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Come to think of it, that eye test gadget down at DMV is like that.
It definitely is....until I put on my eyeglasses!!!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by OLDBLUE
55 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!!!:D
54 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!!!:D Today would have been my best friend and LA TECH college roommate's 66th birthday. Rest in peace Phillip Watkins. He was a true Bulldog fan. He died of a heart attack in the Joe on 11-03-2012 at the homecoming game!
I remember that. RIP Phillip...that's how I would want to go...Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Phillip and I graduated from Fair Park together. Good guy. Three days younger than I.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Blue Dawg and Beaver-Dog...thanks for your comments. Phillip died doing what he loved to do...going to a LA TECH football game.
52 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!!
And looking at that in its sunniest interpretation after today there's only 51 days without BULLDOG FOOTBALL until GAMEDAY!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Exactly!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
51 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Go Dawgs!!
50 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!! JFW!!!!!
I like to say "8 Saturdays from now, my butt will be in the JOE". (Makes it seem shorter that way) :D
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Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
And...we're probably down to only 15 weeks until Bulldog and Techster basketball, at least to some exhibition action for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by barkly
FALL IS COMING TO BULLDOG COUNTRY. As the awesomest Tech fan would say: "Ya gotta love it!!"
Great post....green for you!!Quote:
Originally Posted by barkly
Larry.... keep count on the Saturdays and keep us advised. I will continue to count down the days. Then we will know how close we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by barkly
48 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!!
48/7 = 7 "ish"(6.857) weeks ????? Seventh Saturday from now.
It seems like forever, but it is getting closer. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OLDBLUE
Nope...I don't want this thread to die!:)
44 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!! JFW!!!!!
Hey, the number "44" has several interesting applications, but today it's all about TECH FOOTBALL!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Hank Aaron and Ken Liberto come to mind right away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
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Originally Posted by Russdawg
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Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
HOUSTON, what an awesome inspiration for this thread: tieing the number of days left til football to numerical trivia!! If I may make a pun on #44 Hank Aaron, you just KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!:D My 44 references were more redneck: guns and ladies.
43 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston.
- #43 Richard Petty, Dennis Eckersley
- #43 President George W. Bush
- $43,xxx what a Patriots' deflategate football auctioned for this week. Wonder if that price was adjusted for INFLATION!!:laugh:
GO BULLDOGS!!
Financial Planning
Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he
decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.
One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
"I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die
and I will inherit $200 million."
Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at financial planning than men.
42 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just six weeks til kickoff. GO BULLDOGS!!
- #42 was the man to break the color barrier in major league baseball is considered the best athlete to ever wear the number 42. The number 42 is now retired for every major league baseball team (with grandfathering for those players wearing the number 42 when the decision was made to retire it across baseball, i.e. Mariano Rivera,). According to Henry Aaron on TIME.com's article about the most important people of the century, "He thrilled fans, shattered baseball's color barrier and changed the face of the nation." Other than breaking baseball's color barrier, here are Jackie Robinson's other creds:
- 1947 NL ROY
- 1949 NL MVP
- 1949 NL Batting Champ
- 1962 HOF inductee
- 6-time All-Star
- 1955 World Series Champion
- .311 career batting average
- 42nd president (ugh!) his nickname included the work "slick." His wife might be even slicker (or maybe slimey-er).
- In Chemistry, number 42 is the atomic number of molybdenum.
The angle of rainbow is 42 degrees.
In the bible, there are 42 generations in the Genealogy of Jesus according to the Gospel of Matthew.
In the Book of Revelations, it is mentioned that the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth for 42 days
41 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just six weeks til kickoff. WE ARE... BULLDOGS!!
- #41 is The only player ever to be commemorated with a New York Mets cap in the Baseball Hall of Fame, He made his mark with Amazin's in the 1960s and 1970s and was elected to the Hall in 1992 with highest percentage of votes ever at 98.84%.) "Tom Terific" Tom Seaver's creds:
- 3-time Cy Young award winner (1969, 1973 and 1975)
- 311 career wins
- Struck out a record 10 consecutive batters in 1970?
