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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by inudesu View Post
    I'm not saying it is different. I'm saying it is bad.
    I don't think any of us knows if it's good or bad yet. Personally, I like a geographically tight division. The beauty of CUSA West going forward (assuming UAB moves west with USM) is that LaTech is literally at the center of the wheel. It's so refreshing to be the "center of attention" after wandering in the western wilderness for 12 years.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckK3 View Post
    I don't think any of us knows if it's good or bad yet. Personally, I like a geographically tight division. The beauty of CUSA West going forward (assuming UAB moves west with USM) is that LaTech is literally at the center of the wheel. It's so refreshing to be the "center of attention" after wandering in the western wilderness for 12 years.
    It's bad at doing what college-level conferences have traditionally done.

    But sure, none of us (including, I think, the conference commissioners and their media consultants) knows how it's going to look in terms of negotiating contracts, or long-term scheduling, or the best interest of student-athletes, or fan engagement, or attendance, or competitiveness, or on-field product, or anything at all.

    But in terms of the traditional functions of an athletic conference, I don't see how having that many teams is helpful in any way. I understand the reasons why you might share a conference with a team you barely play against that's located hundreds of miles away, I just think that some of those reasons stretch the idea of a conference to absurd limits. It's the way we've gone (for now) but that doesn't make it objectively better.

    And yeah, CUSA West would be a fine conference for Tech. But it's not. It's just our division (which functions largely in the way that a conference traditionally would have functioned).

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post
    Money (athletic budgets, facilities, endowments, etc.), travel partners (saves money), a couple new bowl games (Boca Raton Bowl & Miami Beach Bowl), massive enrollments (45K for FIU & 30K for FAU), big markets (Miami #16 & Boca #38), Florida recruiting, academics (both have medical schools & FIU has law), etc.

    Yawn.........

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    someone should tell the Flamin' Cajuns because they still think CUSA will expand and take them

    http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/...11-11-13/page4

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by rebelboi View Post
    someone should tell the Flamin' Cajuns because they still think CUSA will expand and take them

    http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/...11-11-13/page4
    Nah. Just sit back and enjoy the show.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Why do they keep saying that Tech would vote them in?! Just the thought of us voting to bring them in makes me want to kick my dog.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
    Why do they keep saying that Tech would vote them in?! Just the thought of us voting to bring them in makes me want to kick my dog.
    That is funny.

    Go find a cat to kick.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by maddawg View Post
    That is funny.

    Go find a cat to kick.
    I'm actually really, really glad I clicked that link. Roku will *finally* have a native ESPN3 app that should be working by this weekend's games! Would have not found this out.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by domangue View Post
    I'm actually really, really glad I clicked that link. Roku will *finally* have a native ESPN3 app that should be working by this weekend's games! Would have not found this out.
    But it requires a subscription to cable?! Kind of defeats the purpose of Roku.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
    But it requires a subscription to cable?! Kind of defeats the purpose of Roku.
    Not sure about that... I thought you just have to have one of the participating ISP's, which could be cable. I have U-verse.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
    Why do they keep saying that Tech would vote them in?! Just the thought of us voting to bring them in makes me want to kick my dog.
    I don't think Tech would push for them in CUSA, but they may not vote for them not to get an invite

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by RougeDawg View Post
    Why do they keep saying that Tech would vote them in?! Just the thought of us voting to bring them in makes me want to kick my dog.
    They think Tech would vote ULL into C-USA because of the Lafayette delegation's clout in the Louisiana Legislature (if I recall correctly from browsing their site). In the minds of the Ragin Pagin posters, it would not be a good idea for Louisiana Tech's administration to vote against UL-Lafayette during the next round of realignment, since UL-Lafayette would use its connections in the Legislature to harm Tech. FWIW, they also think LSU's power in the Legislature is diminishing.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by TechAlum05 View Post
    They think Tech would vote ULL into C-USA because of the Lafayette delegation's clout in the Louisiana Legislature (if I recall correctly from browsing their site). In the minds of the Ragin Pagin posters, it would not be a good idea for Louisiana Tech's administration to vote against UL-Lafayette during the next round of realignment, since UL-Lafayette would use its connections in the Legislature to harm Tech. FWIW, they also think LSU's power in the Legislature is diminishing.
    ULL doesn't have anymore power in the legislature than Tech does which is none

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    Quote Originally Posted by rebelboi View Post
    ULL doesn't have anymore power in the legislature than Tech does which is none
    I'm just telling you what they believe on that message board.

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    Re: Banowsky: Realignment over for now

    They have reason to believe it if nothing is done about the UL name thing.

    Also, we agreed to play them so I'm not sure what our people think.

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