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Design the perfect conference for Lamar

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DISCLAIMER: There's no inside info here and this is not even a remote possibility. It's just what I would consider a great conference for Lamar in a perfect world!!!

 

Gulf Coast Conference or new Southwest Conference (still miss the old SWC)

 

1. Lamar

2. Texas State

3. UTSA

4. UTA

5. UNT

6. Rice

7. UL-L

8. UL-M

9. Louisiana Tech

10. Tulane

 

Play McNeese and SHSU non conference and call it a day. Geographically this makes perfect since for all schools. I know im dreaming with UNT/Rice/Tulane but they could go from a small to big fish with a realistic chance to compete in this make believe conference. I could easily remove Tulane and Rice making an 8 team conference and Lamar could play McNeese, SHSU and SFA non conference.

 

Whats your perfect conference?

The Big Puddin Conference

 

LU

UNT

LA Tech

Ark St.

UL-L

So Miss (what the heck--watched lamar play em when i was little)

San Marcos junior college

UTSA

 

 

It's interesting that as you consider "the perfect conference," you don't include McNeese, SFA, or SHSU in your move-up, but you're okay with UTSA and TSU being there. As far as I knew, there was nothing really between Lamar and those 2 schools, so why include them? Just because they're already FBS?
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It's interesting that as you consider "the perfect conference," you don't include McNeese, SFA, or SHSU in your move-up, but you're okay with UTSA and TSU being there. As far as I knew, there was nothing really between Lamar and those 2 schools, so why include them? Just because they're already FBS?

 

I was including current or future FBS schools assuming Lamar gets off their tails and eventually gets there in the long run. Of course it would easily be better for Lamar in a historical sense to trade out McNeese State and SHSU for UTSA and Texas State to this make believe conference. Heck, add SFA for UTA while we're at it.

 

that would look like this:

 

1. Lamar

2. Sam Houston

3. SFA

4. Rice

5. UNT

6. UL-L

7. UL-M

8. McNeese State

9. Louisiana Tech

10. Tulane

 

 

me?..i enjoy playing slam, sfa and mcsleeze...much more interesting than utsa or san marcos jc......but i think i was supposed to do a FBS conference

 

THE PERFECT PUDDIN CONFERENCE

 

LU

SAM

SFA

Mcneese

UL-L

La Tech

UNT

Arkie st

 

tulane,UL-m? dont do much for me

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me?..i enjoy playing slam, sfa and mcsleeze...much more interesting than utsa or san marcos jc......but i think i was supposed to do a FBS conference

 

THE PERFECT PUDDIN CONFERENCE

 

LU

SAM

SFA

Mcneese

UL-L

La Tech

UNT

Arkie st

 

tulane,UL-m? dont do much for me

 

 

Tulane= New Orleans roadie. ;)

The Big Puddin Conference

 

LU

UNT

LA Tech

Ark St.

UL-L

So Miss (what the heck--watched lamar play em when i was little)

San Marcos junior college

UTSA

 

I like the Big Puddin Conference, but let's make it 12 teams.

 

LU

UNT

LA Tech

Ark St.

UL-L

So Miss

Texas State

UTSA

South Alabama

Troy

Georgia State

Georgia Southern

 

You've got your big markets, beach towns, old SLC rivals, decent football schools, good-sized footprint, and all similar type schools.

Big Tex conf.

 

lamar

sam

sfa

utep

smu

ts

utsa

unt

 

i like a 3 game non conference schedule. 11 an 12 team conferences get boring playing the same teams every year. you can change the name to what you want its just the first thing that popped in my head.

lamar

rice

ul-l

la tech

ul-m

ark st

shsu

mcneese

tulane

south alabama

utsa

swt

 

12 team all football colleges.east/west division with championship game.

I tend to agree with LUCards for the most part. I like a 12 team set up with a conference championship. I think, for some reason, that tossing out the possibility of playing in a CC game plus a bowl to recruits makes it easier to draw them in.

 

I know that many of these teams would never agree to this conference ,but this would be my list if I had absolute dominion to form a conference. I think the competitive level is nice, and no one travels too far. Fans can go to any game they want as a simple weekend trip.

 

Gulf Coast Conference

Bowl Tie In: Gallery Furniture Bowl

 

West:

LU

SHSU

TxSt

UTSA

Rice

UNT

 

East:

UL-L

La Tech

USA

Tulane

Southern Miss

Arkansas St

oh yeah..The Big puddin conference has NO seperate championship game..you wanna go to The Puddin Bowl, win your conference games.....

oh yeah..The Big puddin conference has NO seperate championship game..you wanna go to The Puddin Bowl, win your conference games.....

They can call it the Jell-O Puddin Bowl. :D

All of these are good ideas for the prefect conference but honestly for me. I don't want three SLC schools is the same conference. Heck, that is a 1/4 of the conference we have now!
travel costs played a huge part in who i choose to be in this dream conference.if the economy stays in the crapper some universities may go in this direction.
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The Big South Conference:

LU

McNeese

SFA

SHSU

UTSA

UL-L

La. Tech

UNT

So. Bama

Southern Miss.

Ark. St

Nicholls St

 

Bones Conference

 

LU

SHSU

SFA

UL-L

TXST

UTEP

Rice

La Tech

So Bama

stAte

Tulane

Troy

 

The Big South Conference:

LU

McNeese

SFA

SHSU

UTSA

UL-L

La. Tech

UNT

So. Bama

Southern Miss.

Ark. St

Nicholls St

 

 

I was with you until you put in Nicholls State. Maybe you couldn't think of a 12th school?

The Big South Conference:

LU

McNeese

SFA

SHSU

UTSA

UL-L

La. Tech

UNT

So. Bama

Southern Miss.

Ark. St

Nicholls St

 

 

I was with you until you put in Nicholls State. Maybe you couldn't think of a 12th school?

 

I was going to say the same thing, not exactly sure how Nicholls makes it over any school in the south.

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