- 3,640 career strikeouts
- 5 time league leader in strikeouts ('70, '71, '73, '75 and '76)
- 1969 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
- 1969 World Series Champion
- #41 President is George H. Bush, a great American
- # 41 worn by and retired for Brian Piccolo, running back for the Chicago Bears. Died June 16, 1970 of embryonal cell carcinoma
- # 41 race number worn by Sir Roger Bannister when he broke the mythical 4-minute mile barrier in 1954.
- # 41 has been a car number driven by various drivers in NASCAR over the years and is currently driven by the 2004 Sprint Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch
- # 41 a Texarkana native is regarded as one of the best third basemen ever to play the gameand was an All-Star for 9 seasons. He won the National League home run title in 1953 and 1959 and was the NL Most Valuable Player runner-up both of those seasons. He hit 512 home runs during his major league career and coached for the Atlanta Braves in 1971, and he was the team's manager from 1972 to 1974. Who is he?
Eddie MatthewsQuote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
41 was the roster number for I K Enemkpali. Go Dawgs!!
Good job, Howard!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HoDo-Tech70
Nice, 70TECHGRAD.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
40 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just six weeks til kickoff. MOVE THE CHAINS!!
#40 Was a running back with the Chicago Bears who many include in the list of top 5 running backs ever to grace the gridiron in the NFL. Injuries limited him to a brief pro football career, from 1965 through 1971. Here are some of the "Kansas Rocket's" creds:
#40 President Ronald Reagan, who often wins polls as America's greatest president
- 9,435 Net Career Yards
- 4,956 Career Rushing Yards
- 336 Points Scored
- All-NFL Five Straight Years
- Set a rookie record in 1965 with 22 TDs, and 132 points
- His moving autobiography of his playing career is entitled "I Am Third," ?
- roommate of Brian Piccolo
- Three time Pro Bowl Offensive Player of the Game
- Gayle Sayers, a true gentleman
#40 Bill Laimbeer of the Detroit Pistons. Over 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds, two NBA championships, 4 time all star; only he and a few of his Piston teammates have WINNING PLAYOFF records vs Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson.
#40 of the Arizona Cardinals in 2002 left a brief successful football career with the Arizona Cardinals to join the U.S. Army Rangers after the 9-11 attacks, leaving an offer of 3.6 million over three years to stay with the Cardinals. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004. Who is he?
Pat TillmanQuote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
Congratulations, Blue Dawg. Thanks for remembering this AMERICAN HERO!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
I thought it was pat Tilley
St. Louis CardinalsQuote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
A GREAT BULLDOG player and ambassador, who was very successful at St. Louis.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
39 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just six weeks til kickoff. YA GOTTA LOVE IT!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7BHDD_c7DU
- #39 Larry Csonka is considered the best NFL athlete to ever wear the uniform number 39. He was the first running back to be assessed an unnecessary roughness penalty while carrying the ball. Out of Syracuse, Csonka's 1968 rookie season with the Miami Dolphins he suffered two concussions, a broken nose and a cracked eardrum. It was a rough start to a career that would eventually become legendary, en route to the the first (and currently only) perfect NFL season (17-0).
- Super Bowl VIII MVP
- 5 time Pro Bowler (1970 to 1974)
- 2 time Super Bowl Champion (VII and VIII)
- Rushed for over 1,000 yards each year between 1971 and 1973.
- 8,081 career regular season rushing yards
- 64 career regular season rushing touchdowns
- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 198
- #39 Roy Campanella was the first catcher to break baseball's color barrier, was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. The three-time MVP and eight-time All-Star is considered the best professional baseball player to ever wear the number 39. In a mere ten seasons for the Dodgers, Roy Campanella amassed 242 home-runs with a .276 batting average. Not too bad for an all-star caliber catcher.
