USC, UCLA to Big 10?

[Bulldog Tom]

Listed the Pac schools of course, but also the G5 schools!!! But not us. SMU (who has been mentioned before), UTSA and Tulsa. No way they make the cut.

https://sports.yahoo.com/7-teams-big...135325019.html

[Lotsudo]

We don't need to scare the hell out of somebody. We need to BEAT everybody for a change.

There, I fixed it for you HD!

[genpop]

The only place for Tech going forward in all of this shuffling about is to become an ass kicker. Beat everyone you play as soundly as you can, schedule up at every opportunity and beat them too. Nice guys like Holtz tried to play it, finish last. When everybody respects who you are and wants to share in it by being associated with you, you’ll get more of what you want.

Nobody will respect Tech until it ditches Joe Ailliet Stadium and fill Independence Stadium EVERY home game. Simple as that.

[Bulldawg81]

Nobody will respect Tech until it ditches Joe Ailliet Stadium and fill Independence Stadium EVERY home game. Simple as that.

Sarcasm? If not, perhaps that is the dumbest statement ever on this forum.

[sportdawg]

Anyone want to join me in a pool for the mega millions? We each get to keep $2 million, the rest I'll create an account that sends it's income to fund La Tech Athletics. I think we could easily create an additional $15million annual (in perpetuity) if we invested 1/2 billion (after taxes and our cut).

[Bulldog Tom]

Anyone want to join me in a pool for the mega millions? We each get to keep $2 million, the rest I'll create an account that sends it's income to fund La Tech Athletics. I think we could easily create an additional $15million annual (in perpetuity) if we invested 1/2 billion (after taxes and our cut).

One major flaw in your plan. I have a strong belief the winning ticket was bought earlier this week in Southeast Louisiana.

[genpop]

Sarcasm? If not, perhaps that is the dumbest statement ever on this forum.

Have you not been keeping up? Most of the moves have been based on MONEY and tv ratings.....why would a conference be interested in a school that cant even fill its own 29000 seat stadium? Tech NEEDS the shreveport/bossier market to support and sustain it in a MAJOR way or the best Tech could do is the Sunbelt. I know its not a popular statement to make on this forum,,,but it's truth. (something in which a lot people have a problem with these days)

[champion110]

Have you not been keeping up? Most of the moves have been based on MONEY and tv ratings.....why would a conference be interested in a school that cant even fill its own 29000 seat stadium? Tech NEEDS the shreveport/bossier market to support and sustain it in a MAJOR way or the best Tech could do is the Sunbelt. I know its not a popular statement to make on this forum,,,but it's truth. (something in which a lot people have a problem with these days)

I don't think anyone argues with the logic that we need the Shreveport market. We have attempted many times to do this. I don't think the problem is with "wanting" the market, the problem is that we don't ever seem to market ourselves or our games correctly when we do play there. This message board had plenty of ideas of how to do that - none of which happened. It is just a story that we keep replaying, but not doing anything different. This is why you are seeing the resistance. People gave up on it ever being done correctly and that has resulted in Shreveport Walmart fans for lsu.

[Bulldog Tom]

Have you not been keeping up? Most of the moves have been based on MONEY and tv ratings.....why would a conference be interested in a school that cant even fill its own 29000 seat stadium? Tech NEEDS the shreveport/bossier market to support and sustain it in a MAJOR way or the best Tech could do is the Sunbelt. I know its not a popular statement to make on this forum,,,but it's truth. (something in which a lot people have a problem with these days)

Okay no rule says you have to play games on campus. Over 20 schools play their football games off campus. Nobody else plays even 20 miles off campus, although you are proposing playing all our home games 70 miles off campus.

Let's say we start playing all our home games in Independence Stadium and we are having sellouts every game. What conference would we be in?

[glm47]

Have you not been keeping up? Most of the moves have been based on MONEY and tv ratings.....why would a conference be interested in a school that cant even fill its own 29000 seat stadium? Tech NEEDS the shreveport/bossier market to support and sustain it in a MAJOR way or the best Tech could do is the Sunbelt. I know its not a popular statement to make on this forum,,,but it's truth. (something in which a lot people have a problem with these days)

We wouldn’t even have to pay for fireworks. Those would be provided by the community.

[Bulldog Tom]

ESPN getting out of the Big 10 business, they will get their billions from Fox and NBC. Makes sense that ESPN will replace the Big 10 with the Big 12. The Big 12 will keep a solid hold on the number 3 slot. The gap between these conferences and CUSA is mind numbing.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-espn-...184224884.html

[FriscoDawg]

Okay no rule says you have to play games on campus. Over 20 schools play their football games off campus. Nobody else plays even 20 miles off campus, although you are proposing playing all our home games 70 miles off campus.

Let's say we start playing all our home games in Independence Stadium and we are having sellouts every game. What conference would we be in?

But the rule does say your designated home stadium that counts toward meeting FBS attendance criteria is the one that at least 50% of "home" games are played in. Plus one game at a neutral site against an FBS team can count as a "home" game.

The only reason Shreveport should be considered for a whole season of home games would be if it was finally decided that the entire stadium structure except for the new press box needed to be gutted and rebuilt and the project would take more than 9 months to complete.

[genpop]

Okay no rule says you have to play games on campus. Over 20 schools play their football games off campus. Nobody else plays even 20 miles off campus, although you are proposing playing all our home games 70 miles off campus.

Let's say we start playing all our home games in Independence Stadium and we are having sellouts every game. What conference would we be in?

We'd be much more desired by a very attractive Sunbelt (an ugly duckling that is looking more like a swan these days)