Damn, I go away for a few days and it gets ugly Whoever said that Bicknell needed to get the boot is pretty much right on. Also the "O" coordinator needs to get let go as well. They are getting way to gun shy on their play calling. Over the last 4-5 years they could throw a deep ball at will on most anybody, but now I really don't what they are doing. The talent is there, but the coaching seems to be where the problem is. But still, whoever said tech is a DII school needs to seek professional help. Tech is a pretty damn good mid-major, with the ability to beat very good teams. Also whoever said that LSU will put up 30 points on Tech with an avg. LSU effort is, for lack of a better word, retarded. This will be a good game. This is no ULM or ULALA coming to town.
Tech01....sorry to disagree with you, but LSU will hang 40 or 50 on Tech...simply because the defense will be too tired to move. They will be on the field all day, b/c Tech's offense will not be able to move at all on this defense...too much speed...they did well against mich st. b/c Mich St had a lumbering Big 10 defense...the spped of the SEC will stop Luke cold...he will make bad decisions and be picked 3 or 4 times...
I think they will get the offense rolling here pretty soon Capt. 40 or 50? No way, thats worse than ULL or ULM. Trust me we are not those guys(And I hope there is no way in hell you are grouping us with them). Tech is a good football team, who will want to come to BR and make a statement. I see this game getting nasty. Tech (and the maj. of tech fans) cant stand LSU. We have sold out the 7000 you gave us and much more by going through your office. So there will be a lot of blue in the stands who would like nothing better to start a huge rivalry. I know a lot of LSU fans respect tech, but untill now, they were always that north LA school who was good for one big BCS win a year and a good record in the WAC. On another note is Rick Neuheisel(sp) still looking for work. With him on board, along with the coaches he could bring in, we would be in the top 25 by the middle of next year with the talent we have but whatever, just wishfull thinking, we cant afford him anyway
don't do this we and you thing...I am a big fan of both...I am just realistic...Luke ha not gotten his game together consistently in three years, and Conroy Hines has no business on a sideline, unless he is the guy carrying Bicknell cable for his earphones... And about Neuhisel..please tell me you are not serious...even if Tech could afford to pay him, would pay him, and he would take the job, I would withdraw from the alumni assoc. if he were to be offered a job here. He is scum and needs to stay in whatever hole he has crawled into. He could in no way represent either Louisiana Tech, or southern football. He has no class.
I am glad your a fan of both..but I'm not, and won't be. Not trying to sound like an ass. I just want tech to show LSU they are not the only ones who play football in the state. In a way that is a compliment to LSU, I mean they are the target, so they must be doing something right. As for Neuhisel, yes he may be scum...yes he bets on things he should not...yes he is probably a shady guy...but yes, he also wins lots of football games. This is what tech needs....if not from him...somebody like him. Get a good solid coaching staff in there, who won't put up with average play, and tech will be good week in and week out, not just every now and then.
Needs to done the right way...not the shady way. The program deserves a better class of coach. My Father played for Coach Aillet and for a cheating, lying human being like neuhisel to walk the sidelines of that stadium would turn my stomach. And as for letting LSU know that Tech plays good football...like I said earlier, without Saban, Good chance to shock...with Saban...no chance. He knows his team will have to be upfor the game, and with national implications possibly lingering out there...they will be ready.
ok, you say tech is good for a "good record in the wac"...well...you had ONE good year in the wac... last year was terrible..and the wac is terrible. infact, tech is terrible. and its retarded to think that LSU could put up 30 against tech? we put up 30 against SEC teams all the time, but we cant against a team that lost to RICE? louisiana tech is gay and those 7000 tickets that "la tech sold"....yeah...they were sold to LSU fans. think about this....how many la tech students do you think are actually LSU fans? its quite a bit.... i know a lot of them who travel down for all the LSU games (paying 36 bucks a pop...plus travel expenses) to see LSU...instead of getting in for free and watching a fag ass team like tech....sorry...but that is reality. a lot of tech students are LSU fans first...and "ehh, lets hope tech does alright" fans second. deny it all you want...but even you know the truth.
