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re: Why did Tulane quit the SEC?
Posted on 10/28/15 at 5:50 pm to cypressbrake3
Posted on 10/28/15 at 5:50 pm to cypressbrake3
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Why did Tulane quit the SEC?
Made dey arse quit
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Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:04 pm to DelU249
I remember going to the Dome for the 2003 State-Tulane game and they had shirts being sold that said Tulane 3 SEC titles, State 1 SEC title. Even being a State fan I found it funny. I like Tulane and always have. In high school I used to wear a Tulane t-shirt I bought in the Dome at a Saints game with the angry wave logo on it all the time. I wished they had stayed in the SEC, or at least played about 5-6 SEC teams a year like they did in the 80's and early 90's. From 1979-91 Tulane played LSU, State, Ole Miss, Vandy, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The only SEC teams they didn't play that period was Auburn and Tennessee. Dang, I miss those days.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:32 pm to cypressbrake3
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Sewanee left in 1940
I bet they regret that decision.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 6:45 pm to msudawg1200
I have a couple of shirts with that logo. It's pretty awesome.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:37 pm to DelU249
It is one of the best college logos of all time, IMO.
I've always been an advocate of grandfathering in TU and GT back into the SEC
I've always been an advocate of grandfathering in TU and GT back into the SEC
Posted on 10/28/15 at 7:49 pm to GeauxColonels
quote:Magnolia
A "Southern Ivy League" consisting of schools like Rice, Southern Methodist, Duke, Vanderbilt and Tulane was constantly advocated, but each of the other schools decided to stay in their league.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:15 pm to DelU249
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Totally fair, but we come with some positives 1. An easy win 2. Easy travel 3. A better location than a lot of sec teams 4. Any sec opponent with a heisman hopeful gets a stat padding game 5. Pelicans > Bears 6. A rival, one you own 7. SEC title games in the superdome rather than the Georgia dome or that giant butthole 8. Geographically, you won't be selling people a bunch of bullshite. We're actually southeastern 9. On the off chance we beat an Arkansas or auburn, you can mercilessly ridicule them as well as us 10. A lot of Yankees but still not as sjw as ole miss or aTm 11. Are you really happy with Missouri? They're not even southeastern and their uniforms look arena league 12. We're a charter member, so the hit your conference reputation will take will be mitigated 13. The grass is pretty delicious and Les flicking his ear boogers in Nola will actually spruce up a lot of places.
Possible post of the year
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:26 pm to cypressbrake3
LSU beat Tulane 60-something to nothing in football.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:28 pm to GeauxColonels
Chick on the left page jumping through ad is smoking hot
This post was edited on 10/28/15 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:29 pm to DelU249
Hey Fox, I've always been curious, how close are you to the Tulane baseball program?
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:36 pm to msudawg1200
This?
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:43 pm to ChunkyLover54
GOAT logo
Would kick toonces' arse
Would kick toonces' arse
Posted on 10/28/15 at 8:52 pm to Mr. Hangover
I have a hat with the Angry Wave logo.
The bad decisions all seemed like good ideas at the time. In 1949 New Orleans was recovering from a hurricane as bad as Betsy/Camille, and athletics seemed to be an unnecessary luxury/expense. Remember that TV wasn't a mainstream form of communications back then. In 1966, being an independent made sense because conferences didn't have the ability to negotiate TV contracts anyway. Better to have a flexible schedule and not have to play against a bunch of conference opponents who killed you every year.
There was also some bad luck--Loserville blocked attempts to make the Metro an all sports conference. Otherwise Tulane comes along for the ride when Florida State, USC, Georgia Tech, Cincy, Memphis, UL, etc. give the Metro enough credibility to be included in the original BCS agreement.
The bad decisions all seemed like good ideas at the time. In 1949 New Orleans was recovering from a hurricane as bad as Betsy/Camille, and athletics seemed to be an unnecessary luxury/expense. Remember that TV wasn't a mainstream form of communications back then. In 1966, being an independent made sense because conferences didn't have the ability to negotiate TV contracts anyway. Better to have a flexible schedule and not have to play against a bunch of conference opponents who killed you every year.
There was also some bad luck--Loserville blocked attempts to make the Metro an all sports conference. Otherwise Tulane comes along for the ride when Florida State, USC, Georgia Tech, Cincy, Memphis, UL, etc. give the Metro enough credibility to be included in the original BCS agreement.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:10 pm to Bestbank Tiger
amazing what a bad decision it was
someone asked stewart mandel a few years ago what we'd be if we didn't leave. he basically said vandy, but I'd rather be vandy
someone asked stewart mandel a few years ago what we'd be if we didn't leave. he basically said vandy, but I'd rather be vandy
Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:21 pm to BookahBear
TV money was nothing in 1965. Tulane would never leave today.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:30 pm to BookahBear
Tulane would be better than Vandy if they never left. More like MSU and Kentucky.
May have had better runs than either one, though.
May have had better runs than either one, though.
This post was edited on 10/28/15 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 10/28/15 at 9:35 pm to cypressbrake3
Bama made their arse quit!
Posted on 10/28/15 at 10:10 pm to ChunkyLover54
Love that logo. That's the logo I grew up with
Posted on 10/28/15 at 10:13 pm to Bourre
i really wish they'd go back to it.
Posted on 10/28/15 at 10:18 pm to BookahBear
SeC should move AUB to east and Miz over to west and add Tulane and Va tech
This post was edited on 10/28/15 at 10:19 pm
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