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Houston Bates was the legit MVP but I think most of us are overlooking Xavier.
After re-watching the game on http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#t...port/football/,
this guy played his heart out and would have been a fine choice for MVP, too. Remember, he ran down the Illinois guy in the first quarter to save a TD. Personally responsible for at least 10 points.
The BEST part? He's only a sophomore.
Not overlooking X. Still processing the game and going thru it segment by segment. When you think of the D the obvious player to focus on first is Bates. Woods had a HUGE game! No doubt about it. Also, Liggins was tough. Lots of pass break-ups, tackles, and tight coverage.
Bates said it himself: Louisiana Tech beat Illinois. It was a team effort.
Woods always seems to give 110%.
On the pick six I loved how two clueless Ill players were concentrating on diving on one of our linemen on the ground and Woods just ran right by them.
I wonder if Illinois knew we were missing 5 starters?
It was a big time team win-- I love Bates and been on his wagon since August ( those at Ralph and Cacoos will remember guy asking Coach if he was as strong a leader as he appeared) . That said, Dixon to me was MVP. 2 TDs, took focus on himself from Illinois defense and not sure we win the game without his hustle to create turnover which lead to his TD. TEAM win-- X-man had MVP game as well as V-- did know know he was not allowed to tackle during practice ( Villemez) because of all the injuries he has?
5? Who were they? I thought it was only 4?Originally Posted by DONW
Bell
Brown
Carter
Johnson
Pinson
Bell, Carter, Johnson, Pinson, and Aaron Brown, who went from the scout team to starting 8 of the last 9 games. http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m....html#IGBG.PLY I sure hope Brown gets his academics straight and comes back. He's another walk-on from Texas.
Villemez would be my choice for runner-up MVP. When he came off the field during the game, his shoulder looked separated and his arm would hang limply. The trainers would come talk to him, but he would just go back into the game and act like nothing was wrong with him. As a side note, my respect level for him as a man grew even more after the game. With the Locks of Love story, you could already guess he was a decent guy but after the game I saw him trying to wheel Caellan Carmichael around the field to make sure he could celebrate with the team. His shoulder was so messed up he couldn't even push the wheelchair. Hester noticed and came over to take over the job for Villemez. Seeing that just reaffirmed how special our players are.
WOW! He made a lot of key tackles. I guess the biggest complement I can give him is that he has the same heart as hunter Lee. Maybe there should be a Giving It All You Got Huter Lee Award!
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This was a very special team. Many of their names will be brought up in conversation on this board for years to come.
Thanks for sharing V's story - I didn't even know he was injured. So proud of our bulldawgs!
read the post game interviews and when they got to Diaz he mentioned Bates and X-man but then went straight to V -- he said he has bodyparts with words he can not pronounce and not allowed to tackle in practice, he made big effort to express his admiration of V and what he brought to team. Of course most folks know the hair will be donated to make wigs for ?cancer? patients --- I like WWdog idea of HL award--this team has some serious warriors--who come back from broken collarbone after 3 games and god only knows how many body parts are damged on Dixon.
So, the BBB MVP voting looks like it might have gone like this:
1) HB 2) V 3) X
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