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La Tech is looking for a travel partner so travel cost won't force them out of the WAC.

Should Lamar volunteer?

I SAY HELL YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH...

BTW, the WAC likes the idea even if it is a non-football school.

I wonder if Texas st already volunteered to join the WAC  as tech partner. This would

explain the rush to FBS....

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Right now, Texas State-San Marcos has got to get the nod over Lamar for a "travel partner".

Outside of riding the coattails of UTSA into the C-USA, this would be the Bobcats best chance at FBS as the Sun Belt (as it stands) has no interest in them or any SLC program -- they are too busy fighting the stigma that is associated with them being the "I-AA" of FBS.

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Aren't they a little far to get into the CUSA though? Travel costs would be pretty high if they joined the conference as it is today.

The conference is going to have some breaking away. The conference is mostly going to be the western schools and a few of the further east schools will go to the Big East, IMO.

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Right now, Texas State-San Marcos has got to get the nod over Lamar for a "travel partner".

I agree, but not by much. Once Lamar adds football the nod moves to Lamar.

Texas st has size over Lamar.

Lamar has a history of making noise on the national level in varies sports.

Outside of riding the coattails of UTSA into the C-USA, this would be the Bobcats best chance at FBS as the Sun Belt (as it stands) has no interest in them or any SLC program -- they are too busy fighting the stigma that is associated with them being the "I-AA" of FBS.

Noooo...the Sunbelt would take Texas st with open arms. The Sunbelt is already mostly former SLC teams.
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I wouldn't like Lamar to be in the WAC.  All that traveling west would be a killer in both travel expenses and it would take a physical toll on the teams.  I think one reason La Tech isn't that good in any sports is because all the traveling the teams do takes a big toll physically.  I bet their teams are in a constant state of jet lag.

Also, the big name money makers of the conference are Boise State, Fresno State and Hawaii.  Who knows how long they will stay in the WAC.  Lose them and the WAC loses a lot of TV money, which would make a move to the WAC a disaster.

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I agree, but not by much. Once Lamar adds football the nod moves to Lamar. Texas st has size over Lamar. Lamar has a history of making noise on the national level in varies sports.

History? Outside of golf, not so much since the 1980s. The Bobcats have much more appeal -- academically and athletically -- at this point and will continue to do so until LU can prove that they can consistently put a good product out in football (which includes butts in the seats, even if LU takes them on the chin at first) and/or develop their basketball program to new heights (attendance is there, results are not).

Noooo...the Sunbelt would take Texas st with open arms. The Sunbelt is already mostly former SLC teams.

The Commish of the SBC recently said that the conference has the "I-AA mentality". They'd like to break away from that and I think they'd rather stay away from I-AA (now FCS) programs unless they feel they can contribute football-wise and actually have an FBS mindset...San Marcos can not contribute football-wise despite having an FBS mindset. All their new FBS programs from FCS have done something in FCS -- San Marcos has not nor has FIU (and well, we see how that is)...

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What men's sports at Texas State won a conference championship this past year? All of their teams on the men side seem pretty bad... i don't recall a great sports team from TSU last year besides the women's basketball team, and they even got knocked out by the 7th or 8th seeded Islanders.

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What men's sports at Texas State won a conference championship this past year? All of their teams on the men side seem pretty bad... i don't recall a great sports team from TSU last year besides the women's basketball team, and they even got knocked out by the 7th or 8th seeded Islanders.

Not so great on the men's side as of late. Like SFA, their strong suit is women's sports.

This is all rubbish to talk about this anyway. UNLV is trying to start something when we all know that in the SLC -- Texas State-San Marcos is currently at the front of the line for an FBS move as things stand now.

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I think the WAC commissioner said he's considering a non-football school as a travel partner for La Tech.  I don't think Lamar wants to go down that road plus there's a lot of non-football playing schools closer to La Tech than Lamar: UTA, UALR and Centenary to name a few.  Another negative is that the WAC really isn't a top basketball conference anymore.  Pomeroy had them rated #17 last year and the SLC was #22.

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I think the WAC commissioner said he's considering a non-football school as a travel partner for La Tech.  I don't think Lamar wants to go down that road plus there's a lot of non-football playing schools closer to La Tech than Lamar: UTA, UALR and Centenary to name a few.  Another negative is that the WAC really isn't a top basketball conference anymore.  Pomeroy had them rated #17 last year and the SLC was #22.

