LOUISIANA VS TECH

[cajun55]

Vannini reporting ODU and JMU are real candidates for SBC expansion. So add 3 eastern schools and move Troy west is actually good intel I’ve been getting.. Twists and turns!

Can't wait for those ODU, Troy, and James Madison sell outs at Cajun Field.

Too be fair Marshall and Southern Miss should draw very well. I'd rather keep more money for the current schools and just add those two.

[cajun55]

"Some of you need to go read the tech board. They would rather rot in CUSA than "lower" themselves by coming to "the SunBelch".

____ those delusional inbreds. Let them rot."

Fans on a message board don't equal a desperate President and AD. I'd love to see their AD beg for a SBC invite.

[cajungrad2001]

You guys have very short memories. Amen to that bring tech in would hurt our conference and how many times has tech try to do us harm. People on this board have short term memory.

Tech is poison and deserves to rot. Zero interest in being associated with those POS.

[RaginDave]

Can't wait for those ODU, Troy, and James Madison sell outs at Cajun Field.

Too be fair Marshall and Southern Miss should draw very well.

Again not about us, but think about the rivalries with ODU, JMU, Marshall, Georgia Southern and App will have.

We get the bonus of adding USM who will be a nice draw for us once they are playing better football. USA will continue to grow a fan base and should travel better soon. But USA, TROY and USM will have some really good crowds and rivalries. It's about the entirety of the SBC, not about UL.

Marshall, App and Georgia Southern have history. Coastal is becoming everyones most hated rival.

Look at what we have added to our destination travels if this occurs:

Already great college town destinations:
Boone, Conway (Myrtle Beach), Statesboro (Savannah), Atlanta

New Destinations:
Norfolk (VA BEACH), Harrisonburg, Va (great mountain town/college town) and Huntington (not a great town, but a really good college town if you have not been there, I suggest making the trip).

Also add the west:
Mobile, Lafayette, San Marcos, Hattiesburg (good college town), Jonesboro (Memphis), Troy (Birmingham), it would only really leave Monroe as a _____tie arse city to travel to.

[cajungrad2001]

Tech deserves the position it is in right now. When they were in the same conference as us. Always did what was best for them even if it didn’t benefit the sunbelt. Also what they do to UL all the childish antics that they done to the university as well. Just last year when the sunbelt commissioner talked about a possible merger with CUSA it was tech’s AD that was arrogant comment about UL should do what it takes to get to CUSA . And that turd left a few months later ran to Vanderbilt . Let tech stay in that so desired conference because in their eyes they are too good to be associated with us.

[Cajunmac]

Vannini reporting ODU and JMU are real candidates for SBC expansion. So add 3 eastern schools and move Troy west is actually good intel I’ve been getting.. Twists and turns!

Vannini's article did not say they were real candidates for SBC expansion. He said "Old Dominion and James Madison are in Virginia and a bit outside the footprint, but they could work as travel partners. They have large athletic budgets, in the $50 million range, though those budgets are heavily subsidized by student fees."

He also said that after saying this about USM and Marshall, "Southern Miss and Marshall are largely viewed by people in the Sun Belt as the strongest choices. Both have football history, long runs of success and, most importantly, engaged fans who travel, especially when they’re successful. Much like the Sun Belt benefited from adding App State and Georgia Southern from the FCS because they had solid fan bases (as opposed to “TV markets”), Southern Miss in particular is smack dab in the middle of the Sun Belt’s footprint."

My take from the article was that USM and Marshall were the real candidates and ODU and JMU were second tier candidates.

[Turbine]

USM was a good rival before and will be again. They also bring a good crowd.

You and Turbine are definitely determined with your opinions, gotta give you that!

I have not chimed in on best conference partner preferences. I'm enjoying the read.

I just know UL will make more money as a twelve-game independent, besides the four-games each year where every single school is an independent.

[ManAboutTown]

Vannini's article did not say they were real candidates for SBC expansion. He said "Old Dominion and James Madison are in Virginia and a bit outside the footprint, but they could work as travel partners. They have large athletic budgets, in the $50 million range, though those budgets are heavily subsidized by student fees."

He also said that after saying this about USM and Marshall, "Southern Miss and Marshall are largely viewed by people in the Sun Belt as the strongest choices. Both have football history, long runs of success and, most importantly, engaged fans who travel, especially when they’re successful. Much like the Sun Belt benefited from adding App State and Georgia Southern from the FCS because they had solid fan bases (as opposed to “TV markets”), Southern Miss in particular is smack dab in the middle of the Sun Belt’s footprint."

My take from the article was that USM and Marshall were the real candidates and ODU and JMU were second tier candidates.

If you’re only reading Vannini, then maybe that’s the takeaway. Different outlets have been talking about eastern adds and ODU/JMU have been in consideration. Vannini saying it gives it credence.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

Wouldn't southern miss and old dominion damage sun belts football perception. They have been garbage the past few years. James Madison is a good fcs team but again we are bringing on a fcs team

[Turbine]

I'll jump in, just cause I know cajun55. Here's my 2¢...play LT every year as our rival game & OOC finale; leave them to rot in CUSA 4.0.

SBC adds USM & MU this year, getting to 12. In 2 years add 2 more - assuming SBC continues to increase rankings and status.

West pursues Memphis or Tulsa (if either are still in AAC)
East pursues ECU, ODU, or JMU

I don't like the idea of adding any former conference mates (LTU, WKU, MTSU). But, this is just my 2¢.

I agree there is no advantage to adding a member for IN-Conference games when it causes you to lose games from the Independent portion of the schedule.