(12-03-2012 10:26 PM)CrushMI Wrote:  MT did not win SBC, therefore in at-large pool:

SBC Champion ASU to Go Daddy
ULL chosen by NO Bowl
ULM chosen by Indy Bowl
WKU chosen by Pizza Bowl

MT chosen by Military...didn't accept bid

Pretty simple...WHy the hard feelings?

If that's the case, I really don't see how MT fans (or MT admin) has a beef.

I know that's what arkstfan reported, but no one else has, none of the MT guys have. I remain skeptical that anyone at our level would turn down a bowl - we simply don't have the leverage to do that.

I think that's kind of key. Did we turn down the bowl? If so, was that prompted by something Benson directed MT to do?

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:31 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:25 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 12:10 PM)jpm3985 Wrote:  Don't blame the conference. Your team lost 45-0 in a game that mattered.
The fact that you guys got left and LATECH did, both C-USA recruits that just made the weekend so much better.

See this is the attitude that I don't get. I rooted big time for you guys to beat Florida...hell, everyone did.

You (and northeast) seem to base everything off of everyone else's loss and that is just so small and petty imo.

Good luck vs. ECU, you're not playing Tech so I can still root for you to win. Again, I just can't identify with you attitude.

EDIT: For the record when it comes to us and you, yes. I do root for Tech to be better. What kind of fan doesn't? Does it mean I root for your loss?

No.

Don't you guys have basketball season to start worrying about?

To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:31 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:25 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  See this is the attitude that I don't get. I rooted big time for you guys to beat Florida...hell, everyone did.

You (and northeast) seem to base everything off of everyone else's loss and that is just so small and petty imo.

Good luck vs. ECU, you're not playing Tech so I can still root for you to win. Again, I just can't identify with you attitude.

EDIT: For the record when it comes to us and you, yes. I do root for Tech to be better. What kind of fan doesn't? Does it mean I root for your loss?

No.

Don't you guys have basketball season to start worrying about?

To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

Calm the **** down, son.. My son is friends with a kid that plays at Tech..He is a senior.. a tight end, so he doesnt see the field much.. still he works his ass off as much as the next kid.. Your boys screwed him royally.

The rest of you guys?? (except for Choudawg and Dwayne) couldnt care less about..

Z

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:31 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:25 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  See this is the attitude that I don't get. I rooted big time for you guys to beat Florida...hell, everyone did.

You (and northeast) seem to base everything off of everyone else's loss and that is just so small and petty imo.

Good luck vs. ECU, you're not playing Tech so I can still root for you to win. Again, I just can't identify with you attitude.

EDIT: For the record when it comes to us and you, yes. I do root for Tech to be better. What kind of fan doesn't? Does it mean I root for your loss?

No.

Don't you guys have basketball season to start worrying about?

To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

And neither do the fans that are defending your AD's decision. Message, Tech threw their athletes and coaching staff under the bus!

(12-03-2012 11:09 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:31 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  Don't you guys have basketball season to start worrying about?

To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

Calm the **** down, son.. My son is friends with a kid that plays at Tech..He is a senior.. a tight end, so he doesnt see the field much.. still he works his ass off as much as the next kid.. Your boys screwed him royally.

The rest of you guys?? (except for Choudawg and Dwayne) couldnt care less about..

Z

I know him too, Giles Menard. He and his family are great friends of mine. I was just giving you a hard time in good fun. I can see it for what it is; you love it and we both know it.

(12-03-2012 11:12 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 09:31 PM)Louisianafanrcajun90 Wrote:  Don't you guys have basketball season to start worrying about?

To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

And neither do the fans that are defending your AD's decision. Message, Tech threw their athletes and coaching staff under the bus!

Oh please. Only Kevin Foote comes up with worse insults.

(12-03-2012 10:16 PM)Rojogrande Wrote:  Benson did not even know we were going to Detroit until their Committee Chairman called him Saturday night to tell him they were taking us. That's when he called for the conference call vote on Sunday. Not sure why seeing as LCPB had made it clear they were taking us. Almost sounded to me like he was trying to give MTSU an inroad there and screw WKU over yet again.

That is one of my biggest questions. Why did Benson call for a phone conference to "vote" when he already knew of the Pizza bowl's intentions to choose WKU?

You may see it that he was trying to screw WKU (I don't see how you believe that seeing that if the vote did come to fruition, MT wouldn't have been the one voted), but I see it as a way to chastise MTSU.

(12-03-2012 11:21 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:12 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

And neither do the fans that are defending your AD's decision. Message, Tech threw their athletes and coaching staff under the bus!

Oh please. Only Kevin Foote comes up with worse insults.

Kevin Foote, LOL!!! Only Tech fans would blame others for their own national debacle. Six bowl bids in 30 years make you guys SEC bound! What a bunch of clueless clowns Ruston U has become!

(12-03-2012 11:28 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:21 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:12 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

And neither do the fans that are defending your AD's decision. Message, Tech threw their athletes and coaching staff under the bus!