Hope that SLC number continues to move up too! ;)

If Lamar went to the WAC as a non-football member, Lamar would get the boot from the SLC. I do not believe the conference is interested in a member who is half way in the door, half way out. I could verify the SLC by-laws (which the SLC is ignoring right now as it relates to the San Marcos situation -- come on Billy, make some noise of it!) and check it out...

Centenary is not attractive by any means and UALR has a beautiful basketball facility, but needs help elsewhere. UTA needs to get a new basketball facility finalized before anyone pays attention...

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I think the WAC commissioner said he's considering a non-football school as a travel partner for La Tech.  I don't think Lamar wants to go down that road plus there's a lot of non-football playing schools closer to La Tech than Lamar: UTA, UALR and Centenary to name a few.  Another negative is that the WAC really isn't a top basketball conference anymore.  Pomeroy had them rated #17 last year and the SLC was #22.

Coach, the exposure Lamar would get in the WAC is priceless. In Las Vegas I was at the Barbary Coast and Ceasars Palace every weekend beting on Lamar.

Lamar was on the big board for all to see as well as other Sunbelt schools. The SLC is not on the big board at Ceasars or any other casino. Only the big named conferences.

Big name conference means FBS conferences. Being in the WAC would move Lamar to the front of the line for CUSA. It would force Lamar to play FBS.

And it would only be for a few years  as conference realignment would move Lamar and Tech back this way. And we can finally restart our rivalry with Tech again.

Sigh...Like I said, it'll never happen. The one coin nickle slots still rules the thinking in this area.

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If Lamar joined UTSA and Texas State and joined the WAC as a group then it could possibly work.  Being in a FBS conference would bring a lot more media attention to Lamar.  But like you said, it'll never happen.  But I can see a block of SLC schools moving to FBS, possibly in a deal where the schools that don't want to move up are already lined up for a different conference.  I'm not sure if McNeese has any interest in moving up and it would be a shame to not have them as a conference rival in football.  There's still at least 4 years until we have to worry about all this.

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It could work now it Lamar only as Tech travel partner. The extra travel cost could off-set, not 100% but close, by

having more recognized teams coming to Beaumont. Would not more people attend a Lamar vs Fresno st then Lamar vs Nicholls st?

Lamar vs Nevada or Lamar vs SELA

Lamar vs Hawaii or Lamar vs SHSU

We are talking 4-5 years in the WAC. Lamar can afford that...

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We are talking 4-5 years in the WAC. Lamar can afford that...

How do you know Lamar can afford that? They are raising their budget so much as is with football...they'd need to raise it even more to participate in the WAC.

Lamar wouldn't be in the WAC more than two or three seasons before La Tech jets out considering LU would have to wait awhile before they even left the SLC.

La Tech...they don't want to be in the league and quite frankly, being in the WAC and the lack of success that has riddled their program since joining the conference, is not making them attractive. Their women's basketball program has fallen flat on it's face. Heck, the WAC even said that they are getting complaints about conference championships in Louisiana and Hawaii -- so that may stink for them even more...

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We are talking 4-5 years in the WAC. Lamar can afford that...

How do you know Lamar can afford that? They are raising their budget so much as is with football...they'd need to raise it even more to participate in the WAC.

Lamar wouldn't be in the WAC more than two or three seasons before La Tech jets out considering LU would have to wait awhile before they even left the SLC.

La Tech...they don't want to be in the league and quite frankly, being in the WAC and the lack of success that has riddled their program since joining the conference, is not making them attractive. Their women's basketball program has fallen flat on it's face. Heck, the WAC even said that they are getting complaints about conference championships in Louisiana and Hawaii -- so that may stink for them even more...

Schools have ups and downs. Tech is in a down and its not because of the WAC. ULL is down and ULL don't have the travel cost as Tech.

Lamar was down in the SLC.

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Schools have ups and downs. Tech is in a down and its not because of the WAC. ULL is down and ULL don't have the travel cost as Tech. Lamar was down in the SLC.

Considering all schools in Louisiana outside of LSU have budget problems pertaining to athletics, yes -- La Tech is down in the WAC because of the increased amount of their budget that must go towards travel. They also outsourced their marketing/sales in a 10 year deal and I'm not usually a fan of that because I think it cuts the amount of money coming in (from personal experiences).

La-Lafayette is not faring well either. They have sports where the coaches must raise the scholarship money yearly to make things happen. They do not pay well and are under-staffed in quite a few areas unlike many football schools at that level.

