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I think the 8 is doubling as a BQuote:
Originally Posted by johnnylightnin
18ulldogsQuote:
Originally Posted by Saint Greg
The 18 is a stand in for a B
Not surprisingly, soft verbal DB/WR Tywan Francis decommitted from Tech late today. Wren was a major pick-up on the offensive side and we are loaded in the defensive secondary.
Good get! Our former coaching staff loved him and thought he had NFL potential. Lot of length and athleticism. Originally committed to us as an OLB but wants to play offense so he decommitted, and Bielema offered him as a WR late before he was let go.Quote:
Originally Posted by DogsWin
Indeed, this is a HUGE pickup for LA Tech!! Wren is as big kid, and could be the next Carlos Henderson or Quinton Patton.Quote:
Originally Posted by DogsWin
Read article this morning that he was ranked #24 Athlete in nation. He turned down Arkansas because they wanted him to play defense. I’m not beating a dead horse but Holtz and staff continue to recruit solid athletes — his post says what kind of young man he appears to be. Hope he signs this month ( early signing day 20fh?)
Espn ranked Wren the #21 Athlete.
Windmon was ranked the #43 Safety.
Wow
Javon Mosley 6-7 340 JuCo OT will be visiting Louisiana Tech this Thursday. This guy his huuuuuge and he has a bit of a nasty streak as his video shows.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5583131...8e490ce81d29aa
We need some players with a nasty streak in 'em.Quote:
Originally Posted by DogsWin
We need a coach with a nasty streak in him...Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Call him Coach skid mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
I don't think we have seen a coach or players with a nasty streak since the JRP days.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
I really like his blocking from the WR position, that is a key for all of these spread type of offenses. I think losing Conner Smith had a gif effect on our offensive production this year. He was responsible for a lot of YAC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogsince65
I agree that we need a few of them on the team, but not too many to disrupt team chemistry. I am not sure if we have any now.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
I would say O Shea and Amik have a nasty streak.Quote:
Originally Posted by rlmiddle
J’mar Has a nasty streak, but only visible when we are in white pants
Ferguson -- Amik loves to taunt other players and not shy about hitting people. Never knows what goes on with OL --lot of trash talk and hittingQuote:
Originally Posted by BhadDawg
quick update -- just got off Rivals -- we have 4 Mesquite commits - 3 are 3 star with Wren being the most recruited BJ William Brad Calhoun DJ Jackson -- last 3 committed 6-8 months ago so who knows
3tars-- Windhorn (37 athlete in state) last week commit Elija Hines ( film looks like Boston) Aaron Allen ( qb) -- leaving someone out I think--
Connor Taylor MLB 6-0 225 Snow JC will visit Louisiana Tech this week. Taylor is a "high speed" guy who this season had 130 tackles (13/game) 75 of which were solo tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 4 QB sacks, 5 forced fumbles, and 1 INT. I recall seeing that he had the highest tackles total of any JuCo defender in 2017.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/2832767...237414d04bd453
BEAST!! Must have one of these!Quote:
Originally Posted by DogsWin
The come out of high school like this too.Quote:
Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS
Rumor has it that AJ Carter(RB) from Many HS could flip his commit from UCLA to the Dawgs! Hope this is a reliable rumor!!
Where did you hear this rumor?Quote:
Originally Posted by DD Dawg
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Originally Posted by DD Dawg
24/7 has him at 100% UCLA ( 8 analyst) and Rivals says he has no interest in anybody .... We can offer him a program that thrived with Dixon and shot to play from day one---
I know someone who has friends on the Many staff said that apparently Chip Kelly doesn't think he would fit his style. Also apparently Tech coaches have been trying hard to get his interest up! Like I said this is rumor but I'd sure like to see this guy in Ruston! Who knows? Maybe!!
