McNeese Week 2016

[FormerPokeCenter]

What do I know about victory? Let's see....bowl victories in the past four out of five seasons, consistent national rankings in softball and baseball, a recent MBB berth in the NCAA tournament. I think all of this trumps your first round FCS playoff curtain call.

Oh, Good God....more of that Pentathlam crap?

Seriously? Don't you guys ever get tired of trying to sell that ____ with a straight face?

[The Messenger]

Nothing. I wasn't talking about football programs. I was questioning the very reason for your city and university's existence. That's all.

Uh, because it can???

Not sure what there is to question. One of the largest ports in the country, industrial hub, casinos...

Not seeing the issue here. Seems pretty obvious to me. That fake ___ culture in Lafayette is the only difference. There's more culture in the rice fields of Vermilion Parish than there is in all of Lafayette.

[FormerPokeCenter]

Nothing. I wasn't talking about football programs. I was questioning the very reason for your city and university's existence. That's all.

Because, clearly, the Louisiana Legislature took stock of Southwestern Louisiana Institute and deemed it inadequate to handle the educational needs of the Southwest portion of the state.

I think you guys would have been better served by changing your name to something more appropriate like City College of South Central Louisiana @ Lafayette, instead of Southwestern Louisiana or trying to vaingloriously social climb your way to University of Louisiana Status.

Those poor bastards in Monroe must hate it to have to share the name with you guys...I'm pretty confident that if they had it to do all over, they'd make a different decision...

[FormerPokeCenter]

Well, seems like a logical premise. To evaluate where a FCS school is as a program, you gauge yourself against good FCS programs who win playoff games.

I mean, I guess we could gauge ourselves against Slum Belch teams, but since we've never lost to one, what would be the point? Hasn't been much of a challenge...

[SlickRick]

We're comfortable with where we're at, as a program. I know how you guys love alternative metrics as a measure of where you're at with that whole Pentaphlegm thing, or whatever you call that selectively weighted calculation designed to provide your program with some semblance of relevance...perhaps you should have sent it to the Indy Bowl a few years back? I'm guessing they didn't the memo on how to read it, maybe?

But, I digress...

When you evaluate yourselves as a program, and you do a cost benefit analysis of the amount of taxpayer money you spend versus the number of wins it buys, don't you find yourselves forced to reconsider all the money you waste?

You're paying Hud, what, a million a year and you got 4-8 out of it? Hell, you were getting that with the other guy for a lot less.

I forget what you guys get from the State, but it's roughly, what, twice what McNeese gets from the state?

Hell, look at your series with LSU. 22 games in Tiger Stadium and not a single TD to show for it....88 quarters of big time football and you guys can't even find the endzone once....

The good news is your kickers have earned their keep....

Don't you guys feel at least a LITTLE guilty for not giving Louisiana Tax Payers their money's worth?

Hell, you've gotten, what, 9 million in state funding during the last three years that you've played at LSU, and scored six points? What's that work out to, $1.5 million a point?

Meanwhile, we got something like 1.7 million from the state and took a lead on LSU by scoring first..and then took a second lead after they tied it....so....the Lousiana Tax Payer got a bargain by comparison at something like $170K per point.

Seriously, doesn't it bother you to take charity from the state like that?

Dude, you sound like a stalker! Seriously, do you study our every move?

[SlickRick]

You don't have to tell me that. I just watched the replay of last night...OUCH.

Stalker!!!

[duggie85]

Dude, you sound like a stalker! Seriously, do you study our every move?

Eh, leave 'em alone. They've been waiting 9 years for this weekend.

[RedCajun]

Eh, leave 'em alone. They've been waiting 9 years for this weekend.

You are right about that. They have been saving up for this.

At least they only come around for game week.

[DJDAWG]

Lake Upchuck is the armpit of the state, what else is there to do but laugh. And you're fat, aren't you?!

Have you ever noticed that EVERY OTHER place in Louisiana is the "armpit" of the state....LakeC, Monroe, Ruston, BR, Shreveport, etc. Yet, these Laffers want to be called Louisiana, to represent the entire state.

[The Messenger]

You are right about that. They have been saving up for this.

At least they only come around for game week.