Metro Conference

[HoustonCajun]

The words of Robert Frost sum it up the Cajun Athletics cross roads of opportunities in the mid-to late 80's and early 90's:

"Two roads diverged in the woods, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

Unfortunately in our case, we took the wrong road. Besides So. Miss, none of our current conference mates were playing D-1 football in the 80's. I used to believe LaTech was our biggest enemy or LSU in State budgetary matters, but now realize UL leadership complacency is our largest threat and has been reaching back to the 80's. And that complacency is a major influence of our fan base flatlining in multiple ways. Having said all of that, I do appreciate UL leadership is still working towards long overdue Cajun Field renovations in this high inflationary environment.

Although T-Joe has said that he believes athletics is UL's window to the world, he has not fully supported that and instead supported academics leading to our Carnegie R1 rating. Now that he has achieved that needed academic status, he needs to focus on athletics and getting UL up to a level commensurate with academics.

[Jeaux]

4 home games - two of them against 1-AA teams. That’s not a schedule to be proud of.

Turbs wet dream of going independent and playing this type of schedule. Playing 3 for 1 will also get you this. Also gets you back to 4-7 record in 85 real quick

[R1Letterman]

Early ‘90s Metro

North: BC, Cincinnati, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, St. Joseph, Virginia Tech and West Virginia

South: ECU, Florida State, Louisville, Memphis, Miami (FL), South Carolina, Tulane and Southern Miss.

I’m asking the old heads here, Boomers in particular…did the Cajuns have a shot, dare I say, reject an invitation into the Metro 30+ years ago?

I ask because these teams in the south remind me of the games I attended as a kid at Cajun Field in the ‘80s.

the name is metro, was lafayette a “metro” area at the time? although i am surprised hattiesburg and blacksburg made the cut, not sure about morgantown

[R1Letterman]

also odd that private schools were a good fit with public schools

[R1Letterman]

Although T-Joe has said that he believes athletics is UL's window to the world, he has not fully supported that and instead supported academics leading to our Carnegie R1 rating. Now that he has achieved that needed academic status, he needs to focus on athletics and getting UL up to a level commensurate with academics.

i like that “window to the world” but next he said, that doesnt mean sometimes you dont have to close the shutters

[R1Letterman]

the name is metro, was lafayette a “metro” area at the time? although i am surprised hattiesburg and blacksburg made the cut, not sure about morgantown

also surprised ECU made the cut, still isnt a metro area, and not sure at all how they are up to stature of rest of AAC

[fanof71]

also surprised ECU made the cut, still isnt a metro area, and not sure at all how they are up to stature of rest of AAC

What's your definition of "metro"? The term Metro had nothing to do with how the conference named/branded itself.....

[CajunNation]

also surprised ECU made the cut, still isnt a metro area, and not sure at all how they are up to stature of rest of AAC

"Metro" was just a name. It was just a group of schools on the same athletic wavelength that were familiar with each other. We were in that group before they made it official. We left them by choice.

[CajunNation]

Turbs wet dream of going independent and playing this type of schedule. Playing 3 for 1 will also get you this. Also gets you back to 4-7 record in 85 real quick

We were Indy from 1982-1992.

6 winning seasons. 5 losing seasons.

Independent schedules do not cause failure. Poor leadership causes failure.

[R1Letterman]

What's your definition of "metro"? The term Metro had nothing to do with how the conference named/branded itself.....

fair enough. great point. my definition does not matter, but if it is their branding that made me think of that being the point are you sure it isnt in their branding?