48 yards. 7 yard return. 29 yards. No return. 45 yards. No return. 37 yards. 5 yard return. 39 yards. No return. 35 yards. No return. There were two reasons why Tech almost lost to South Alabama: Field position and 3rd Down Efficiency. Okay, so probably more than two. But let’s dive in to the […]
No Punt Intended: How Tech Almost Lost to South Alabama Read More »
It was a weird one on Saturday night in Ruston. Tech started out the game hot, driving down the field at will against the Jags’ defense. In the first quarter, it looked like the Dogs were outclassing USA on all sides of the ball. The Jags jumped out to a 7-0 lead after a fumble
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South Carolina stole one from Louisiana Tech in Williams-Brice on Saturday night. The Bulldogs led for nearly the entire game–stopping USC from really showing any rhythm or establishing any sort of typical “WHALE-COME TOO THE S-E-C” type dominance. After three quarters, the Cocks had not scored. The fans (those that hadn’t left in disgust) were
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This past Saturday, our beloved Bulldogs traveled to Bowling Green, KY to take on the Red Menace aka the WKU Hilltoppers. I’m assuming that most of you probably follow me on twitter (sorry) or one of the members of gtpdd (again, sorry) at least, so you probably got to witness or participated in the decent
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On Saturday night in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the stars aligned to break every known rule about recent Tech football. First of all, the Bulldogs won at WKU, which they had never done. Second of all, they won in a close game, which felt rare in recent memory. It was a close game throughout, with neither
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Back in 2014, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette was still trying to claim that they were better than Tech at football. Never mind that Tech had beaten the Cajuns six times in a row dating back to 1997. Never mind that the Cajuns were cheating to put players on the field under Coach Mark
UL-L vs. Themselves: 2014 recruits, where are they now? Read More »
If you had asked me on Saturday afternoon what the worst case scenario would’ve been for Mississippi State’s visit to the Joe, I don’t think I would have gotten anywhere close to what actually happened. In front of the second largest crowd in Joe Aillet Stadium history, our Bulldogs did not go and also died.
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Bulldogs Barks and Bytes is a Louisiana Tech message board where fans post their thoughts about their favorite university’s sports teams. It’s pretty wild. For every football game there is a game thread for commenters to react to the game as it happens in real time. The game thread for Week One’s game against Northwestern
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It wasn’t pretty, but Tech got the job done. In the first half, Tech’s mediocre offensive performance was buoyed by an unVEALievable punt return and a fumble return TD. The Bulldogs led 24-10 at half. During halftime, gtpdd members Evan and Matt spoke over the phone. They came to the conclusion that if Tech took
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In this opening weekend, Louisiana Tech plays Northwestern State. Anybody who followed Tech football in 2014 remembers the last time these two teams played. Well, almost everyone. Some of us have blocked out the entire day of September 20, 2014, Total Recall style.
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