Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by 311neers » Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:40 am

kornegaylw wrote:
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:41 pm
For what its worth I see a decent number to LaTech decals on cars here in the DFW area...Not quite as many as TxSt but they are a notiable fan base if you pay attention.

Ruston is a 3.5 hour drive from the DFW metroplex and as engineering schools go its not great so if you can't get into any schools in Texas or OK then you go there.
San Marcos > Ruston.

At least we don't have to play away in Ruston that often.

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by 311neers » Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:41 am

Stonewall wrote:
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:53 pm
A missed opportunity.
What was the opportunity?

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by kornegaylw » Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:00 pm

311neers wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:40 am
kornegaylw wrote:
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:41 pm
For what its worth I see a decent number to LaTech decals on cars here in the DFW area...Not quite as many as TxSt but they are a notiable fan base if you pay attention.

Ruston is a 3.5 hour drive from the DFW metroplex and as engineering schools go its not great so if you can't get into any schools in Texas or OK then you go there.
San Marcos > Ruston.

At least we don't have to play away in Ruston that often.
No in arguing that Ruston is better than San Marcos LOL!!

...Shreveport does have casinos though...

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by Bootsy » Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:53 pm

Ruston isn’t the best. But truthfully, is it worse than Monroe?

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by AppSt94 » Tue Jul 15, 2025 6:14 am

Bootsy wrote:
Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:53 pm
Ruston isn’t the best. But truthfully, is it worse than Monroe?
Well, I’ve had one of the best Po’ Boys in my life in Ruston so there’s that.

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by Bigdaddyg1 » Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:38 am

At the end of the day does it really matter who is in the Sunbelt short of adding P4 type schools? As fans I think we now have to decide what we want in terms of entertainment value. Is it enough to simply accept our place in the new world of “college football”? Just hope for some fun game day experiences, hope for a good home slate with schools close to us, hope for coaches who can make recycled rosters competitive? I really hate that so much energy is wasted on the playoff scenarios that more than likely won’t materialize. Ultimately the playoffs will probably increase to 16 teams with maybe a token slot given to the best of probably a 60 team pool. I’m always excited about a season but honestly it’s really tempered by the new world. I recall those really good teams we had years ago who won big with lots of sophomore players. We pretty much knew a solid 3 year run was very possible because we could speculate on returning players. Now…not so much.

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Re: Sun Belt presidents to vote Monday on Louisiana Tech

Unread post by Saint3333 » Tue Jul 15, 2025 7:41 am

If it’s about the fan experience we should add teams that are destinations not Ruston.

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