(05-24-2020 08:09 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(05-24-2020 07:11 PM)SoCalBobcat78 Wrote:  

(05-24-2020 05:26 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  Thanks for the novel. Holes in your argument everywhere. Let's just cut to the chase...

1. Basketball, man. Tarleton had a better D2 Basketball program than CBU. Tarleton>CBU Based on what? CBU as a D2 went to the tournament all five years.

2. Tarleton"s budget was actaully $7.8 million, about half of the WAC average of $15 million. We increased our athletic fee for 2020-21 to more than double current budget, should be around $20 mil. You say CBU's is $22.5 mil, without football, I'd love to see it. Please show me. Just started a thread on that topic, check it out. Go to the site below, they have the budgets for every school:

https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/details

3. Football is coming back to the WAC. What planet have you been on?
When and in what form? There are no formal plans to bring back WAC football at this time, FCS or FBS. If they did have WAC football, it could be a separate conference similar to the MVFC. As of now, football does not exist in the WAC.

4. I'll give you that. Baseball has been on a steady decline. The facilities are bad even by Tarleton standards, which doesn't help. I love Baseball, so it bothers me. I know we just a hired a young new coach that is showing promise. Many hurdles there.

1. Oh, I don't know...maybe the (4) Elite 8's and (2) Final 4's, for starters.

2. Thanks

3. Too messy. Much easier to bring in regional full-members

4. That's all I have to say about that.

My last word on this. Tarleton State was D2 from 1994 to 2020. Their first tournament appearance in basketball was 2002. CBU made it all five years they were D2, with an Elite 8 appearance in their last season (2018) at the D2 level.