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re: Tech/ULM football series
Posted on 9/9/09 at 11:57 pm to T1
Posted on 9/9/09 at 11:57 pm to T1
quote:You had your chance, actually. You were independent, which meant that you could schedule anyone who would play you.
Correct, if we can join the SEC, we'll have a shot at it. But I don't think that's going to happen.
If Tech was independent, a realistic schedule could look like this:
Home: Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi, Tulsa
Away: Arkansas (@ Little Rock), Auburn, Louisiana State, Louisiana-Monroe, Missouri, Navy, Texas Christian
In any given season, six of those teams are probably ranked. An undefeated Louisiana Tech in this instance has a shot.
When you see a FCS school (Nicholls) on the schedule, you know Tech isn't looking to win a title, but rather they're looking for the stability of shitty conference life.
Nobody put Tech in the WAC. Nobody told them they can't win a national title. To get to a title game, you have to play great teams and beat them. Usually, in order to play a lot of great teams, you have to build a big stadium and fill it. The fact that Tech cannot do that is no one's problem but Tech's--they're just not good enough.
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Posted on 9/10/09 at 12:23 am to LSULM FAN
quote:There are a few unlikely/impossible things about your scenario:
More like:
West
Tulsa
SMU
Rice
Houston
UNT
LA Tech
ULM
East
Middle Tennessee
UAB
South Alabama
Troy
Southern Miss
ULL
Tulane
ECU & Marshall go to Big East
1) ECU and Marshall will not go to the Big East. No way.
2) Houston would be in the Mountain West in this scenario; they're on the MWC's radar.
3) You've left some teams out.
Here's all the non-BCS/MWC schools in the South in this case:
Texas: North Texas, Rice, Southern Methodist, Texas State (moving up)
Oklahoma: Tulsa
Arkansas: Arkansas State
Louisiana: Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana-Lafayette, Tulane
Mississippi: Southern Mississippi
Alabama: Alabama-Birmingham, Troy, South Alabama (moving up)
Florida: Florida Atlantic, Florida International
Georgia: Georgia Southern (moving up), Georgia State (moving up)
North Carolina: East Carolina
Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State
Kentucky: Western Kentucky
West Virginia: Marshall
That's 22 teams. Definitely two different conferences (unless two or three of the northern teams--say, Marshall and WKU--went to the MAC).
Looks to me like:
Southwest Conference
Arkansas State
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
North Texas
Rice
Southern Methodist
Texas State
Tulane
Tulsa
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mid-South
East Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Marshall
Middle Tennessee State
Western Kentucky
Gulf South
Alabama-Birmingham
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
South Alabama
Southern Mississippi
Troy
Posted on 9/10/09 at 2:38 am to xiv
I think tech had more fans AT Auburn than Tulane had at their home game vs Tulsa.
(that should get it stirring again!)
(that should get it stirring again!)
Posted on 9/10/09 at 9:02 am to Junky
quote:
I think tech had more fans AT Auburn than Tulane had at their home game vs Tulsa
You are a fool ...
quote:
(that should get it stirring again!)
Posted on 9/10/09 at 9:46 am to xiv
quote:
You had your chance, actually. You were independent, which meant that you could schedule anyone who would play you.
But a lot of schools may be going in the "right direction", and perhaps playing Tech did not suit their needs.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:26 am to VOR
quote:
But a lot of schools may be going in the "right direction", and perhaps playing Tech did not suit their needs.
That's actually a good point. Tech can't schedule everyone it wants to. We would love to schedule Tulane right now, but so far we haven't been able to.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:29 am to T1
quote:This can be remedied. Two steps:
That's actually a good point. Tech can't schedule everyone it wants to. We would love to schedule Tulane right now, but so far we haven't been able to.
1. Build a big stadium.
2. Fill it.
Do that, and you'll be able to schedule virtually anyone you want, and you just might get an invitation to a nice sparkly conference.
But until you can do that, don't blame the BCS or anyone else. It's nobody's problem but Tech's.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:38 am to xiv
I am sure it is in the thread somewhere but I will ask again. Whose stadium holds more, Tech or ULM?
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:46 am to Buck Magnum
quote:It's about a 200 seat difference in favor of Aillet, if I'm not mistaken.
I am sure it is in the thread somewhere but I will ask again. Whose stadium holds more, Tech or ULM?
Correction:
Aillet = 30600
Malone = 30427
This post was edited on 9/10/09 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:51 am to xiv
quote:Give it a rest already. Have a winning season in Div 1
xiv
Posted on 9/10/09 at 10:55 am to xiv
quote:
This can be remedied.
We're headed in the right direction.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 12:04 pm to T1
quote:Stadium expansion? Outdrawing ULM? I've heard nothing of this.
quote:
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This can be remedied.
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We're headed in the right direction.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 1:39 pm to T1
quote:
That's actually a good point. Tech can't schedule everyone it wants to.
yeah they can... go on the road
Posted on 9/10/09 at 1:44 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:M'eh, they couldn't get Notre Dame. But I see what you're saying.
yeah they can... go on the road
Posted on 9/10/09 at 4:56 pm to xiv
I can't believe this thread is still going!
Posted on 9/10/09 at 5:51 pm to T1
I think that xiv is still single... I don't know how he has the time!
Seriously I wouldn't mind seeing Tech and ULM play again even if its not every year.
Seriously I wouldn't mind seeing Tech and ULM play again even if its not every year.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 6:50 pm to xiv
quote:
There are a few unlikely/impossible things about your scenario:
1) ECU and Marshall will not go to the Big East. No way.
2) Houston would be in the Mountain West in this scenario; they're on the MWC's radar.
3) You've left some teams out.
I know my scenario wasn't great. Just going off one of the others. Didn't put a whole lot of thought into it.
Actually I think what may be a good idea is possibly splitting up D-IA. SEC, ACC, Big 12, Big 10, PAC-10, some other teams like Boise St., Utah, TCU, etc. in one division and the remaining conferences a seperate division. I'm not saying SunBelt or CUSA schools go back to D-IAA, but creating a divison in between the two existing ones. Just a thought. It would give schools in the lower conferences to actually compete for a nationa championship, which would include a playoff system.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 6:42 am to chalmetteowl
quote:
yeah they can... go on the road
We have a bulldog statue that all the players touch on the way to the field. It is called "Spirit of '88." The spirit of '88 was Tech's 1st year in 1A and we played some monster teams on the road. We called ourselves "The Road Warriors." We got blown-out alot. 2 years later, we went 8-3-1 and played in the Independence Bowl with a lighter schedule.
1988 is not the way to go... not even for a "BCS team."
Posted on 9/11/09 at 1:28 pm to T1
quote:I take this as proof that Tech can thrive in the Sun Belt and nowhere else.
We have a bulldog statue that all the players touch on the way to the field. It is called "Spirit of '88." The spirit of '88 was Tech's 1st year in 1A and we played some monster teams on the road. We called ourselves "The Road Warriors." We got blown-out alot. 2 years later, we went 8-3-1 and played in the Independence Bowl with a lighter schedule.
Posted on 9/11/09 at 1:39 pm to T1
quote:
1988 is not the way to go... not even for a "BCS team."
So playing tough teams on the road is NOT going in the "right direction". Tech needs a lighter schedule to be going in the "right direction". Seems that a tradidional rival in ULM would fit the bill.
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