TECH01 Conroy thinks all he needs is his QB and WR and he can score on anyone. He might be right but he cant score enough to beat LSU. LSU 54 Tech 17 (maybe) 17 might be a little high
conroy doesn't know what to think....he literally could not coach a girls intramural team...I know cuz the team I coached beat him twice and I am NOT a D1 coordinator
Okay, a few points here. Eleven, "Louisiana Tech is gay" Do you have any constructive criticism to offer, or do you just repeat this over and over? Where does your beef with Tech come from anyway? I've at least got two good reasons to hate Tech, my family is a Northwestern State family and my ex-girlfriend goes to Tech. But I don't hate Tech. "The WAC is terrible" All those BCS teams who have lost to Fresno State and Boise State the last three years might disagree on that. "in fact, Tech is terrible" In 1999, they beat Alabama and we didn't. True, they stunk up the field last year. Tech's kind of in an "even-year curse", where they have losing seasons in even years. But guess what, it's 2003. And I don't take ANYONE lightly. Nor should any Tiger fan. "And those 7,000 tickets that Louisiana Tech sold, yeah...they were sold to LSU fans" Then a lot of LSU fans bought season tickets to Tech football. Why on Earth would they do that? I know a FEW LSU fans who bought their tickets through Tech. But I also know a few Tech fans who bought their tickets through LSU. Bottom line, I would be very surprised not to see 8K Tech fans in Tiger Stadium for November 1st. Too bad they are only going to see a bad Tech loss. "think about this....how many la tech students do you think are actually LSU fans? its quite a bit.... i know a lot of them who travel down for all the LSU games (paying 36 bucks a pop...plus travel expenses) to see LSU...instead of getting in for free and watching a fag ass team like tech....sorry...but that is reality. a lot of tech students are LSU fans first...and "ehh, lets hope tech does alright" fans second. deny it all you want...but even you know the truth." Living in North Louisiana all my life, knowing a TON of friends at Tech, I can assure you that these people are not as numerous on the Tech campus as you would think. There is an apathy problem on the Tech campus when it comes to sports, but it's a lot better than it was a few years ago. The students that do go to the games are passionate about their school. I've seen it with my own eyes. As for Tech students/alumni who root for LSU over Tech, I afford them the same respect I afford the one LSU student I met one time who was a huge Texas fan "because he was from Texas and LSU is not and will never be on UT's level." They are gutless traitors, who in showing no loyalty to their alma mater, obviously cannot be trusted to show loyalty to anything else (home, family, country, etc.) I'm serious. I HATE HATE HATE people like this and I want LSU and LSU fans to have nothing to do with them, because they are nothing more than band-waggoners, Wal-Mart fans who will trade in their purple and gold the minute we are down (like in the Hallman era). I have no problem for people who root for both LSU and their smaller state school. My Dad is a huge LSU fan, heck, his brother, my uncle, played for the Tigers. But HE played for NSU. He is an NSU Demon, first and foremost, now and forever. NSU always comes before LSU in his heart, and if the two schools ever played (I know, highly unlikely, Thank God!) he would be wearing purple and orange, not purple and gold. It should be like this for everyone. LSU is the big, flagship school, for all the people of our great state. But if you went to another university in Louisiana, you ought to support that university. And FIT, Hey, you don't like Tech, that's fine. I'm a regular on their message board and I've butted heads with them quite a bit over LSU/Tech issues. Many Tech fans on that board are the die-hards and the big dreamers, the ones who want to see Louisiana Tech become the next Florida State or Virginia Tech, when it is probably more realistic of them to try to be the next Marshall or Southern Miss for now. But I think LSU fans too often fall into the trap of believing that we are the "end-all, be-all" of Louisiana sports and that other colleges in this state "are so small and pathetic they ought to just pack it up and quit, because, well, man they're just so SMALL AND PATHETIC!" Oh grow up people! Look, LSU is the big university in this state, and we're awesome and nothing compares to Saturday Night in Death Valley. But let me tell you something. You go to Louisiana Tech, to ULL, to ULM, to SLU or McNeese or NSU, or to Grambling or Southern. Go to these games, and you won't see 92,000 fans or a massive stadium or world-class athletes and tailgating. But you will still see something you see at LSU; passionate fans (though not quite so many) who care deeply about their team and their university, and athletes giving their all on the field. I kind of like that "little-school" feel to a game. It means a lot when NSU beats Stephen F. Austin, their arch-rival, for Chief Caddo, the 13 foot tall Indian statue. It means a lot for Tech to win the WAC. It means a lot for ULM just to win a game! Football is football, no matter where it's played, and the passion is always there. It's just on a smaller scale. I think where Tech fans don't do themselves any favors is when some of the yahoos on that board try to force dual-loyalty fans (of which there are many, some of whom favor LSU over Tech, some Tech over LSU) to choose one or the other. There are many Tech fans (like I said, the absolute die-hards on BB&B, not reflective of the larger pool of Tech fans) who see LSU as an enemy, a threat, an obstacle to Tech's progress. It's just not that way. It may have once been that way, long ago, but it's not anymore. I think if the greater majority of Tech fans would heel back their LSU-haters and try to appeal to a broader range of sports fans in North Louisiana, they would win more converts. But I still think some of their expectations are unrealistic. I just don't see Tech ever becoming a BCS-caliber program. A solid mid-major, yes, with a lot of work. But the favorable conditions necessary for them to become "big time" are just not there. That and they have a coach, OC, AD, and President who continue to make poor decisions with their athletic program and squander oppurtunities to move forward. Now, I don't mean to go overboard defending Tech. I certainly have my share of disagreements with them, and I have very little use for the vicious "anti-LSU" wing of the Tech fan base. Also, when Tech fans accuse LSU of arrogance, yet turn right around and act with unbridled arrogance and contempt toward ULL and ULM, even to the point of refusing to play ULM in most sports, they come across as very hypocritical. But all the evidence leads me to believe they are the vast minority of Tech fans. I think my experience of growing up in North Louisiana, going to high school in Ruston, knowing tons of friends at Tech, dating a Tech girl once, and going to several Tech games and interacting with their fans gives me the broad base of knowledge with which to characterize their fan base. And of course, I hope we beat the stuffing out of them on November 1st. I got some grudges to settle up there.
