Originally Posted by
HogDawg
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.