Oh please. Only Kevin Foote comes up with worse insults.

Kevin Foote, LOL!!! Only Tech fans would blame others for their own national debacle. Six bowl bids in 30 years make you guys SEC bound! What a bunch of clueless clowns Ruston U has become!

Welp, I keep serving up great jokes and you keep going for the jugular. Your hatred for Tech is small time, underwhelming, and less than palpable. I cannot wait to invade all my Lafayette friends' tailgates and embrace the vitriol with decent sports fans.

(12-03-2012 11:20 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:09 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:47 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  To tell you the truth I am PUMPED for the basketball season, we are 7-1. How do the Cajuns look this year?

We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

Calm the **** down, son.. My son is friends with a kid that plays at Tech..He is a senior.. a tight end, so he doesnt see the field much.. still he works his ass off as much as the next kid.. Your boys screwed him royally.

The rest of you guys?? (except for Choudawg and Dwayne) couldnt care less about..

Z

I know him too, Giles Menard. He and his family are great friends of mine. I was just giving you a hard time in good fun. I can see it for what it is; you love it and we both know it.

Holy crap, do we know each other?? Giles and I have shared cigars before. Dont tell his parents. :)

Seriously, I do feel bad for him... Not you... him.

Z

(12-03-2012 11:34 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:20 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:09 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:54 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  We will be up and down with a young squad. Might be pretty good at the end of the season. Sorry to hear about what Reneau and Davison did to your football team... Damn shame for the seniors... 30 of them, right??

Z

Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

Calm the **** down, son.. My son is friends with a kid that plays at Tech..He is a senior.. a tight end, so he doesnt see the field much.. still he works his ass off as much as the next kid.. Your boys screwed him royally.

The rest of you guys?? (except for Choudawg and Dwayne) couldnt care less about..

Z

I know him too, Giles Menard. He and his family are great friends of mine. I was just giving you a hard time in good fun. I can see it for what it is; you love it and we both know it.

Holy crap, do we know each other?? Giles and I have shared cigars before. Dont tell his parents. :)

Seriously, I do feel bad for him... Not you... him.

Z

Don't tell his parents? Are you kidding me? His parents smoke cigarettes and drink all the beer at every tailgate. I doubt Creig would mind. That said, I hope you choke on a fat link of boudin you mangy coona$$.

(12-03-2012 11:32 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:28 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:21 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:12 PM)CrazyCajun Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

And neither do the fans that are defending your AD's decision. Message, Tech threw their athletes and coaching staff under the bus!

Oh please. Only Kevin Foote comes up with worse insults.

Kevin Foote, LOL!!! Only Tech fans would blame others for their own national debacle. Six bowl bids in 30 years make you guys SEC bound! What a bunch of clueless clowns Ruston U has become!

Welp, I keep serving up great jokes and you keep going for the jugular. Your hatred for Tech is small time, underwhelming, and less than palpable. I cannot wait to invade all my Lafayette friends' tailgates and embrace the vitriol with decent sports fans.

Spare me your lectures on decent sports fans, there is no more greater group of arrogant and pompous jerks then at Ruston U. Excuse me while I laugh my aZZ off today!

(12-03-2012 11:37 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:34 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:20 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:09 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 10:58 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  Get bent, Z. You don't give a damn about our seniors. You love this and everyone knows it!

Calm the **** down, son.. My son is friends with a kid that plays at Tech..He is a senior.. a tight end, so he doesnt see the field much.. still he works his ass off as much as the next kid.. Your boys screwed him royally.

The rest of you guys?? (except for Choudawg and Dwayne) couldnt care less about..

Z

I know him too, Giles Menard. He and his family are great friends of mine. I was just giving you a hard time in good fun. I can see it for what it is; you love it and we both know it.

Holy crap, do we know each other?? Giles and I have shared cigars before. Dont tell his parents. :)

Seriously, I do feel bad for him... Not you... him.

Z

Don't tell his parents? Are you kidding me? His parents smoke cigarettes and drink all the beer at every tailgate. I doubt Creig would mind. That said, I hope you choke on a fat link of boudin you mangy coona$$.

Not happening..too many carbs..

Whats Giles getting his degree in? I know hes been studying his sss off?

Z

Aviation. Lucky ****** gets to fly with his aviation buddies to away games in the department's planes when he's not dressing out.

I think they just pay for fuel but when you look at the cost....



By the way, you'll enjoy this. Looks like there's going to be some salt in the wound here.

http://www.mercurynews.com/cal-bears/ci_...-hire-talk

Go ahead and gloat that's fine, but at some point you gotta give us a break. We're not gonna bowl, losing our coach, and probably firing the AD while transitioning presidents. Tough times for us Techies.

(12-03-2012 11:56 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  Aviation. Lucky ****** gets to fly with his aviation buddies to away games in the department's planes when he's not dressing out.

I think they just pay for fuel but when you look at the cost....



