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Many FBS programs would take them too. I don't understand the hate towards Lamar from fellow Southeast Texans.

Lamar probably offered him a full scholarship. Generally, the bigger schools want kickers and punters to walk-on.

The Cards cut down on the turnovers (14) in this game. Still too many, but better. Osas could have made a difference in the game if he could have played. If they quit turning the ball over so much they can be a decent team. Maybe play .500 or better in the SLC.

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They lost 1 game by 40 points. This team is young and the schedule they have played has been very tough. Every game has been on the road. Very tough for a young team to handle but they will be a better team for it when conference rolls around.

[quote name="coachacola" post="1008864" timestamp="1305144939"] To get invited to the WAC, 4 out of the 5 remaining schools have to vote yes.  San Jose State and Utah State are the ones holding out.  Next year Texas State, UTSA and Denver get to vote and they want Lamar in the conference.  Lamar will probably get invited next year because the WAC does need 8 football schools by 2014. SJSU and USU want in the MWC badly but can't get in.  They want more western schools in the WAC but that's not happening either, so they are stalling.  The NCAA basically said with their recent ruling that the WAC will be around for a while and that's the path to take from FCS to FBS football.  The WAC will probably expand to a 12 or 14 team conference (with east/west divisions) over the next few years and Lamar will more than likely be a part of that. [/quote] +1 That's exactly what's going on, Coach.

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[quote name="bigred360" post="975971" timestamp="1299122173"] Once, the year Lamar beat Rice twice when they were ranked #1 in the nation. Lamar lost in the SLC tournament which Northwestern State won and got the automatic bid. Lamar got an at large bid. The only time in the history of the SLC two teams made it to a regional. [/quote] So why are some people worried about the Southland Conference rpi ratings? What are the chances the conference gets two bids? Why not just go to games,support Lamar baseball,enjoy the weather, quit worrying about rpi? Chances are, the conference is only going to get one bid,anyway.

How many times has the rpi rating come into play for the Southland Conference? or how many times has the conference got two bids because of a rpi rating? I don't know the answer,  just asking. My guess is maybe once or twice.

[quote name="AJ25" post="974383" timestamp="1298953608"] What basketball means is Southeastern LA played a series against Tulane at home.. and a full series on the road at Florida International. Sam Houston played a series at Tulane.. Also play Nebraska twice and Michigan. A&M Corpus played at UT. And so on.. Big difference. [/quote] I believe Lamar played at Miss. State the weekend before for a couple of games. They have N. Mex.State, Cal-State Northridge and the U of San Francisco coming in for a tournament this weekend. I think it will be some interesting baseball. Ya'll just stay at home and look at your rpi's, b#tch, and moan about LAMAR's schedule.

I'm telling you that they were a decent team. Fundamentally sound. No, they are not a great team, but they competed. I really didn't see much difference from them and other SLC teams. I think last year's schedule prepared us well enough to win the conference tournament. I would love to see us playing and beating the top teams we used to play and beat. I think we can get back to those days. I think a renovation of Vincent-Beck would do wonders for LAMAR baseball. Let's hope it happens soon.

My eyes don't lie either. Sit on your butt. I'll go to the games. It's easy to look at a bunch of numbers and make up your mind about a team. It's too much effort to drive to the ballpark and watch a few games for some people. Going to the games is called support. Why do you care what LAMAR does? Are you a fan? Or do you just like to b#tch?

[quote name="bball11" post="974098" timestamp="1298914803"] RS- go look at the past 4 yrs at NDSU record and program and etc, its top 10 worse baseball programs in the nation!!!! Its worse than pview, texas southern, houston baptist......Lamar shouldn't be playing these teams, its not making them any better playing teams like this so use your head a little bit. [/quote] The thing is, I went to the a couple of games and watched NDSU play on the field. They are not a bad team. They played fundamentally sound.  They committed 2 errors to Lamar's 7.  They were close in the number of hits. Lost three one run games. They bunted well. They didn't pitch badly after the first game.  All I know is what I saw. Looking at numbers on the internet just doesn't do it for me. I think if someone wants to say how horrible another team is, they at least should go watch a game.

[quote name="basketball25" post="973432" timestamp="1298764599"] Ndsu is horrible, one of these worse programs in nation!!!! Well that means Lamar needs to do some traveling then!!!! Texas st, se la, Sam, uta, utsa, always play tough teams so why can't Lamar!!!! The facility thing is a excuse and a cop out!!'nm [/quote] You don't know what you are talking about.  No way they are one of the worse teams in the nation. Try going to a game and then reporting back. Watch a game in person. The internet is great and all the rpi statistics are interesting but go to the ballpark and watch the players play. That is the way to determine the other team's skill level.

[quote name="basketball25" post="973019" timestamp="1298726107"] Why is Lamar playing a horrible team like this?  It's good to get wins but not over a team that had a rpi o 275 out 301 teams!!! If you win ur beating pview and grambling type team if you lose it's a killer to rpi, confidence, and etc just don't understand. I just hope they win all of thesE games. [/quote] NDSU is not a horrible team. I went to the Friday game. They are not a great team by any stretch of the imagination.  They have some players. Pitching killed them. If you watch them on the field they are not horrible. They're a lot better than PVU or Grambling in my opinion.