So, is this the same 'st' Gregg that made a post last night on RP about the shooting?

(07-24-2015 03:43 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

The shot of the ULL crowd around the 3:00 mark is priceless

(07-24-2015 03:54 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:43 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

So, is this the same 'st' Gregg that made a post last night on RP about the shooting?

To let everyone know the depths of humanity that is 'st' Greg: last night at midnight, just hours after the horrific event had taken place and seven hours before the shooter's identity was known, he posted 'Ragin Cajun' on the RP site.....to imply that it was a crazy Cajun that had done it.
1. The shooter is now known to be a vagrant, with zero ties to our community.
2. Even if he had been of Cajun descent, would that have made the tradegy even more amusing for you?
The loss of the two victims, the suffering of all the victims, and the horrific impact that this is having on everyone involved.......and you make a snarky remark about a football program. Do you feel that you are a good representation of the ltu fan base?
You are less than scum.
The westboro protesters are saying they will picket the funerals of these two ladies. I count you in thier ranks, whether you are there physically are just in spirit.

(07-24-2015 04:46 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:54 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:43 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

So, is this the same 'st' Gregg that made a post last night on RP about the shooting?

To let everyone know the depths of humanity that is 'st' Greg: last night at midnight, just hours after the horrific event had taken place and seven hours before the shooter's identity was known, he posted 'Ragin Cajun' on the RP site.....to imply that it was a crazy Cajun that had done it.
1. The shooter is now known to be a vagrant, with zero ties to our community.
2. Even if he had been of Cajun descent, would that have made the tradegy even more amusing for you?
The loss of the two victims, the suffering of all the victims, and the horrific impact that this is having on everyone involved.......and you make a snarky remark about a football program. Do you feel that you are a good representation of the ltu fan base?

Wow. I had to look to believe it. Making a joke of such a thing before the victim's bodies were even cold. Amazing.

(07-24-2015 05:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 04:46 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:54 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:43 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

So, is this the same 'st' Gregg that made a post last night on RP about the shooting?

To let everyone know the depths of humanity that is 'st' Greg: last night at midnight, just hours after the horrific event had taken place and seven hours before the shooter's identity was known, he posted 'Ragin Cajun' on the RP site.....to imply that it was a crazy Cajun that had done it.
1. The shooter is now known to be a vagrant, with zero ties to our community.
2. Even if he had been of Cajun descent, would that have made the tradegy even more amusing for you?
The loss of the two victims, the suffering of all the victims, and the horrific impact that this is having on everyone involved.......and you make a snarky remark about a football program. Do you feel that you are a good representation of the ltu fan base?

Wow. I had to look to believe it. Making a joke of such a thing before the victim's bodies were even cold. Amazing.

Not amazing....sickening. Here is the link to his 'comment'
http://www.raginpagin.com/louisiana/show...ston/page2

(07-24-2015 03:33 PM)inutech Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 02:59 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  No, sorry but I'm not sure we are in agreement. The bigger point is that I think we should be all held to the same % to fund athletics. This applies to all schools.

We are.

Y'all just aren't using it that way.

And we're expecting a huge increase in ticket sales this season since all those millions of ULL fans will be traveling to the game in Ruston (well, that and a whole additional game at home kind of like ULL had in 2014 ought to help). Because naturally you'd have more total income from football than us if you played an additional home game in a given season.

So you are saying that because we had one more home FB game that explains the $1.6 million difference in tickets, donations, etc.?

Maybe before talking **** about a million bucks in one in done money you should try to break the 7 game head to head losing streak you have against LATech? I dunno that's just me though.

(07-24-2015 06:20 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  Maybe before talking **** about a million bucks in one in done money you should try to break the 7 game head to head losing streak you have against LATech? I dunno that's just me though.

We do appreciate that advice from a guy who's team is 4-7 against the Cajuns, 1-5 in the last 6 meetings. But that's just me.

(07-24-2015 08:09 AM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 01:58 PM)RonBurgundy Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 12:33 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 10:12 AM)Saint Greg Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 08:56 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  Tech is tossing around a $22mil figure for their new end zone project. The structure cost was $14mil and I wonder if any of you can tell us where the other $8mil was used.

look around....nobody cares.

I would not have asked the question unless I cared and have a right to such info since I am a resident of Louisiana and along with other taxpayers are gouged for more than half the money spent by the Tech athletic dept each year.

Just out of curiosity, if you're a financial hawk for the great state of Louisiana, why aren't you beating this drum on the Sunbelt board? ULM and ULL help finance their athletic programs using transfers the same way as Tech.

No sir, you are very incorrect: ltu takes double the $$$ from the state than UL does; ULM takes even less.

Maybe that's why we are a Tier I university and ULL is not?

(07-24-2015 01:01 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 12:50 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:26 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 08:09 AM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 01:58 PM)RonBurgundy Wrote:  Just out of curiosity, if you're a financial hawk for the great state of Louisiana, why aren't you beating this drum on the Sunbelt board? ULM and ULL help finance their athletic programs using transfers the same way as Tech.

