PAC 12

[HoustonCajun]

$5 mil would be worth a stay but the $2 mil was negotiated after Marshall and USM joined so Im not holding my breath.

With Texas State leaving, we have only 2 games a year that UL can bus to, Ark State, USM, Troy and USA, assuming we only play 2 home games and 2 away. For the rest, we travel. Is East Coast travel more costly than West Coast travel? I don't know.

We would certainly play a much better schedule in Wash State, Oregon State, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Utah State and Texas State plus Gonzaga in basketball and maybe St. Mary's.
A lot of those games will be afternoon games, not all are late night. A much better schedule for our fans than ULM, Troy, USA, GA Southern, GA State, and soon to be LA Tech, although I would miss USM, App State & Marshall. Eastern schools will eventually ban together, the Tulanes & Memphis of the world will move on and we will be left yet again in the dust. It is just a matter of time before other schools from the MWC join like Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, and Wyoming and who knows who gets invited from the Central Time Zone. Even N. Illinois sees benefit in leaving the security of the MAC for the MWC.

So, we double our conference revenue from $2M to $4M for a few years then later double that. We leave the stigma of the Sun Belt, avoid conference affiliation with ULM and LA Tech, improve our scheduling and change the perception of the public for UL resulting in better fan support and even more revenue from improved attendance. It is time our athletic affiliation match our academic standing with Carnegie R1 and our new facilities. PAC 12 vs. Sun Belt. All it takes is a little vision by our leaders and sell that vision to our boosters, fan base and alumni. It just might transform our university.

[Esqueleto]

With Texas State leaving, we have only 2 games a year that UL can bus to, Ark State, USM, Troy and USA, assuming we only play 2 home games and 2 away. For the rest, we travel. Is East Coast travel more costly than West Coast travel? I don't know.

We would certainly play a much better schedule in Wash State, Oregon State, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Utah State and Texas State plus Gonzaga in basketball and maybe St. Mary's.
A lot of those games will be afternoon games, not all are late night. A much better schedule for our fans than ULM, Troy, USA, GA Southern, GA State, and soon to be LA Tech, although I would miss USM, App State & Marshall. Eastern schools will eventually ban together, the Tulanes & Memphis of the world will move on and we will be left yet again in the dust. It is just a matter of time before other schools from the MWC join like Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, and Wyoming and who knows who gets invited from the Central Time Zone. Even N. Illinois sees benefit in leaving the security of the MAC for the MWC.

So, we double our conference revenue from $2M to $4M for a few years then later double that. We leave the stigma of the Sun Belt, avoid conference affiliation with ULM and LA Tech, improve our scheduling and change the perception of the public for UL resulting in better fan support and even more revenue from improved attendance. It is time our athletic affiliation match our academic standing with Carnegie R1 and our new facilities. PAC 12 vs. Sun Belt. All it takes is a little vision by our leaders and sell that vision to our boosters, fan base and alumni. It just might transform our university.

Well said.

[Geaux]

With Texas State leaving, we have only 2 games a year that UL can bus to, Ark State, USM, Troy and USA, assuming we only play 2 home games and 2 away. For the rest, we travel. Is East Coast travel more costly than West Coast travel? I don't know.

We would certainly play a much better schedule in Wash State, Oregon State, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Utah State and Texas State plus Gonzaga in basketball and maybe St. Mary's.
A lot of those games will be afternoon games, not all are late night. A much better schedule for our fans than ULM, Troy, USA, GA Southern, GA State, and soon to be LA Tech, although I would miss USM, App State & Marshall. Eastern schools will eventually ban together, the Tulanes & Memphis of the world will move on and we will be left yet again in the dust. It is just a matter of time before other schools from the MWC join like Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, and Wyoming and who knows who gets invited from the Central Time Zone. Even N. Illinois sees benefit in leaving the security of the MAC for the MWC.

So, we double our conference revenue from $2M to $4M for a few years then later double that. We leave the stigma of the Sun Belt, avoid conference affiliation with ULM and LA Tech, improve our scheduling and change the perception of the public for UL resulting in better fan support and even more revenue from improved attendance. It is time our athletic affiliation match our academic standing with Carnegie R1 and our new facilities. PAC 12 vs. Sun Belt. All it takes is a little vision by our leaders and sell that vision to our boosters, fan base and alumni. It just might transform our university.

Finally! Someone who gets it!

Beers on me bro!

[ULGrad@HOU]

With Texas State leaving, we have only 2 games a year that UL can bus to, Ark State, USM, Troy and USA, assuming we only play 2 home games and 2 away. For the rest, we travel. Is East Coast travel more costly than West Coast travel? I don't know.

We would certainly play a much better schedule in Wash State, Oregon State, Boise State, Colorado State, San Diego State, Fresno State, Utah State and Texas State plus Gonzaga in basketball and maybe St. Mary's.
A lot of those games will be afternoon games, not all are late night. A much better schedule for our fans than ULM, Troy, USA, GA Southern, GA State, and soon to be LA Tech, although I would miss USM, App State & Marshall. Eastern schools will eventually ban together, the Tulanes & Memphis of the world will move on and we will be left yet again in the dust. It is just a matter of time before other schools from the MWC join like Nevada, UNLV, New Mexico, and Wyoming and who knows who gets invited from the Central Time Zone. Even N. Illinois sees benefit in leaving the security of the MAC for the MWC.

So, we double our conference revenue from $2M to $4M for a few years then later double that. We leave the stigma of the Sun Belt, avoid conference affiliation with ULM and LA Tech, improve our scheduling and change the perception of the public for UL resulting in better fan support and even more revenue from improved attendance. It is time our athletic affiliation match our academic standing with Carnegie R1 and our new facilities. PAC 12 vs. Sun Belt. All it takes is a little vision by our leaders and sell that vision to our boosters, fan base and alumni. It just might transform our university.

All sounds good to me.

[DieHard 1280]

All sounds good to me.

I guess that settles it. LFG!!

[Big Buds]

What HoustonCajun said.

[cajun4life]

It won’t happen. But if it would lead to Tulane and Memphis joining later that would be nice.

[Duckster]

Makes sense for Memphis, USF, and Tulane to stick with AAC until
FL St/Clemson/NC/Virginia move on from the ACC. And steep AAC & MWC exit fees influence its other members to stay put. Without AAC members to recruit, PAC12 options are slim. Scarcity of attractive options could work in our favor if PAC12 desires a 9th football school.

[JamesTheJeweler]

latech is being shunned because their A-Holes.

So, the hypothetical choice is accepting a PAC invite over hoping for a best of AAC/SBC invite, and that's only if this future possible AAC/SBC could garner a similar media deal as the PAC.

The obvious choice here is accept the PAC invite. A bird in the hand beats 2 in the bush.

The difference here is that a hypothetical PAC invite would be because they need a travel partner for TSU and we're the only real option at the moment. The PAC would NEED us.

Honestly, an AAC/SBC best of league would not need us at all, and that's the hard truth some people here need to realize.

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[UL_Cajuns]

Oregon St/WSU probably will not be staying in the new PAC for long. Once they leave that conference will be in shambles. With a CBS media deal(no thanks) I say we stay put and see what new TV contract will be negotiated for the SBC in 2030. That will be here before you know it. The SBC has much more value now since the last TV Contract was negotiated and hey we might even have a better basketball league by then and a team that has made the CFP.