- #39 President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter from Georgia, who served one term. While in office his somewhat redneck brother promoted a beer with his name on it, to the endless delight of comedians. Written on each can were these words of endorsement, which were followed by the president's brother's signature: Brewed expressly for and with the personal approval of one of AMERICA's all-time Great Beer Drinkers—xxxxx Carter. I had this beer brewed up just for me. I think it's the best I ever tasted. And I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it, too." What was the name of the beer?
- #39 Bulldog sophomore receiver Marcus Gaines. His one handed touchdown catch against UTEP last year was a marvel, enjoy:
Bily Beer
In a way, I'm not that happy about President Carter being mentioned above!! Anyone who was around at that time could tell you he was the worst president in the history of the US. However, Obama has now taken over as being the WORST PRESIDENT in the history of the US!!!! So, Carter should be happy.
Gameday is getting closer and closer!!
Good job, "Billy Beer." Billy even made the cover of Newsweek Magazine hoisting a "Billy."Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
Agreed! The guy couldn't win. Remember when a wild swamp rabbit swam out towards a rowboat he was fishing from? Pres Carter splashed at it with a paddle. ASPCA got all over him, comedians joked for months about the "killer rabbit." Or remember the Playboy interview when Carter admitted to having "lusted after women in his heart." Or: Johnny Carson as Carnac the Magnificent held up the envelope to his head, divined the answer -- "Yes and no, pro and con, for and against" -- opened the envelope and said, "Describe Jimmy Carter's position on three major issues."Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
ONLY THREE WEEKS+ UNTIL FANFEST on August 22 when we get to meet out Bulldogs: http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m...072115aaa.html
I look forward to that every year. It is always interesting to be able to talk with Coach Holtz...man to man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
38 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just six weeks til kickoff. here we go bulldogs!!
- #38 TRAMON WILLIAMS, former Bulldog, number with Green Bay!! Some career stats for Tramon to go along with his 2010 Super Bowl win:
- 391 individual tackles
- 74 assists on tackles
- 28 interceptions
- 1 touchdown
- What team will Tramon play for this fall and what former Lady Techster did he marry?
- #38 President Gerald. He played on the University of Michigan's national championship football teams in 1932 and 1933 and was voted MVP of Wolverine in 1934.
- #38 Curt Schilling pitched for several MLB teams in his career. He started with the Orioles, had a brief stay with the Astros, spent a majority of his career with the Phillies, and won MLB championships with both the Diamondbacks and the Red Sox. Here are some of Curt's credentials for being the best athlete to wear the number 38 (through 2006):
- 216 lifetime wins
- 3116 lifetime strikeouts
- 3.46 lifetime ERA
- 2001 World Series MVP
- World Series titles in 2001, 2004, 2007
- Cy Young runner-up in 2001 and 2002 (to his teammate Randy Johnson)
- #38 the number 38 written out begins and ends with the same letter
- #38 slots on a standard American roulette wheel
Cleveland Browns /Shantrell Moore
Congratulations, Beaver-Dog!! Great to have an active Techster fan like yourself get this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaver-Dog
Section O is now prioritized to students who pay "The Blue Crew" (whom Ive complained about before) $15. What a joke.
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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
This better be. They're going to have a really bad time trying to get anything out of me.
Nope. Checked with Jay on Twitter. I think those of us who don't bow to the cartel can still "get in" just not "prioritized," whatever that means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Built4Speed
I'd have a little more respect for the "Blue Crew" if they didn't act like LSU students and actually showed up to non-televised games.
Yeah, I hadn't checked social media before you posted that. I envisioned Blue Crew members shaking down anyone trying to get into O before games, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
How many people could this possibly be anyway? 20-30? They can have the front row of O, I prefer to stay near the top anyway. Better sight lines and easier in/out from bathrooms and concessions.
