Tech to the Belt?

[Turbine]

Sometimes it feels like the motto is; Sit on your hands, it will protect you from the black seats.

Wear gloves so no one can tell you were there.

Its the culture.

[cajun4life]

Sell the PAC on Memphis, Tulane, UTSA to join Texas St.

[CajunNation]

Sell the PAC on Memphis, Tulane, UTSA to join Texas St.

Keep it simple.

Sell the PAC and the AAC on adding Louisiana

[JamesTheJeweler]

This admin has NEVER been proactive, and they aren't gonna start now. The universities that are and have been, will move up. We'll be left behind as they back fill with a ton of FCS call ups. A handful will be thrilled to be playing ULM, Tech, and McNeese. Which is great, cause a handful of fans is all we'll have left in the stands.

[RedTails]

This admin has NEVER been proactive, and they aren't gonna start now. The universities that are and have been, will move up. We'll be left behind as they back fill with a ton of FCS call ups. A handful will be thrilled to be playing ULM, Tech, and McNeese. Which is great, cause a handful of fans is all we'll have left in the stands.

I really don't think it's fair to make that claim. I think having money is an exponentially higher contributing factor to teams getting ahead. We don't have money.

Arkansas State had a perceived proactive admin (Terry Mohajir) once upon a time, it got them some FB championships but no invites to the P4. LaTech had the perception of being proactive, no invite to the P4. NIU, another perceptively proactive admin - going to the MWC in FB only, no invite to P4.

The teams that have passed us up in the last 20 years, and I mean truly passed us up (ex. UCF, SMU, BYU, Houston) are all flush with cash. Two of those are private schools with ultra wealthy alumni, other two are in gigantic population centers with high enrollment.

Any other school that has the perception of passing us up (schools that got the "call up" to the AAC and MWC 2.0) has only cut us in line in hopes of getting on the boat, but they are still going to be left at the dock with us.

Maybe our administration would have been proactive if we had a big pool of wealthy alumni/donors over two decades ago (which we don't have due to 100 years of suppression from TSAB). Instead, we had supporters being asked to help pressure wash facilities back then, so don't think we had the money to warp us to the front of the line.

Idk, sometimes we just gotta look inwards and realize we ain't got no money. May sound defeatist, but coming from the introspection of a realist.

[CajunRebel]

I really don't think it's fair to make that claim. I think having money is an exponentially higher contributing factor to teams getting ahead. We don't have money.

Arkansas State had a perceived proactive admin (Terry Mohajir) once upon a time, it got them some FB championships but no invites to the P4. LaTech had the perception of being proactive, no invite to the P4. NIU, another perceptively proactive admin - going to the MWC in FB only, no invite to P4.

The teams that have passed us up in the last 20 years, and I mean truly passed us up (ex. UCF, SMU, BYU, Houston) are all flush with cash. Two of those are private schools with ultra wealthy alumni, other two are in gigantic population centers with high enrollment.

Any other school that has the perception of passing us up (schools that got the "call up" to the AAC and MWC 2.0) has only cut us in line in hopes of getting on the boat, but they are still going to be left at the dock with us.

Maybe our administration would have been proactive if we had a big pool of wealthy alumni/donors over two decades ago (which we don't have due to 100 years of suppression from TSAB). Instead, we had supporters being asked to help pressure wash facilities back then, so don't think we had the money to warp us to the front of the line.

Idk, sometimes we just gotta look inwards and realize we ain't got no money. May sound defeatist, but coming from the introspection of a realist.

Bingo.

[CajunSID]

I really don't think it's fair to make that claim. I think having money is an exponentially higher contributing factor to teams getting ahead. We don't have money.

Arkansas State had a perceived proactive admin (Terry Mohajir) once upon a time, it got them some FB championships but no invites to the P4. LaTech had the perception of being proactive, no invite to the P4. NIU, another perceptively proactive admin - going to the MWC in FB only, no invite to P4.

The teams that have passed us up in the last 20 years, and I mean truly passed us up (ex. UCF, SMU, BYU, Houston) are all flush with cash. Two of those are private schools with ultra wealthy alumni, other two are in gigantic population centers with high enrollment.

Any other school that has the perception of passing us up (schools that got the "call up" to the AAC and MWC 2.0) has only cut us in line in hopes of getting on the boat, but they are still going to be left at the dock with us.

Maybe our administration would have been proactive if we had a big pool of wealthy alumni/donors over two decades ago (which we don't have due to 100 years of suppression from TSAB). Instead, we had supporters being asked to help pressure wash facilities back then, so don't think we had the money to warp us to the front of the line.

Idk, sometimes we just gotta look inwards and realize we ain't got no money. May sound defeatist, but coming from the introspection of a realist.

Thank you.

[ZoomZoom]

We got money, beer money, champagne taste.

[VObserver]

"Maybe our administration would have been proactive if we had a big pool of wealthy alumni/donors over two decades ago (which we don't have due to 100 years of suppression from TSAB). Instead, we had supporters being asked to help pressure wash facilities back then, so don't think we had the money to warp us to the front of the line."

Quit making excuses about being oppressed by TSAB. Sure, they are not our best friend; but TSAB did not make our administration spend the bulk of the last 50 years actively discouraging our students from developing a lifelong love of UL both academically and athletically. THAT is why we have no fan base in the 30-60 age groups; that is why we have no money. That is why MOST of our non-business season ticket holders are 65-85 years old.

[RedTails]

"Maybe our administration would have been proactive if we had a big pool of wealthy alumni/donors over two decades ago (which we don't have due to 100 years of suppression from TSAB). Instead, we had supporters being asked to help pressure wash facilities back then, so don't think we had the money to warp us to the front of the line."

Quit making excuses about being oppressed by TSAB. Sure, they are not our best friend; but TSAB did not make our administration spend the bulk of the last 50 years actively discouraging our students from developing a lifelong love of UL both academically and athletically. THAT is why we have no fan base in the 30-60 age groups; that is why we have no money. That is why MOST of our non-business season ticket holders are 65-85 years old.

Did TSAB prevent us from completely shedding our regional brand in 1984? Someone has newspaper clippings of obvious tampering with the state legislature. Untold stories of LSU investing in academic programs we were excelling at for years, while actively undercutting us. Preventing us from getting a law school. Preventing us from getting a medical school.

Are these not valid excuses? Can we not blame the person that poisoned our tree saplings over all these decades for being the reason we cannot enjoy shade today?

Sure, we have our own shortcomings internally, but external factors have played a larger role as to why we don't have a way larger pool of wealthy alumni in this state.

It's a vicious loop. If our school was allowed to grow organically and not be stifled, would we not have a larger group of fans in their 30s and 60s? Creating young professionals on this side of the basin well before LSU sports became nationally relevant in the early 2000s.

You can't discount the what-if influence TSAB has had on us at all.