Good Morning, how would you grade our new football coaches so far:
Carelock
Veal
Johnson
Greer
Carter

Also, our new analyst and GA's.

Thoughts

They have us improving to 6-6 this year. We are 6 weeks away from kickoff of the season.

https://collegefootballnews.com/cfn/louisiana-tech-bulldogs-college-football-preview-2023

Has to be the highest the Bulldogs have ever been picked prior to a season:

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@cwardell03 has it covered this morning. 17 days!!

Keep an eye on Purdue transfer 1B/OF/DH Cam Thompson.

He’s from Oklahoma, started career at Oklahoma State. Hit 13 HR and drove in 56 in 2022.

Started slow in 2023, fell out of favor with Goff.

He’s the type target we will be looking at offensively. Not going to take a big scholarship to get, and he’s got great offensive upside.

Fouts recruited him to Purdue.

Hey everyone, with football season just around the corner it's almost time to kick off our Louisiana Tech Quarterback Club Meetings at Catfish Charlie's in Monroe. Meetings will start at 6:30 PM and will be held on the following Thursdays before every home football game, August 24th, September 7th, September 14th, and November 9th. Each week a member of the coaching staff will attend and provide a recap of the previous week's game as well as a breakdown of that week's opponent. This is a great opportunity to come out and meet the coaching staff. They always do an excellent job of answering questions and providing an insight into the game.

Also, please check out our Facebook page and events page for each meeting. https://www.facebook.com/LaTechQBC

August 24th - 6:30 PM
September 7th - 6:30 PM
September 14th - 6:30 PM
November 9th - 6:30 PM

Catfish Charlie's: 2329 Louisville Ave, Monroe, LA 71201

I got you covered this morning. Let’s gooooo!!

You’ll notice transfer and high school rankings combining for a comprehensive ranking system for Rivals going forward. You can still separate the two.

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If you are interested in watching a successful Tech sports program in action or if you are intrigued by the concept of competitive team bowling, consider heading to Arlington, TX to watch the LA Tech bowling team compete in the NCAA Regionals on April 7-8. Earlier today the Lady Techsters received an at-large bid to the regional. They face off against conference foe Sam Houston State on Friday. #1 nationally ranked McKendree is also in this regional. SHSU beat Tech in the conference tournament semifinal and narrowly lost to #3 national seed Arkansas State in the final.

I was able to attend Tech's match versus SHSU in Rowlett, TX last Sunday (3/26). I must say that the match was more exciting than I anticipated. It is a quick paced team event whose score can turn direction in the blink of an eye. Coach Nantais has had great results with this program, and we know that he is doing it with the smallest of budgets. If you have free time that Friday or Saturday, I recommend giving it a try. The first match is at 9am on Friday. It's a double elimination bracket. The second match is scheduled for 3pm on Friday followed by the last two rounds on Saturday. Play will roll into Sunday only a final deciding match is required.

Extra notes:
The host venue is the Bowling International Training & Research Center in Arlington, TX. It's located at 621 Six Flags Drive near all of the sports stadiums. It is in the same building as the Bowling Hall of Fame. Who knew that resides in Arlington?

#1 McKendree won last year's national championship. They are coached by the head coach of USA Bowling.

The Southland Conference is considered the "SEC of the bowling conferences." 5 of the 8 conference teams are in the national tournament. 5 of the 17 teams in the tournament are from Tech's conference.

I hope to see you there. Feel free to ask questions.

Ben, I have noticed the banner this week about no-charge Ad free account until October 4. What are the future plans for pricing on the Rivals site and what type of Ads will be appearing?

Still at the Dawg House but moved to the 11:30, lunch hour, time slot.

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@cwardell03 has it covered. Let’s gooooo!!!

@cwardell03 has ya covered! Let’s gooooo!!!

@cwardell03 has it covered on this Wednesday morning! Off day on Thursday! Lets gooooo!!

Big day. I got it covered. Let’s go!!!

I hope to see some of you at the event:

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Five practices in, this is where things stand:

OFFENSE

QB | Bachmeier, Turner

RB | Shelton, Thornton, Moody

WR | Allen, Lewis, Duru

WR | Harris, McCallister or Latulas

WR | Maxwell or Edwards, Crawford

TE | Jones, Rivera, Locke

LT | White, Bannister

LG | Hale, Nelson

C | Delfin, Kelly

RG | Gilbert, Bowser

RT | Bruno, Rossell

DEFENSE

DE | Burnett, Durham-Campbell

DT | Hall, Blay, Jones

DT | Nason, Williams, Reeves, Bush

DE | Clark, Gray, Evans

LB | Randle, Fields

LB | Davis or Boateng, Zimos

Nickel | Griffin-Taylor, Richard

CB | Roberts, Shelby

S | Singleton, Roberson

S | Heard, Hopes, Mcelvane

CB | Woods, Paul

SPECIALISTS

K | Barnes or Buchanan

P | Rea, Oschendorf or Bengu

LS | Pugh

KR | Harris, Latulas

PR | Harris, Latulas

- Both kickers love Pugh. They say he’s a really good snapper.

Questions?

Ok, here is the deal. We are all on the sidelines watching this whole ordeal play out. It’s time to put a little money where our mouth is. I challenge each and every one of you to pledge and donate a minimum of $25 to the endowment before our first game at the end of this month. I donate $50 a month out of habit and will be pledging another $50 a month for the New Banking School Endowment I’m starting. You are all Dawgs! Throw in a little change and help us grow! Post your commitment below! I’ll start!


Be sure to put in the purpose Bleed Tech Blue Endowment.

ICYMI, I posted in another thread that we found out today OL Cyler Corn committed to LA Tech a couple months ago.

There was never an announcement on social media or anything like that.

Credit to @Dogswin1 for bringing this kid to my attention last week.

Corn will miss his senior season with an ACL injury that he suffered after he committed. Tech is his only offer at this point.

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Will Melby from UCF is in today:

I found this today when I was looking up info on Eli Finley. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...=C20DAAECEB948116CEECC20DAAECEB948116CEEC&vie
This is the first time I ever heard of it.

First practice is Thursday, July 27th.