(08-28-2010 02:17 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  and everything in those pics proves my point about your campus, the buildings all look like army barracks. they are dated and just plain ugly with the exception of your clock tower. Every part of our campus and our facilities are surrounded by rolling pines and blooming tulips. I would be surprised if anything but wildflowers can even grow in N. Texas.

(08-28-2010 08:28 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 11:21 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  first of all I didnt get any of that from that article. It sounds like just another pro ULM writer trying to as he says "speculate" "read between the lines". Trust I am sure that Tech will go Belt before going Independent but right now we are in a big wait and see and it would be stupid with the current landscape to move over to the Belt now when you might be moving again. When the dust settles if Tech is not in CUSA they will go belt. Can almost guarantee it, unless the WAC invites a whole lot of Texas teams and waves a carrot to get us to stay but I doubt it. All this die before Belt stuff is coming from fans not the administration. They would be stupid to actually say we will never be in the belt.

Sorry, you are 100% WRONG. This guy is the Tech beat writer, and his writings are anything but pro ULM or SBC.

(08-28-2010 09:07 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 08:28 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 11:21 AM)theATLDawg Wrote:  first of all I didnt get any of that from that article. It sounds like just another pro ULM writer trying to as he says "speculate" "read between the lines". Trust I am sure that Tech will go Belt before going Independent but right now we are in a big wait and see and it would be stupid with the current landscape to move over to the Belt now when you might be moving again. When the dust settles if Tech is not in CUSA they will go belt. Can almost guarantee it, unless the WAC invites a whole lot of Texas teams and waves a carrot to get us to stay but I doubt it. All this die before Belt stuff is coming from fans not the administration. They would be stupid to actually say we will never be in the belt.

Sorry, you are 100% WRONG. This guy is the Tech beat writer, and his writings are anything but pro ULM or SBC.

He had a choice though. He could have chosen to play 4 hours West in the plush facilities at North Texas. He chose the dump in the middle of nowhere though.

(08-27-2010 04:44 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  And this my friends is the rare gem that keeps me from killing Drew for the sake of the species.

He's the Dave Kingman of posters and odds are there are three of you who get that reference.

Quote:During his final year in Oakland in 1986, Kingman sent a live rat wrapped in a pink box to Sue Fornoff, a sportswriter for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The rat had a tag attached to it that read, "My name is Sue." Fornoff claimed that Kingman had told her that women do not belong in the clubhouse, and that he harassed her several times since he began covering the team the year before. For his part, Kingman claimed it was practical joke. The A's fined Kingman $3,500 and warned that he would be released if a similar incident occurred again.

(08-28-2010 09:23 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 04:44 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  And this my friends is the rare gem that keeps me from killing Drew for the sake of the species.

He's the Dave Kingman of posters and odds are there are three of you who get that reference.

Every board needs someone to kick around....Drew is our resident kicking bag. Though....if he starts talking about my mother again, I may have to make a stop in Memphis during the next ASU home game.

Kingman reference.....nah.....didn't get that one. I'm not a baseball fan at all. Had to look it up.

Quote:During his final year in Oakland in 1986, Kingman sent a live rat wrapped in a pink box to Sue Fornoff, a sportswriter for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. The rat had a tag attached to it that read, "My name is Sue." Fornoff claimed that Kingman had told her that women do not belong in the clubhouse, and that he harassed her several times since he began covering the team the year before. For his part, Kingman claimed it was practical joke. The A's fined Kingman $3,500 and warned that he would be released if a similar incident occurred again.

(08-27-2010 11:28 PM)EdisonDoyle Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 02:46 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  Remember CUSA of 2004 ain't the CUSA of 2010. They aren't making near the basketball money they made before and many of the units earned since were earned under an NCAA cloud. ESPN slashed their money for 2005 and their exposures and rumor-mill indicates they will be very lucky if they just hold on to the TV dollars they have now, but if they lose a team or two, they will lose dollars in the next contract.

Their premier bowl is the Liberty and their newest contract provides for a method for the Liberty to send the champ to Birmingham and pit Big East vs SEC in the Liberty.

But what C-USA has is higher profile universities than the sunbelt, pretty much across the board (there are 1 or 2 exceptions). That's why teams want to go to C-USA. That's really why La Tech wants to go to C-USA.

And that's ultimately what keeps C-USA's TV contract in pretty good stead and basically the same as the MWC's despite the MWC's on the field superiority and your (inaccurate) pronouncements for the last several years that the TV deal would turn to squat.

The sunbelt certainly could overcome that by fielding great football teams...but they haven't yet. That's what Boise State did. Low profile schools that plays great football.

(08-28-2010 09:19 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  If these pics of La Tech are so old....please provide us with new ones. I'm really curious about those 'lush trees and rolling hills'.

(08-28-2010 06:25 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  and this is the future look:

http://www.latechsports.com/questforexcellence/south-end-zone.html

(08-28-2010 06:31 PM)CajunFan89 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 06:25 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  and this is the future look:

http://www.latechsports.com/questforexcellence/south-end-zone.html

tech is trying to go for that University of Washington look with the field surrounded by forrest thing. when is the estimated time tech will begin working on this project or has it already begun? i'm not talking about planning and whatnot, but about ground breaking and foundation laying

(08-28-2010 06:21 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 09:19 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  If these pics of La Tech are so old....please provide us with new ones. I'm really curious about those 'lush trees and rolling hills'.

These are from the official Tech site:

http://www.latechsports.com/facilities/latc-jas.html

(08-28-2010 07:10 PM)theATLDawg Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 06:21 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 09:19 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  If these pics of La Tech are so old....please provide us with new ones. I'm really curious about those 'lush trees and rolling hills'.

These are from the official Tech site:

http://www.latechsports.com/facilities/latc-jas.html

see if you notice UNT. Those are real trees and they are everywhere.

(08-28-2010 06:49 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 06:31 PM)CajunFan89 Wrote:  

(08-28-2010 06:25 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  and this is the future look:

http://www.latechsports.com/questforexcellence/south-end-zone.html

tech is trying to go for that University of Washington look with the field surrounded by forrest thing. when is the estimated time tech will begin working on this project or has it already begun? i'm not talking about planning and whatnot, but about ground breaking and foundation laying

I think they are planning to break ground in 2 years. They have raised about half the cost, from what I've been told.

(08-27-2010 02:08 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  You're damn right I don't want Tech back in the Sun Belch. I'll tear the facilities down before I ever see them in this conference

(08-27-2010 04:59 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 04:00 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 03:52 PM)MG61 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 03:51 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  

(08-27-2010 03:41 PM)MeanGreen1980 Wrote:  Excuse for what? Having better facilities than LT?

No. The excuse for not being able to entice the kind of athletes Tech does.

All sports ?:odie:

Big 3 (football, basketball, women's basketball). Historically speaking.

(I doubt Tech's facilities have ever been better than UNT's. We don't charge student fees).

Big 3 ? How about soccer, tennis, volley ball, softball, etc. You are trying to parce an answer. I also do doubt that you have superior talent to UNT in men's basketball.

(08-28-2010 09:15 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  I compare Drew to Dave Kingman because you always wanted to see him bat. He might hit a record distance home run or more often, a stunningly inept strikeout. He was usually at the top of the league in homers and toward the bottom in strikeouts and batting average.