I'm thinking Texas State. Just a hunch.

Keeps UTEP happy.

(01-29-2013 11:20 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  I'm thinking Texas State. Just a hunch.

Keeps UTEP happy.

That's a very solid hunch

(01-28-2013 10:29 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:58 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:48 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:39 PM)Rabonchild Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 05:23 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  ULL is located in a DMA that's about 2.9 times the size of the one WKU is in and Jonesboro is one slot higher on the DMA food chain than Bowling Green

We already have a school in Louisiana. The state population is not large enough to justify 2 teams in the CUSA

There are over 1.2 million people in the South Louisiana region called Acadiana(Cajuns), a region which has the City of Lafayette, Louisiana as the Hub....there may be 12 people in this region who give a damn about Louisiana Tech.....you figure it out

I was down in Louisiana for the Independence Bowl and swung by Laffayette and I can concur that ULL is at best located in a small city practically in the middle of nowhere (wilderness in most directions). Does all of Acadiana have 1.2 million? Yes but that is a bigger area that rural NW Ohio with the same population.

I'm not sure what kind of tactical value ULL adds to CUSA. I would not be surprised if CUSA after taking MTSU/FAU would look once again at more of an FCS upgrade school in Georgia State just for the media market and another school in the eastern timezone.

City of Lafayette population: 122,130, Lafayette Parish(County): 224,390, Lafayette Combined Statistical Area(basically a 35 mile radius of the City): 554,417, 50 mile radius of Lafayette: 808,210, the 22 Parish Region known as Acadiana surrounding Lafayette: 1.2 million. That whole Region matters because our City and University are the cultural hub of the Region...hence the monniker "Ragin Cajuns". I do not know whether or not we will be invited to join CUSA...who does. But we are in the mix. I would invite everyone to visit the Universities athletics website; http://www.ragincajuns.com and click onto the facilities page. Even before our stadium expansion to 45,000 to occur later this year and upgrades to Baseball and other facilities, I believe that you will be impressed. Good luck to all this upcoming year.

Still not impressed on Lafayette....Tiny downtown and Andrew Mouton's house was unimpressive.

Ohio University for example is pretty rural, 60 miles from the Columbus beltway but even as rural as what Ohio is if I did the same 35 mile radius comparison I end up with over 500,000 people. There are about 360,000 between 4 counties alone and the other 6 counties average 30,000 people alone.

In the 32 county region of Ohio known as Appalachia is home to 1.4 million people with Ohio having 38,000 students combined on 6 campuses across the region.

I did drive past the football stadium and Cajun Dome...it looked ugly in a sea of concrete. Definitely not a "setting" school. ULL's campus does look respectable though.

(01-30-2013 12:34 AM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 10:29 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:58 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:48 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:39 PM)Rabonchild Wrote:  We already have a school in Louisiana. The state population is not large enough to justify 2 teams in the CUSA

There are over 1.2 million people in the South Louisiana region called Acadiana(Cajuns), a region which has the City of Lafayette, Louisiana as the Hub....there may be 12 people in this region who give a damn about Louisiana Tech.....you figure it out

I was down in Louisiana for the Independence Bowl and swung by Laffayette and I can concur that ULL is at best located in a small city practically in the middle of nowhere (wilderness in most directions). Does all of Acadiana have 1.2 million? Yes but that is a bigger area that rural NW Ohio with the same population.

I'm not sure what kind of tactical value ULL adds to CUSA. I would not be surprised if CUSA after taking MTSU/FAU would look once again at more of an FCS upgrade school in Georgia State just for the media market and another school in the eastern timezone.

City of Lafayette population: 122,130, Lafayette Parish(County): 224,390, Lafayette Combined Statistical Area(basically a 35 mile radius of the City): 554,417, 50 mile radius of Lafayette: 808,210, the 22 Parish Region known as Acadiana surrounding Lafayette: 1.2 million. That whole Region matters because our City and University are the cultural hub of the Region...hence the monniker "Ragin Cajuns". I do not know whether or not we will be invited to join CUSA...who does. But we are in the mix. I would invite everyone to visit the Universities athletics website; http://www.ragincajuns.com and click onto the facilities page. Even before our stadium expansion to 45,000 to occur later this year and upgrades to Baseball and other facilities, I believe that you will be impressed. Good luck to all this upcoming year.

Still not impressed on Lafayette....Tiny downtown and Andrew Mouton's house was unimpressive.

Ohio University for example is pretty rural, 60 miles from the Columbus beltway but even as rural as what Ohio is if I did the same 35 mile radius comparison I end up with over 500,000 people. There are about 360,000 between 4 counties alone and the other 6 counties average 30,000 people alone.

In the 32 county region of Ohio known as Appalachia is home to 1.4 million people with Ohio having 38,000 students combined on 6 campuses across the region.

I did drive past the football stadium and Cajun Dome...it looked ugly in a sea of concrete. Definitely not a "setting" school. ULL's campus does look respectable though.

You would be impressed with the "setting" if you saw their tailgating.

Walked past 3 hogs on spits in 3 different tailgates, just on my way to the stadium.

They do it up right, and roll out the red carpet for visitors.

(01-30-2013 01:10 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(01-30-2013 12:34 AM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 10:29 PM)swampbear Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:58 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(01-28-2013 07:48 PM)swampbear Wrote:  There are over 1.2 million people in the South Louisiana region called Acadiana(Cajuns), a region which has the City of Lafayette, Louisiana as the Hub....there may be 12 people in this region who give a damn about Louisiana Tech.....you figure it out

I was down in Louisiana for the Independence Bowl and swung by Laffayette and I can concur that ULL is at best located in a small city practically in the middle of nowhere (wilderness in most directions). Does all of Acadiana have 1.2 million? Yes but that is a bigger area that rural NW Ohio with the same population.

I'm not sure what kind of tactical value ULL adds to CUSA. I would not be surprised if CUSA after taking MTSU/FAU would look once again at more of an FCS upgrade school in Georgia State just for the media market and another school in the eastern timezone.

City of Lafayette population: 122,130, Lafayette Parish(County): 224,390, Lafayette Combined Statistical Area(basically a 35 mile radius of the City): 554,417, 50 mile radius of Lafayette: 808,210, the 22 Parish Region known as Acadiana surrounding Lafayette: 1.2 million. That whole Region matters because our City and University are the cultural hub of the Region...hence the monniker "Ragin Cajuns". I do not know whether or not we will be invited to join CUSA...who does. But we are in the mix. I would invite everyone to visit the Universities athletics website; http://www.ragincajuns.com and click onto the facilities page. Even before our stadium expansion to 45,000 to occur later this year and upgrades to Baseball and other facilities, I believe that you will be impressed. Good luck to all this upcoming year.

Still not impressed on Lafayette....Tiny downtown and Andrew Mouton's house was unimpressive.

Ohio University for example is pretty rural, 60 miles from the Columbus beltway but even as rural as what Ohio is if I did the same 35 mile radius comparison I end up with over 500,000 people. There are about 360,000 between 4 counties alone and the other 6 counties average 30,000 people alone.

In the 32 county region of Ohio known as Appalachia is home to 1.4 million people with Ohio having 38,000 students combined on 6 campuses across the region.

I did drive past the football stadium and Cajun Dome...it looked ugly in a sea of concrete. Definitely not a "setting" school. ULL's campus does look respectable though.

You would be impressed with the "setting" if you saw their tailgating.

Walked past 3 hogs on spits in 3 different tailgates, just on my way to the stadium.

They do it up right, and roll out the red carpet for visitors.

Thanks....I really do not give a damn about that posters comments....good luck to MTSU in CUSA.....