(11-17-2020 07:34 PM)Big Buds Wrote:  

(11-17-2020 03:54 PM)inutech Wrote:  

(11-16-2020 04:21 PM)Big Buds Wrote:  

(11-16-2020 03:11 PM)HERDDDDD Wrote:  Why doesn’t Louisiana @ Lafayette and Louisiana Tech play more? Potential to be a nice local rivalry, between two solid teams. Makes a lot of sense to me. Is the cheating scandal the reason? If so I think it’s time to move on. I get why no one would want to play Monroe lol but a Tech/Lafayette matchup regularly should be fun.

You’re going to have to ask Tech that question. I have firsthand information that our AD reaches out to Tech annually about football and never gets a yes. I assure you it has nothing to do with the ACT scandal from ‘12-‘14. I think Tech honestly feels we are beneath them and that they have nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing us on the regular...it’s a shame because it’s such a natural rivalry.

We're booked up for the next several years.

https://fbschedules.com/ncaa/louisiana-tech/

Can't play everyone. We're always being told that we're supposed to be playing ULM every year, too. At some point we've got to work in those FCS home games and some money games.

We play ULL sometimes. When it works out (with either ULX in my opinion) it's fine to work them in the rotation. Some of our OOC one-for-ones over the last 20 years would have been better with a UL-twin, some I wouldn't have traded (and of course, some were ULL).

I certainly wouldn't tie us up with a permanent game with either school (much less both). And it doesn't bother me in the least when we don't play. Even in years where ULX would be easily preferable (like UMass or UNLV) I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the scheduling just didn't work out. Not the end of the world.

ULX?! We’re not twins, bro.

What Louisiana football team is ranked in the AP and Coaches Poll Top 25 at this moment?

Yeah. ULX. I feel the same about playing ULL or ULM. One is closer, the other usually has the better team. If the scheduling works out, it's clearly better to play either UL-Wherever team than someone like UNLV or UMass or Bowling Green. I wouldn't want a permanent series with either school, but I'd be fine if we played them more often that we do (on the other hand, in a given year, I don't really care if we don't play them). Y'all are interchangeable to me in which school I'd want to play. I know the difference. And I know other Tech fans have strong opinions that differ from mine (strong preference for ULM, strong preference for ULL, strong preference to play neither, strong preference to play both, etc).

But it's a wash to me.