Best of luck to our C-USA brothers at La. Tech

GMG24 · December 26, 2014

Nm green.. My fat thumb hit - instead of + sorry.. Someone help him out.

Could not agree more! Congrats to La Tech

GOMG2013 · December 26, 2014

La tech blitzed a lot. I liked the aggression. DE #84, 4 sacks. Ran a lot of nickel.

when watching the Conf champ game and la tech lost a few players due to grades, the announcers said, la tech would be playing lots of nickel because it allows them to put the best available talent on the field. Great coaching these last two games from latech.

Sokol was clearly a difference maker for this team. Cant imagine latech offense without him.

FirefightnRick · December 27, 2014

Rick, as much as you are loving the La Tech D-Linemen, the SEC is more about speed. 300lb'ers aren't going to be setting any land speed records.

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Huh?

Anyways, I left at halftime to fire some lead down range with some family that was in town. Good to see Tech finished up strong.

BTW. Houston Bates, #94, 6'3" 250lb Defensive End, transferred to La Tech from Illinois after he graduated, ended up with 6 tackles, 5 1/2 for a loss, 4 1/2 sacks, would have been 5 1/5 if not for a penalty calling the play back,....WAS NAMED GAME MVP.

Rick

Edited December 27, 2014 by FirefightnRick

Marty · December 27, 2014

La Tech blitzed a LOT! Bates is a beast at DE.

Nice crowd from Illinois, very vocal. Band was very good.

La Tech side was pretty packed from the south 10 yard line up to the north 30 yard line. Not near what we brought last year.

Congrats Bulldogs!

HoustonEagle · December 27, 2014

Typical North Texas luck. We got UNLV which was probably better than that Illini team but you get no street cred for beating. No fans either.

UNT90 · December 27, 2014

You make your own luck.

3XL · December 27, 2014

You make your own luck.

couldn't agree more...

I said it last year...we are not entitled to anything. Until we string 8 to 10 decent seasons together and upset a couple of schools along the way...then...maybe.

DeepGreen · December 27, 2014

Typical North Texas luck. We got UNLV which was probably better than that Illini team but you get no street cred for beating. No fans either.

With all due respect HoustonEagle, no way UNLV was better than the Illini team.

And let me say that I was impressed with LaTech's physical size and the way the team played as a whole. Good game.

FirefightnRick · December 28, 2014

With all due respect HoustonEagle, no way UNLV was better than the Illini team.
And let me say that I was impressed with LaTech's physical size and the way the team played as a whole. Good game.

Yup, Illinois beat Penn St, who took Ohio St to double overtime and just beat Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Rick

Edited December 28, 2014 by FirefightnRick

UNTFan23 · December 28, 2014

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Huh?
Anyways, I left at halftime to fire some lead down range with some family that was in town. Good to see Tech finished up strong.
BTW. Houston Bates, #94, 6'3" 250lb Defensive End, transferred to La Tech from Illinois after he graduated, ended up with 6 tackles, 5 1/2 for a loss, 4 1/2 sacks, would have been 5 1/5 if not for a penalty calling the play back,....WAS NAMED GAME MVP.
Rick

North Texas has had people transfer from other programs after they earned their degree. It's allowed by the NCAA when the degree isn't offered at their current school. I guess LA. Tech had the degree he wanted while Illinois did not.