By the way, you'll enjoy this. Looks like there's going to be some salt in the wound here.

http://www.mercurynews.com/cal-bears/ci_...-hire-talk

Go ahead and gloat that's fine, but at some point you gotta give us a break. We're not gonna bowl, losing our coach, and probably firing the AD while transitioning presidents. Tough times for us Techies.

Guys, its really hard for a lot of us to have a lot of sympathy for LT. I know it isn't the whole community at LT, but still the way the institution of LT appears to treat ULM and to a lesser degree, ULL has been pretty bad.

Chris Massaro is one of the good guys in the biz but let's be realistic. If he had taken the Military and MTSU had won Saturday and NIU hadn't made the BCS he would have been blasted for screwing up the biggest bowl deal MTSU ever had.

As for our other friends hard to not enjoy the fate of the second most famous school in Lincoln Parish.

(12-04-2012 12:03 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:56 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  Aviation. Lucky ****** gets to fly with his aviation buddies to away games in the department's planes when he's not dressing out.

I think they just pay for fuel but when you look at the cost....



By the way, you'll enjoy this. Looks like there's going to be some salt in the wound here.

http://www.mercurynews.com/cal-bears/ci_...-hire-talk

Go ahead and gloat that's fine, but at some point you gotta give us a break. We're not gonna bowl, losing our coach, and probably firing the AD while transitioning presidents. Tough times for us Techies.

Guys, its really hard for a lot of us to have a lot of sympathy for LT. I know it isn't the whole community at LT, but still the way the institution of LT appears to treat ULM and to a lesser degree, ULL has been pretty bad.

i get it. still.....internet message boards =/= reality.




pm incoming because the rest of what i typed probably shouldn't be out there on the internet. i have a job to protect.

(12-03-2012 12:26 PM)Eagles Cliff Wrote:  Ga Southern and even Ga State being "I-A" will put a dent in Middle Tennessee's Georgia recruiting. 34 members of MTSU's current roster come from our territory and the I-AA stigma will be removed.

I know you believe this whole heartedly, but its not true. Most of the players in GA do not play in an option system and it takes a certain type of player to do that. And well as long as GA Southerns former coach Paul Johnson is at Tech he will always get the top option players of the state.

And if you think GA State is going to compete for even the middle of the pack players in the state, you are crazy. They will get those players that want to stay at home or not being recruited by other programs. They might in 10 or so years, but not now.

And for those who think you need to have a school there to play for recruiting, simply not true. Come next season Marshall will have 10 GA players on the roster, 2 being 4 Star players.

If MTSU was offered a bowl and declined the offer then I do not feel sorry for them.

(12-04-2012 12:26 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 12:26 PM)Eagles Cliff Wrote:  Ga Southern and even Ga State being "I-A" will put a dent in Middle Tennessee's Georgia recruiting. 34 members of MTSU's current roster come from our territory and the I-AA stigma will be removed.

I know you believe this whole heartedly, but its not true. Most of the players in GA do not play in an option system and it takes a certain type of player to do that. And well as long as GA Southerns former coach Paul Johnson is at Tech he will always get the top option players of the state.

And if you think GA State is going to compete for even the middle of the pack players in the state, you are crazy. They will get those players that want to stay at home or not being recruited by other programs. They might in 10 or so years, but not now.

And for those who think you need to have a school there to play for recruiting, simply not true. Come next season Marshall will have 10 GA players on the roster, 2 being 4 Star players.

If MTSU was offered a bowl and declined the offer then I do not feel sorry for them.

We were told to back off. By our "negotiator".

(12-03-2012 01:21 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  

(12-03-2012 11:59 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  Is the fact that we are being left out of a bowl actually hurts the Sun Belt that many of you will continue to call home. I know many of you are angry and bitter that we are leaving, but MT sitting at home does not move the Sun Belt forward. If we were in a bowl game the Sun Belt would have a record 5 teams bowling, which brings more prestige and money to the conference. The fact that Karl Benson could not manage to get all the SBC bowl eligible teams a bowl game, unlike the MAC commissioner, should show you that he is not fit for the position.

Yes, MT is the loser in this situation but it's only temporary. We will move on and be gone soon and have access to many bowls in CUSA. However, the big loser in this situation is the Sun Belt. You guys will continue to have Benson as your "leader" along with less money and prestige.

1) MTSU deserved a bowl bid
2) WKU deserved a bowl bid
3) Anybody that believes Benson completely does not deserve a bowl bid
4) Benson punted to the Presidents who wisely chose not to stick their finger in that socket
5) Detroit chose the team that has been courting them....and the one that got left out last year

Do I think Benson mishandled the SBC bowl selections? Yes. Do I think it was with evil intent or cluelessness? Cluelessness. Do I think it was a conspiracy to punish MTSU for leaving? No.

I fully understand MTSU and fans being sour on Benson....but I don't think this needs to spoil years of good relations between MTSU and remaining Sun Belt members and the fan bases.

This!