No sir, you are very incorrect: ltu takes double the $$$ from the state than UL does; ULM takes even less.

I think they all take the same, but Tech applies more of it towards athletics.

No, you are wrong. Again.
And if that were true, it still speaks volumes on the viability of both programs.

I could be wrong, but I think there is a maximum percentage (5%?) of the general fund you can transfer to athletics and Tech chooses to transfer the full 5%, whereas ULL and ULM do not transfer the full 5%.

We also have far less debt than the UL twins

(07-24-2015 06:20 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  Maybe before talking **** about a million bucks in one in done money you should try to break the 7 game head to head losing streak you have against LATech? I dunno that's just me though.

If you can't win on the field then it's time spin Cajun style - can't wait to see what the swamp folks come up with if we beat them again next season

(07-24-2015 05:17 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 03:33 PM)inutech Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 02:59 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  No, sorry but I'm not sure we are in agreement. The bigger point is that I think we should be all held to the same % to fund athletics. This applies to all schools.

We are.

Y'all just aren't using it that way.

And we're expecting a huge increase in ticket sales this season since all those millions of ULL fans will be traveling to the game in Ruston (well, that and a whole additional game at home kind of like ULL had in 2014 ought to help). Because naturally you'd have more total income from football than us if you played an additional home game in a given season.

So you are saying that because we had one more home FB game that explains the $1.6 million difference in tickets, donations, etc.?

I'm saying that you'd probably expect more ticket sales for 6 games than you would for 5.

I have no interest in attendanceball. I wouldn't trade the score of the actual game for the difference in money (I'm not the AD, it's not my job to balance the budget).

Yeah, sure, more money is better than less money. But it's not that much more and the on field results worked out just fine.

Besides, we're banking on selling tickets to those awesome travelling ULL fans. A home game against the cajuns ought to really bring in the bucks and put us back on top, right?

(07-24-2015 08:44 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:20 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  Maybe before talking **** about a million bucks in one in done money you should try to break the 7 game head to head losing streak you have against LATech? I dunno that's just me though.

If you can't win on the field then it's time spin Cajun style - can't wait to see what the swamp folks come up with if we beat them again next season

"If it wasn't for those four touchdowns. . ."

(07-22-2015 10:00 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:10 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 08:56 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 05:19 PM)TechAlum05 Wrote:  With Conference USA Football Media Day coming up this week, we want to give everyone a review of Louisiana Tech’s football program since the victory over Illinois at the Heart of Dallas in late December 2014.

http://latechreport.com/2015/07/21/louis...he-future/

Tech is tossing around a $22mil figure for their new end zone project. The structure cost was $14mil and I wonder if any of you can tell us where the other $8mil was used.

Do you have a link showing it was $14 million? I don't know how one would prove the cost without actually seeing the receipts.

This is all I've got: "$22 million is great, but what we got for $22 million when it's all said and done is incredible." Tech AD Tommy McClelland.

Capital improvements (building const, etc) on any campus in the University of Louisiana System must be approved by the Board of Supervisors. To gain approval the school must present an explanation of the project as a whole, the projected cost, the sources of the funds, and how any loans are to be repaid.

La Tech, after long efforts, secured all the necessary info and officially presented their project as a package for approval to the Board of Supervisors at their Dec 13, 2013 meeting (see attached link). One can start at about page 6 or 7 where La Tech officials described the project, uses, etc, then outlined sources of funds (slightly less than half from donors and slightly more than half from student fee), then disclosed a breakdown on how the funds would be spent. The breakdown listed the building cost as $14,000,000 and others such as $700,000 furnishings, $1,400,000 reserve for future maintenance, $1,000,000 for contingencies, $1,600,000 for architect, and $200,000 bond issue cost for a total of $18,900,000.

My question is if they now say the cost was $22mil then where did they get the additional $3,100,000 and on what was it spent since everything was already covered in the original package?
http://ulsystem.edu/assets/docs/searchab...6%2013.PDF

Read the executive summary Tech had 10 million in gifts at the time and needed 9 million bonded through the state guaranteed against a student building fee that was for a limited time. Could it be that Tech got 3 extra million donated and used it to complete some higher finish items in the building?

Next I laugh at ULLers being proud that they can't afford to take their full transfer allotment. Your admin is basically saying "Hey athletics isn't that important so we're going to take some of their money to fund academics that can't survive on their own." And you wonder why ya'll have been passed over multiple times and are stuck in the SBC.

The obsession with Tech, my alma mater, is amusing.

(07-24-2015 09:34 PM)Germdawg Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 10:00 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 09:10 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(07-22-2015 08:56 AM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(07-21-2015 05:19 PM)TechAlum05 Wrote:  With Conference USA Football Media Day coming up this week, we want to give everyone a review of Louisiana Tech’s football program since the victory over Illinois at the Heart of Dallas in late December 2014.

http://latechreport.com/2015/07/21/louis...he-future/

Tech is tossing around a $22mil figure for their new end zone project. The structure cost was $14mil and I wonder if any of you can tell us where the other $8mil was used.

Do you have a link showing it was $14 million? I don't know how one would prove the cost without actually seeing the receipts.

