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    Time to go 1-0.

    H/T to @Bevo for digging this up.

    LA Tech football depth chart projections ahead of 2019 opener at Texas

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/louisiana-tech/2019/08/23/louisiana-tech-football-depth-chart-projections/2098111001/

    RUSTON — Game week is upon Louisiana Tech, which’ll begin preparations for its season opener versus No. 10 Texas Saturday morning after the team conducts a closed scrimmage Friday.

    The next media availability for Tech head coach Skip Holtz and a few players will be Tuesday for the first weekly press conference of the year and the first official depth chart will be provided.

    With the kickoff to the 2019 season right around seven days away, here are projections on what the Bulldogs’ two-deep at each position could look like:

     
    OFFENSE
    QB: J’Mar Smith, redshirt senior; Westin Elliott, redshirt junior; Aaron Allen, redshirt freshman

    Smith enters his third season as Louisiana Tech’s starter and with offensive coordinator Todd Fitch taking over as his position coach, more is to be expected from the quarterback who already has 27 career starts and has thrown for 6,546 yards, 33 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

    RB: Israel Tucker, redshirt junior; Justin Henderson, redshirt junior AND Jaqwis Dancy, redshirt senior

    Tucker, who started five games a year ago, is primed to take the first snap against Texas. But expect to see plenty of Henderson and Dancy, when healthy, this season as the position will be a by-committee approach.

    X-receiver: Adrian Hardy, redshirt junior; Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore AND Malik Stanley redshirt senior

    Hardy looks to follow up his breakout 2018 season, where he caught a team-high 75 passes for a career high 1,145 yards and six touchdowns.

    H-receiver: Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior; Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman

    Powell appears set to take over Teddy Veal’s former spot in the receiving corps and get his first amount of significant playing time in his career. In two seasons, the 5-7, 163-pound slot receiver has 22 catches for 138 yards.

    A-receiver: Griffin Hebert, redshirt sophomore; Joshua Matthews, redshirt sophomore

    Hebert put in impressive work on his body over the offseason, filling out with more muscle and he’s followed that up with a solid fall camp.

    Z-receiver: Isaiah Graham, redshirt junior; George Scott III, junior

    Graham, a TCU transfer, has had one of most impressive camps of any players on Tech’s roster and looks primed to be a major difference maker in the passing game.

    Y-receiver: Bobby Holly, redshirt senior; Jacob Adams, redshirt sophomore

    Whenever Louisiana Tech projects to start with an offensive formation that’ll include the Y position, Holly will be there. The Farmerville native started three games last season and two of his four total receptions went for touchdowns.

    RT: Gewhite Stallworth, redshirt senior; Antawn Lewis, junior

    Stallworth has been taking the majority of the first-team snaps in practice, leading to believe he’ll get the start at Texas. The big, 6-8, 322-pound tackle has started three games in his career.

    RG: Ethan Reed, redshirt senior; Joshua Mote, redshirt sophomore Reed, an All-Conference USA honorable mention lineman last year, has started every game the last three seasons for the Bulldogs. Mote adds valuable depth at the position with four starts under his belt.

    Kody Russey, redshirt junior; Abraham Delfin, redshirt sophomore Russey returns to once again anchor Tech’s offensive line in the middle, starting 26 straight games.

    LG: Drew Kirkpatrick, redshirt senior; Carter Habich, sophomore

    After redshirting in 2017, Kirkpatrick emerged as the starting left guard as 2018 progressed, playing in 11 total games.

    LT: Willie Allen, redshirt junior; Biron Rossell, redshirt freshman

    Allen, an LSU transfer, seems to have tapped into the potential coaches saw in him when they recruited him two years ago out of Tyler (Texas) Community College. If he gets the nod next weekend, his first FBS collegiate start will come against Texas.

    DEFENSE
    DE: Ka’Derrion Mason, senior; La’Dante Davenport, redshirt senior

    Mason earned two starts a season ago and had six his sophomore campaign. For his career, the 6-4, 291-pound end has 40 tackles with one sack.

    NG: Courtney Wallace, redshirt senior; D.J. Jackson, redshirt freshman OR Keivie Rose, freshman

    Wallace looks to get his first start of his Tech career against Texas. He’s played in 22 games and has 13 tackles, including three tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.

    DE: Milton Williams, redshirt sophomore; Steven Shaw, redshirt freshman

    Williams (6-4, 262) has garnered a lot of praise from coaches since the spring and he’s parlayed his solid play into an expected starting role on the defensive line. He saw action in seven games last season.

