Conference realignment again????

[CajunT]

Rumor that I heard was PAC-12 adding Fresno State and San Diego State University

Good luck with that, in the end they will be left behind by the two Super Conferences. And the television rights will be devalued greatly with the loss of 13M in the Los Angeles metro area.

[CajunNation]

Jay is correct.

I made a push to add them last year for all of the reasons Jay mentioned.

Bottom line is adding them benefits the league and us. Sometimes you gotta swallow that pride to move forward.

[CajunNation]

Good luck with that, in the end they will be left behind by the two Super Conferences. And the television rights will be devalued greatly with the loss of 13M in the Los Angeles metro area.

If the Big12 goes through with this expansion, they will be a very large group of schools.

Starting to look like 3 Tiers.

1) SEC/Big10/ACC(for now)

2) Big12

3) Everybody else


Once, FSU, Clemson, Duke and UNC get picked up, the ACC remnants will either add the eastern Big12 schools or be gobbled up by the Big12 as well. Either way, that group would clearly be the 2nd Tier of 3.

[Million$Mullet]

OK, you guys have had your fun. Let me state my case:

1. I don't expect the Sun Belt to expand again, tho' it conceivably could happen. If you expand, you expand by two teams, one east and one west. There is no school other than Tech that benefits the Cajuns and the league as far as western expansion is concerned. Keep in mind, we're talking a few years down the road. Plenty of time for them to become more humble.

2. I'm not petty and I don't take it personally. Tech has some real butthole fans. Guess what? So do we. In fact, many of you are starting to sound like the guys on BB&B with your superiority issues. Don't take that personally. Just making an observation.

3. Louisiana Tech (on the field) adds value to the league. They would be competitive in the five major sports and would be in the top 25 percent in most of those. Iron sharpens iron.

4. The people in the La. Tech administration who were holier than thou are all gone. They've been replaced by much more reasonable people, from what I've been told. The name remains the same, the players have changed.

5. We need a rival. Our rival has been "flavor of the month" for about 20 years now. We (you) have rejected ULM as a rival. That's fine. But we need someone to hate. As Kevin Foote has said many times, sports hate is a good thing. You might be ready to bring up Southern Miss and time will tell. But South Alabama has more of a recent history with them and they are closer in geography. And for those of you who have suggested we have a rivalry, just not in conference, sorry. If they aren't in the league we don't play football every year...and even if they did, there's something about a conference rivalry that trumps everything.

6. It gives our fans a game they can travel to and vice versa. This league needs visiting teams to travel. It helps from a revenue standpoint among other things.

7. Who gives a ____ what they call us? I've always said from the day the name was changed, that state schools would never comply. Now, a couple have. ULM refers to us only as "ragin' cajuns." McNeese, Tech and LSU are NEVER going to call us Louisiana and like I said, who gives a rat's ___. You know who calls us Louisiana? The ones that matter.
(And, that "bow the knee" attitude didn't work very well for Daenerys Targaryen, did it.)

I don't like Tech. Not even a little bit. And, for me, that's even MORE reason to want them in the league.

So, you guys can rant and in at least one case, say I'm full of ____. But I think I'm right on this one. We need a rival and there's only one school in America right now that fits the bill.

I always said it would happen when Tech put their ego in their pocket. It's happening. Maybe we need to put our ego aside as well.

[ZoomZoom]

At least ULM figured out how to "play nice" with the UL issue. Tech will never, and we don't need them underminding UL with the conference brethren. Besides the most significant moves Tech has made the past ten years athletically can be contributed to a tornado.

Tech and UL TOGETHER academically could do things...UNO and Southern are just classified as state wide univiersities for politics. But Tech won't admit they're in distant second academically out of the four state wide universities. Until Mr. Davison and his spawn come around, Tech is never to be trusted. He runs the show.

You want dillusional...go the the McNeese FB page. My goodness, it's a wonder the DEA hasn't infiltrated the site to figure out what they're smoking.

Let Tech rot thru this next cycle of changes and then, maybe, Texas State realizes the WAC or MWC is where they belong; backfill with Tech then. Until then, you know...

