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Posted on 6/7/21 at 1:16 am to chalmetteowl
After all that LSU is the last Louisiana team alive
Posted on 6/7/21 at 1:46 am to Mr Clean
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I see things haven’t changed since I went to undergrad there in 1990
You’re a Juris Doctorate now.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:37 am to LA_KY
RIGHT?!
RustonTiger sounds like a loser boy
Great season for the Dawgs. This regional was big for the future.
RustonTiger sounds like a loser boy
Great season for the Dawgs. This regional was big for the future.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:36 am to RustonTiger
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This post was edited on 4/14/23 at 12:05 am
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:13 pm to windshieldman
quote:Not really. Go tell that to Starkville or Oxford.
La Tech has a pretty decent fanbase for a town the size of Ruston
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:16 pm to The Boat
quote:What else did you expect? They're the Tigers.
After all that LSU is the last Louisiana team alive
Posted on 6/7/21 at 2:34 pm to Laman1978
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Not really. Go tell that to Starkville or Oxford.
Yep. Comparing an $80 Million+ SEC program to a CUSA program is apples to apples.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:08 pm to msutiger
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....an AD who actually cares about the success of the athletic programs (not just getting a P5 job), a new investment from the Ruston community never seen before and the programs mentality is now a winning one.
Truly not trying to flame, but I wonder what facts you have to back up some of these claims. I mean I have not heard much about him since he started. Specifically, what has the new AD done so far? Any notable fund-raising campaigns? Has he developed good communication/relations with fans and donors? Announced any long-term plans for the school? And what investments from the Ruston community has there been? Can you give a few specific examples of how they have contributed to bottom line?
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:15 pm to Laman1978
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Not really. Go tell that to Starkville or Oxford.
Pretty dumb rebuttal. Those towns have SEC schools in them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:19 pm to LaCajunsFan
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Specifically, what has the new AD done so far? Any notable fund-raising campaigns? Has he developed good communication/relations with fans and donors? Announced any long-term plans for the school? And what investments from the Ruston community has there been? Can you give a few specific examples of how they have contributed to bottom line?
Engaged with LTAC members from top to bottom. That was a major problem with Tommy and his crew. If you weren’t writing a six-figure check, they didn’t have time to interact with you. Engages with fans at sporting events. He was literally wiping seats down after the rain delays this weekend, you will never see Tommy McClelland do that
As far as long term plans, he hasn’t presented much publicly. They did just let fans vote on the new basketball court which is more engaging than in the past. I’m okay with him taking his time to evaluate and lay the path forward after getting a grasp on what is realistic for our university. I do know he has been actively meeting with student groups and SGA laying the groundwork for the eventual student fee proposal. If he gets the student fee passed in his time here, I’ll personally donate to build that man a statue. At the very least, we have to keep our student based engaged after graduation and that is something we have struggled with although athletic success alone fixes some of that.
The Ruston community really embraced this baseball team. You had sell outs for the conference tournament and regional. Now the key is keeping these locals engaged. Obviously Arkansas and Ole Miss were sell outs but games like UTSA had fantastic crowds.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 3:50 pm to msutiger
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I do know he has been actively meeting with student groups and SGA laying the groundwork for the eventual student fee proposal. If he gets the student fee passed in his time here, I’ll personally donate to build that man a statue.
It's crazy the benefit the vast majority of Louisiana's G5 peers have against our in-state athletic programs with this.
Texas State is able realize an additional $18 Million in athletic revenue each year. UTSA: $13 Million; North Texas: $10.5 Million.
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SELA: $2.4 Million
NW St.: $2.1 Million
ULM: $312k
Cajuns: $458k
Tech: $0
McNeese: $727k
Nicholls: $2.7 Million
A look at other neighboring G5 programs:
USA: $8.7 Million
UAB: $6.2 Million
Troy: $1.1 Million
Southern Miss: $6.2 Million
Ark St.: $4.6 Million
Little Rock: $4.1 Million
Central Arkansas: $5.2 Million
UofH: $8.7 Million
Sam Houston: $9.9 Million
UTEP: $7.8 Million
When you're talking total athletic budgets of under $40 Million or so, those figures can help out quite a bit, especially when trying to stretch dollars to stay competitive in both revenue and at least some non-revenue sports.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:28 pm to ragincajun03
quote:I'm not comparing the conferences. I'm comparing the TOWNS. Duh. Tech only has themselves to blame for not following a similar course of history.
Yep. Comparing an $80 Million+ SEC program to a CUSA program is apples to apples.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:30 pm to MWP
quote:You're just not broad minded or intuitive enough to understand my point.
Pretty dumb rebuttal. Those towns have SEC schools in them.
Posted on 6/7/21 at 7:10 pm to Laman1978
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Tech only has themselves to blame for not following a similar course of history.
So it’s their fault Huey Long didn’t throw them a bunch of state money to prop them up to compete with the SEC?
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 6/7/21 at 9:26 pm to ragincajun03
quote:One of them, yes. LOL
So it’s their fault Huey Long didn’t throw them a bunch of state money to prop them up to compete with the SEC?
