Typical La. Tech Arrogance

[MeanGreen61]

Exerpts from the article

Louisiana Tech does not need to play the Warhawks in football on any kind of regular basis. Tech has long since moved past the ULM's and ULL's of the world on both the football field and in academic standing. The proof is in the pudding.

But the reality is, the WAC is a much more respected league nationwide than is the Sun Belt. That's true in a lot of sports, but it's especially true in football. Until the folks in Monroe make a bigger commitment to their athletic programs by finding a more prestigious conference to play in, all this talk about a Tech-ULM football matchup is fool hardy.

ULM beneath Tech in football, academics

http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...010/1006/SPORTS

Maybe all Belt schools should refuse to play Tech IN ANY SPORT to aid them in their quest for seperation.

Edited June 21, 2008 by MeanGreen61

[NM Green]

La Tech is an afterthought in football and should have to apply for SBC membership if they want to join in the future. How many bulldogs at away games this year with gas and air going in the wrong direction?

Stadiums are going to be a bit more empty this fall - just watch.

GMG

[Eagle1855]

In what world outside of Northern Lousy-ana is La Tech relevant?

[drex]

For any state school in Louisiana to mention academics is a wonderful trip into the twilight zone.

[emmitt01]

Louisiana Tech still plays football?

[GoMeanGreen1999]

In what world outside of Northern Lousy-ana is La Tech relevant?

Great question. That entire fan base pays very little attention to any sports programs over there that are not women's basketball.

[VideoEagle]

Did anyone else notice the author of this article, is a sports reporter but also the owner of a pest control company! It must have been that “superior” La Tech education that led him to spray folks homes for cockroaches. If someone who has not spent significant time inhaling insecticide chooses to write an article I might be more interested. But just because Jimmany Cricket who has risen to the rank of bug sprayer and part time reporter in the last 2 decades writes something I’m not sure why anyone should care.

[greenminer]

How hard would I have to dig to find evidence that LaTech has made the kind of commitment to football as the Sun Belt has?

Somebody do it for me cuz I'm not giving a rat about LaTech.

[DirtySavage]

What a joke. Who do these people think they are?

[emmitt01]

What a joke. Who do these people think they are?

Reading their board they're a group so deluded that they think they will beat Kansas in Lawrence this year.

This from a team that had zero wins against a team with a winning record last season. (Of course it's hard to find a team with a winning record in the all-mighty WAC, only 3 had one last season)

If they'd played and beat ULM at least they woulda beat a .500 team.

Edited June 22, 2008 by emmitt01

[Harry]

Couple of thoughts. I think Dooley is the real deal as a coach. He is similar to Dodge in that he is destined for greater things IF he can get things rolling at Tech. Tech does typically recruit a higher caliber of athlete than does our Louisiana Sun Belt bretheren, althogh that is more of a percpetion issue than anything else. The biggest issue they have to overcome is Ruston. Ruston is like El Paso, its not where kids typically want to spend 4-5 years of their life.

[Arkstfan]

This is a school with fans who think the ASU-Tech series should be renewed if its 2 for 1 in favor of Tech with ASU's home game in Little Rock but in reality signed a 3 for 3 with UALR and gave up one of the home games due to their pressing need for a money game make it a 3 for 2.

[CajunNation]

If LaTech were in the SBC, their athletic budget would be middle of the pack at best.

If LaTech were in the SBC, their TV market would be last.

LaTech has been to 0 bowl games since 2002.--

North Texas has been to 3. Troy has been to 2. Middle Tennessee has been to 1. Arkansas State has been to 1. Florida Atlantic has been to 1.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA tourneys since 1992.--

WKU has been to 7 with 4 tourney wins. UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 5 with 1 tourney win. South Alabama has been to at least 3. Even ULM has been to 2, and North Texas has been to 1, etc. etc.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA baseball regionals since 1989.--

UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 11 regionals, 2 super regionals, and 1 CWS. Florida Atlantic has been to 7 and 1 super regional. etc. etc.

LaTech's facilities would be middle of the pack at best in the SBC and trails several SBC members in current or completed facility improvements.

Edited June 22, 2008 by CajunNation

[Arkstfan]

If LaTech were in the SBC, their athletic budget would be middle of the pack at best.

