Interesting talk with Tech insider

[Rainman66]

Met an old HS buddy last night who is in the La Tech sports HOF, and plugged into the school. He told me there are discussions at the top of the university about giving up sports because they do not see a path to any kind of success with the economics of college sports today.

Obviously, they could drop out of the FBS and D1 category and still keep sports, which he said is also being discussed. He gave it a less than 50% chance that they will be D1 in 5-10 years.

[NOCajun]

That'll kill the nech fan.

#cULture
#WeAreLouisiana
#GeauxCajuns
#WinSunBeltChampionship

[cajun4life]

Won’t ever happen. Don’t be ridiculous.

[Cajun90]

Won’t ever happen. Don’t be ridiculous.

The fact those discussions are even happening at a Div 1 school says a lot about the status of collegiate athletics.

[Big Buds]

Won’t ever happen. Don’t be ridiculous.

I couldn’t agree more.

[Boomer]

The fact those discussions are even happening at a Div 1 school says a lot about the status of collegiate athletics.

…….Please some from our “herd” (pun intended) join in…..seems it has been discussed and even acted upon about the Lake Charles area (Texas line to Crowley and the Gulf to DeRidder) having unreal growth with the liquid Natural gas construction and future use……maybe thought to be in the top 10 functions in the world…… how on the money is this and what are the future effects on Louisiana athletics and McNeese? No clue about this but would love to know!

[Policarp]

2 years in a row a good # of returning LTURd starters portaled out ....if all you do is develop players for P4 without ability to retain at minimum a core base. Game over..

We lost 2 to P4 last year.....both started season as bench warmers at UH. ZC started last 6 games & finished season with 7 passing TDs against 14 turnovers. 11 Interceptions and 3 lost fumbles. UH will be shopping bigly for a starting portal QB.

To compare.....Ben and Chandler combined over all 12 games, 24 TDs with 6 Int with just 1 lost fumble

[ZoomZoom]

Met an old HS buddy last night who is in the La Tech sports HOF, and plugged into the school. He told me there are discussions at the top of the university about giving up sports because they do not see a path to any kind of success with the economics of college sports today.

Obviously, they could drop out of the FBS and D1 category and still keep sports, which he said is also being discussed. He gave it a less than 50% chance that they will be D1 in 5-10 years.

Tech has multiple hurdles. They have one whale donor. He’s getting old, his spawn may not feel the same towards Tech over the years. And of course, I’m sure Tech is like UL, they will fish the pond dry before working to get new donors.

And they’re in Ruston. Ruston is getting a Buc-ee’s. I use to joke Ruston was the best place on I20 between Jackson and Shreveport to make a “pit stop”. Now it Will certainly be true. Meanwhile,

Monroe is supposedly getting a META data center. And ULM thanks the Lord they sold their soul to UL to get in the SBC, and not fighting for relevance in the league where program death could come in many forms.

[CajunRebel]

Met an old HS buddy last night who is in the La Tech sports HOF, and plugged into the school. He told me there are discussions at the top of the university about giving up sports because they do not see a path to any kind of success with the economics of college sports today.

Obviously, they could drop out of the FBS and D1 category and still keep sports, which he said is also being discussed. He gave it a less than 50% chance that they will be D1 in 5-10 years.

What exactly does he mean by success? As much as we hate to admit it, for G5 schools success is not defined by how you compete nationally. It’s about how you compete with your peers. La Tech doesn’t have to come up with a $20,000,000 NIL budget to compete with SEC schools for NIL deals. They just have to have enough to compete with schools like us, ULM, and their (mostly crappy) conference mates. They aren’t so far behind these peer schools that they can’t compete and find success.

With that said, some of this panic may be driven by the $250 million in budget cuts coming to Louisiana higher ed this year. And with the recent tax reform legislation, there will probably be more next year.

A lot of state universities are going to suffer.

[ZoomZoom]

What exactly does he mean by success? As much as we hate to admit it, for G5 schools success is not defined by how you compete nationally. It’s about how you compete with your peers. La Tech doesn’t have to come up with a $20,000,000 NIL budget to compete with SEC schools for NIL deals. They just have to have enough to compete with schools like us, ULM, and their (mostly crappy) conference mates. They aren’t so far behind these peer schools that they can’t compete and find success.

With that said, some of this panic may be driven by the $250 million in budget cuts coming to Louisiana higher ed this year. And with the recent tax reform legislation, there will probably be more next year.

A lot of state universities are going to suffer.

Times like that, those who moan about UL only using 2% instead of 3% of the budget for athletics, the rest of the ULS programs use the 3%. They’ll have to cut where UL might be ok.

[HOUCajun]

2 years in a row a good # of returning LTURd starters portaled out ....if all you do is develop players for P4 without ability to retain at minimum a core base. Game over..

We lost 2 to P4 last year.....both started season as bench warmers at UH. ZC started last 6 games & finished season with 7 passing TDs against 14 turnovers. 11 Interceptions and 3 lost fumbles. UH will be shopping bigly for a starting portal QB.

To compare.....Ben and Chandler combined over all 12 games, 24 TDs with 6 Int with just 1 lost fumble

We were better off this year at QB with Ben and Chandler. Zeon would be nice to have next year but if Howard comes, that may be moot.

Gant only had 7 tackles for UH this year. I’m not sure if he was hurt. He could have helped our defense.

[wscoog]

We were better off this year at QB with Ben and Chandler. Zeon would be nice to have next year but if Howard comes, that may be moot.

Gant only had 7 tackles for UH this year. I’m not sure if he was hurt. He could have helped our defense.

This. Cajun quarterbacks were light years better than the Cougars this year. Chriss has unbelievable talent but is brutal at reading defenses. Fields ability to throw receivers open is underrated. He really throws a beautiful ball. Congratulations to Ben and Chandler and bring home a conference ring and a bowl game victory.