It sounds like they're trying to force people into it. I don't really have a problem paying for student tickets in principle, but as long as we're not consistently selling out games all you're doing is hurting your casual market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Built4Speed
There were maybe 10 guys that would come to basketball games, but only the Dawgs, only on weekends, and usually only if it were televised.
I like the middle of O but I guess I'll get used to the top. I don't like being forced to do things especially when I've been a faithful fan.
37 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than six weeks til kickoff. YA GOTTA LOVE IT!!
#37
DOAK WALKER is many fans pick for the best NFL athlete to ever wear the uniform number 37, he is also our pick for the best professional athlete to ever wear the uniform number 37. Taken int he 1949 NFL draft out of SMU, Doak was primarily a halfback during his six year NFL career for the Detroit Lions, however, he also kicked, punted, threw, and played defense. With that type of versatility it would have been amazing to watch Doak perform at the NFL combine of today.
Some of the highlights from Doak's NFL career:
There is a collegiate football award named after Doak Walker, given to the top collegiate running back in the nation. THIS YEAR THIS AWARD SHOULD GO TO OUR VERY OWN BULLDOG MR. KENNETH DIXON!!!
- 5 time Pro Bowler (1950, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1955)
- 5 time All Pro (same years as above)
- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1986
- Scored winning TD in 1952 NFL title game
- Led NFL in scoring in 1950 and 1955
- Led NFL in Point After Touchdowns in 1951 and 1954 (yes, he was also a kicker)
- 1950 NFL Rookie of the Year
- #37 Shaun Alexander wore #37 at both Alabama and in the NFL. A few of his records include:
- 3× Pro Bowl (2003, 2004, 2005)
- First-team All-Pro (2005)
- Second-team All-Pro (2004)
- NFC Offensive Player of the Year (2005)
- 2× NFC Rushing leader (2004, 2005)
- Former Record Holder of NFL Most Single-Season TDs (28 TD in 2005)
- NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
- Seattle Seahawks All-Time Attempts Leader
- Seattle Seahawks All-Time Rushing Yards Leader
- Seattle Seahawks All-Time Rushing Touchdown Leader
- How many times did our Louisiana Tech Bulldogs beat a Shaun Alexander Alabama team and what were the years and scores?
- #37, so many, many cool facts about the numner 37:
- Heighth in feet of Fenway Park's green monster
- "Normal" body temp in celsius
- 37th president was Richard Nixon
- see them all here: http://romo37.blogspot.com/2011/02/3...number-37.html
Good job, Russdawg, green for you!!!:D
We beat Alabama two times in a row. I know Alexander was there for the second, so I'll say two.
Good work. Tech won 26-20 at Tuscaloosa in 1997 and 29-28 in Birmingham in 1999. Stallworth, subbing for an injured Rattay, threw 29 yard pass to Cangelosi in the last 5 seconds. I was there in 97, Caseydawg made both. Enjoy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPDwKiYSRNY
35 days from Saturday til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Five weeks til kickoff. TOUCHDOWN BULLDOGS!! Since I'll be offline Friday and Saturday, here we go:
- #35 VIDA BLUE, Cy Young Award winning major league star from Mansfield, Louisiana!! In his prime with Oakland A's. How good was he?
- 6 all star games
- 3 world series titles
- 1971 Cy Young Award winner
- American League MVP
- pitched no hitter
- cover of Sports Illustrated and Time Magazine
- 209 wins, 2,175 strikeouts
- first pitcher to start All Star game for both the American and National League
- #35 Secdrick Cooper, sophomore Bulldog safety. Responsible for 14 total tackles (11 solo, three assisted) with a solo sack for a loss of seven yards, a fumble recovrty and a pass break-up while returning one punt for negative one yard ... Credited with a solo tackle and a pass break-up at Louisiana-Lafayette (9/6) ... Recorded two solo tackles at North Texas (9/11) ... Registered one solo tackle at No. 5/5 Auburn (9/27) ... Notched two tackles (one solo, one assisted) against UTEP (10/4) with his solo stop being a sack for a loss of seven yards ... Assisted on a tackle against UTSA (10/18) ... Made five solo tackles against Western Kentucky (11/1) ... Had one solo tackle and assisted on one for two total tackles against Rice (11/29) ... Recovered his first career fumble at Marshall in the C-USA Championship Game (12/6).