From his coach. It's been on Shreveport radio for at least a couple weeks now. He's flip-flopped several times, but it looks UCLA is now out with the coaching change. Rumor around here is it's down to LSU, Tech, and Southern Miss.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...nm4_bigger.jpgBeeJay Williamson ❕ @BeejaayW
I will be signing along with @BrodrickJ_ & @MaureeseWren9 this Wednesday at 8:15 in the field house!
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11:03 AM - 16 Dec 2017
Rumors like this were going around last year about a young man named Amik Robinson -- got a lot of us saying that was silly-- where did he end up???Quote:
Originally Posted by DD Dawg
We have a really good early signing class shaping up if the commits turn into signatures! The glasses are turning Tech blue.:)
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Originally Posted by Dogsince65
.......on the CUSA "All Freshman" team.....;)
Aaron Allen™ @IceyAaron 1h1 hour ago
Wow, Ima be signing my national letter of intent this week.....I been dreaming about this moment for years now
He released a top 3 this week of Arizona State, Tech, and usm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Between the Early Signing Day and the Bowl Game, tomorrow is going to be a
EXCITING DAY for the BULLDOGS!
It can't get here soon enough!
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images...zoD_bigger.jpgTahj Magee @TM7vital 28m28 minutes ago
I will be signing tomorrow @9:30 am #Bulldogs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f535.pnghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f534.png #LaTech pic.twitter.com/Duh4APRXSh
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Looks like AJ Carter will sign with Arizona St.! Maybe he'll transfer to Tech when he realizes how bad a coach Herm Edwards is?!
Dj Jackson �� @dj_Jackson022 First I want to thank god for making my dream come true and I’m so blessed to be in this situation and Im so happy that I will be signing tomorrow and it is a humble feeling and I can’t wait to join the brotherhood in La Tech #bulldogs18
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Jerit Roser Retweeted paul b distefano
#LSU commit Nelson Jenkins,
#LaTech commit Wayne Toussant &
#Nicholls commit Codi Willis scheduled to sign at 9 a.m. tomorrow now in the #Plaquemine gym.
https://twitter.com/paulbdistefano/status/943200529496334336…
paul b distefano @paulbdistefano
PHS Fall Athletic Ceremony tomorrow morning in PHS Gym 9am. New early day rule football signees: Codi Willis-Nicholls St. Wayne Toussant-La Tech…
10:57 PM - 19 Dec 2017
someone just committed, coaches are barking and the hashtag says it's a local prospect
oN THE Morning Drive - ESPN they said that the Bulldogs had signed 4 already... 1 DB, 2 OL, and 1 QB!
I know this is unusual due to the early signing period falling on game day for us, but is anybody (here on BB&B) tracking our early signees this morning? Or do we simply have to wait for Tech's press story? It's already 9:15AM CST, and some of these guys should already be signed up.
The are all posted here https://twitter.com/LATechFBQuote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
& here http://www.latechsports.com/signingday/index-2018.html
so far
Signing Day Roster
Aaron Allen QB 6-1 195 Houston, Texas (Ridge Point HS) Trey Baldwin LB 6-2 245 Trinity Valley Community College (Orange, Texas) Brodrick Calhoun CB 5-10 165 Mesquite, Texas (John Horn HS) Brandon Floyd LB 6-2 220 New Orleans, La. (Trinity Valley CC) Christian Henderson OL 6-5 290 Greenwood, Miss. (Greenwood HS) D.J. Jackson DT 6-0 285 Balch Springs, Texas (West Mesquite HS) Xavier Lodge S 5-11 190 Baton Rouge, La. (Woodlawn HS) Tahj Magee WR 5-11 180 Franklinton, La. (Franklinton HS) Biron Rossell OL 6-4 275 West Memphis, Ark. (West Memphis Christian HS) Bee Jay Williamson S 6-1 180 Mesquite, Texas (John Horn HS) Maureese Wren WR 6-3 215 Mesquite, Texas (John Horn HS)
Yep. ELEVEN players have signed so far today, including the three Mesquite players, Maureese Wren (WR), Brodick Calhoun (DB) & Bee Jay Williamson (DB).
https://twitter.com/LATechFB
Only 2 JC signees thus far. I take that as a good signQuote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
So, the count is now 12 signees for LA Tech today.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
All the verbals except the three running backs have signed. Anyone know what is going on with those three?
