LaTech gets a nice mention as a possible to Big XII

[ChuckK3]

http://voices.yahoo.com/four-big-12-...-12236106.html

Apologies if this was posted elsewhere. Always nice to have our name mentioned...any pub in this context is good pub (even if some of the info isn't quuuuuite accurate ).

[Soonerdawg]

He needs to do a little research to update the status of the two basketball programs.

[Cal&Ken]

He needs to do a little research to update the status of the two basketball programs.

Yep, he lost it with the review of the basketball programs. Historic records are great, but it is all about what is going on today. I would say we only have 1 program moving in the right direction and it isn't the women's.

[Dawgpix]

Now, you see how you do this conference realignment game? You let others (outside your state) do your tooting. LOL!

I can't argue with his choices.

[Dawgpix]

http://voices.yahoo.com/four-big-12-...-12236106.html

Apologies if this was posted elsewhere. Always nice to have our name mentioned...any pub in this context is good pub (even if some of the info isn't quuuuuite accurate ).

Whoever has ULL board access needs to post this URL just to play with them.

[Tech77]

You mean we're going to the Big XII?

[HogDawg]

You mean we're going to the Big XII?

This is further proof that LA Tech is more respected outside the state of Louisiana than inside.

LA Tech to the Big XII may not be as farfetched as many of you think. Yeah, LA Tech would have to have a great run over the next 5-10 years to make it plausible, but that's certainly possible. Just because Tech officials mastered the art of underachieving over the last decade doesn't mean it has to continue.

[rmitch5411]

Link posted on RaginPagin.com. Awaiting response. Should be interesting.

[Dawg06]

This is further proof that LA Tech is more respected outside the state of Louisiana than inside.

Tim Brando talked about exactly this on his show a couple weeks ago, that La Tech is much more highly respected nationally than we are in Louisiana. He said he doesn't understand the local way of thought.

[HogDawg]

Tim Brando talked about exactly this on his show a couple weeks ago, that La Tech is much more highly respected nationally than we are in Louisiana. He said he doesn't understand the local way of thought.

Many of us who live "out-of-state" don't understand that "local way of thought". I suggest it goes back to the old Gulf States/Southland Conference days, when LA Tech shared conferences --and thus the media spotlight-- with other instate schools such as NLU, NSU, USL, McNeese, etc..... Most long-time Louisianians (particularly the Louisiana based media) have had a very difficult time forgetting those days, and letting go. Contrastly, most out-of-state media were never aware of Tech's association with those schools in the first place. To the later group, LA Tech has almost always been on a higher level than the other instate schools, save for LSU.

[Dawg06]

Many of us who live "out-of-state" don't understand that "local way of thought". I suggest it goes back to the old Gulf States/Southland Conference days, when LA Tech shared conferences --and thus the media spotlight-- with other instate schools such as NLU, NSU, USL, McNeese, etc..... Most long-time Louisianians (particularly the Louisiana based media) have had a very difficult time forgetting those days, and letting go. Contrastly, most out-of-state media were never aware of Tech's association with those schools in the first place. To the later group, LA Tech has almost always been on a higher level than the other instate schools, save for LSU.

As much as I hate to say it, I think HogDawg is correct.

[ChuckK3]

Many of us who live "out-of-state" don't understand that "local way of thought". I suggest it goes back to the old Gulf States/Southland Conference days, when LA Tech shared conferences --and thus the media spotlight-- with other instate schools such as NLU, NSU, USL, McNeese, etc..... Most long-time Louisianians (particularly the Louisiana based media) have had a very difficult time forgetting those days, and letting go. Contrastly, most out-of-state media were never aware of Tech's association with those schools in the first place. To the later group, LA Tech has almost always been on a higher level than the other instate schools, save for LSU.

This. Great post.

[The Historian]

Many of us who live "out-of-state" don't understand that "local way of thought". I suggest it goes back to the old Gulf States/Southland Conference days, when LA Tech shared conferences --and thus the media spotlight-- with other instate schools such as NLU, NSU, USL, McNeese, etc..... Most long-time Louisianians (particularly the Louisiana based media) have had a very difficult time forgetting those days, and letting go. Contrastly, most out-of-state media were never aware of Tech's association with those schools in the first place. To the later group, LA Tech has almost always been on a higher level than the other instate schools, save for LSU.

100% correct. This way of thinking is slowly changing, as the fanbases of in-state schools, as well as the media members, evolve. Fans of the in-state schools who are younger than 44 have never been students or alums where Tech was a member of the Southland or Gulf States. The same holds true for the media. Most younger members of the media would never think of Tech and McNeese being a part of the same conference.

[Cal&Ken]

Many of us who live "out-of-state" don't understand that "local way of thought". I suggest it goes back to the old Gulf States/Southland Conference days, when LA Tech shared conferences --and thus the media spotlight-- with other instate schools such as NLU, NSU, USL, McNeese, etc..... Most long-time Louisianians (particularly the Louisiana based media) have had a very difficult time forgetting those days, and letting go. Contrastly, most out-of-state media were never aware of Tech's association with those schools in the first place. To the later group, LA Tech has almost always been on a higher level than the other instate schools, save for LSU.

I have lived away, but live back in LA now. It is so frustrating to see the perception here. The worst part is our fans are equally to blame in this- we short-charge ourselves by comparing ourselves to the ulm and ull.

[Tech77]

You mean we're going to the Big XII?

I was just imitating the Cajuns.