- #36 Robin Roberts. No we are not talking about the former ESPN anchor. The best athlete to wear the number 36 is former Phillie great and Hall of Fame pitcher, Robin Roberts. 286 wins, 2357 strikeouts. He won 20 games six years in a row (1950-55 inclusive) and once pitched 28 complete games in a row, one that went 17 innings.
5 Saturdays from today it will be Game Day in Ruston!!!!
34 days til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. It is getting closer!!! Go Dawgs!! JFW!!!!!
That's less than five weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
Of course 34 was the number the Tyler Rose wore for the Houston Oilers and Nolan Ryan's number.
On 09-12-2015 the NSU Demons play ULL in Lafayette. Go Deamons!!!! Beat the crap out of ULL!!!
34 was Mike Schrang's roster number for our Dawgs!
Where's T-Bone? Wasn't he # 34??? (memory blurrs with age ....)
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!! We received our season tickets today!!!!:D
When does fall practice begin? Will the staff put out a schedule?
32 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than five weeks til kickoff. YA GOTTA LOVE IT!!
- #32 LOUISIANA TECH, KARL MALONE!!!!!https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.1XUL...A&pid=15.1&P=0
- Who is this Bulldog and what game/year?https://mail.aol.com/webmail/getPart..._resized_1.jpg
Fall practice should begin shortly. They usually put out a schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by ronmyster
Ray Holley vs Central Arkansas, 2011, one of his two TD's that night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
31 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than five weeks til kickoff. OH TECH THY HALLS SO BEAUTIFUL!!
#31 JIM TAYLOR, nfl Hall of Famer. Taylor was the fullback for some of the greatest Green Bay Packer teams to ever take the field. He was a member of the NFL Champion Packer teams in 1961, 1962 and 1965. He was also part of the Super Bowl I Champion Packer team.
In a ten year NFL career (nine spent with the Green Bay Packers), Taylor put up some impressive statistics.
Did you know.......that Jim Taylor topped Jim Brown for rushing in 1962, the only year that Brown did not lead the league in rushing between 1957 and 1965? Jim was commemorated in ESPN's film "Tough Guys of thge NFL."
- 8,597 rushing yards
- 83 touchdowns
- Packers career rushing yards leader (at the time of this writing)
- 5 time Pro-Bowler
- 6 time All-Pro
- 19 rushing touchdowns in 1962
- Pro Football Hall of Fame, Class of 1976
- 1962 NFL MVP
Remembered mainly for his nine years with the Packers, with what NFL franchise did Taylor finish his pro career?
- #31 athletes include major league pitching star GREG MADDUX (355 wins, 3,371 strikeouts, 8 time all star, four time Cy Young winner),
- #31 current Bulldogs Ricky Jones (Sr tight end from Sweeny, TX); Ephraim Kitchen (3 star freshman cornerback from Batesville, MS)
New Orleans Saints.
GOOD JOB!! Jim Taylor, from Baton Rouge, played his final NFL season with the Saints in their first season, 1967.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg419
31 the number of games Denny McLain won in 1968. The last guy to win 30 or more games.
AWESOME work!! Detroit won game 7 of the 68 World Series against the Cardinals, coming from a 3 games to 1 deficit, with my ALL TIME personal favorite playuer, Al Kaline!! Tigers were my favorite team as a kid along with the Cubs. I got to see two games in the late 70's in old Tiger Stadium, including a nationally televised game against the Yankees in which Mark "THE BIRD" Fidrych pitched. Good job, Houston.Quote:
Originally Posted by Houston Techsan
I believe Mickey Lolich won the other three games for Detroit in that World Series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
30 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than five weeks til kickoff. GO DOGS!!!