If LaTech were in the SBC, their TV market would be last.

LaTech has been to 0 bowl games since 2002.--

North Texas has been to 3. Troy has been to 2. Middle Tennessee has been to 1. Arkansas State has been to 1. Florida Atlantic has been to 1.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA tourneys since 1992.--

WKU has been to 7 with 4 tourney wins. UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 5 with 1 tourney win. South Alabama has been to at least 3. Even ULM has been to 2.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA baseball regionals since 1989.--

UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 11 regionals, 2 super regionals, and 1 CWS. Florida Atlantic has been to 7 and 1 super regional. etc. etc.

LaTech's facilities would be middle of the pack at best in the SBC and trails several SBC members in current or completed facility improvements.

Don't look at the WAC standings to see how well they do there and don't compare their power ratings and RPI in all sports to see how they compare overall to the Sun Belt. Also please avoid looking at how they've done head-to-head vs. Sun Belt schools in all sports.

[MeanGreen61]

If LaTech were in the SBC, their athletic budget would be middle of the pack at best.

If LaTech were in the SBC, their TV market would be last.

LaTech has been to 0 bowl games since 2002.--

North Texas has been to 3. Troy has been to 2. Middle Tennessee has been to 1. Arkansas State has been to 1. Florida Atlantic has been to 1.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA tourneys since 1992.--

WKU has been to 7 with 4 tourney wins. UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 5 with 1 tourney win. South Alabama has been to at least 3. Even ULM has been to 2.

LaTech has been to 0 NCAA baseball regionals since 1989.--

UL(http://www.louisiana.edu) has been to 11 regionals, 2 super regionals, and 1 CWS. Florida Atlantic has been to 7 and 1 super regional. etc. etc.

LaTech's facilities would be middle of the pack at best in the SBC and trails several SBC members in current or completed facility improvements.

North Texas has been to 4 bowl games (as a Belt member) if you count the first season for Sun Belt football (2001), as you should. NT also has a trip to the NCAA's that wasn't mentioned. Did you intentionally not mention 2001 as Tech did go to the H-Bowl that year?

Edited June 22, 2008 by MeanGreen61

[chrisfisher]

...... NT also has a trip to the NCAA's that wasn't mentioned.

I agree. Cajun Nation you shouldn't forget the recent Mean Green NCAA 2007 tourny appearance when coming to the Mean Green forum. Kindly re-edit your post

Edited June 22, 2008 by chrisfisher

[MeanGreen61]

I agree. Arkstfan you shouldn't forget the recent Mean Green NCAA 2007 tourny appearance when coming to the Mean Green forum. Kindly re-edit your post

It's a Cajun Nation post, not Arkstfan.

[GrandGreen]

When I first starting perusing fan boards, I was struck with how fans of two schools seemed to be completely delusional about their athletic status and potential. One, was Central Florida which IMO due primary to a great locations, has made great strides. The other was La Tech whose athletic fortunes have basically been down hill from that point. Having been to Ruston for NT last game there and researching LaTech when both NT and LT were up for CUSA, I have no idea how they think they are significantly ahead of ULM or any other BC university. I was amazed that even SMU could have supported their position for CUSA above NT.

Latech fans slamming other schools no matter how irrational, is to be expected; but when representatives of the school do so, then I think there are underlying problems with the institution. CUSA, WAC, MAC and MWC conference members putting down the SBC may make them feel better, but the truth is every conference is a group of "have-nots" in the college athletic game. To try to differentiate between non Power conferences, is much to do about nothing.

If La Tech wants to stay in the WAC till they are invited to CUSA or the SEC and never play ULM, more power to them. It would also be fine with me, if NT and the rest of the Belt teams did not schedule them in anything.

[chrisfisher]

It's a Cajun Nation post, not Arkstfan.

Thanks... Fixed!

[Arkstfan]

Tech fans who judge Sun Belt facilities by ULM or their visit to UNT are ignorant of the state of the league.

Their stadium is better than Fouts but the rest of their facilities aren't as good or are no better than what UNT has and UNT has paid for plans and fund-raising that are more ambitious than the projects at Tech.

