Lamar hasn't joined the MWC yet :D So here is some SLC news

[UNLV]

Southland wraps up visit at ACU, likely to make decision in coming weeks

http://www.ktxs.com/sports/Southland-wraps-up-visit-at-ACU-likely-to-make-decision-in-coming-weeks/-/14769664/15932336/-/14gxrkj/-/index.html

[puddin tane]

[quote name="UNLV" post="1241414" timestamp="1343875663"]
Southland wraps up visit at ACU, likely to make decision in coming weeks

http://www.ktxs.com/sports/Southland-wraps-up-visit-at-ACU-likely-to-make-decision-in-coming-weeks/-/14769664/15932336/-/14gxrkj/-/index.html
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read in between the lines, UNLV..LU didnt have a rep..must mean one thing....BIG 12

[Bobcatfan4life]

I would rather Angelo State than Incarnate Word if they have shown any interest. Maybe they haven't. Last year's records:

Football (5-6, 2-6)
Men's Basketball (11-17, 4-14)
Women's Basketball (13-15, 10-10)
Volleyball (31-6, 17-3)
Baseball (40-17, 20-8)
Softball (48-11, 23-4)

[IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/zsjwuv.jpg[/img]

[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2ccuxqt.jpg[/img]

[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/35m1dec.jpg[/img]

[NorthoftheBorder]

Very nice facilities.

[birdbrain78]

Those are very nice facilities, but 2 of the 3 don't belong to Angelo State.  The football stadium is the San Angelo ISD stadium.  In the past, it merely had "SAN ANGELO" in the endzones, but it's currently being remodeled, and hearsay is that the new field will have the high school's name and colors at midfield and in the end zones.

The baseball stadium belongs to the local independent league pro team.  I think they lease the land it's on from the university.  Think I read on a thread on the LSC board that while ASU plays there they have to change, etc., on campus because they don't have access to the locker rooms. Could be wrong about that part though.

The Junell center basketball arena is theirs, and seems to be a really nice 5000 seat arena.

Now that Abilene Christian is going to be an SLC member they'd make good travel partners.

There is a thread on the LSC board on D2Football.com about ASU's future facilities:

[url=http://www.d2messageboard.com/showthread.php?49177-Hypothetical-Capital-Improvements-at-ASU]http://www.d2messageboard.com/showthread.php?49177-Hypothetical-Capital-Improvements-at-ASU[/url]

[UNLV]

I always thought Midwestern with it's 14k stadium and West Texas aNm with it's 20k would bring in the Wichita Falls and Amarillo market to the SLC. 

[Dick Vitale]

We (Midwestern State) have been invited and have declined the invite...No disrespect, but the SLC, has ZERO appeal...Why would we leave a situation where we are getting more revenue, having a chance to win NCAA championships, to come to the Southland? What is the motivation in that? Division I? No, thanks.

[UNLV]

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1241833" timestamp="1344006834"]
We (Midwestern State) have been invited and have declined the invite...No disrespect, but the SLC, has ZERO appeal...Why would we leave a situation where we are getting more revenue, having a chance to win NCAA championships, to come to the Southland? What is the motivation in that? Division I? No, thanks.
[/quote]LOL, here is the argument for Lamar to stay in the Southland, ".Why would we leave a situation where we are getting more revenue, having a chance to win NCAA championships, to come to the FBS? What is the motivation in that? FBS? No, thanks."

[coachacola]

[quote name="Dick Vitale" post="1241833" timestamp="1344006834"]
We (Midwestern State) have been invited and have declined the invite...[b][size=12pt]No disrespect, but the SLC, has ZERO appeal[/size][/b]...Why would we leave a situation where we are getting more revenue, having a chance to win NCAA championships, to come to the Southland? What is the motivation in that? Division I? No, thanks.
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That feeling is shared by some of us Lamar fans too!

[UNLV]

[quote name="coachacola" post="1241852" timestamp="1344008913"]
[quote author=Dick Vitale link=topic=101389.msg1241833#msg1241833 date=1344006834]
We (Midwestern State) have been invited and have declined the invite...[b][size=12pt]No disrespect, but the SLC, has ZERO appeal[/size][/b]...Why would we leave a situation where we are getting more revenue, having a chance to win NCAA championships, to come to the Southland? What is the motivation in that? Division I? No, thanks.
[/quote]

That feeling is shared by some of us Lamar fans too!
[/quote]LOL, I missed that one.

Midwestern would do fine in the SLC. They would excite the Wichita Falls area by moving up.