Jimmy Watson: Army runs past Louisiana Tech

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DALLAS — With the newly reconstructed Big Tex looming just outside the entrance of the Cotton Bowl Stadium and with a one-win Army staging inside as the opponent du jour, Louisiana Tech fans had a bit of swagger in Big D about their chances of winning their first game of the season over an FBS club.

The Skip Holtz era needed an FBS win and the Bulldogs needed their inaugural win over a service academy. Didn’t happen.

The hopes went out the window not long after the opening kick when Army began gashing the once solid Bulldog run defense on its way to a 35-16 win in the inaugural Heart of Dallas Classic. The Black Knights (2-3) rushed for 414 yards, the fifth most yards given up in Tech history.

“When (Army) executes like they did tonight and don’t turn the ball over, they are tough to beat,” Holtz said. “I don’t think Army has had a turnover-free game all season. We got our tails kicked tonight on defense and I can’t make excuses for that.”Weather delays, sometimes the savior of teams that begin a game on its heels, did nothing for Holtz’s team, which showed resolve at Kansas last week, only to revert to an almost demonic obsession of making bad teams look good on Saturday.

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