Tech to the Belt, 2026

[CAJUNSby90]

TJoe, who definitely voted for this, is out before the end of the year. He gives zero effs. Totally political.

Dude, smoke some weed right now. You'll feel better.

[RaisingCajun08]

ESPN now confirming Tech to Sun Belt. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...ence-14th-team

[Esqueleto]

Dude, smoke some weed right now. You'll feel better.

Stay out of this, Vic.

[CAJUNSby90]

Stay out of this, Vic.

This ish again.

[RaisingCajun08]

I'm just curious to see if their anti UL marketing changes now that they had to eat crow and come back to the Sun Belt.

[CajunT]

And forget ULL, Louisiana-Lafayette, ULaLa, etc......these slack-jawed yokels still refer to us as USL.

My understanding is that there was an agreement attained between ESPN, SBC and LaTech to respect our choice of the use of Louisiana to receive our vote this morning. That was negotiated over the past week. Take it for what it is worth, they agreed to doing so privately under the table to pacify our leadership and brand. I was told this earlier but now they are bound. We will see what happens June next year when the officially enter the SBC.

Tech also has the $5M entry fee raised, so they have time to get it done.

[CAJUNSby90]

I'm just curious to see if their anti UL marketing changes now that they had to eat crow and come back to the Sun Belt.

On a official level, they will have to. Or do what Monroe does and refer to us just as Ragin Cajuns.

[CajunT]

Here are some nice tweets from the current president of Louisiana Tech that get me excited for their admission into the SBC:

It was actually on the @brianhaldane show that we “announced” a name change for the school in Lafayette to Flagship University. That April 1st bit played really well in the Baton Rouge market!

— Jim Henderson (@DrJBHenderson) May 31, 2024

Retweeted by their pres:

Put the 𝗟 in ULL#BarkLouder | #HBTD pic.twitter.com/sUzKNYjSqx

— LA Tech Softball (@LATechSB) April 9, 2025

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞‼️ pic.twitter.com/siwp9TUTwa

— Diamond Dogs (@LATechBSB) April 10, 2025

We shall see, there is an agreement in place for them to receive our official vote for membership.

[Cajunrunner]

We shall see, there is an agreement in place for them to receive our official vote for membership.

I hope there is. Would be lame and gutless on our part to vote in favor of them returning without something in exchange.

[Esqueleto]

My understanding is that there was an agreement attained between ESPN, SBC and LaTech to respect our choice of the use of Louisiana to receive our vote this morning. That was negotiated over the past week. Take it for what it is worth, they agreed to doing so privately under the table to pacify our leadership and brand. I was told this earlier but now they are bound. We will see what happens June next year when the officially enter the SBC.

Tech also has the $5M entry fee raised, so they have time to get it done.

Means squat if it's not in a contract with penalties