    OLB: Willie Baker, redshirt junior; Tristan Allen, redshirt sophomore

    Baker switched positions from end to outside linebacker in defensive coordinator Bob Diaco’s 3-4 scheme. His pass rush skill set will still be utilized, highlighted by four sacks coming in the Hawaii Bowl last year, but he’ll handle come coverage duties as well.

    MLB: Connor Taylor, senior; Randy Hogan, redshirt senior OR Trey Baldwin, redshirt junior

    The former JUCO National Defensive Player of the Year looks to be more effective this season for the Bulldogs. Taylor ended 2018 with 30 stops.

    MLB: Collin Scott, redshirt senior; Alex Zayed, redshirt junior

    Scott led the team in tackles last season with 87. The senior linebacker is poised to have another solid season along with handling the defensive calls.

    S: James Jackson, redshirt senior; Ezekiel Barnett, redshirt junior

    Jackson started every game a season ago, finishing second on the team in tackles with 74, including 8.5 TFLs and had one interception.

    S: Darryl Lewis, redshirt senior; Bee Jay Williamson, redshirt freshman

    Lewis has collected 130 career stops and six picks in 40 total appearances, including 26 straight starts. He’s one of the veteran leaders on backend of Tech’s defense.

    S: L’Jarius Sneed, senior; Jaiden Cole, redshirt sophomore

    In the spring, Sneed moved from cornerback to safety and it’s paid dividends for Louisiana Tech’s defense. His three interceptions last year was good enough for second-best on the defense to go along with his 59 total tackles.

    CB: Amik Robertson, junior; Zach Hannibal, redshirt junior

    Unquestionably the most notable star for the Bulldogs, Robertson enters his third season starting at corner. He paced Tech with four picks, has nine total in two seasons, and for his career, has 123 total stops.

    CB: Michael Sam, redshirt senior; Aaron Roberson, redshirt senior

    Sam has battled some injuries during his career, but Holtz called him the “most pleasant surprise” this spring after he moved from safety to corner. Sam has pieced together a great fall camp and looks to more talent to an already deep Bulldog secondary.

    SPECIAL TEAMS
    PK: Bailey Hale, redshirt senior; Brady Farlow, redshirt junior

    Hale transferred to Tech from Eastern New Mexico before 2018 and ultimately earned the starting place kicking job. He had a 68 percent field goal rate in his first year, making 15-of-22 with a long of 46.

    P: Brady Farlow, redshirt junior; Jacob Barnes, freshman

    Behind Davan Dyer last season, Farlow punted five times for 179 yards for a 35.8-yard average.

    PR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior

    The two combined for three punt returns in 2018.

    KR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore OR Justin Henderson, redshirt junior

    Okorie and Harris piled up a combined 247 yards on 13 kickoff returns last year. Expect those two to be in the mix to field the opening kickoff for Louisiana Tech at Texas next weekend.


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    randygilman

    Posted

    KEYS TO THE GAME

    1. Have the Texas offense play better than the Louisiana Tech defense.

    2. Have the Texas defense play better than the Louisiana Tech offense.

    I think if we do those two things, pretty good chance we win this game.

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    Bruh Man

    Posted

    Watching All Access, I already liked our oline but I love them now after watching that grilling competition segment.

    • Like 1
    NowThis

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, randygilman said:

    KEYS TO THE GAME

    1. Have the Texas offense play better than the Louisiana Tech defense.

    2. Have the Texas defense play better than the Louisiana Tech offense.

    I think if we do those two things, pretty good chance we win this game.

    3. Texas special teams > LT one

    4. Texas coaches no brainfarts , no laziness, no scripted offense that does not work .

    Rip76

    Posted

    Let’s do this shit.

    🤘🏼🤘🏼

    Laxtonto

    Posted

    1 hour ago, VaLonghorn99 said:

    La Tech coming off a bowl win 8-5 season. I would say this is harder than a Loisiana Lafayette or North Texas type opener. Still Horns should get some kinks out and dominate the game.

    North Texas will most likely win the division LT is in and has WAY better QB and offense.

    I am much happier to be playing LT than UNT

    • Like 1
    runthebone

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, randygilman said:

    KEYS TO THE GAME

    1. Have the Texas offense play better than the Louisiana Tech defense.

    2. Have the Texas defense play better than the Louisiana Tech offense.

    I think if we do those two things, pretty good chance we win this game.

    Unless there are 3 blocked punts.

    Jersey Man10

    Posted

    would be cool if UT scores exactly 32
    64 would be better
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    NowThis

    Posted

    Just now, Jersey Man10 said:
    14 minutes ago, NowThis said:
    would be cool if UT scores exactly 32

    64 would be better

    for Ced

    Girdwood

    Posted

    We need to start strong and make this a comfortable win. Cmon Herman, don’t fuck this up.

    DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt

    Posted

    On 8/30/2019 at 9:13 AM, Fozzz said:

    This LaTech game feels like a sloppy 37-24 kinda slog where we have to utilize Sam's legs more than we should.

    Go fuck yourself, bitch.

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    Burt Macklin

    Posted

    40 minutes ago, randygilman said:

    KEYS TO THE GAME

    1. Have the Texas offense play better than the Louisiana Tech defense.

    2. Have the Texas defense play better than the Louisiana Tech offense.

    I think if we do those two things, pretty good chance we win this game.

    Wow. Someone does not value special teams at all.

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    Wow. Someone does not value special teams at all.

    DKR would not approve of this lack of awareness.

    Pato del Muerto

    Posted

    Fighting sycamores just took the lead in Kansas in the 4th. 

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    I must admit, of all the commercials I hate the fansville commercials the least.

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

    Fighting sycamores just took the lead in Kansas in the 4th. 

    Shocking. I, for one, am shocked. Electrified even.

    texifornia

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    I must admit, of all the commercials I hate the fansville commercials the least.

    They're fun. Ray Wise is a joy to watch.

    • Like 1
    Pato del Muerto

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    Shocking. I, for one, am shocked. Electrified even.

    And KU pulls it out with les miles bumble magic. 

    Now, James Madison 7 wvu 3 at halftime in Morgantown. 

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    And KU pulls it out with les miles bumble magic. 

    Now, James Madison 7 wvu 3 at halftime in Morgantown. 

    How much grazing was done by that crazy old son of a bitch?

    Doc Reeves

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    How much grazing was done by that crazy old son of a bitch?

    The head cow is always grazing 

    NowThis

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    I must admit, of all the commercials I hate the fansville commercials the least.

    the femmes are very good looking

    Halohal

    Posted

    F the bubble screen... First play a bomb. Hookem

    SKA the boss

    Posted

    If we’re taking requests, I’d like to see a defensive score, a score of 50 yds or more, a Wow! play on special teams, the back ups play the entire 4th quarter, and be able to hear the band from my seat.

    ConferenceRoom

    Posted

    1 minute ago, SKA the boss said:

    If we’re taking requests, I’d like to see a defensive score, a score of 50 yds or more, a Wow! play on special teams, the back ups play the entire 4th quarter, and be able to hear the band from my seat.

    You don't get to make requests after going 0-1 for two consecutive years. Get the win, that's it. 

    tbone_

    Posted

    My request is not to blow ass the first game of the season for a change.

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    Girdwood

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    PSA

     

    Fuck WVU and their forced rivalry “Horns down” bullshit. Get your comeuppance hillbilly fuckers!

    BigVegasHorn26

    Posted

    I think we come out, punch La Tech in the mouth, and are resting our starters by mid-3rd.  

    Texasborn91

    Posted

    A lot of teams have looked like shit week 1. Let’s go out and win comfortably please. 

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

     

    I sure hope there is a big red N on that shovel...

    texifornia

    Posted

    it's   g   a   m   e   d   a   y

     

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    Vertigo

    Posted

    27 minutes ago, Machinator said:

     

    Ricky’s thighs look bigger than Earl’s. That is quite the oversight.

    ousux

    Posted

    Sorry not sorry if this has already been addressed in this thread, but..

     

    Anyone with psVue having issues accessing LHN?

     

     

    texifornia

    Posted (edited)

    West Virginia squeaked it out against JMU. Big XII is 3-0 against the FCS woooooo

    Edited by texifornia
    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Bigbend1812 said:

    Yay more patches on the jersey! 

    Shit is starting to look like the CFL...

    ousux

    Posted

    it's   g   a   m   e   d   a   y
     
    XV has already cemented his leagcy with the attempted murder at the Sugar Bowl, but he has potential to be my fave of all time..
    TexasMan

    Posted

    There's some hot ass chicks all around DKR right now. 

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    MonkeyDoughnut

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, HOOK'EMHOOAH said:

    Fucking hell this day is dragging.

    This.  

     

    1 minute ago, TexasMan said:

    There's some hot ass chicks all around DKR right now. 

    Pics might help pass the time please 🙏

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    1 minute ago, TexasMan said:

    There's some hot ass chicks all around DKR right now. 

    What is the betting line for how many are romancing each other?

    HOOK'EMHOOAH

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, ousux said:
    12 minutes ago, texifornia said:
    it's   g   a   m   e   d   a   y
     

    XV has already cemented his leagcy with the attempted murder at the Sugar Bowl, but he has potential to be my fave of all time..

    When XV tried to gore the ga mascot, I knew where the rest of the night was headed. Was not disappoint.




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