Conference realignment again????

[Big Buds]

Huge difference from a $250M endowment and a $2.05B endowment. Or a Top 50 University to a Top 300 university.

Let’s be real, we missed the boat 50 years ago. When we stayed 1A and everyone else stayed 1AA, we should have poured money into athletics. We didn’t, we did the opposite.

I can’t argue with that. But it doesn’t mean we just fold like a cheap suit.

[Cajunrunner]

The very minute Louisiana is announced as a Big12 member, our money would tenfold. Of course assuming it happened.

Of course it would.

The very minute I’m announced as my employer’s CEO, my money will tenfold.

It needs to happen!!

[CajunNation]

Why? The Big12 is stronger than the ACC at this point.

Financially, there are clearly 2 tiers to the P5. You have the Big10 and the SEC and everybody else. If UCF gets a chance to join an East Coast based P5 conference, they will do it. They're alumni/boosters will demand it.

Clemson/Florida St will be SEC members very soon. The ACC will backfill with West Virginia/UCF.

[Big Buds]

Of course it would.

The very minute I’m announced as my employer’s CEO, my money will tenfold.

It needs to happen!!

Yes, but are actually the best man for the job? Because within the boundaries of the State of Louisiana, Louisiana is the best program for the job.

[CajunVic]

Minus $1.755billion

[BabbForHeisman]

Yes, but are actually the best man for the job? Because within the boundaries of the State of Louisiana, Louisiana is the best program for the job.

I think we are one top-notch stadium away from being able to say that is true. A few years from now is a different story.

[Big Buds]

I think we are one top-notch stadium away from being able to say that is true. A few years from now is a different story.

So being Tulane has a nicer football stadium than Louisiana, that propels them as the better G5 Athletic Program?

[CajunVic]

So being Tulane has a nicer football stadium than Louisiana, that propels them as the better G5 Athletic Program?

plus the $1.755Billion

[cajun4life]

I can’t argue with that. But it doesn’t mean we just fold like a cheap suit.

No, that’s not what I’m saying at all. But this university doesn’t play the game the way the top G5 and P5 programs do. We do what we can to stay afloat and competitive.

We don’t do everything we can to succeed at the highest possible level. Martin Hall doesn’t even know how to do that. They are the people who are just happy to be invited to the ball.

[BabbForHeisman]

So being Tulane has a nicer football stadium than Louisiana, that propels them as the better G5 Athletic Program?

It's not about having a better G5 athletic program. It's about the perception of the future of that athletic program. When we get the stadium redone, our commitment is tangible. No powerpoint presentation needed.

Tulane has a nice stadium, but they don't have the success and commitment across the athletic program that we do.