The final week of College Football's "Bowl Season" is here. There isn't a large menu of games this weekend, but there are some really big matchups. For football fans in the Ark-La-Tex, we'll be paying attention to games that will have an impact on the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.
Skip Holtz and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs visit South Carolina today, Tulane hosts Army, Nicholls State is at Sam Houston for a six o’ clock game in Huntsville, Texas. McNeese State hosts Houston Baptist in the first ever meeting between the two teams, Lamar takes on Southeastern Louisiana, and much more!
Louisiana Tech's Athletic Department is bringing back their Bulldog Blitz tour for this summer, but they appear to be skipping the "Louisiana" part of Louisiana Tech.
According to the Louisiana Radio Network, the tour won't be stopping anywhere in the state, outside of Ruston:
"Louisiana Tech says it’s also bringing back the Bulldog Blitz tour during the summer of 2017...
You don't always see a year where there are no consensus 5-star recruits on the football field in Louisiana. But that's 2017 in recruiting.
So this year 3-star recruits in the state are at a premium, and 3-star quarterbacks are even more important...
Can you guess who led the FBS this college football season in receiving yards? Believe it or not, it was Shreveport's own Trent Taylor. Now, the 5'8" Louisiana Tech wide receiver is turning NFL heads at the Senior Bowl.
Big things continue to roll in Ruston for Coach Skip Holtz and his Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. After a tough one-point-loss to Arkansas, the Bulldogs bounced back against South Carolina State last weekend. Not only did the team have an impressive showing in their 53-24 victory, one of their Senior leaders went off...
Former Louisiana Tech Bulldog star Kenneth Dixon will miss the start of his rookie season in the NFL after getting injured. The Baltimore Ravens spent the 134th pick in the NFL Draft on Dixon, meaning the team had some serious interest in using him this season...
So the name that will be written in for the staring QB slot for Louisiana Tech won't be who you would have thought at the start of Spring Practices.
A redshirt-Freshman will get the nod under center for the Bulldogs instead of slated starter Ryan Higgins...