[CajunNation]

North Texas has been to 4 bowl games (as a Belt member) if you count the first season for Sun Belt football (2001), as you should. NT also has a trip to the NCAA's that wasn't mentioned. Did you intentionally not mention 2001 as Tech did go to the H-Bowl that year?

Yes.

I wanted to show all the things that SBC schools have done since Tech last did something in those areas.

[CajunNation]

I agree. Cajun Nation you shouldn't forget the recent Mean Green NCAA 2007 tourny appearance when coming to the Mean Green forum. Kindly re-edit your post

I'm sorry about that. It's not meant to be a complete list. I left out A LOT in basketball and baseball. I just wanted to make a point.

The baseball stats alone would have taken me longer than I cared to put into it.

Edited June 22, 2008 by CajunNation

[MeanGreen61]

Arkstfan post on the Muts board.

BCS wins in 2007:

WAC: 0

Sun Belt: 3

Here's some info from 2007

In the 2005-06 season Tech spent $8,111 less on athletics than ASU. We get basically no money from the Sun Belt. Tech gets over one million. Tech picked over a million more in game guarantees. All that extra money and Tech cannot afford to spend as much as ASU.

When the WAC approached UNT about membership they thought about it until ULL's president faxed them copies of Tech's financial statements filed with the UL System. Seeing what it cost Tech to operate in the league sent them back into the arms of the Sun Belt and those numbers were based on Rice, SMU, TCU, and UTEP being in the WAC!

Tech has had one burst of success in the WAC, the first year when they won the league with kids recruited while playing ASU and ULL every year. Since then across the board collapse.

Football.

Sagarin: Rated below every Sun Belt school except FIU.

RealTime RPI: Rated below six Sun Belt schools.

Men's Basketball

Sagarin: Rated below 5 Sun Belt schools

RPI: Rated below 7 Sun Belt schools

Women's Basketball

RPI: Rated below 6 Sun Belt schools.

Let's see where Tech is now.

-Football: Finished tied for last with a fomer bottom feeder and below two former bottome feeders.

-Men's basketball: Finished seventh out of nine, rated below 5 to 7 Sun Belt schools.

-Women's basketball: Finished second, snapped longest NCAA appearance streak. Finished rated below five Sun Belt schools.

-Women's Soccer: Finished last and winless.

-Volleball: Finished last and winless.

-Men's Indoor Track: Finished last.

-Women's Indoor Track: finished second.

-Men's Cross Country: 4th out of 7

-Women's Cross Country: last out of 9

-Softball: 6th out of 7

-Baseball: 5th out of 7

-Women's Tennis: 9th out 9

Remember, that was when Tech was recruiting kids to play against SMU, Tulsa, and Rice. There is no evidence that losing even more regional play is going to vault Tech to success.

5-8-1 vs. the Belt this year, oh the brightness of glory makes it hard to see.

Football

Beat UNT (7th in Sun Belt) 1-0 vs. Belt

Men's basketball

Tech lost to ULL (ULL tied for 11th in Sun Belt) 0-1 vs. Belt

Baseball

Tech split with ULM, lost to ULL, 1-2 record vs. Belt

Women's Basketball

Lost to WKU (tied for 2nd), lost to ULM (finished 10th), 0-2 record vs. Belt.

Soccer

Tied ASU 0-0-1 (ASU tied for last) vs. Sun Belt

Softball

Lost to ULM, split with Troy, 1-2 record vs. Belt.

Volleyball

Beat UNT (2nd) and Troy (11th), lost to UALR (9th), 2-1 record vs. Belt.

[DeepGreen]

LaTech has been to 0 bowl games since 2002.--

North Texas has been to 3. Troy has been to 2. Middle Tennessee has been to 1. Arkansas State has been to 1. Florida Atlantic has been to 1.

You realize that a typical Tech comeback would be, "the NO Bowl" is not a high enough profile bowl for us to play in. That bowl is for the sunbelch."

When in fact the La Tech boys would kill to go bowling in New Orleans!

[UNTFan23]

You realize that a typical Tech comeback would be, "the NO Bowl" is not a high enough profile bowl for us to play in. That bowl is for the sunbelch."

When in fact the La Tech boys would kill to go bowling in New Orleans!

Is there still a bowl game in Shreveport?