yea, that guy is SMOKINGQuote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I kid! I'm Reformed Presbyterian, but I stick up for my SBC brethren when I can.
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yea, that guy is SMOKINGQuote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I kid! I'm Reformed Presbyterian, but I stick up for my SBC brethren when I can.
Pathetic way to spread God's love. None of the New Testament disciples spread the truth that way, they did it through Love. As a matter of fact, Christianity would have died a very early death if the early Church had acted this way.
North Dakota leaving Big Sky for Summit League and Missouri Valley Football Conference. http://www.grandforksherald.com/spor...sky-conference
I was just looking at a Wikipedia article about C-USA which listed all its members, past and present with their current affiliations. There are nine former members who make up the bulk of the American Conference. One went to the Big East for basketball (DePaul) and one is in the Big !2 (TCU). I really don't remember if TCU ever really joined C-USA before they went to the Mountain West. Of the original C-USA members who played football only Southern Miss is left. UAB is the only other original member (not in football until 1999).
My point is every time we try to move up conference wise we always appear to be a day late and a dollar short. The best conference competition wise we have been in was probably our early years in the WAC. Boise, Hawaii and Fresno were all top twenty five teams at times with Hawaii going to the Sugar Bowl (got wiped by Georgia) and Boise going to the Fiesta twice (beat OK and TCU). The first few years we even had some nearer schools in Rice, Tulsa and SMU.
The schools we would like to be playing do not want to have anything to do with us -- SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, Memphis etc. The only teams in present C-USA that I really care about playing are Southern Miss and Rice and maybe Marshall. I would substitute Arkansas State (the only Belch team) for ODU, UAB or either of the Florida schools in a minute.
If we want to be peers with these folks we need to up our endowments and have a ton of sellouts. More of former than latter.
That's not it at all. Just like us, those schools are seeking the best conference affiliation possible. It's nothing personal against Tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
I disagree regarding Memphis and Tulane. We are their peer in sports and and they HATE that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Those were the two I really meant. Especially Tulane. SMU and Tulsa don't hate us, they just think they are sooooo much above us. I personally don't care about Memphis but Tulane could have really been a rivalry game because of the "hate".Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Most of these programs do not have sellouts. We draw better in football that most. Your statement about endowments is VERY true.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
I think Tech, Southern Miss, and Rice have the best name recognition in CUSA. Next is UTEP, Marshall, and ODU. The FU's have NO name recognition and could be JUCO's in many people's eyes across the nation.
CUSA is obsessed with market size, even if the school draws hardly anyone from that market. If they took a look around the P5 conferences, they would find many that are not in large markets, but have a great college town atmosphere.
We do need to work harder at becoming as big of a name in N. Louisiana as we are nationally, though. People know our name, but N. Louisiana doesn't realize it. Our President is doing a great job with academics and athletics and I can see us gaining some momentum going forward. We need to aim higher than we do currently.
Market size doesn't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
I don't think she said thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
It depends on how well it is used. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
UTSA and the FU's may have the size, but do not take advantage of it.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by champion110
It's not so much about the size of the market, but how deeply your product can penetrate.
Here's some endowment numbers I found online this morning dating from 2014 to now. Some, yes, can feel snobbish towards our institution:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgpix
54.9 M -- Ark. State.
58.9 M -- Middle Tennessee
68 M -- Western Ky.
73 M -- Louisiana Tech
93.5 M -- Boise State
94.6 -- Appalacian State
106 M -- Marshall
116.8 M -- USM
132.1 M -- UTArlington
133.9 M -- UTSA
143.4 M -- UNTexas
164.3 M -- Texas St.
177 M -- FIU
181 M -- UNC-Charlotte
199 M -- Memphis
213.4 M -- UTEP
213.7 M -- Old Dominion
217.3 M -- UTEP
275 M - FAU
425 M -- UAB
466.6 M -- Miss. State
593.9 M -- Ole Miss
646.6 M -- Auburn
788 M -- LSU
789.7 M -- Houston
948.6 M -- Arkansas
957.5 M -- Tulsa
1.1 B -- Tennessee
1.171 B -- Tulane
1.2 B -- Texas Tech
1.2 B -- Alabama
1.5 B -- TCU
1.5 B -- SMU
3.4 B -- Texas
3.8 B -- Vanderbilt
5.3 B -- Rice
9.754 B -- aTm
I wouldn't call it hate. Both would rather be in the P5, preferably the Big 12. Neither want to be associated with the schools in the American, for that matter. Again, it's not really hate.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
In fact, we would not be in CUSA today if it weren't for Tulane. We had their support in 2004 and again in 2012. Our problems with Memphis stem from one person - their former AD RC Johnson.