(07-10-2016 09:31 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(07-09-2016 09:17 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(07-09-2016 08:30 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(07-09-2016 05:10 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(07-09-2016 03:54 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  You're still living in a fantasy world. There is no "step back" to the Sunbelt and sooner or later CUSA fans and administrators will have to accept and acknowledge there is no difference between the conferences. That myth went away a few weeks ago. In reality it went away when all those schools left for the AAC, but it took until the revelation of CUSA's new TV contract and the fact they lost a huge chunk of TV money two years ago but had been maintaining the illusion of all is well with exit fees. Once these administrators start seeing big budget deficits roll in, they'll look at those close by Sunbelt schools in a whole new light.

Please explain what the positives would be?

The travel would marginally better but the reality is no CUSA administrator in the right mind is going to dial the clock back 20 years and merged with the Sunbelt. It just not going to happen.

Your perspective is from playing FBS football all of 2 years, all in the Sunbelt. CUSA is more competitive in football with better talent so why would they merge with a less talented and less competitive conference. Not to mention, USM is not joining up with USA, UAB is not going to join up with Troy and Tech sure is heck not going to be joining up with ULL and ULM, dialing the clock back 20 years. Just not going to happen.

Records since current conference lineup(14-16):
CUSA vs MWC 3-4
CUSA vs AAC 6-4
CUSA vs MAC 10-4
CUSA vs Sunbelt 9-1

CUSA#4 beat Undefeated #1 Sunbelt Champs in bowl. Final 47-28

CUSA#1 beat #4 AAC (6-2) USF in a bowl in their backyard. Final 45-35

2016 NFL Draft:
CUSA 10 + 1 players
AAC 10
MWC 9
MAC 5
Sunbelt 3

My perspective is from following college football intimately for 40 years. You can post this team beat that team and this conference had that many draft picks and so on and so on all you want. All that means nothing going forward. N-O-T-H-I-N-G! You're living a myth by thinking LaTech is superior to Sunbelt programs. I've been to Ruston. I've been in your stadium and basketball arena. I' didn't see anything that justify's the attitude I see from some - not all - of your folks.

What I do know is La Tech has 11 winning seasons in the last 25 years. The last two came in an extremely depleted CUSA. You talk down to the Sunbelt yet 3 of the 8 members you were in the WAC with became Sunbelt schools. Your home average for the past 10 years is 17,686. Your largest crowd in those 10 years was 26,910 vs lowly Sunbelt member Louisiana. The next highest of 26,004 was against FCS Nicholls State in '14. Unbelieveably out drawing Miss State in '08. IMO, La Tech folks have NO basis for looking down on anyone.

Largest crowd was not ULL, last ten years was probably Southern last season when it was a sell out. Didnt even play Nicholls in 2014

Laughable, You have no perspective of starting DIA football back in 1988 and life as Independet traveling to play Alabam, Oklahoma, Nebraska. You see we didnt have the luxury of playing against the lowest rung of teams in FBS footballl like App State does. We went 9-2 beating the SEC Champs Alabama and cracked the top 25 and stil didint get a bowl bid. You have no perspective off starting a DIA program back in the late 80's


You probably also know we dominated the reigning Sunbelt champs in 2014 in Lafayette, Dominated ULL last season and dominated the undefeated Sunbelt Champs last Dec in the NO Bowl. We have nothing to gain by playing a Sunbelt because even if we dominated the best the Sunbelt has to offer like last Dec there are still people like you with no perspective.

I follow Eact Carolina closely and have a lot of prespective about what it was like being an independent in those days. Just to clarify... you guys go 9-2 in 1997 and beat a 4-7 Alabama team and a 3-8 Cal team. The remaining W's were over what are now G5 schools. Congratulations. You also got whacked by 36 at Auburn. You do realize that was almost 20 years ago and the players on your roster today were at most 3 years old. Ancient history by today's standards and that's exactly what I've been trying to get across to you. It's a new day. Nobody cares what you did 20 years ago.

Your arguement that LaTech is too good for the Sunbelt is based on 1 game against Lafayette in 2015? Seriously?? Hate to break this to you, but that signature win was by 8 more points than we beat them later in the year, our first in FBS.

My mistake for writing Nicholls Stata, I intended to use Northwestern State. Coin flip, still a FCS school. You admitted selling out for Southern, ANOTHER FCS school. Let me get this straight.... LaTech's 2 best crowds the last 10 years were against FCS schools and you're too good for the Sunbelt.

That was the first time we beat Alabama, you see we have beaten Alabama multiple times.
Tech went 8-3 in 1999, with losses to #1 Florida State and #6 Texas A&M.
Tech beat the SEC Champs Alabama (10-2) in Birmingham. They were ranked #5 after beating Florida 34-7 in the SEC championship game. They went on to play Michigan in a BCS Bowl. Let me know when App beats the SEC Champs or beats a playoff team.

So you completely didn't mention last December when Tech beat the undefeated Sunbelt Champs Arkansas State 48-27 in the New Orleans Bowl. Tech broke the NO Bowl record with 687 yards of offense. Maybe it was because a few weeks before Arkansas State manhandled App State in North Carolina.

Tech doesn't look down on the Sunbelt but Tech is not going to go back 20 years and merge with a conference that Tech chose not to be a part of.