ARTICLE - TIME FOR TECH TO COMEBACK TO SUNBELT?

[LTUIronDawg]

This new article is posted on the The News Star website. This pisses me off to no end.

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs...11/1006/SPORTS

[Dawgpix]

typical USL thinking.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Those waterboys down there can't read a newspaper anyway. At least that's what their momma's said.

[Dirtydawg]

Don't let this stuff get to you. The simple solution is to save these articles and when Tech is once again where we expect to be, we send them into the papers who have printed them and to the idiots who have written them. There is one thing I have to say about these people though. They do have the perfect mentality for sports that I hope our coaches, especially football, develop. Pile it on when the person is down. The fact of the matter is that these people see a chance to dogpile and they are doing it. The know they have to get their shots in now because they won't be there in the future.

[qng001]

"Blue tarps cover huge sections of unsold seats at Joe Aillet Stadium."

We don't have "blue" tarps, they're black...and with a centurytel sign on top. We didn't get our tarps from FEMA.

[boxerdog]

If he's talking about women's basketball, who cares? As for football, the WAC looks pretty strong. If I'm not mistaken, we finished third in conference the year before last. The same thing for men's basketball. Like I said, girls' hoops are completely irrelevant.

[bluecrew]

You better believe this will be on the show today. Hope the bulldog nation calls in to dispute this.

[johnnylightnin]

Here's my response:

The sunbelt would jump at the opportunity to land Tech. Don't kid yourself. Secondly, this article is ridiculous. Tech should've stayed in the sunbelt for the betterment of women's basketball? That's just crazy. This years WBB National Champ will break-even...that's it. When Tech joined the WAC, they had conference mates in Houston, Tulsa, Dallas, and El Paso. Being passed over by CUSA was a failure on the part of Tech's administration. There's no question. However, getting into the WAC was a good decision. These homer articles don't even provide concrete numbers. Tech's increased budget is "probably" eaten up with travel costs? This stuff is public record. It'd be nice to see reporters actually put some effort into their stories.

Whatever is Tech going to do? This Tech fan will take Boise St. and Nevada anyday over Troy and UNT.

Tech's football has struggled the last few seasons? Like 7-4 last season and 6-6 the year before (while playing Miami, Tennessee, and Auburn). This guy doesn't have a clue. He must've gotten his journlaism degree at a belt school.

[rabiddawg]

I bet he wrote that article before their 29 point loss in the ncaa. I think they found out how good their league really is.

[bluecrew]

Here's my response:

The sunbelt would jump at the opportunity to land Tech. Don't kid yourself. Secondly, this article is ridiculous. Tech should've stayed in the sunbelt for the betterment of women's basketball? That's just crazy. This years WBB National Champ will break-even...that's it. When Tech joined the WAC, they had conference mates in Houston, Tulsa, Dallas, and El Paso. Being passed over by CUSA was a failure on the part of Tech's administration. There's no question. However, getting into the WAC was a good decision. These homer articles don't even provide concrete numbers. Tech's increased budget is "probably" eaten up with travel costs? This stuff is public record. It'd be nice to see reporters actually put some effort into their stories.

Whatever is Tech going to do? This Tech fan will take Boise St. and Nevada anyday over Troy and UNT.

Tech's football has struggled the last few seasons? Like 7-4 last season and 6-6 the year before (while playing Miami, Tennessee, and Auburn). This guy doesn't have a clue. He must've gotten his journlaism degree at a belt school.

That would sound good on the radio...you know the number:icon_wink:

[johnnylightnin]

That would sound good on the radio...you know the number:icon_wink:

I got class...feel free to read it on the air.

[Dirtydawg]

You better believe this will be on the show today. Hope the bulldog nation calls in to dispute this.

You mean there's a radio show that discusses Tech sports? I wonder why Tech77 hasn't said anything about this.

[bluecrew]

You mean there's a radio show that discusses Tech sports? I wonder why Tech77 hasn't said anything about this.

Every now and then Dirty every now and then

[dchi72]

»
» Football in the Sun Belt is so competitive now that winning the conference
» is no easy chore and SBC teams are regularly beating teams from what used
» to be more highly-regarded conferences, including the WAC.

This got me thinking... Maybe the Sun Belt is making improvements and I am just not hearing about it. So, here goes.

This is for the 2005 and 2006 season. Out of conference wins - not including Division 1-AA schools or lower.

MTSU beat Vanderbilt
ULL beat Eastern Michigan and Houston
Troy beat Rice
Ark St beat Army and Memphis
UNT beat SMU

Sunbelt schools last win versus a WAC school using current membership.

Ark St 98 vs Hawaii
96 vs La Tech
03 vs Idaho
99 vs Boise
03 vs NMSU
95 vs SJSU
04 vs Utah State

FAU 04 vs Hawaii

FIU none

ULL 77 vs Fresno
03 vs Idaho
96 vs La Tech (6 gamed played since then)
03 vs NMSU
93 vs SJSU
94 vs Utah State

ULM 97 vs Hawaii
04 vs Idaho
87 vs La Tech (8 games played since then)
04 vs Utah State

MTSU 04 vs Idaho
00 vs La Tech
03 vs NMSU
04 vs Utah State

UNT 99 vs Boise
51 vs Fresno
04 vs Idaho
87 vs La Tech (2 games played since then)
98 vs Nevada
04 vs NMSU
57 vs SJSU
04 vs USU

Troy 04 vs Idaho

[Dirtydawg]

»
» Football in the Sun Belt is so competitive now that winning the conference
» is no easy chore and SBC teams are regularly beating teams from what used
» to be more highly-regarded conferences, including the WAC.

This got me thinking... Maybe the Sun Belt is making improvements and I am just not hearing about it. So, here goes.

This is for the 2005 and 2006 season. Out of conference wins - not including Division 1-AA schools or lower.

MTSU beat Vanderbilt
ULL beat Eastern Michigan and Houston
Troy beat Rice
Ark St beat Army and Memphis
UNT beat SMU

Sunbelt schools last win versus a WAC school using current membership.

Ark St 98 vs Hawaii
96 vs La Tech
03 vs Idaho
99 vs Boise
03 vs NMSU
95 vs SJSU
04 vs Utah State

FAU 04 vs Hawaii

FIU none

ULL 77 vs Fresno
03 vs Idaho
96 vs La Tech (6 gamed played since then)
03 vs NMSU
93 vs SJSU
94 vs Utah State

ULM 97 vs Hawaii
04 vs Idaho
87 vs La Tech (8 games played since then)
04 vs Utah State

MTSU 04 vs Idaho
00 vs La Tech
03 vs NMSU
04 vs Utah State

UNT 99 vs Boise
51 vs Fresno
04 vs Idaho
87 vs La Tech (2 games played since then)
98 vs Nevada
04 vs NMSU
57 vs SJSU
04 vs USU

Troy 04 vs Idaho

Good stats, dchi. The only problem, and I know why you did it and know that you already know it, is that some of the teams in the current WAC membership were in the Belt at the time of the losses.