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  1. i find it very amusing that everyone thinks wos is only concerned about athletics and not academics.  yes our football team is very successful, but most of our other athletic programs are not exactly what i would call the best in the area hopefully they are turning around.  our athletic facilities are the same ones we used when west orange stark did not even exist, they're from the days of the west orange chiefs.  the bond issue that recently passed is for new schools and improvements to existing schools first and then if there is any money left over after those projects then athletics will be addressed.  as far as the students from wos, every year kids from wos attend major universities and are very successful after high school. 

  2. personally, i dont care where we get the players as long as we win a lot of games.  however, i like the idea of the walk on program.  over the years im sure there have been quite a few players from this area that could have played college ball from around here.  but never got the chance because they didn't have the money to leave home and the local university had no football program.  hopefully this walk on program will give some guys that have the talent the oppurtunity to play D-I college ball close to home. 

  3. i have a friend who works in the IT dept. at Lamar.  he said that the university contracts the athletic site out to another party.  someone sends the info and the other party updates it.  they sent the football info weeks ago right after the coach was hired.  i think Lamar has done a good job so far promoting their football team, considering the fact we have no team yet. 

    WOS95 -- just about every school does this nowadays, surprised you thought Lamar did it "in house"...

    Lamar uses CSTV (check out their web site address, GameTracker and all that they use, it's clearly out there that they do this). Lots of schools either use CSTV or JumpTV (formerly XOS). The SLC uses JumpTV as does SHSU and some other schools. JumpTV is a head of the game as far as the web-streaming goes and the SLC uses it for SouthlandTV. CSTV has some good features as well, think JumpTV's sales staff moved quicker than tech side of things (see that awful Gamewatcher!)...

    i really wasn't surprised Terror.  i was just defending Lamar because some posters on here were getting upset with LU for being slow putting the football tab on the athletic website. 

  4. Now they need to add Cardinal Stadium to the Facilities and Directions page.

    Once they update them i sure they will.

    I bet UNLV is happy.

    Took them long enough. Besides I won't be happy unless Lamar bowl or semi-bowl the stadium with FBS by 2013.

    looks like ur going to be bitter for a while.   ;D

    If you look around other forums all over the country you will notice a lot of people think Lamar is eye-ing FBS.

    I am still feeling some doubt. I believe not bowling/semi-bowling the stadium will be the answer to the FBS/FCS question.

    I don't think Lamar knows yet if they are going FBS or not but they are laying the groundwork for such a move.  There's still a lot of unknowns between now and 2011 so we'll just have to wait and see.  I would find it hard to believe that Lamar would not have plans to expand Cardinal Stadium.  I bet they have talked to Leo Daly on what it would take to expand the stadium, but there's a lot of other facility upgrades that must come first.

    Fuel cost I'm sure is killing Tech as well as other nearby FBS schools. Now is the time for the Legendary Tubbs to work his magic

    by creating a regional FBS conference.

    Something like;

    La Tech

    ULL

    UNT

    Tulane

    Tulsa

    Rice

    SMU

    Ark st

    USM

    Texas st

    UTSA

    Lamar

    Travel cost should be minimum.

    i have to admit that would be a great conference to be in.  8)

  5. i have a friend who works in the IT dept. at Lamar.  he said that the university contracts the athletic site out to another party.  someone sends the info and the other party updates it.  they sent the football info weeks ago right after the coach was hired.  i think Lamar has done a good job so far promoting their football team, considering the fact we have no team yet. 

  6. It wasn't dumb, it should be the goal. I wish they would think as you over at Lamar because playing

    SFA will not put people in the stands, even if the game is on Fox.

    so let me get this straight UNLV, Lamar getting pounded 70-0 by the Oklahoma Sooners is going to put people in the stands?  but perhaps a good competitive game with SFA that could be for a Div I FCS playoff spot will not? 

  7. IMO, this is a win-win situation. Abadle turns pro after one season of college ball and Coach Tidwell can now tell recruits "come to Lamar and you can turn pro too". I bet it has been a long time since a women basketball at Lamar player turned pro at any level. I believe the last was the young lady from WO-S, last name Gant who played in the WNBA.

    I wish her the best and maybe one day she'll be in the WNBA!

    the lady from wos was Travessa Gant.  tamara was a very nice person, i had a class with her last semester and she was always very friendly.  i wish her all the best. 

  8. If its not JV ball, then why seperate the them?     do they seperate any other sports?

    Lamar was going to start out playing FCS-level football anyways so what's the big deal?  If you're still upset because a "big-name" isn't the coach or the stadium is going to be 30K, then go complain to the big donors for not donating more of their money.  Go call up R.C. Slocum or Jimmy Johnson and tell them how disappointed you are in them because they didn't want the coach at Lamar.  Football's back at Lamar and it's going to succeed, you should be happy.

    Lamar will stay FCS. Lamar will stay in the SLC. UTSA is moving up, Texas st moving, SHSU will also move up, maybe SFA and NW st.

    Everything about Lamars plans, so far, points to FCS. This is 1980's all over again. I was there, I know, were you?

    that's ur problem UNLV, ur still stuck in the 1980's. 

  9. UNLV, what you have been talking about has nothing to do with opinions. You stating that Lamar football will fail unless they hire a big name coach and build a big time stadium actually could be correct, but we will have to wait and see. Are you suggesting that Lamar not start up football at all because they cannot get a big name coach and a big time stadium? That would be like me giving up a great job because I couldn't afford the Mercedes to get me back and forth to work when the Toyota would have done the job.

    Attention UNLV, you buy what you can afford to buy, it's called managing your money wisely. You must be one of those that is neck deep in credit card debt and is expecting someone to pull you out.

    I just don't get why you can't understand simple math. Lamar has $5 to spend, not $500. Get it?

    BTW, have you made your donation? I have.

    It is still my opinion. Did they not teach you anything in College Station.

    My credit rating is 735...

    Lamar spend $5, Lamar gets $5 football.

    My donation is years of support when my critics have not...

    sorry unlv, but that is not going to pay for a new coach and a larger stadium.

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