Texas State Leaves Sun Belt for PAC-12

[Cajunrunner]

Now McNeese AD on their local news station saying they want to jump to FBS if CUSA has openings due to SBC dominoes.

Sweet.

In three years when JMU goes to the AAC, it won't be that big of a jump for McNeese to fill the slot. Just think, us, LA Tech, ULM and McNeese all in the same conference soon. Will be glorious!

[Louisiana84]

Agree! I'm at the point of many of the older in the group of fans now. I have 3 football tickets in the new grandstand, 3 tickets in the baseball grandstand and just purchased 2 tickets for MBB, Parking for Football, Diamond Club and QB Club. I'm not spending another dime at this point in my life, nor am I demanding someone else invest and pay for something I'm not willing to do today. The reality is we were some 20 years behind everyone else in our conference in facilities upgrades and improvements outside on ULM. In the twenty plus years we have been trying to play make up most of those same programs have either re-invested more or have left the conference.

I'm a realist and we still have a long way to go in facilities; half a new stadium and waiting on a new club house for baseball and in need of new Tennis facilities. That is where the focus has been in fundraising and NIL has been secondary. Unfortunately, I can demand they focus on other aspects in need but I'm not going to _____ about something I'm unwilling to write checks for at this point.

People have selective memories when it comes to the new members of the PAC 8 alignment. We played a number of these programs in the Big West; UNLV, Frenso St and others and they kicked us out of the damn Big West Conference. Were we on the call list for the new Pac 8? No! And for those screaming that we should have called them, why? They don't want UL now either. Please don't show me articles by people that are on the dime and have become contortionists in exclaiming that the PAC 8 is some prestigious conference. The Fact remains they couldn't get Tulane, Memphis, Rice or any current member of the AAC to jump ship and fly every sport to the West Coast on a promissory note. If anyone wants to call me an apologist for Dr. Maggard go right ahead. I've seen the other guy before him up close and there is no comparison. Given the budget restraint's he was given including no more money from the state as per Dr. Savoie, it's a miracle we are where we are today. He's by no means perfect, but he is galaxies beyond what this program has had since the 80's.

If there is one legitimate gripe about them it is the lack of communication to their RCAF investors. And since I'm not in the Top 50 on that list, I seldom get any updated information. College sports have become a business and it's no longer personal for me. I have very little passion for giving athletes money while begging them to stay enrolled in college for an education. while my children worked while attending college.

This right HERE. Thank you, Brian.

[zeppelincajun]

Sweet.

In three years when JMU goes to the AAC, it won't be that big of a jump for McNeese to fill the slot. Just think, us, LA Tech, ULM and McNeese all in the same conference soon. Will be glorious!

If they ever move up to FBS, you can lock it in that we will be the first FBS opponent they host. Maggard is itching.

[RedTails]

Sweet.

In three years when JMU goes to the AAC, it won't be that big of a jump for McNeese to fill the slot. Just think, us, LA Tech, ULM and McNeese all in the same conference soon. Will be glorious!

Might even be able to go back to yellow bus trips, no more expensive coach busses.

[ZoomZoom]

…half a new stadium...

Years from now today’s younger fans will look at this situation like many of us older fans looked at the Ragin Cajun Club and the stadium seating additions done in the 80’s.

Where did the momentum and hope for tomorrow go?

[jaxmc1023]

Years from now today’s younger fans will look at this situation like many of us older fans looked at the Ragin Cajun Club and the stadium seating additions done in the 80’s.

Where did the momentum and hope for tomorrow go?

They've checked all the boxes..

They beat a ranked opponent
They won the conference
They won a bowl game
They went to the CWS
They hosted a baseball super
Etc, etc

All of the "hope for tomorrow" was based on this idea that 'if they could just do those things, the program will take off!"

You saw brief spikes after the NOLA bowl, after the #1 baseball ranking, etc. But then we went head first into (1) P5 conferences' outward and open push to minimize the G5, and (2) our own admin pricing out most of our fan base

[MarlinMan3]

Sweet.

In three years when JMU goes to the AAC, it won't be that big of a jump for McNeese to fill the slot. Just think, us, LA Tech, ULM and McNeese all in the same conference soon. Will be glorious!

But we got to solve the name issue, are the mcnesse state or not.... and how can LaNech be a tech and a university, shouldnt they be an Institute

[Cajunrunner]

Might even be able to go back to yellow bus trips, no more expensive coach busses.

Don't threaten me with a good time.

[MarlinMan3]

But then we went head first into (1) P5 conferences' outward and open push to minimize the G5,

and people think if we solve NIL we will catch back up…. if that happens they will come up something else, NIL wasnt the first attempt to gain an advantage

[jaxmc1023]

and people think if we solve NIL we will catch back up…. if that happens they will come up something else, NIL wasnt the first attempt to gain an advantage

If the numbers I heard were true regarding what we raised in NIL for baseball, I'd say we're closer to shuttering the program than we are to competing in any meaningful way