re: Tech/ULM football series

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What's a touch issue? I didn't go to ULM either.

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You win the typo debate. Congrats.

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Still waiting for some solid info on net revenue/loss from the I-Bowl. Did the bowl give Tech a higher payout than they did to Northern Illinois? According to that article, both got $750K before expenses. Did Tech bus over the day of the game to minimize costs or stay in Shreveport? The true cost (or profit) would be useful to know. A lot of minor bowls are losses for the teams but done for exposure and to reward the players.

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Tech got a higher pay-out. It was 900K. We stayed in Shreveport the night before. Not sure what the net was and pretty sure the 900K isn't documented.

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houldn't any Louisiana taxpayer have a say in La Tech athletics? Especially with those athletic endeavors are underwritten by that hardworking taxpayer?

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We've got the government we deserve. If you don't like how they run things, vote them out. Good luck.

For the record, every athletic program in this state (probably except Tulane) has taken money from the state. Of course LSU doesn't now, but that doesn't mean they never have...look it up.

You really think the taxpayer cares whether or not Tech and ULM play? If you do, you'll need to show them how playing ULM would help ease the taxpayer burden.

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Agreed...that is why they are trying to move the program forward.

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Not playing ULM has nothing to do with a move forward. UTEP moved "forward" from the WAC to CUSA, and they have no plans to cancel their home/away with New Mexico State. That's basically the same type of rivalry.

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They are catching heat because they have ambition

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They are catching heat because of elitism. Ambition is good. Thinking that ULM is beneath them is elitism.

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(The Sun Belt) may be where they belong, but why not make every effort to get in a better home?

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The Sun Belt definitely is where Tech belongs. They'd be one of the conference's "powerhouses," which means they should expect a Sun Belt title at least every five years, meaning they'd be in the New Orleans Bowl fairly often. This would make the program much more interesting, and it would mean renewals of three traditional rivalries: ULL, ULM, and Arkansas State. Tech is 34-30 all-time in the WAC, and I believe they've won it once. They're more or less an average WAC team (34-30 all-time, 1 title), and they hardly ever come close to filling the Joe, meaning CUSA probably wants to avoid having to add them; and even when Texas teams were in the WAC, it still made no sense for them to be in it. Being in the WAC has done nothing for the Tech athletic program in terms of national respect; they are a completely overlooked program. The only thing that being in the WAC has done for Tech is get them to the Humanitarian Bowl in 2001.

Being an average WAC team (and Tech will never be more than above average for the long term in the WAC) will never find Tech a better home. Owning the Sun Belt for a decade might. (The Sun Belt is a better home for them anyway.)

The Sun Belt is at nine right now, and I believe South Alabama and Texas State are on the way. Too bad Tech has the delusion that they have; if they didn't, the Sun Belt could have 12 and a title game.

Sun Belt East - FAU, FIU, MTSU, USA, Troy, WKU
Sun Belt West - ASU, ULL, ULM, LT, UNT, TSU

I'd love to see that.

NLU grad chiming in. Everytime that NLU and Tech played football during my time at NLU (79-86), both stadiums were packed. One time at Northeast it was raining so hard the field was flooding, the place was still packed. I think it would help both schools to play again.

Oh yeah, 7 years to get a BS and MS.

What the hell do the ULM kids do now, without Wreck Tech week? or to some Tuck Fech.

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Everytime that NLU and Tech played football during my time at NLU (79-86), both stadiums were packed.

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Both teams were generally competitive during that time, mediocre at worst.

For the 1997-2000 series:
1997: Tech was good, and NLU was mediocre. Aillet was packed.
1998: Mediocre/mediocre. Malone was packed.
1999: Decent/mediocre. Aillet was a little over half full if I remember correctly.
2000: Terrible/terrible. 15K.

If Tech was in the SBC, they'd be in the running for the title virtually every year, and ULM is in striking distance by the beginning of every November if Troy isn't undefeated. Also, ULL is competitive in the conference more often than not. I'm telling you, if ULL/ULM/LT finished their season with a three-week round robin like Kentucky/Tennessee/Vanderbilt, those three games would more often than have a New Orleans Bowl bid at stake, and the stadiums would be packed.

Just to throw my 2 cents in. It really is simple: they should play. If Tech can play a 1AA school every year then they can find room for ULM. It's a win win for both sides not just ULM. Its also a win for North LA. Honestly I think it would be a good recruiting tool for both sides, especially for North LA recruits.

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Just to throw my 2 cents in. It really is simple: they should play. If Tech can play a 1AA school every year then they can find room for ULM. It's a win win for both sides not just ULM. Its also a win for North LA. Honestly I think it would be a good recruiting tool for both sides, especially for North LA recruits.

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I agree.

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Just to throw my 2 cents in. It really is simple: they should play. If Tech can play a 1AA school every year then they can find room for ULM. It's a win win for both sides not just ULM. Its also a win for North LA. Honestly I think it would be a good recruiting tool for both sides, especially for North LA recruits.

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There's simply nothing with which to disagree here. Nothing at all.

Here is some common sense thinking when it comes to La Tech. Look at their football facilities! They are a joke...1-AA at best. Hell West Monroe High School has BETTER facilities than La Tech and Tech THINKS they are bigtime college football? I cannot understand why any player in Louisiana would want to go to Tech if LSU does not offer them? What the hell does La Tech have to offer a mid-major propsect? It surely is not any better than ULM or ULL!