Harris tweeted earlier that he won't be signing until Feb.
More juco LBs. SOS with Holtz.
To clear up some wrong info... This is an early signing PERIOD not just an early signing day. LOI's can be faxed through Fri Dec 22nd if a player still wants to get signed early. So there could be another early addition or two.
Maybe so. That said, Trey Baldwin is a linebacker like we haven't seen since at least Adrien Cole. He's a disruptive force.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Right now it's 2 jucos in Baldwin & Floyd and 1 graduating in May from Marrero, Isaiah Windmon.
I wonder if we are calling any of SMU's 4 star recruits or Dykes', if any, today after the destruction we caused in Frisco.
I think their best recruits are going to end up in Arkansas.Quote:
Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS
Good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by inudesu
Skip Holtz was barking on Twitter a moment ago so we likely have another new commit/signee after last night's fracas in Frisco.
Another juco LB. Good grief coaches!
Tech fans are gonna LOVE Connor Taylor next year! This kid has a motor like Amik, but at LB. Awesome pick up coaches!!!
https://www.hudl.com/profile/2832767/connor-taylor
Wait a minute.....this guy Connor Taylor is GOOD! Very good! There's nothing wrong with signing GOOD juco players. This team needs some "maturity" anyway when we go to BR to beat LSUseless's arse next fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
National Defensive JuCo player of the year in a position of need. What’s not to like here? I feel like that’s the one area over the last decade that has developed the least.
This sounds like a really, really good sign. Granted, I don't really know where a JUCO player of the year typically lands. But hey, we always fill some holes with JUCOs... filling one with the best available can't be bad. Right?
I agree we lack the most at LB and it is our HC's fault. We actually have a couple of decent LBs now and this guy may be great. My point is that we don't develop LBs out of high school. Pick up 5 jucos and you are lucky if 2 of them work out. Our history is proof.Quote:
Originally Posted by rockdog
Has there ever been a college LB with long hair that was not good? Uh, not likely!
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Originally Posted by HogDawg
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Originally Posted by DONW
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Originally Posted by DogsWin
This new Dawgs video highlights look amazing!! Great get coaches!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by rockdog
The high school rate is about the same and that’s the rule not the exception at non power schools. We obviously need depth at LB and these kids look like impact players.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
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Isn't LB where we need immediate help? What is a good/healthy percentage of JC signees in a class?Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
40% for HS players? Not at TechQuote:
Originally Posted by Cool Hand Clyde
Compare the number of HS DBs and linemen to the number of LBs we've developed over the last 5 years. There's a pattern. LB is the most important position on defense and Holtz does not focus on it at all.
Pick five high school players and two work out, but you are stuck with all five for five years.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Not true with our classes. Our retention is much higher than 40%. Also, not true we are "stuck with them". If they can't play they lose their scholarship. It happens every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by olddog75
In rare occasions does a player outside the two deep contribute. And we have 100 or so players on the team. That’s 44%Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Just because first, second, or even third year players are not getting PT does not mean they are not being developed. That's why only having 2 good LBs in year 5 of COYCHSH term was such a tragedy. We were HORRIBLE at LB last year and the year before. We were bad this year because of injuries. He puts no emphasis on developing LBs, but does at almost every other position. THEN our fans want to blame the DC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cool Hand Clyde
My point was the jucos are either feast or famine and only 40% of them pan out. You said it was the same with high school guys, but it is not. Also, we don't have 105 men "on the team" we have 85 with 105 on the roster.
