1979 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings

[Guest coachacola]

Just for fun, was this Lamar's and the Southland Conference's best year as D1-A (FBS)?

#1 Alabama

#2 USC

#3 UH

#4 Ohio State

#5 Pittsburgh

#6 Oklahoma

#7 BYU

#8 Arkansas

#9 Texas

#10 Nebraska

...

#16 Penn State

#17 McNeese State

#18 Clemson

...

#36 Utah State

#37 Texas-Arlington

#38 East Carolina

...

#47 Oklahoma State

#48 Lamar

#49 Arizona

http://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf1979.htm

[UNLV]

Ahhhh, the good ole days.

[TexasTerror]

Just for fun, was this Lamar's and the Southland Conference's best year as D1-A (FBS)?

Probably was, because the split had just occurred and the SLC was one of the few to stay behind at first.

[UNLV]

Just for fun, was this Lamar's and the Southland Conference's best year as D1-A (FBS)?

Probably was, because the split had just occurred and the SLC was one of the few to stay behind at first.

Then you would agree the SLC move to I-AA was stupid dumb stupid beyond stupid dumb stupid.

Can you imagine where the slc would be today? 

UNT, La-Tech, Arkansas st would not have left. Maybe the SWC teams left overs might have joined instead of going WAC.

And best of all, no SHSU.

[TexasTerror]

Then you would agree the SLC move to I-AA was stupid dumb stupid beyond stupid dumb stupid. Can you imagine where the slc would be today?  UNT, La-Tech, Arkansas st would not have left. Maybe the SWC teams left overs might have joined instead of going WAC. And best of all, no SHSU.

Probably no Lamar either. Considering you guys were the bottom feeders and the league would have wanted to move to a higher level, it would have been the TAAC, American South or Gulf Star for Lamar!

[NorthoftheBorder]

Then you would agree the SLC move to I-AA was stupid dumb stupid beyond stupid dumb stupid. Can you imagine where the slc would be today?  UNT, La-Tech, Arkansas st would not have left. Maybe the SWC teams left overs might have joined instead of going WAC. And best of all, no SHSU.

Probably no Lamar either. Considering you guys were the bottom feeders and the league would have wanted to move to a higher level, it would have been the TAAC, American South or Gulf Star for Lamar!

Look kittykat, Lamar's athletic program as a whole has outperformed Dan Rather State by a margin so wide your thimble brain couldn't begin to comprehend.  Its best if you just hide out on campus in nowheresville.

[TexasTerror]

Look kittykat, Lamar's athletic program as a whole has outperformed Dan Rather State by a margin so wide your thimble brain couldn't begin to comprehend.  Its best if you just hide out on campus in nowheresville.

In the last 5 years...? Most certainly not. And to think so, is a laugh!

[NorthoftheBorder]

Look kittykat, Lamar's athletic program as a whole has outperformed Dan Rather State by a margin so wide your thimble brain couldn't begin to comprehend.  Its best if you just hide out on campus in nowheresville.

In the last 5 years...? Most certainly not. And to think so, is a laugh!

Kittykat, talking about the whole body of work.  And everything is cyclical, the tide is turning.  Sort of like the Galveston hurricane of 1900, the great storm is off the "Dan Rather State" coast and no one knows its coming in until it's too late.