#30 NOLAN RYAN, Angels number. His jersey has been retired by 3 ball clubs.
- Nolan Ryan (age 46 then) whipped Robin Ventura's A$# when Ventura charged the mound this week in 1993. Enjoy:
- http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/tex...ays-for-it.ece
- http://deadspin.com/22-years-ago-tod...rob-1722019834
Only 30 days now...........I am soooo ready for some LA TECH football!!!:)
You are doing a fantastic job Russdawg...keep it going!!! Green for you.:)
29 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than five weeks til kickoff. BRING IT ON!!!!
#29 SATCHEL PAIGE, baseball legend and hall of famer. Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first player from the Negro leagues to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1971. Joe DiMaggio called Satchel Paige "the best and fastest pitcher I've ever faced". His pitching was amazing and his showboating was legendary. His career highlights span five decades. Pronounced the greatest pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues.
PAIGE IS MAYBE THE MOST QUOTABLE ATHLETE EVER.
- "Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."
- "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
#29 BULLDOG SENIOR LINEBACKER C.J. CLEVELAND: Responsible for 42 total tackles (26 solo, 16 assisted) on the season with a solo tackle for a loss of one yards while also being credited with a QB hurry in 12 games played.
- "Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."
- "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
- Check out more here: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...hel_paige.html
#29 COMPETITION included MLB stars Catfish Hunter and Rod Carew and NFL's Eric Dickerson.
#28 tomorrow is a huge number for running backs. You may have heard of Marshall Faulk or Eric Dickerson. But I'm going to go with a very special BULLDOG SENIOR running back #28!:)
27 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than four weeks til kickoff:).won 5 World Series titles
- #27 JIM "CATFISH" HUNTER, 8 time All Star major league pitcher
won 20 games five years in a row (last to do so)
Cy Young award winner
never played in the minors
perfect game in which he got three hits and a squeeze bunt, rbi's for three of the A's four runs that game
- #27 BULLDOG DEFENSIVE BACK TONY GRIFFIN from Shreveport-Byrd
Did you know: BULLDOG KENNETH DIXON #28 scored 28 touchdowns in 2014; 22 running and 6 receiving, and was the only FBS player to have both a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown of over 80 yards on the year.
We are down to 27 days til GAMEDAY!!!! You are doing a fantastic job Russdawg...keep it going, you da man!!
26 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than four weeks til kickoff:). TOUCHDOWN BULLDOGS!!
- #26 Bulldogs - 20 'Bama we win in Tuscaloosa 1997
- #26 ROD WOODSON, NFL Hall of famer
- * 11x Pro Bowl selection (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
* 6x Associated Press First-team All-Pro selection (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2002)
* NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
* 1993 NFL Defensive Player of the Year
* 1993 UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year
* Super Bowl champion (XXXV)
* 2009 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee- #26 BILLY WILLIAMS, Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer
- * 6× All-Star (1962², 1964, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1973)
- * NL Rookie of the Year (1961)
- * NL batting champion (1972)
- #26 Thaddeus Medford Bulldog receiver
- #26 President Theodore Roosevelt: love athletics? LOVE THIS Roosevelt quote:
- "It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Excellent quote!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
In a few minutes it will be 25 days til Game Day and 11 days til the Meet & Greet!!
25 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. 3 1/2 weeks til kickoff:). MOVE THE CHAINS!!*Martin's AWESOME 28 yard TD run vs Illinois in the Zaxby's HOD bowl sealed the WIN, enjoy: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12081660 It was PARTY TIME BIGTIME after Blakes's TD here basically in his home town!! What a special moment!
