THANK YOU!!! Odds are we'll lose a game next year (apart from A&M). Lose to A&M, it won't kill us. Beat A&M, we're making noise even if we lose another game or 2.Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
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THANK YOU!!! Odds are we'll lose a game next year (apart from A&M). Lose to A&M, it won't kill us. Beat A&M, we're making noise even if we lose another game or 2.
That's not the point. I was totally against the Illinois game. Why? It was our 2nd guarantee game. They don't return games to Aillet Stadium like Fresno State did. You cannot compare Fresno State and Illinois like that. If BVDV didn't schedule Illinois, I would have no problem with the A&M game.
No, I'm not. I was giving a rebuttal to bluecrew's irrelevant assertion.
I don't mind getting paid to play games we have a decent chance of winning. Illinois is winnable.
I'm not positive you know how this works.
Ball State was within the parameters for an auto-non-auto bid going into the MAC championship. They were on their way.
Ball State did not enter that season highly ranked.
It wouldn't be a shoe-in, but it absolutely would be on the table. I'm as cynical about the system as anyone, but the precedence is there. If you're telling your audience that there was "no way" then you're way off.
It's just an academic discussion (certainly at this point with A&M a done deal).
We're arguing the vagaries of college football. That's what message boards are made for.
Why are you so "starry eyed" about playing Texas A&M? LA Tech has NEVER had a good experience playing them, and we've certainly never had a good outcome? Furthermore, Shreveport IS A PIT!!!!! What about that do people like you not understand?
I GUARANTEE you that many LA Tech fans won't even bother to go. Especially after the absolutely MISERABLE experience with parking 2 years ago. It literally took me and hour and a half to get out of that damn parking lot.
Yes, I'll be there this time because I'm a hardcore fan and supporter. But for a lot of Tech fans, playing in Shreveport is the equivalent of playing in downtown Bagdad, Iraq in 2004. This just really sucks. We're setting ourselves up for an embarrassing crowd turnout. And it's all because guys like you don't "get it".
HD
1. Coach Dykes did not want to change our schedule.
2. BVDV did not want to change the schedule.
3. Playing the game in Shreveport instead of Ruston eliminates our home field advantage and essentially spots A&M a field goal.
4. We have never sold out Aillet Stadium. ULL and ULM have both sold out their home stadiums, and they've done it recently. It's way past time for us to do that.
5. We will most likely lose to Texas A&M. Any win is better than any loss.
6. The logistics of Independence Stadium are a nightmare.
7. No Dawgzilla at Indy Stadium.
8. The gameday experience sucks in Shreveport compared to Ruston.
9. The I-Bowl is in the ghetto.
10. Playing in Shreveport forced the game to be played on Thursday instead of Saturday in Ruston. This prevents many of our fans from attending.
11. We don't know anything about tv yet. Supposedly our admin has not heard back from the tv guys. Only SEC home games are guaranteed on tv.
12. The majority of the locals will be there in purple and yellow chanting "S-E-C!"
13. Eliminating the Lamar game nets us two 5-game home, 7-game road slates in the future because we have no FCS game to offset 2 money games.
14. Shreveport kills our student section.
15. This decision kills our one shot at a BCS bowl.
16. Shreveport is already part of our market, and our conference fate has already been determined. This game will have no effect on our conference situation.
17. We will not gain any more fans by playing the game in Shreveport than if we would have played the game in Ruston.
18. DR scheduled this as a "money game" when we already had 2 money games on the schedule. I'm adamantly against scheduling multiple money games a year. You cannot build your program like that.
19. There will be NO tailgating on a Thursday afternoon in Shreveport.
20. A&M was willing to come to Ruston.
21. We are 0-10 against TAMU.
22. The Texas media is already referring to it as a neutral site game.
I'm sure there are even more reasons why playing A&M in Shreveport is not a good move.
Yes, there are some positives, but there are also a lot of negatives in my opinion.
Last edited by Dawg06; 02-09-2012 at 03:53 PM.
Yes I know how this works but if i remember and yes I could be wrong there were other Aq's ranked higher than Ball State was with our without The MAC championship. In fact when someone mentioned Ball State the other day I went and read an article that stated-Even at 13-0 Ball State could be on the outside looking in. We call sit here and bitch and complain about what COULD have happened its not an option. We are playing AM now lets foucs on beating them.
I will agree that yes there are negatives..But I think we have a shot at beating them...call me crazy.
I agree with that. As I said before, I give us about a 39.7% chance of beating A&M in Shreveport.
This is what bothers me. As much as we enjoy having you in the local media, sometimes you spew stuff that's just WRONG! Sometimes you REALLY don't know what you are talking about. Just start confirming stuff before you say something that's just flat out WRONG!!!!
HD
ULM has never sold out their stadium
I can't think of a single valid reason that this TA&M game should be played in Shreveport, unless the objective is to turn LA Tech fans off. Just stupid.
HD
Grambling helped them several years ago.
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