If Lamar is down in the "lowly" SLC, what were they during their time in the Sun Belt? Couldn't of been much better and that was before all those schools started playing some football in the Sun Belt and were not in a good situation football-wise.

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Schools have ups and downs. Tech is in a down and its not because of the WAC. ULL is down and ULL don't have the travel cost as Tech. Lamar was down in the SLC.

Considering all schools in Louisiana outside of LSU have budget problems pertaining to athletics, yes -- La Tech is down in the WAC because of the increased amount of their budget that must go towards travel. They also outsourced their marketing/sales in a 10 year deal and I'm not usually a fan of that because I think it cuts the amount of money coming in (from personal experiences).

La-Lafayette is not faring well either. They have sports where the coaches must raise the scholarship money yearly to make things happen. They do not pay well and are under-staffed in quite a few areas unlike many football schools at that level.

If Lamar is down in the "lowly" SLC, what were they during their time in the Sun Belt? Couldn't of been much better and that was before all those schools started playing some football in the Sun Belt and were not in a good situation football-wise.

Lamar last year in the Sunbelt was lowly, yet that lowly Lamar won the trip to the NCAA the first year in the SLC.

The samething happen with CC as a independent. Both teams dropped to a SLC level. Was it SLC travel cost making Lamar suck in one of the worse conference?

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Lamar last year in the Sunbelt was lowly, yet that lowly Lamar won the trip to the NCAA the first year in the SLC.

Wasn't that Lamar a #6 seed? They make a surprise run through the SLC tournament? Also, were you going to comment on anything else I mentioned?

The same thing happen with CC as a independent. Both teams dropped to a SLC level. Was it SLC travel cost making Lamar suck in one of the worse conference?

A&M-CC did not "drop" to SLC level. They lost Ronnie Arrow to South Alabama and then they hired a guy who was doing the wrong things, had an AD who was blind to the wrong things already happening there and it just spiraled downward. That program had major problems...

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Lamar last year in the Sunbelt was lowly, yet that lowly Lamar won the trip to the NCAA the first year in the SLC.

Wasn't that Lamar a #6 seed? They make a surprise run through the SLC tournament? Also, were you going to comment on anything else I mentioned?

The same thing happen with CC as a independent. Both teams dropped to a SLC level. Was it SLC travel cost making Lamar suck in one of the worse conference?

A&M-CC did not "drop" to SLC level. They lost Ronnie Arrow to South Alabama and then they hired a guy who was doing the wrong things, had an AD who was blind to the wrong things already happening there and it just spiraled downward. That program had major problems...

You are consistantly wrong on issues like Lamar not being able to play SLC football until 2012. It would take me hours to counter all your wrongness.

It terrorizes you to obsession with the fear Lamar might leave your beloved SLC. And I live for the day we say bye to the SLC. The jv conference...

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You are consistantly wrong on issues like Lamar not being able to play SLC football until 2012.

I ate crow there. I thought Lamar was not going to play until 2012 and I was wrong. Apparently, Lamar is not following the same footsteps as all the other new full scholarship programs. How was I supposed to know they would be different?

It would take me hours to counter all your wrongness.

Even about the Louisiana schools? You could not even counter argue that one. Perhaps, because you know I am right. Having moved to Louisiana, I've learned quite a bit about the plight of the Louisiana schools and lots of information on said subject that those in Texas turn the other way on.

It terrorizes you to obsession with the fear Lamar might leave your beloved SLC. And I live for the day we say bye to the SLC. The jv conference...

SHSU would leave too. I do not think Lamar would leave ahead of SHSU. If anything, at the same time. Of course, with the "nickel and dime" thinking as you put it -- perhaps Lamar will be around the SLC when it becomes the FCS version of the Lonestar Conference -- ready to renew rivalries with A&M-Commerce, Tarleton State and company?

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SHSU would leave too. I do not think Lamar would leave ahead of SHSU. If anything, at the same time.

Maybe, maybe not. Lamar could leave and SHSU could stay and vice-versa. You put too much linkage on schools when there is none.

Just because Texas st goe FBS doesn't mean Lamar or Sammy will too.

Of course, with the "nickel and dime" thinking as you put it -- perhaps Lamar will be around the SLC when it becomes the FCS version of the Lonestar Conference -- ready to renew rivalries with A&M-Commerce, Tarleton State and company?

Don't torture me Terror...  Although Tarleton would fit well in the SLC. They could have LU's spot.
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