- #25 BLAKE MARTIN, Bulldog senior running back from Lucas, TX.
*Just preceeding that was Martin's CRUCIAL rush for a third down to keep the clock rolling while Illinois still had a shot, enjoy: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12081657 Tough, determined, physical run, ya gotta love Blake.
- #25 NFL receiver Fred Biletnikoff:
- Super Bowl XI MVP
- 6-time Pro-Bowler
- 6-time All-Pro
- Two-time Super Bowl participant
- 1988 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
- 589 career receptions
- 8,974 career receiving yards
- 76 career receiving touchdowns
- Did you know.......the Fred Biletnikoff award is presented annually to the player voted as the best wide receiver in college football?
- #25 worn at some time by Major League baseball sluggers Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds
The fullback leading the way for #28, #25,& #22 was #27 Marlon Seets --from Haughton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
Check out the two blocks he had on the Blake Martin runs.
For more of Seets blocking find these plays from Kenneth Dixon JR highlights.
1.Seets and Craft leading the way for Kenneth Dixon TDs, 2:20 USM, 4:51 NT, 6:35 ODU
2. Cajun is no match for Seets as KD goes 99 - 4:32
3. Auburn player gets put on his seat -- Best block of the year - 5:18
http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...Highlight-tape
Ya GOTTA LOVE those HAUGHTON BUCS in Bulldog uniforms!!:) Good post!Quote:
Originally Posted by CaseyDawg
I know I sure do! Hopefully whoever takes over for Coach Guin after this season will continue to push Tech to his players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
With the on-field success of Craft and Seets (and hopefully Woodard who I taught in 8 - 9 grade Sunday School) they should be good ambassadors for Tech also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dowty
24 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Just over 3 weeks until kickoff ant JAS!! Love me some BLUE AND RED!!
- #24 Willie Mays: A 24 time All Star and 12 time Golden Glove winner, the "Say Hey Kid," Willie Mays is the best athlete to wear the number 24. Willie was a true "five tool" athlete, hitting for average and power, throwing well, fielding well, and running the bases with speed. He was an athlete is every sense of the word. His 660 home runs ranks fifth in Major League history. What Vienna born and Ruston (Lincoln High) graduate struck out Willie Mays three times in his own major league debut with the Astros in 1971?
- #24 Rickey Henderson: all-time leader in stolen bases (1,406); runs (2,295); leadoff home runs; unintential walks. COnsidered to be the greatest leadoff batter in Major League history.
- #24 Ken Griffey, Jr.
- #24 NICK THOMASON, Bulldog senior linebacker. In 2014 had 52 total tackles (29 solo, 23 assisted) and seven tackles for a loss of 17 yards including 1.5 tackles for a loss of five yards, two interceptions returned for two yards and four QB hurries. Led the team with 12 total tackles (four solo, eight assisted) with one interception, two quarterback hurries and 0.5 sacks for a loss of three yards at Marshall in the C-USA Championship Game
James Rodney Richard, better known as J R RichardQuote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
24 days til Game Day and 10 days til the Meet & Greet!! It is getting closer and I'm getting anxious for some LA TECH football!!!
You are doing an AWSOME job Russdawg!!!:)
Good job again, Ho-Do. Ruston's JR Richard pitched for the Astros from 1971-1980, had 1,493 strikeouts and a 3.13 era when a stroke at the age of 30 ended his career. He is a minister in Houston and his personal comeback from homelessness to Christian service is well known and inspiring: http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/Spo...rds082605.aspxQuote:
Originally Posted by HoDo-Tech70
Thank you for keeping this thread going and to Houston for inspiring the daily numbers feature. It's FUN!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
I have been trying to keep it going for the past 4 years. Lotsudo and sportdawg have played an important part in keeping it going...especially when this thread was being moved all around in other forums??!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Russdawg
23 days Thursday til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Three weeks and 2 days til kickoff:). GO DOGS!!