[CharlieK]

OK, you guys have had your fun. Let me state my case:

1. I don't expect the Sun Belt to expand again, tho' it conceivably could happen. If you expand, you expand by two teams, one east and one west. There is no school other than Tech that benefits the Cajuns and the league as far as western expansion is concerned. Keep in mind, we're talking a few years down the road. Plenty of time for them to become more humble.

2. I'm not petty and I don't take it personally. Tech has some real butthole fans. Guess what? So do we. In fact, many of you are starting to sound like the guys on BB&B with your superiority issues. Don't take that personally. Just making an observation.

3. Louisiana Tech (on the field) adds value to the league. They would be competitive in the five major sports and would be in the top 25 percent in most of those. Iron sharpens iron.

4. The people in the La. Tech administration who were holier than thou are all gone. They've been replaced by much more reasonable people, from what I've been told. The name remains the same, the players have changed.

5. We need a rival. Our rival has been "flavor of the month" for about 20 years now. We (you) have rejected ULM as a rival. That's fine. But we need someone to hate. As Kevin Foote has said many times, sports hate is a good thing. You might be ready to bring up Southern Miss and time will tell. But South Alabama has more of a recent history with them and they are closer in geography. And for those of you who have suggested we have a rivalry, just not in conference, sorry. If they aren't in the league we don't play football every year...and even if they did, there's something about a conference rivalry that trumps everything.

6. It gives our fans a game they can travel to and vice versa. This league needs visiting teams to travel. It helps from a revenue standpoint among other things.

7. Who gives a ____ what they call us? I've always said from the day the name was changed, that state schools would never comply. Now, a couple have. ULM refers to us only as "ragin' cajuns." McNeese, Tech and LSU are NEVER going to call us Louisiana and like I said, who gives a rat's ___. You know who calls us Louisiana? The ones that matter.
(And, that "bow the knee" attitude didn't work very well for Daenerys Targaryen, did it.)

I don't like Tech. Not even a little bit. And, for me, that's even MORE reason to want them in the league.

So, you guys can rant and in at least one case, say I'm full of ____. But I think I'm right on this one. We need a rival and there's only one school in America right now that fits the bill.

I always said it would happen when Tech put their ego in their pocket. It's happening. Maybe we need to put our ego aside as well.

Meh, Tuck Fech

[CajunT]

WAY more than enough. I would say less than 25k is perfect and throw a nice awning over the seating. With that you get comfort, demand, and atmosphere.

If our goals are still focused on moving conferences, why would we modify a stadium to fit in the SBC? We are raising money now to restructure an outdated stadium. There will be no money in the bank after this project is done, so we reduce seating now and if you have a chance to move up in a conference what then?

If we want to play in a conference with ECU, UCF and others with similar programs, the model is a stadium that sits 30K? That's poor long term planning, and short sighted. You build what we can afford today, tomorrow is not guaranteed..

[zephyr]

OK, you guys have had your fun. Let me state my case:

1. I don't expect the Sun Belt to expand again, tho' it conceivably could happen. If you expand, you expand by two teams, one east and one west. There is no school other than Tech that benefits the Cajuns and the league as far as western expansion is concerned. Keep in mind, we're talking a few years down the road. Plenty of time for them to become more humble.

2. I'm not petty and I don't take it personally. Tech has some real butthole fans. Guess what? So do we. In fact, many of you are starting to sound like the guys on BB&B with your superiority issues. Don't take that personally. Just making an observation.

3. Louisiana Tech (on the field) adds value to the league. They would be competitive in the five major sports and would be in the top 25 percent in most of those. Iron sharpens iron.

4. The people in the La. Tech administration who were holier than thou are all gone. They've been replaced by much more reasonable people, from what I've been told. The name remains the same, the players have changed.

5. We need a rival. Our rival has been "flavor of the month" for about 20 years now. We (you) have rejected ULM as a rival. That's fine. But we need someone to hate. As Kevin Foote has said many times, sports hate is a good thing. You might be ready to bring up Southern Miss and time will tell. But South Alabama has more of a recent history with them and they are closer in geography. And for those of you who have suggested we have a rivalry, just not in conference, sorry. If they aren't in the league we don't play football every year...and even if they did, there's something about a conference rivalry that trumps everything.

6. It gives our fans a game they can travel to and vice versa. This league needs visiting teams to travel. It helps from a revenue standpoint among other things.

