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Wine has its health benefits! Best to enjoy it in moderation!

That's great! Like I said, we need to invest in LU's future in order to meet the highest standards of this university as much as possible! Lamar is the People's University and it should act this way! Does anyone realize how much trouble this university have went through over the years to bring football back to campus? The alumni and entire community invested in its both short and long term future and that is upgrading and expanding the facilities on campus making it one of the best in the conference? It could be a lot of trouble getting Lamar to FBS status. Like said, we need to act now!

Yes, Lamar has a math dept. Like mentioned in other posts, if LU goes FBS, it'll not only be a boast in the local economy and tourism but both universities playing in Beaumont! If like for example, San Diego State and Lamar have an agreement to play at Provost-Umphrey, it will be a great recruiting tool for both schools! Texas State, while transitioning to FBS, they had home and home agreements with the Naval Academy and Wyoming and did it have a great economic impact for both schools? Yes! The problem is the University needs to do something about this NOW! The community and alumni needs to support LU in terms of monetary donations! I mean make short term and long term investments to LU and the athletic department in order to go FBS!

We knew Coach Credeur would be over there! Will he be the OC? If so, will Vidor continue to be a successful program?

We hope Lamar gets the invite! They deserved it more than anyone else! They have one of the best facilities in the Southland! LU is noted for both academic and athletic excellence! If the Sunbelt extends the invite to LU, both community and alumni support will increase dramatically! We hope they do this!

The Mustangs will possibly play the same opponents but the locations will change except they will play at Port Neches again!

If Creuder leaves, will Chris Babin be open to coming back to Lumberton?

Idaho's athletic budget is going to swell in the coming years especially travel-wise! They would probably wish they were in the Mountain West! If TX State-Lamar were held at Reliant, would the rent be high and would there be a sellout crowd? Would it be worth it at all?

Practices are made to be long, hard, and intense! This is why West Orange-Stark has the all-time winning percentage in school history! During the athletic period during football season, they practice in full pads just like after school (from 3:30-6:30, even if the sky is dark)! During the off-season, they hit the weights and use the "speed shoes" on track Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (during athletic period). On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they run with sleds on practice field! That's an example of how West Orange-Stark produces a winning football program and produces numerous college and even pro athletes! Go to their practices and off-season workouts and find out for yourself! You can also ask Coach T for more information!

That would be a big advantage if Lamar goes FBS! The pros outweigh the cons!

[quote name="zeroturn" post="1394711" timestamp="1366119800"] [quote author=DP#1FAN link=topic=111167.msg1394710#msg1394710 date=1366119515] Coach Durley was one of the most respected coaches ever to come out of our area. I played against some of his teams and they were very desciplend and respectful. I think to alot of his players he was way more than a coach. [/quote]Yes he really was very concerned about players well being and so was clifton ozen and willie ray smith. [/quote] I agree with you! Coach Alex Durley was a great coach! I compare him to Coach Herman Boone from Remember the Titans! The school board back in 1971 did what they had to do when they integrated both the all-white and all-African-American probably because of a desegregation order/lawsuit and that was hire a minority coach!

My sympathy goes out to him and his entire family!

Tougher opponents need to be on the schedule! This is one of the reasons why Lamar never got invited to the Sun Belt! Drop the Division II/III/NAIA schools like mentioned in past posts! I am so sick of seeing them on the schedule! It's getting them nowhere! This is probably why Lamar football had been losing money back in the late 80's resulting in its elimination (possibly the other reason is the oil bust/recession of the late 80's)!

As an LU supporter, I am extremely disappointed Lamar wasn't mentioned! We were looking forward to going FBS but what happened? We have one of the best facilities in the Southland Conference and FCS! To me, that is a devastating to recruiting and to the local economy! What needs to be done to resolve this?

Doesn't Huckabay still live in the Orangefield area or sold his house there?

That would be great for the school district! Students need to have updated facilities! I hope Little Cypress' bond passes, too!

Here is something pretty shocking: a winless Grambling State basketball team qualifying for the conference tournament!

[quote name="Mr. Buddy Garrity" post="1383909" timestamp="1362774356"] [quote author=ice74 link=topic=109600.msg1383908#msg1383908 date=1362774258] If he follows the same pattern, he will probably move a middle school coach up to take the job.  :-\ [/quote] Maybe they bring Stump in, that would one-up Weak Brooke.  ;D [/quote] Are you talking about Cris Stump, who is at BC or Craig?

Could they bring home a State Title a few years from now? We'll probably have to see!

Schedules for every sports needs to be tougher, too! We all are tired of seeing Division II/III/NAIA schools more often on schedules! Football needs to schedule like GA Southern (possible new neighbor), Weber State, and like Northern Iowa!

What local news source? I checked with both KBMT and KFDM but it may not be true.

He will be missed! Our sympathy goes out to him and his entire family! His legacy at CHS and FHS will live on!

My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his entire family! That young athlete never got a chance to exceed!

[quote name="coachacola" post="1379784" timestamp="1361911888"] [quote author=Mr. Buddy Garrity link=topic=109784.msg1379699#msg1379699 date=1361904574] [quote author=badndn link=topic=109784.msg1379566#msg1379566 date=1361891139] Liberty played DII Concord University last year. So not sure what your point is.  Also gotta be able to entice DI schools to want to come to [b]Beaumont, Texas (voted saddest city in America recently)[/b].  ;D [/quote] ;) [/quote] Beaumont wasn't "voted" saddest city!  Did you guys even bother to read the articles about it? [/quote] Lynchburg is more like Beaumont. It is probably boring but they have that skiing hill at Liberty and all of that other that. But bringing like Purdue, Idaho, Washington State, and UTEP would be a great thing for both schools! It is a great recruiting tool since high school football is a hotbed for talent here!

If Lamar wants to go FBS, then they need to toughen their schedule and that means drop the NAIA and NCAA Division II schools and add tougher schools! Liberty University, which is one of the largest evangelical Christian universities on Earth is on verge of going FBS (could be Lamar's neighbor in Sun Belt) and they have FBS opponents on their schedule almost every year and they are very tough! Why don't Lamar have a tough schedule like them? Fans are not going to spend their hard earned money on tickets so they could watch like Langston, McMurry, or other Division II schools! Fans want game with tougher opponents like UTSA, Youngstown State, Delaware, and the like! Like said, Lamar needs to strengthen their schedule if they want to go FBS!