This is all I've got: "$22 million is great, but what we got for $22 million when it's all said and done is incredible." Tech AD Tommy McClelland.

Capital improvements (building const, etc) on any campus in the University of Louisiana System must be approved by the Board of Supervisors. To gain approval the school must present an explanation of the project as a whole, the projected cost, the sources of the funds, and how any loans are to be repaid.

La Tech, after long efforts, secured all the necessary info and officially presented their project as a package for approval to the Board of Supervisors at their Dec 13, 2013 meeting (see attached link). One can start at about page 6 or 7 where La Tech officials described the project, uses, etc, then outlined sources of funds (slightly less than half from donors and slightly more than half from student fee), then disclosed a breakdown on how the funds would be spent. The breakdown listed the building cost as $14,000,000 and others such as $700,000 furnishings, $1,400,000 reserve for future maintenance, $1,000,000 for contingencies, $1,600,000 for architect, and $200,000 bond issue cost for a total of $18,900,000.

My question is if they now say the cost was $22mil then where did they get the additional $3,100,000 and on what was it spent since everything was already covered in the original package?
http://ulsystem.edu/assets/docs/searchab...6%2013.PDF

Read the executive summary Tech had 10 million in gifts at the time and needed 9 million bonded through the state guaranteed against a student building fee that was for a limited time. Could it be that Tech got 3 extra million donated and used it to complete some higher finish items in the building?

Next I laugh at ULLers being proud that they can't afford to take their full transfer allotment. Your admin is basically saying "Hey athletics isn't that important so we're going to take some of their money to fund academics that can't survive on their own." And you wonder why ya'll have been passed over multiple times and are stuck in the SBC.

Read it again and note the school had collected $9,300,000 from donations (not $10mil), had $900,000 on hand from accumulated student fees, and would receive $8,700,000 from the student backed bond issue which is payable over the next TWENTY FIVE YEARS (yes-it is a limited time). This accounts for the $18,900,000 project presented for approval and actually the only thing one can "see" is the $14mil bldg & $700,000 fixtures.

(07-24-2015 08:44 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 06:20 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  Maybe before talking **** about a million bucks in one in done money you should try to break the 7 game head to head losing streak you have against LATech? I dunno that's just me though.

If you can't win on the field then it's time spin Cajun style - can't wait to see what the swamp folks come up with if we beat them again next season

There was no 'spin' on the posts....they stated facts, based on the official state budgets.
And people are not obsessed with a subject just because they join in on a fan forum conversation.
And I'm really curious as to why there wasn't any responses to the post that 'st.' Gregg made about the LFT shooting. I guess the silence means agreement with him?

(07-24-2015 10:52 PM)THEarmada Wrote:  The obsession with Tech, my alma mater, is amusing.

Amen. Sometimes its puzzling to know whether to be annoyed or flattered by it. One thing is certain though, some of these guys (like EE) really need a new hobby, a girlfriend, a hunting dog, a psychiatric evaluation,...- something!

(07-24-2015 09:34 PM)Germdawg Wrote:  Your admin is basically saying "Hey athletics isn't that important so we're going to take some of their money to fund academics that can't survive on their own."

So by that logic, is your admin is basically saying "Hey our athletic department is in such a financial bind that we're going to have to take money others earmark for academics and instead toss into that hole to help it survive"?

Or to put it another way, if athletics wasn't important to our admin, and wasn't healthy, how is that in less than 5 years our athletic budget has almost doubled and now easily surpasses Tech's?

2010
Cajun Athletic Expenditures - $12,357,621
LaTech Athletic Expenditures - $16,481,887

2014
Cajun Athletic Expenditures - $21,542,643
LaTech Athletic Expenditures - $19,239,017

That's a 74% increase for the Cajun program versus a 17% increase for Tech's during the same timeframe.

I'd say our admin has spoken loudly and clearly on athletics.

(07-25-2015 12:30 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-24-2015 09:34 PM)Germdawg Wrote:  Your admin is basically saying "Hey athletics isn't that important so we're going to take some of their money to fund academics that can't survive on their own."

So by that logic, is your admin is basically saying "Hey our athletic department is in such a financial bind that we're going to have to take money others earmark for academics and instead toss into that hole to help it survive"?

Or to put it another way, if athletics wasn't important to our admin, and wasn't healthy, how is that in less than 5 years our athletic budget has almost doubled and now easily surpasses Tech's?

2010
Cajun Athletic Expenditures - $12,357,621
LaTech Athletic Expenditures - $16,481,887

2014
Cajun Athletic Expenditures - $21,542,643
LaTech Athletic Expenditures - $19,239,017

That's a 74% increase for the Cajun program versus a 17% increase for Tech's during the same timeframe.

I'd say our admin has spoken loudly and clearly on athletics.

As they have in regards to our academics: our graduation rate has increased by almost 50% in ten years, and virtually the same as ltu.
Additionally, we are the only UL System school that is designated as a Carnegie Top 100 Research University; we have more research dollars than all of the rest of the UL System (which includes ltu) combined.