Isleta New Mexico Bowl: Louisiana vs TCU

[JMV JustMyView]

Side note, this is our first Bowl game vs. a team currently in a “Power” conference. Let’s throw the damn kitchen sink at these frogs!

Toads not frogs.

[lcitsh]

Much less an SBC school? HC, you realize the SBC has been the top G5 conference these last few years? (Top to bottom that is)

HC specified that it's a perception issue on the part of TCU fans. That is also likely the case with fans of any Power conference team. They will always think they are light years ahead of any non-Power conference team, no matter how recently they got into a Power conference.

Unfortunately, that is not the case with the TCU coaching staff. They will treat the Cajuns like they are coming in to steal their lunch money and will prepare accordingly. They probably feel that they need to win by three touchdowns to retain any national respect among the media and potential recruits, which will be important going forward for their program. It will not be easy for the Cajuns to win this game.

[Turbine]

TCU has spent the last few decades trying to make moves to escape the Sunbelts of the world.

This isn't so much a condescending angle for them, but because they are relatively new in their current arena they feel they are backsliding.

[NewsCopy]

[Turbine]

There is a problem with promoting Ragin' Cajuns more than promoting the school, Louisiana.

Its worse than a kite with no tail, its a tail with no kite.

[NewsCopy]

[Big Buds]

I think it's only the top teams that define a conference. The SBC is #3 G5 and maybe lower in perception. I'll admit I am biased because I don't like the SBC except for about 5 schools.

Don’t let the facts dictate your opinion.

Conference Ratings (average in parenthesis):
1. SEC (35.31)
2. Big 12 (54.06)
3. Big Ten (54.11)
4. ACC (54.88)
5. Sun Belt (79.43)
6. AAC (80.57)
7. Mountain West (86.42)
8. MAC (91.75)
9. CUSA (98.80)

Conference ratings (future membership excluding Delaware/Missouri State in CUSA):
1. SEC (35.31)
2. Big 12 (54.06)
3. Big Ten (54.11)
4. ACC (54.88)
5. Pac-12 (74.86)
6. Sun Belt (79.43)
7. AAC (80.57)
8. MAC (94.70)
9. CUSA (95.56)
10. Mountain West (97.75)

(Taken from the CSNBBS board)

[Big Buds]

3 weeks till the game, he has some time to get ready.

He is not playing.

[VObserver]

They’re toads. Not frogs. They don’t do well in a gumbo. And stuff comes out of their eyes when they are cornered. A gator would likely eat one, though. Just saying.

Uh, no. They are actually reptiles [Desert Horned Lizards]; though they are colloquially called Horned Toads. Stuff does come out of their eyes as a defense measure, though.

[CajunGrad16]

He is not playing.

There’s a good shot he is