re: Tech/ULM football series

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Something tells me that CUSA will fall apart in the next decade. I think the Big East will end up having to pick up a couple CUSA schools (UCF and Memphis being obvious choices, with Marshall and ECU being distant maybes). I would love to see the remainder of CUSA split into two separate conferences and pick up SBC schools to fill out their lineup:

New SWC:
East
Arkansas State
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
Tulsa

West
Houston
North Texas
Rice
Southern Methodist
Texas-El Paso
Texas State


New SIAA:
East
Appalachian State
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Georgia Southern
Marshall

West
Alabama-Birmingham
Middle Tennessee State
South Alabama
Southern Mississippi
Troy
Western Kentucky

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This is the first thing you have said that I agree with. That would be a great conferenceBut there are some FCS teams in there. (Unless Appy and Ga Southern are planning on going 1A)

Look, we are just going to have to disagree. I certainly see your point about these two teams playing, but I don't think it will happen anytime soon. Call it elitism or whatever, but Tech is going in a different direction than ULM right now. Whether that is good or bad will not be known for a few years.

I've tried not to respond to this thread because this topic really pisses me off. Having been born and raised in Monroe and grew up going to NLU games, I know how great this game was every year. I absolutely hate LA Tech. It is the way I was raised. I like to see them lose every game they play. If you know anything about this university and you are not a fan, you should know about the unsubstantiated arrogance they have. These are my true feeling about them, but I do have common sense. Currently they are a better program moving in a better direction than ULM. But this is only since Dooley arrived, meaning their current improvement is only three years old. To hear them speak you would think it is decades old. I believe ULM would have beat them in 05-07. Has Tech been more successful in IA than ULM? Absolutely. ULM had no plans when they moved up and it took a toll within a few years. Being Independent is a death sentence unless you are ND or Army/Navy. If you look back, ULM had some success early on. Beat Kentucky, Miss St., almost beat Auburn, BYU, and played well against others. They also got humiliated as well. I haven't looked, but Tech can probably say the same thing. Should ULM & Tech be playing every year? That is a stupid question. There would be nothing but positives for both teams if they renewed the rivalry. Tech absolutely is a Sun Belt team. I don't have a problem with them wanting to do better than the Sun Belt. I do have problem with them thinking they are better than the Sun Belt. No one believes they are except them. The Sun Belt is getting better every year, Tech would only add to the improvements. I think ULM should look at Tech to see how they are improving their program. They have a great young coach, they're improving their facilities, they're being proactive. It seems ULM is in a state of content. I believe Weatherbie is a lame duck coach this season. His contract runs out after this season and I don't believe he will be resigned unless he has a winning season and goes to a bowl. I could keep going, sorry this is so long.

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and also Texas St. I'm fairly certain that UTSA and Texas St have already expressed interest in joining the Sun Belt when their football teams get to D1A.

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Yeah, TSU was mentioned in a previous post. The Sun Belt should get to 12 fairly quickly, which I think is awesome. It's a pretty spread-out league right now, and they should get three schools to fill in the spaces really soon and have a title game.

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they will end up having to get rid of Denver and UALR, and possibly even UNO

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Not necessarily. I think they'll keep 'em around for other sports.

Nevertheless, the schools who have a definite intention and ability to go to FBS are Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas-San Antonio, and Texas State. Add them to the mix, and you have a 14-team Sun Belt football conference, which I think would be very interesting.

East
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Middle Tennessee State
South Alabama
Troy

West
Arkansas State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
North Texas
Texas-San Antonio
Texas State
Western Kentucky


I dig it.

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Anyway . . . how do I put this in a sophisticated way . . . La Tech is a big pussy for not playing NLU

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Couldn't have said it better myself.

What makes them a huge pussy is that they cancelled the series originally after 1990; NLU had owned their asses for 12 years. And they just happened to want to renew the series in 1997 when they'd gotten decent again. Funny how that works out.

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I think more schools should be moving down . . . not up.

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I disagree on account of the fact that a school makes more money in FBS than in FCS. If you can meet the requirements, I see no reason not to want to move up. Delaware, Montana, and Villanova come to mind as three schools who could not only meet the requirements, but also be competitive immediately.

Denver is too expensive a travel destination for a lot of the Sunbelt schools to travel there twice a year. Also, if you have a 14 team football conference, that equals 17 basketball teams, completely absurd. I think one of the Georgia schools would become an option when/if Troy would get picked up by CUSA, Western Kentucky would also get a look from CUSA if they improved their football program, because both basketball teams and their baseball team could already compete in CUSA.

It is better for our balance sheet to have a 1 and done with a 1AA or a home and home with Houston, Southern Miss, Navy, or Army rather than doing a home and home with U-LAMO.

Louisiana Tech is making alot of investments in facilities. Corporate sponsorships are up, LTAC memberships are up, season ticket sales are up. We are building. U-LAMO is dying on the vine.

The U-LAMO fan here is just whining. Their real gripe should be with their own University. I don't see what the hell this has to do with LSUA&M.

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It is better for our balance sheet to have a 1 and done with a 1AA or a home and home with Houston, Southern Miss, Navy, or Army rather than doing a home and home with U-LAMO.

Louisiana Tech is making alot of investments in facilities. Corporate sponsorships are up, LTAC memberships are up, season ticket sales are up. We are building. U-LAMO is dying on the vine.

The U-LAMO fan here is just whining. Their real gripe should be with their own University. I don't see what the hell this has to do with LSUA&M.

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You should go to the help board and practice posting. This is just god-awful.

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Hey Techsters, you can be Notre Dame, we'll be Navy. Play us.

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Tech's nightmare:

Dear Louisiana Tech:

We were going to invite you to join us, but you play ULM every year. Sorreeeeee!

Sincerely,

The SEC

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I see that you cannot respond to the substance of my post.

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I already did. About 5 pages ago. When somebody posted the exact same substance without sucking balls.