LGT Final: Louisiana 23, Southern Miss 13

[CharlieK]

Coach Des, I expect, is exactly what we need. But he is not exactly what some of you want.

A lot of you want someone like a Nick Saban, win, baby win. But what we need is somebody like a Robichaux: someone who keeps us in the rankings most years, keeps the focus on the overall university, and excels at producing players who are good human beings.

When you bring in big time athletics, you bring in big time bank-rollers. These are sad, unfortunate people who don't care about our university, who don't care about our kids, who don't care about our community.

All they're interested in is bragging rights on Monday morning.

We don't need those people here.

And I, for one, don't want them anywhere near my University.

Bingo

[zeppelincajun]

UL will tell you to your face. We don’t want big time athletics here. We don’t want big time donors. And then wonder why “our kids” spend their Saturday nights in Baton Rouge. Wonder why “our kids” who grew up in Acadiana, went to school at UL, settled down and raised kids of their own in Acadiana have 5 season tickets to LSU and couldn’t tell you who UL is playing this weekend. Entire generations who don’t think about UL one second before they step on campus or one second after. That’s sad man.

[RaginCajun77]

UL will tell you to your face. We don’t want big time athletics here. We don’t want big time donors. And then wonder why “our kids” spend their Saturday nights in Baton Rouge. Wonder why “our kids” who grew up in Acadiana, went to school at UL, settled down and raised kids of their own in Acadiana have 5 season tickets to LSU and couldn’t tell you who UL is playing this weekend. Entire generations who don’t think about UL one second before they step on campus or one second after. That’s sad man.

I'll take it a step further, many people in Lafayette and the surrounding area don't truly grasp the economic impact UL has on the community. Without UL, Lafayette looks considerably different.

[SlickRick]

I'll take it a step further, many people in Lafayette and the surrounding area don't truly grasp the economic impact UL has on the community. Without UL, Lafayette looks considerably different.

This^^^

[ULvictory]

Coach Des, I expect, is exactly what we need. But he is not exactly what some of you want.

A lot of you want someone like a Nick Saban, win, baby win. But what we need is somebody like a Robichaux: someone who keeps us in the rankings most years, keeps the focus on the overall university, and excels at producing players who are good human beings.

When you bring in big time athletics, you bring in big time bank-rollers. These are sad, unfortunate people who don't care about our university, who don't care about our kids, who don't care about our community.

All they're interested in is bragging rights on Monday morning.

We don't need those people here.

And I, for one, don't want them anywhere near my University.

Unfortunately in today’s world of collegiate athletics, you’re going to have to bring in these types of people in order to compete on a national stage. The real question is who do we want to be? Do we want to be the 2021 team who can now compete in the 12-team playoff and a chance to at least play for a national championship? Or do we want to be McNeese? I think we sometimes catch ourselves somewhere in the middle while I think we can do both.

We can embrace the community and everything we stand for as a university while we also use the massive success of athletics to boost our brand in increasing enrollment and making this place attractive nationally.

[CajunVic]

We can embrace the community and everything we stand for as a university while we also use the massive success of athletics to boost our brand in increasing enrollment and making this place attractive nationally.

wait, wait, wait, we have been attractive nationally and internationally without athletics . . . next . . .

[Boomer]

Unfortunately in today’s world of collegiate athletics, you’re going to have to bring in these types of people in order to compete on a national stage. The real question is who do we want to be? Do we want to be the 2021 team who can now compete in the 12-team playoff and a chance to at least play for a national championship? Or do we want to be McNeese? I think we sometimes catch ourselves somewhere in the middle while I think we can do both.

We can embrace the community and everything we stand for as a university while we also use the massive success of athletics to boost our brand in increasing enrollment and making this place attractive nationally.

…..Just wondering how to get a conference to P5? So a bunch gather and start a conference of past G5s and decide they want to be P5….how would it be determined?

[Turbine]

…Just wondering how to get a conference to P5? So a bunch gather and start a conference of past G5s and decide they want to be P5….how would it be determined?

As of today the determining factor is "who can get a lucrative TV contract.

My model was to play as many teams as possible who already had lucrative TV contracts (8 a year, if possible) so that when the time came to invite someone, Louisiana would be the best known.

[Turbine]

wait, wait, wait, we have been attractive nationally and internationally without athletics . . . next . . .

Without athletics UL would be the size of the school formerly known as Louisiana College.

Without athletics every accomplishment would have been unnoticable tree growth in the forest.

[CajunVic]

UL will tell you to your face. We don’t want big time athletics here.

are there specific names and instances to substantiate this conduct by “UL” . . .