The JUCO recruits also depends on a coach having a good JC pipeline going that produces successful JUCO's and is consistent year after year, the JUCO route is not easy. Nothing wrong with using JUCO as long as that coach can recruit good JUCO and develop them so they are getting playing time, a lot of things have to go right for them to work out year after year. Bill Snyder with Kansas State is one of Coaches who is successful with it, but he is apparently a master at picking out the talent, has a constant and consistent pipeline, and the JUCO coaches feed him good players.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Some of the best LB prospects in the state play RB in high school. In fact, the ideal linebacker should have comparable tangibles to a running back.
Bill Snyder gets first pick of an entire state of Jucos. Bill Snyder has always been the exception, not the rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by BhadDawg
We are a 2nd or 3rd picker behind Ole Miss, Miss State, and several other low end P5s. Using jucos is hit and miss. It is not an exact science like it is with Bill Snyder.
I want more:
Tank Landry
Glenell Sanders
Eldonta Osborne
The Fabulous Baker Brothers
so on....
We need some kick-azz LBs!
I believe we had two good ones this year. Having only two hurt our defense when injuries hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
I understand filling gaps with jucos, but we need to be developing LBs just like we do other positions. For some reason our HC seems to think of LBs in the same way he thinks of special teams.
Granted, he has recruited some high school linebackers that haven't panned out. Face it, we're not going to be able to recruit really good high school linebackers to come here. Those guys get swept away by the bigger programs. Most of what we can get are safeties who need to add weight to play LB. The athletes that we can possibly get as LB's are RB's in high school that need to be convinced to play defense. Either that or you have to go juco.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
We are looking for guys to pass the eye test as athletes not football players. They are out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
Who are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Or Adrien Cole. I still remember the hit he laid on Hawaii’s QB in Ruston. It was brutalQuote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Here's one who our coaches say is "too slow" which is total BS.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6AWQw89ss
I really like him! Where is he going?Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Still up in the air for now. He is the Hunter Lee of defense. For that matter he is athletic enough to play offense. I can't believe our coaches label him as slow.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
That's what makes me wonder. I'm sure he went to camps and was evaluated by a variety of coaches. Doesn't look slow to me. He lacks some lateral movement, mostly moves straight forward but he's not slow.
Remember Santos? He was horrible AND flunked out as a grad transfer.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxerdog
Yes he was.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I prefer juco over grad transfers (Houston Bates being an exception) at LB. Guys like Tony and Villamez were good gets.
4.0 GPA, 30 ACT...offers from Ivy League schools and all of the Service Academies to include ULM, Nicholls, SFA, and NSU! Makes me wonder? hmmmmmQuote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Those are the only schools that seem to be interested in him right now. Altho we've had issues with the service academies in the past.
Slow? he ran down a WR from 10 yards behind. Slow? I don't think so. Besides, even if his 40-time is a tenth or so "slow" he's a playmaker. Smart players make up for some lack of pure athleticism by knowing where to be, where to go, thus they gain back a lost step.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
Also, he comes from a winning HS program. If you want to be successful in life, surround yourself with successful people.
I say sign him today!
I agree. I think he would lead our team in tackles.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Slow seems to be one of the new code words.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
We need to add a ready-to-go bruising running back to this class. I don’t care if he is HS, juco, grad transfer... just get him.
you left out transgender -Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech77
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Originally Posted by Dogsince65
unfortunately we are in "passing" league-- we brought in 2 graduated senior transfers couple years ago who were great stopping run but not so good pass coverage -- you can be brutal but if receivers outrun you they do not help you much or those screen passesQuote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
I am in a great mood- spent wednesday -Thursday with Sportsdawg and and grandson who loves Tech at bowl. then shut office down at noon yesterday and hung with one of other grandson, granddaughter and granddaughter home from Tech ( 4 months at Tech and now a sophomore and Deans list). Headed over to Sportsdawg to hang with grandsons , letting them open some stuff . Just feeling great about the bowl win == getting that win makes the next 4-6 month more upbeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by DJDAWG