I’m so torn. Do I take the lump sum and make a large one time donation, picking the projects I’d most like to fund? Do I take the payments over time and allocate an annual percentage to Tech athletics? How much control would I expect to have, and is that a good or a bad thing? Just so much planning to do ahead of time.

So Talvin & his family gave 50K on Giving Day in the spring, and he’s now pledging towards the Aillet Society.

ALL IN.

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Sonny Cumbie will meet with the media at 12 PM Tuesday afternoon.

No players will be available due to Election Day. The players will be made available on Wednesday, but I doubt I’ll be able to be on it. We’ll see.

@ntruppel takes a look at UTSA's offensive success on third down:

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Tech opens as a 20-point underdog:

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Congrats Phil

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Really fun day at The Joe on Saturday afternoon.

- Tre Harris continues to stand out
- Marquis Crosby shoulders the load at RB
- McNeil comes back from injury and performs well, shows incredible toughness
- OL continues to get better every week

- Myles Brooks is a DOG at CB
- Defensive line gets 33 QB pressures, 28 QB hurries, and 4 sacks. WOW!!!
- Jakelyn Morgan gets extended time at CB, performs well
- Myles Mason plays in his 4th game. If he's going to redshirt, he's done playing this season. *This is a correction from yesterday. I thought it was his fifth game.

Early Q1: WKU 7 - Charlotte 0
Late Q1, now 21-0
6 mins until halftime 28-0

My family has planned something that makes it impossible to attend the last home game. I will send four season tickets on the front row of CC (right above the wall) and a red lotparking pass to anyone who will use them.

Read in AJC this AM that former Southern Miss and Oakland Raider great punter Ray Guy passed away yesterday at age 72 from a long illness. Not a Golden Eagle fan nor a Raider fan, but Ray was a really fine player and generally considered the greatest punter ever, and only one in Pro hall of fame. Article said he was from Thompson, GA and in 2007 the AJC voted him the 17th greatest football player ever to come out of the state of GA. Evidently, he played every sport in high school. Also did not know until I read it that he played safety for So. Miss as well as punting. Evidently pretty tough as well.

Check 'em out!

Trent Taylor (Bengals) - 7 snaps played, 56.6 PFF grade, 1 target, 1 catch for 5 yards, 60.5 PFF grade as a punt returner, 1 return for 15 yards

Boston Scott (Eagles) - 13 snaps played, 55.1 PFF grade, 7 carries for 21 yards

Milton Williams (Eagles) - 30 snaps played, 62.8 PFF grade, 1 QB pressure, 1 sack, 1 batted ball, 1 STOP

Xavier Woods (Panthers) - 67 snaps played, 42.1 PFF grade, 5 tackles, 1 missed tackle, 4/4 for 16 yards, 1 TD when targeted

Justin Ellis (Giants) - 24 snaps played, 47 PFF grade, 1 tackle

Amik Robertson (Raiders) - 28 snaps played, 55.9 PFF grade, 2 tackles, 2 missed tackles, 1/2 for 2 yards when targeted

L'Jarius Sneed (Chiefs) - Bye Week

Let's hear 'em!!

Middle Tennessee 41
LA Tech 24

It's game week and I can finally get this thread going! I love putting this together each year, so if you have any suggestions to the format, please feel free to let me know. I hope you enjoy!

The 2021 Spread Thread
The 2020 Spread Thread
The 2019 Spread Thread
The 2018 Spread Thread
The 2017 Spread Thread

The schedule below will be noted as follows:
opening line, closed line, Sagarin's predictor of win margin, Massey's score prediction, and weekly rank (average from Sagarin's ranking, Massey's ranking, TeamRankings, and ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI). For the opening lines and closed lines, I will use VegasInsider consensus, and the line will be listed as it pertains to Tech. I will update the top post as the season progresses, as well as the conference ranking based on the rank each week.

9/1 @ 59.5 Missouri L 52-24
open +18.5 / closed +19.5 / 15.28 Missouri / 35-20 Missouri / 110.5

9/10 v. 168 SFA W 52-17
open -4.5 / closed -6 / 11.55 Tech / 35-24 Tech / 117.75

9/17 @ 6.5 Clemson L 48-20
open +36 / closed +34 / 37.99 Clemson / 38-10 Clemson / 110.25

9/24 @ 74.5 S Alabama L 38-14
open +13 / closed +13 / 13.32 S Alabama / 31-24 S Alabama / 109.5

10/1 BYE 114

10/8 v. 122.25 UTEP W 41-31
open +1 / closed -1.5 / 8.38 Tech / 30-24 Tech / 113.25

10/15 @ 110 N Texas L 47-27
open +5.5 / closed +6.5 / 2.92 N Texas / 35-34 N Texas / 111.75

10/22 v. 98.5 Rice L 42-41 (OT)
open +2 / closed +2.5 / 5.36 Rice / 31-28 Rice / 117.25

10/28 @ 142.5 FIU L 42-34 (2OT)
open -9.5 / closed -6.5 / 13.47 Tech / 35-27 Tech / 117.75

11/5 v. 103.25 M Tenn
open +2.5 / closed xxx / 2.09 M Tenn / 34-31 M Tenn / 123.75

Louisiana Tech (2-4, 1-1):

Monday - The 3-2-1, Inside Tech Football at 6 PM on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Tuesday - Stat Attack, Sonny Cumbie Press Conference, BTB Radio on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Wednesday - BC radio interview on SportsTalk 97.7 FM at 7:15 AM, Scouting Rice QB TJ McMahon

Thursday - Inside the Numbers, Score Predictions

Friday - Three Keys to Victory

Saturday - Game Thread, Game Day Central, Game Recap presented by Louisiana National Bank

Sunday - PFF Snap Count Totals & Player Grades

Let's go!!

Sonny Cumbie, Marquis Crosby, Hugh Davis, and Willie Roberts are scheduled to speak to the media at 12 PM on Tuesday.

Practice report coming this afternoon. Stay tuned.

Starts up in a few minutes. I have it covered.

I wasn’t sure and didn’t see that we had a thread for College Football News in general. If we do, I can edit/move the post but adding here for now.

BleedTechBlue caught up with Sam Doughton of the Middle Tennessee Athletic Department to preview the Blue Raiders:

What will it take to knock off Middle Tennessee on Saturday?

@gtpddEvan shares his thoughts:

Louisiana Tech (2-6, 1-3):

Monday - The 3-2-1, Inside Tech Football at 6 PM on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Tuesday - Stat Attack, Sonny Cumbie Press Conference, BTB Radio on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Wednesday - BC radio interview on SportsTalk 97.7 FM at 7:15 AM, Scouting Middle Tennessee QB Chase Cunningham

Thursday - Inside the Numbers, Score Predictions, BC radio interview on SportsTalk 97.7 FM at 5 PM

Friday - Three Keys to Victory

Saturday - Game Thread, Game Day Central, Game Recap presented by Louisiana National Bank

Sunday - PFF Snap Count Totals & Player Grades

Let's go!!

What would Skip’s record be if he was coaching this season?

You got to think we still get Lyddy. Do the Bell bros and Means stay?