7. Who gives a ____ what they call us? I've always said from the day the name was changed, that state schools would never comply. Now, a couple have. ULM refers to us only as "ragin' cajuns." McNeese, Tech and LSU are NEVER going to call us Louisiana and like I said, who gives a rat's ___. You know who calls us Louisiana? The ones that matter.
(And, that "bow the knee" attitude didn't work very well for Daenerys Targaryen, did it.)

I don't like Tech. Not even a little bit. And, for me, that's even MORE reason to want them in the league.

So, you guys can rant and in at least one case, say I'm full of ____. But I think I'm right on this one. We need a rival and there's only one school in America right now that fits the bill.

I always said it would happen when Tech put their ego in their pocket. It's happening. Maybe we need to put our ego aside as well.

I would tend to agree. You want 30,000 fans on a Saturday in the swamp? Get Tech and the Cajuns playing for first place in the West.

[mxpxfr690]

I'd take Louisiana Tech in our league in a New York second.

Tech adds no value at this point, but if the SBC would think big and try to add army and navy that would be a hell of a deal!

[ColoradoCajun]

What if we had Southern join the Sun Belt West, so that 40,000 people would show up to at least one game every year? Then we wouldn't have to complain about attendance as much! Yes I am joking, but It'd still be better than Louisiana Tech!

[mxpxfr690]

OK, you guys have had your fun. Let me state my case:

1. I don't expect the Sun Belt to expand again, tho' it conceivably could happen. If you expand, you expand by two teams, one east and one west. There is no school other than Tech that benefits the Cajuns and the league as far as western expansion is concerned. Keep in mind, we're talking a few years down the road. Plenty of time for them to become more humble.

2. I'm not petty and I don't take it personally. Tech has some real butthole fans. Guess what? So do we. In fact, many of you are starting to sound like the guys on BB&B with your superiority issues. Don't take that personally. Just making an observation.

3. Louisiana Tech (on the field) adds value to the league. They would be competitive in the five major sports and would be in the top 25 percent in most of those. Iron sharpens iron.

4. The people in the La. Tech administration who were holier than thou are all gone. They've been replaced by much more reasonable people, from what I've been told. The name remains the same, the players have changed.

5. We need a rival. Our rival has been "flavor of the month" for about 20 years now. We (you) have rejected ULM as a rival. That's fine. But we need someone to hate. As Kevin Foote has said many times, sports hate is a good thing. You might be ready to bring up Southern Miss and time will tell. But South Alabama has more of a recent history with them and they are closer in geography. And for those of you who have suggested we have a rivalry, just not in conference, sorry. If they aren't in the league we don't play football every year...and even if they did, there's something about a conference rivalry that trumps everything.

6. It gives our fans a game they can travel to and vice versa. This league needs visiting teams to travel. It helps from a revenue standpoint among other things.

7. Who gives a ____ what they call us? I've always said from the day the name was changed, that state schools would never comply. Now, a couple have. ULM refers to us only as "ragin' cajuns." McNeese, Tech and LSU are NEVER going to call us Louisiana and like I said, who gives a rat's ___. You know who calls us Louisiana? The ones that matter.
(And, that "bow the knee" attitude didn't work very well for Daenerys Targaryen, did it.)

I don't like Tech. Not even a little bit. And, for me, that's even MORE reason to want them in the league.

So, you guys can rant and in at least one case, say I'm full of ____. But I think I'm right on this one. We need a rival and there's only one school in America right now that fits the bill.

I always said it would happen when Tech put their ego in their pocket. It's happening. Maybe we need to put our ego aside as well.

The only way I would want tech is if ULM would leave the conference.

[RaginDave]

Tech adds no value at this point, but if the SBC would think big and try to add army and navy that would be a hell of a deal!

Many issues with Army and Navy, 1 they ain't joinin' the Belt. But moreover it makes no sense to take two more eastern teams one in Maryland and one in New York. It would screw up the East and West divisions, now you would have to move someone to the West and it would mess up your built in rivalries of Georgia State/Georgia Southern, App/Coastal, App/Georgia Southern, JMU/ODU, ETC. Plus I really don't think the at the end of the day any of the teams in the SBC want to travel to NY to play a game.