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Final 31 to ZIP.  First shutout versus a D1 since we started football back up

31-0 LU

4th quarter still 24- 0

24-0

4th down

good drive so far by LU. See if we can keep it going.

Lamar taking back over.  We have a strong defense.  Half of our scoring has been ball position due to defense and special teams.  LU has not done much against a long field offensively. Running backs are impressive for LU but the Oline is still weak.

we will see. it is still early. The crowd could be affecting PVAMU as well.

I think this game is going to be a very defensive game. LU has a lot of returning seniors on defense and our defense played well against FBS ULL.  It will be a close one.

I hate to say it but BadSanta might be right.  I have been looking at PVAMU and we might be in trouble.  They have a lot more talent at the skill positions.  Our defense might keep us in it.  I am going for a defensive stuggle and LU wins 24 21.  Or at least I hope.  Keeping my rose colored glasses on!!!

Sell Out crowd this week.  Seems like someone would be paying more attention to us with the crowds we keep drawing.  Imagine if we were actually good at football how many would be at the game!!!

PRESEASON NIT (Madison Square Garden, NY) Dates: Nov. 21, 23 Teams: Michigan, Pittsburgh, Kansas State, Virginia Others: Fordham, Bowling Green, Delaware, Fairfield, Cleveland State, Lamar, Robert Morris, North Texas

No comment, UNLV.  I am kinda surprised

I hope woodard proves us all wrong, I just dont see it.  I have been trying to defend him but I dont think he can be defended at this point.  Unless he does something dramatic to turn the season around, he has at most one year left.

[quote name="UNLV" post="1258881" timestamp="1346603724"] Forget SHSU. Have you been to katfan site. They should rename it we-are-obsessed-with-hating-on-Lamar.com. 90 percent of the non-SHSU post are hate Lamar post. Seriously, there are more post on Lamar there than on this site. [/quote] I understand what you are saying but I still say that what is good for TSUS is good for all TSUS schools.  The political power we can gain as a system the better.  I will root for all TSUS teams unless of course we are playing them. 

Our athletic budget has been able to increase every year through donations.  Cost wise, I don't see LU having trouble making up the difference.  We can't opt to move up to FBS on a whim now.  So we need to plan ahead and push to make the move otherwise we will never get to the FBS level.  Slowly but surely doors will shut on us.  I dont want to be on the outside looking in.  The end question is how much value do we put on our athletics.  There are unseen benefits to playing athletics at the higher level that are hard to put solid numbers to.  Recruiting new students to lamar, recruiting donations, community involvment, campus life (one of LU's biggest problems), getting our name in the public, etc.  All these unseen factors are part of what brings value to athletics.  It is impossible to do a total cost/benefit analysis FCS versus FBS.

On the field, the game looks similar. When it comes to money, the schools in the Football Championship Subdivision and the top-tier Football Bowl Subdivision play on different planets. ... Five programs – Georgia State, Texas-San Antonio, South Alabama, Massachusetts and Texas State – are at various stages in the two-year transition process to FBS this season. Economically, the outcomes may vary widely from school to school. But overall, the difference between FCS and FBS is a matter of degree: much higher revenues, but also more expenses and, in many cases, much higher losses requiring the university to cover the difference. Overall, a small majority of FBS football programs do generate more revenue than they cost – about $4 million on average, according to NCAA data collected by Daniel Fulks of Transylvania University (virtually no FCS programs turn a profit). The most profitable FBS programs clear up to $38 million, money that can be used to subsidize the rest of the athletic department and in some cases gets turned back over to the academic side of the university. The problem is there’s a wide range around the median (the program whose results are precisely in the middle), and nearly half of FBS programs lose money ($2.9 million on average). It isn’t easy for a new FBS school to reach even the median level. When schools join FBS, they don’t jump into the Big Ten or Southeastern Conference (South Alabama, Texas State and Georgia State are joining the Sun Belt; UMass the Mid-American Conference and Texas-San Antonio is moving into the Western Athletic Conference). On the revenue side, the typical FBS team generates about $16 million from sources like ticket sales and television – more than 20 times the typical FCS school. High-end FBS programs approach $100 million. But costs are higher, too. Programs don’t like losing, so inevitably feel compelled to fill all 85 scholarships FBS allows and to join in the arms race for top coaching talent. “The majority of (transitioning) schools are going to lose more money,” Fulks said. “They’ll have fewer home games, they’ll have to travel more. If they’ve been winning in FCS, they’ll probably be losing at FBS at least for a while. At most institutions, it’s going to cost them, and it’s going to cost them on a long-term basis.” There are other costs that don’t factor into the NCAA’s direct accounting of football programs. FBS membership often requires a new stadium, to generate revenue to fund the expanded program, and to meet the NCAA’s 15,000-per-game attendance requirement for FBS schools (UMass is moving this season to Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, where it won’t pay rent but which is nearly two hours from the Amherst campus). FBS membership generally increases costs for other sports, too. Under NCAA rules, FBS schools must field at least 16 varsity teams and spend $4 million on grants for student athletes. Since football has no female equivalent, offering the maximum 85 FBS football scholarships can force schools to add women’s teams and scholarships to meet Title IX balance requirements. Overall, the typical FBS athletic program costs about $11.5 million more than it generates (compared to $9.2 million in FCS) and must get the difference from the university whose name it carries. Essentially, that’s value that the typical FBS institution places on intercollegiate athletics – a tough sell to some at time of austerity budgets across higher education. But, says Fulks: “If it’s worth having, it’s worth paying for, just like your music program or anything else.” By JUSTIN POPE, The Huffington Post

I would still like to see all TSUS schools in FBS conferences.  We need to become the 3rd main university system in the state and work our way towards competing with the likes of the Tamu and UT systems.  We have 50 years of catching up, but I see FBS as a necessary step for the three main TSUS schools.  All three schools need to become strong.  At some point if we can get the system strong enough we might be able to bring SFA into the fold.  If we can gain more political power we may be able to push the state to adjust the funding formula to be more fair. Right now the TSUS gets less funding per student than either Tamu or UT.

[quote name="coachacola" post="1258504" timestamp="1346552471"] [quote author=UNLV link=topic=102423.msg1258465#msg1258465 date=1346550817] If Lamar can't compete in football, change the coach. But don't punish Pat Knight and Tidwell and other teams  by not going MWC.  Roc and Woodard, geeez. I told yall about both. [/quote] I do agree with you on that!! [/quote] I'm with ya

[quote name="coachacola" post="1258328" timestamp="1346544982"] I think Lamar's ready for the Mountain West now! [/quote] We arent ready for the SLC either

Besides I see two things happening next year. We either go with TxSt to the MWC or we end up in the SBC as a TxSt replacement. Either scenario is better than being in the SLC.

I would be happy with the SBC as well though.  I would just prefer a MWC invite.  ULL  and TxSt would be fun to play against year after year.  And ArkSt.  I just dont care much about anyone else in the SBC.

We are doing pretty good budget wise.

I actually agree with UNLV.  I think the MWC with a TxSt or the SBC are a good fit.  I would rather play Utah St. Than MTSU.  ULL is the only team I really care about in the sunbelt.  I think there are more interesting match ups in the MWC actually.

31-28 Cardinals.  Cause I have faith!!!