- #23 KENTRELL BRICE Bulldog senior safety from Ruston. In 2014 Kentrell led the Dogs with 86 total tackles (65 solo, 21 assisted) on the season with four sacks for a loss of 32 yards, a team-high four forced fumbles, five QB hurries, five pass break-ups and two interceptions. Brice tallied six solo tackles - including one for a loss of nine yards - along with a QB hurry against Illinois (12/26) in the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl.
- ENJOY KENTRELL'S 2014 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH_Lf4IlJ-o
#23 MICHAEL JORDAN is a #23 who could play some ball.Wearing number 23 for the Chicago Bulls, many people consider him the greatest basketball player everhttp://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=c...1&a=B0002IKSFC. He could absolutely take over a basketball game. It was an entirely different game when he was on the court versus on the bench - which was rare. He could drive the lane, shoot from anywhere, dazzle with his acrobatics, play defense and win. Jordan was passionate about winning. This proved to be true on the basketball court, golf course or playing cards with his teammates. His drive to win led to his credentials as the best athlete to wear number 23, here:
- 1985 NBA Rookie of the Year
- MVP of the NBA for: 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1998
- MVP of NBA Finals: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998 (every year he was in it)
- 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
- 32,292 career points (third most when he retired, behind Kareem and Karl Malone)
- 10-time NBA scoring leader (seven consecutive)
- 33.6 PPG average in six NBA finals
- Named the greatest athlete of the century by ESPN in 1999
Another Dawg that has done a lot to keep this thread going is...OLDBLUE. I haven't seen him on this thread in a while. I hope he is doing well!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
I found this to be interesting! I doubt it is 100% true, but it makes one think.
Wonder why our young people are skipping marriage and are just living together?
Follow these 13 proven steps to financial well-being:
1. Don't get married to her.
2. Use your mom's address for mail.
3. Guy, (YOU) buy a house.
4. Guy rents out house to his girlfriend who has 2 of his kids.
5. Section 8 will pay $900 a month for a 3 bedroom home.
6. Girlfriend signs up for Obamacare so guy doesn't have to pay for
family insurance.
7. Girlfriend gets to go to college free for being a single mother.
8. Girlfriend gets $600 a month for food stamps.
9. Girlfriend gets free cell phone.
10. Girlfriend gets free utilities.
11. Guy moves into home but uses mom's house to get mail sent to.
12. Girlfriend claims one kid and guy claims one kid on taxes. Now
both get to claim head of household at $1800 credit!
13. Girlfriend gets disability for being "crazy" or having a "bad back" at $1800 a
month and never has to work again.
This plan is perfectly legal and is being executed now by millions of people.
A married couple with a stay-at-home mom yields $0.00 dollars
An unmarried couple with stay-at-home mom nets: $21,600 disability +$10,800 free housing +
$6,000 free Obamacare +
$6,000 free food +
$4,800 free utilities +
$6,000 Pell grant money to spend +
$12,000 a year in college tuition free from Pell grant +
$8,800 tax benefit for being a single mother
= $75,000 a year in benefits
Any idea why the country is 18+ trillion $$$ in debt???
1) Baby Boomers collecting Social SecurityQuote:
Originally Posted by 70TECHGRAD
2) Baby Boomers collecting Medicare
3) Baby Boomers starting wars in the Middle East
4) Baby Boomers demanding more roads than we can maintain
5) Baby Boomers cutting taxes
That is part of it. Entitlement is also a huge part. And, lack of jobs!Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ967
Hey Champ967 who do you think paid Social Security for over 40 years and Medicare since inception? These are not free, nor are they "entitlements" in the classical welfare since. I know the Social Security payment pain as I have had to pay it myself and for myself for the last 30 years. That rate is over 15 per cent if you're self employed like I am. I am retired and still have to pay it and if I make too much money I will have to pay tax on my Social Security on which I have already paid taxes.