Louisiana vs. Troy Game Thread

[Just1More]

_ True. I'm not trying to use the APR as an excuse for the poor performance. In fact, the performance last night makes the losses at FIU and against FAU and even MT that much more unacceptable. Having acknowledged that, I just think it is unacceptable that everyone is not playing the game by the same rules. Not having to worry about the APR is a huge advantage to those schools in that they can take chances on kids. All they have to worry about is keeping them eligible during the season. If they do not make progress or flunk out of or leave school the next semester they don't have to worry about suffering consequences such as loss of scholarships. They just go out and get another stud athlete / marginal student to replace him. It does give those teams and edge that they might not have otherwise. _

I know that "you" are not making an excuse out of it. I also know what Troy is allowed to do sucks for us. We, UL, are not taking advantage of what we could do. We have to solicit the opinions of those who have the money to support our athletic system... take their money... and do what they insist we do.

[zephyr]

_ I know that "you" are not making an excuse out of it. I also know what Troy is allowed to do sucks for us. We, UL, are not taking advantage of what we could do. We have to solicit the opinions of those who have the money to support our athletic system... take their money... and do what they insist we do. _

Sounds great except you all of a sudden have a lot of different people demanding a lot of different things of you, often of which will conflict with making the right decisions.

[Just1More]

_ Sounds great except you all of a sudden have a lot of different people demanding a lot of different things of you, often of which will conflict with making the right decisions. _

Sorry for being so way off topic... but these new funding charters (like RCAF) address the superfunders and their demands. It's the kernel of the funding system. No matter what any individual demands, it takes enormous additional funding donations to make their decision even show up on the superfunder ballot. The method for balancing these "different opinions" is actually what creates massive funding... UL already has to deal with ego management. The difference in large funding systems like RCAF... the "put up or shut up" is done within the circle of superfunders in the RCAF system. It is not and should not be done like ancient systems... in the office of the AD and/or the president.

What is really "funny" at UL is that we have the exact "problems" that a BCS school has with athletics boosters... except the luxurious problems. The only difference between $1million a year in donations and $100million a year in donations is $99million worth of wonderful things you can do. The problems with individual egos and demands are already in our system at UL. We need to add the luxurious ones.

[Boomer]

_ I had a good time tonight. One thing was for sure....the level of play on the field was vastly superior to what I experienced at the Bayou Classic earlier in the day.

Here's a couple pics from the game




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Why do these guys not protect their Knees??? Notice the knee pads and their position--I think that this is crazy----It is cool but not for the Patella!!!!!!

[HoustonCajun]

_ Our maybe our conference has to level the playing field and put in their own standards to eliminate this joke of an exemption from the APR which allows Troy to over sign every year and not have to have any accountability for or worry about any consequences for academic performance. _

Don't most major conferences have certain academic standards that members must meet to have that level playing field? Oh wait, this is the Sun Belt Conference!