How About Another FCS Win Over FBS...???

((HT: Patrick Netherton his own self))

We include this one because we can...

P-Netherton is the pay-by-play voice for the Northwestern State (LA) Demons and they were on the road last night at Joe Aillet Stadium to take on Louisiana Tech.

All we needed was a last-second field goal for the upset
The HQ got it...


Well called, sir... congratulations...

And that win puts a big dent in the La Tech bowl ideas...

Cupcake Saturday: LaTech RB goes 99-Yards for TD

Safe to say, Saturday September 6th won't go down as a day of amazingly competitive college football.

Yeah, sure, there were a few good games (USC/Stanford, Oregon/Mich. St, Ohio St/VaTech), but most of the games...were blowouts.

There were a few amazing plays and a lot of dull ones.

One of the best: How about Kenneth Dixon of Lousiana Tech....he lines up deep in his own end zone, takes the pitch, makes two moves and goes untouched...99 yards for the TD.

Tech would beat the Ragin' Cajuns 48-20...

La Tech Explains Not Going To The Independence Bowl

((HT: KNOE-TV))

If this doesn't confirm one way or the other that Spike Dykes could, would, or should leave Louisiana Tech. the HQ doesn't know what would...

Your athletic department asks for more time to go to a bowl game and doesn't get to go bowling period in a slam-dunk situation to get a payday when they either asked for more time and didn't get it or turned down a bowl bid...

A local opportunity at that...
Here's sound from the LA Tech AD...
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And, just so you know, Louisiana-Lafayette can't get enough tickets for this matchup...

You tell us where the screw up in all of this is...

Who Is Kenneth Dixon And Why Does He Keep Scoring...???

((HT: KSLA-TV Shreveport))

The short answer is: Because Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes tells QB Colby Cameron to hand the ball off to the talented freshman...

Dixon scored six TD's in last night's 70-28 win over Idaho.

"It was good to see the way the team came out and played after a tough loss last week," Dykes said post-game. "We wanted to come out and get off to a good start after not doing that last week against Texas A&M."

Safe to say, they did...

Louisiana Tech picked up 839 total yards of offense, a single game record and the most by a Division I team this season. The Bulldogs rushed for 408 yards and passed for another 431 yards in the win.

The 70 points were the most by Tech since they scored 77 in a win over UL-Lafayette in 1998. Tech entered the game the top-ranked team in the country in scoring offense and, also tied a WAC single game record with 56 first half points.

Here's the wrap from Joe Aillet...
KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather

Fantasy players take note... the next opponent for the Bulldogs is New Mexico State in Las Cruces next Saturday...

Shootout In Shreveport, Texas A&M Survives La. Tech 59-57

Louisiana Tech wanted to prove they could stand toe to toe with an SEC school and the Bulldogs did.  It’s just the Texas A&M Aggies were just a little better.

For one thing Texas A&M has already made its mark in the SEC record book.  Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel broke his own school and Southeastern Conference record for total offense with 576 total yards.

Manziel passed for 395 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a career-high 181 yards and three touchdowns.   His 72 yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter was a thing of beauty and sealed the win for the Aggies.

"He is a very special player," Louisiana Tech head coach Sonny Dykes said. “We had a hard time adjusting to his speed early in the game. I thought our guys got more settled in and made some adjustments and made some plays in the second half. We just couldn't stop him in critical situations. That's what good players do, they make plays."

Check out the highlights from Shreveport.  (Thanks KBTX-TV, Bryan – College Station, TX)

Aggie head coach Kevin Sumlin was happy to escape Shreveport with a win.  (Thanks 12thmanTV)

Next Saturday we will see if Texas A&M will be a player in the race for the SEC West title.  LSU comes to College Station renewing that rivalry.  Then its three straight road games at Auburn, at Mississippi State then at Alabama. 

I believe that might qualify as a brutal stretch of road games.

La Tech Mascot Died Of Heat Stroke, Death Covered Up...

((HT: KNOE-TV/El Dorado AR, Monroe LA))

Tech XX, the bulldog mascot for Louisiana Tech, had been missing since Sunday in or around Ruston, Louisiana.

But, now we know what happened in the disappearance...

A worker at the Sexton Animal Health Center left XX out too long in the heat and the dog died of heat stroke. The worker has, obviously, been fired for the negligent behavior.

Here's the Sunday night story from Louisiana when XX came up missing...
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The school released a statement:

"Louisiana Tech University was saddened to learn of Tech XX's passing this past Sunday evening. He will be remembered for being a fan favorite and a symbol of the spirit of Louisiana Tech.

"Since becoming our official mascot in 2008, Tech XX received superior care and a loving home from Dr. Patrick Sexton and, despite the unfortunate circumstances of the past few days, we are grateful for all he and his family have done for our beloved mascot.

"Tech XX was a cherished member of the Louisiana Tech Family and, together, we will all grieve his passing."

And Sexton released a statement as well that said in part:

"My family, my staff and I are extremely upset at this tragic turn of events as I know the entire Louisiana Tech Family is as well," Sexton added. "Tech XX was a member of our immediate family and a daily part of our lives for the past four years.

"We are devastated over the circumstances of his passing and there will be a large void in our hearts for some time to come. As with any family member, we will spend considerable time grieving his passing."

College Baseball game delayed...by Fire on Field

Fire photo courtesy: matthew fowler/northwesternstate athletics

No...really.

Wednesday's Louisiana Tech/Northwestern State baseball game got cancelled after a fire.

On the Northwestern baseball field.

Well, next to it anyway. On the rightfield wall.

It appears the chaos ensued after an electrical fire behind the rightfield wall at Northwestern's Brown-Stroud field.

The transformer that caught on fire around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon, apparently exploded just feet away from NW State baseball players who were taking batting practice in cages next to said transformer.

And according to the Northwestern State athletic site, the game, which was scheduled to start at 6:30pm was postponed because Natchitoches Fire Department apparently couldn't put it out. They had to wait for it to burn itself out.

And yeah, this is a heck of a picture.
Here's matching video, thanks to our friends at KSLA-TV in Shreveport

Conference USA rebuilds by adding small schools

((ht: cbssports.com/mcmurphy))

Well, we guess this means the Conference USA/Mountain West Super Conference merger is dead on arrival.

That's because C-USA announced that they are adding teams. Six of them to be exact. Though we might add most are not exactly household names.

The list includes: Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Texas-San Antonio, Charlotte and Old Dominion.

For those keeping track, that would be a raid of the Sun Belt, the Patriot League and the WAC.

Read more details from Brett McMurphy of CBSSports.com, McMurphy broke the story RIGHT HERE

Interesting stuff, but hardly earth shaking news. Kudos to C-USA for trying to rebuild after being nearly decimated by the Big East. However, other than adding to their travel costs, this doesn't do much to add to the league's prestige.

In fact, it does very little for football...right now. Charlotte is about to enter FCS (1-AA) next year as a rookie program. The others have a footprint, but not a particularly large one. But it does protect the conference if for no other reason than the sheer size. Come 2013, C-USA will have 14-teams.

Here's the report from WAVY-TV in Norfolk about the idea...

ODU may be considered for C-USA: wavy.com