Guest bigred360 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 There is at least one score wrong regarding La Tech and Lamar. The year they knocked us out of the NCAA tournament we lost to them in Ruston by 20 or so. Then on Feb 6th of that year we beat them at home. Then in the SLC tournament they broke our home court win streak beating us 58-60.
jdcurran235 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 There is a discussion about the future rivals in the WAC conference. What do you think our rivals would end up being if we joined. The obvious is La Tech. But UTSA is off of I10. That could end up developing into a good rival. Thoughts
Guest bigred360 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 La Tech, Texas State UTSA and New Mexcio State would be the ones I think would be natural rivals.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 jdcurran235 wrote: There is a discussion about the future rivals in the WAC conference. What do you think our rivals would end up being if we joined. The obvious is La Tech. But UTSA is off of I10. That could end up developing into a good rival. Thoughts Texas State and La Tech. I don't think enough people know about UTSA athletics for them to be considered a rival yet. I would hope that we would continue one rivalry in OOC play: McNeese. I always look forward to those games.
Guest bigred360 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Depends on how many OOC games we would have in a FBS conference because you know they are going to schedule money games like A&M and will attempt getting a home game versus another FBS school. I hope we can keep the rivalry with McNeese but I mainly want out of the SLC. JMO.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 bigred360 wrote: Depends on how many OOC games we would have in a FBS conference because you know they are going to schedule money games like A&M and will attempt getting a home game versus another FBS school. I hope we can keep the rivalry with McNeese but I mainly want out of the SLC. JMO. Agreed, I hope Benson hears about that exciting LU TxSt game. That was very exciting, I wish every game was like that.
jdcurran235 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I don't see us keeping our rivalry with McNeese if we move up. Besides we have a longer history with La Tech. I would rather play them anyway. The bunch of wanna be cajuns!!!
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 jdcurran235 wrote: I don't see us keeping our rivalry with McNeese if we move up. Besides we have a longer history with La Tech. I would rather play them anyway. The bunch of wanna be cajuns!!! We have been rivals with McNeese for probably just as long. I'm not saying we have to schedule them in every sport but if we need to schedule an FCS school that's who we should pick first.
Bearkat25 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Hey cards I got bored and decided to put together the new WAC conference with enrollment numbers. After asking around I believe this will be the new WAC conference. Texas State – 32,572 UTSA – 30,214 San Jose State- Over 30,000 Utah State- 27,767 New Mexico State – 18,497 Lamar – 14,500 Idaho- 12,000 La Tech – 11,804 *Denver – 11,483 *Seattle – 7,751 * Non football playing members. Note: I am pretty confident that the WAC is looking for one more football playing member to join. For the record let me say that I believe that SHSU is being considered (believe it or not).I’ve heard from many people with credible sources that SHSU could be going as well. Lamar and Seattle will get invites in April and SHSU will join even though we aren’t ready (financially) today.
jdcurran235 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 I think it is totally possible that SHSU could end up joining and I am not against it. One of the best attended games for LU this year has been with SHSU.
Guest CardinalClaw Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks for posting this information Bearkat25, an let us know if you hear anything else about the WAC an SHSU.
Guest bigred360 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks for the info and you never know what is gonna happen in the next month or so. We both could be headed to the WAC, maybe just one school or maybe neither. Lamar administration has been very tight lipped about this. However, I know by an article written by Bob West of the PA News that Billy Tubbs was in Dallas at the time of the WAC meetings there. No, the article did not say anything about the WAC.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Bearkat25 wrote: Hey cards I got bored and decided to put together the new WAC conference with enrollment numbers. After asking around I believe this will be the new WAC conference. Texas State – 32,572 UTSA – 30,214 San Jose State- Over 30,000 Utah State- 27,767 New Mexico State – 18,497 Lamar – 14,500 Idaho- 12,000 La Tech – 11,804 *Denver – 11,483 *Seattle – 7,751 * Non football playing members. Note: I am pretty confident that the WAC is looking for one more football playing member to join. For the record let me say that I believe that SHSU is being considered (believe it or not).I’ve heard from many people with credible sources that SHSU could be going as well. Lamar and Seattle will get invites in April and SHSU will join even though we aren’t ready (financially) today. I remember one of the few disagreeable TxSt posters on the Scout WAC board having an issue with our attendance. I told him we would be bigger than Idaho and La Tech and he didn't think it mattered. Some people are very stubborn. I too wouldn't mind SHSU in the WAC. I think having a FBS league besides Big XII with a large presence will be good for a TV contract.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 I know that April 1st has been thrown around as a possible announcement day for a WAC invite. April 1st is a Friday. Does anyone know if there are any WAC meetings around that time? Any knowledge on when the WAC meets would give us a clue about when to look for an announcement.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 CardAmbassador wrote: I know that April 1st has been thrown around as a possible announcement day for a WAC invite. April 1st is a Friday. Does anyone know if there are any WAC meetings around that time? Any knowledge on when the WAC meets would give us a clue about when to look for an announcement. Page 10 kind of addresses this topic. http://www.wacsports.com/fls/10100/docs/pdfs/2009-10%20Code.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10100 Any idea on if there was another meeting scheduled after the January one?
coachacola Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 I think the Idaho AD said in the recent article that they are meeting next Friday to talk about expansion.
Bearkat25 Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Seattle has been more candid about the WAC as of late. They pretty much know that they are going just waiting for a formal invitation. Its funny how everyone associated with the WAC is hinting towards a 12 team league. I’m starting to believe that it’s only a matter of time until the WAC expands and gets there. You guys have probably already read this article but here you go. The date of the article below is Feb. 21 2011. Here is the link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seattleuniversity/2014295291_seattleu22.html
Bearkat25 Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Like I've said before, I would be really suprised if you guys didn't get the invite. The real question is will you guys accept...
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Bearkat25 wrote: Like I've said before, I would be really suprised if you guys didn't get the invite. The real question is will you guys accept... That's my only concern, I think we will get an invite but I'm not 100% certain we accept. I'm starting to feel better about it but I still don't know for sure.
Guest CardAmbassador Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 Bearkat25 is saying that Lamar and SHSU will join the WAC for sure. Sounds like he knows something we don't Here is the thread on scout: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=451&f=2368&t=7249476&p=3
Guest LU4LIFE Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 CardAmbassador wrote: Bearkat25 is saying that Lamar and SHSU will join the WAC for sure. Sounds like he knows something we don't Here is the thread on scout: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=451&f=2368&t=7249476&p=3 I would really like to know who he heard this from and if they are a creditable source.
Guest bigred360 Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 He is a student at SHSU as CA is at Lamar. I highly doubt he has any "inside source" for going to the WAC.
coachacola Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 I think Bearkat25 was the student president at SHSU a year or two ago. Is that true Bearcat25? If true then he'd probably know some of the right people, similar to the way CardAmbassador rubs elbows with the big wigs at Lamar.
Guest bigred360 Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 Well, my point was although he may be a highly thought of student like CA is at Lamar I doubt anyone would tell him anything directly regarding the WAC. CA is highly thought of student at Lamar and doubt he has got "inside information" about joining the WAC. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, it's just they aren't telling too many people what is going on right now.
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