. Reynolds Stadium 3,821
Texas Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium 100,119[108] Frank Erwin Center 16,734 UFCU Disch-Falk Field 6,649
TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium 45,000 Daniel–Meyer Coliseum 7,200 Lupton Stadium 4,500
Texas Tech Jones AT&T Stadium 60,454[109][110][111][112] United Spirit Arena 15,091 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park 5,050
West Virginia Mountaineer Field 60,000[113] WVU Coliseum 14,000[114] Hawley Field 1,500[115]
Louisiana Cajun Field 52,000 Cajun Dome 12,000 Tigue Moore 4,500


Here is another to help "The Vision"..........

It looks to me that you have 20/20 VISION!

[garmen]

Al of this Big 12 bs is about having a "plan" ... this plan has NOTHING to do with whom you beat yesterday but has EVERYTHING to do with WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN 10 YEARS ... if you dream small, you stay small. Do you really want to be in a cusa where every year they are changing their members? Or the Big East ... which may not even exist in a year? If we are going to have a Master Plan and we want to grow this University, let's aim high. NOTHING that has happened over two years ago matters; that is old history from another school ... we are now the LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS and we want to play with the big boys.

Yes, we need to aim high, but we need to bring bling bling to the table. So far we do not have enough bling bling. Big 12 has no interest in us, ESPN wont even use the name we want to to be branded by and 2 years of football success is not enough to get their attention. There are many others ahead of us in the invite line. As much as I think CUSA and BE are no better in football at this time, history and tradition are not on our side in this one. Plus, I am very concerned that the whole economic model in NCAA football is another bubble that will burst in 5 to 10 years. The mad spending sprees cannot last and we have to think long and hard as to how we spend our money and who we choose to affiliate. I have helped raise a lot of money for the university in the past and give as I can today. Yes, I would love to see us in an AQ conference but I would also accept the baby steps to continue progressing. It is happening as we speak. I lived through going to every home game during the Baldwin era, I can be patient with this transition. We are in much better shape now.