Posted on 6/8/21 at 9:49 am to ragincajun03
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When you're talking total athletic budgets of under $40 Million or so, those figures can help out quite a bit, especially when trying to stretch dollars to stay competitive in both revenue and at least some non-revenue sports.
But how much do those schools take from the general fund? If you instituted a student fee, it would likely be a wash: the support from the university would drop accordingly.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 10:16 am to Overbrook
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But how much do those schools take from the general fund? If you instituted a student fee, it would likely be a wash: the support from the university would drop accordingly.
Fair question, and I don’t know what their states’ laws dictate for maximum general fund transfer. However, I spot checked some of the Sunbelt and CUSA schools I cited above, and here’s the breakdown of funds from student fees vs total allocated from school funds to athletics (I’m ASSUMING this includes the amount from student fees along with other gen fund transfers). Either way, it’s interesting.
Texas State: 18 mil vs 26.9 mil total allocated
UTSA: 13 mil vs 20 mil total allocated
Ark St: 4.6 mil vs 13.8 mil total allocated
Southern Miss: 6.2 mil vs 11.5 mil total allocated
UAB: 6.2 mil vs 23 mil total allocated
Also, eight Sunbelt programs receive over 60% of their athletic budget from school allocated funds. Same number of CUSA programs as well.
Meanwhile, percentages for Louisiana schools in those two conferences:
Cajuns: 57.2%
ULM: 51.6%
LA Tech: 43.9%
10 of 13 CUSA programs get over 50% of their athletic budgets from school fund transfers. Only LA Tech, Southern Miss and Marshall are under 50%.
Arkansas State is the ONLY Sunbelt program where school transfer accounts for less than 50%.
Arguments can be made till the cows come home about general fund transfers and student fees and whether such should be used for athletics, but the fact is Louisiana’s G5 public schools are competing with a different funding mechanism than the majority of their peers.
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 10:19 am
Posted on 6/9/21 at 12:52 pm to msutiger
NC State's beat writer wrote a nice article on the Bulldogs and Ruston as hosts
LINK to Story Posted Below
LINK to Story Posted Below
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An Ode to Louisiana Tech
Rob McLamb
There is not a bad thing to be said. Louisiana Tech put its best foot forward.
Respect is earned. You get it from others when you give it to others. Treating people decently is no threat to someone's “manhood,” but it is a dying art. It seems like everything is fragmented. Social media accentuates differences. There is a lot of yelling or banter, but the strength of someone's conviction never makes something true or false. Politics, religion, and any other topic where there is variance in what people think or feel often creates tension, and sports are not any different.
Perhaps that helps make Ruston and Louisiana Tech so refreshing. No game or particular opposition can seem to strip them down to a primal form. They root for their team vociferously and do not feel overly compelled to belittle any who do not share that conviction. In fact, they seem to welcome people from other parts of the country.
Louisiana Tech is not new to success. They have a solid athletic department, and, of course, many old enough will remember the great women's basketball teams in the 1980s that brought titles back to Ruston.
The Bulldog baseball team is moving towards that. Lousiana Tech had no problem scoring runs throughout the regional -- including against NC State. The seven runs on Sunday usually would have been enough to force a deciding game on Monday. Hunter Wells and Parker Bates are two players that NCSU will be thrilled never to have to deal with again. As well as they hit, the Wolfpack raked the ball better.
The infrastructure in Ruston is set up for Louisiana Tech to do well. They have an entire community behind them, and, as it relates to sports, the Bulldogs are the only show in town. Coming from an area like the Triangle, where school allegiance is fractured among locals by the presence of so many colleges, it is charming to see an area unite behind a common cause.
NC State will be doing quite well if they ever reconfigure Doak to match J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park (AKA: The Love Shack). The ballpark puts fans right on the action, including a section behind the wall in right field where students congregate to support their team. The train that goes by behind the right field stands always generates a roar from the crowd. There is no wasted room in the facility. It is tight without feeling congested.
What makes the program are the people, which is the base Louisiana Tech has to build from. When there is such warmth towards others, delight at successful moments, and respect for those who visit, a place like Ruston has strong appeal. Louisiana Tech recruits primarily from its home state, Texas, and Mississippi. Top talent, knowing they will be made to feel at home in a place where they can compete at the highest level, will have no issues joining the Bulldogs. Expect the momentum to grow. The Bulldogs may play in Conference USA, but they are a Power-5 baseball team in every other sense.
Louisiana Tech lost, but they also won. They had their day to show the world what Ruston was made of, and they shined like a star.
The time will eventually come when the Bulldogs take the next step to Super Regionals and then to a College World Series. Those vanquished along the way might not be as hospitable, but there will be a smattering of folks across the country that will take a moment to smile for Louisiana Tech.
Louisiana Tech and the city of Ruston showed they are championship-worthy. That is the first step to eventually being a champion recognized.
Posted on 6/9/21 at 12:57 pm to ragincajun03
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So it’s their fault Huey Long didn’t throw them a bunch of state money to prop them up to compete with the SEC?
One of my favorite parts of the derpy "hurr but the taxpayer subsidizes your whole program! Get back to me when you support yourselves. Hurrrr".
Huey P literally built your program into what it is there T.
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