2016 Football Commitments

[sportdawg]

Quinton Patton, Tim Rattay

[Dawg06]

We need to stop attaching a negative stigma to JUCO players. Once they put on the state-T helmet, they are Bulldogs forever. Some of our best modern era players were JUCO transfers (Eddie Brown, Tim Rattay, Barry Robertson, Quinton Patton to name a few). Yes, I understand that overloading on JUCO signees is not a good play for program building, but these guys are ones of us and your post just came off wrong to me.

Preach! I hate it when our fans, coaches, admin, etc. put a stigma on jucos.

[Dawg06]

JCs are quick fixes. We could have used 2 JC LBs and 2 JC DL this year, but we are getting off the quick fixes and building the program. That will mean we will see RS Freshmen and True Freshmen playing at LB and DL this year, but they should be studs by the time they are JRs!

I don't think guys like Rattay, Patton, White, etc. were quick fixes. Those guys were LEADERS and PLAYMAKERS! You wanna claim we are getting off quick fixes? If you consider 2-3 year jucos quick fixes, then what are the 1-year grad transfers that Skip keeps bringing in at QB? There is nothing wrong with a student-athlete just because they come in with less than 4 years of eligibility.

[T1]

I don't think guys like Rattay, Patton, White, etc. were quick fixes. Those guys were LEADERS and PLAYMAKERS! You wanna claim we are getting off quick fixes? If you consider 2-3 year jucos quick fixes, then what are the 1-year grad transfers that Skip keeps bringing in at QB? There is nothing wrong with a student-athlete just because they come in with less than 4 years of eligibility.

Rattay wasn't, but Patton and White definitely were. Think of Sonny's offense before Patton and White got here (uuugly). We didn't go the quick fix route this year. We could have used a few LBs and DL from JC, but we are going to develop the young guys instead. That's more healthy in the long run, imo. We may suffer a bit this year, but we will be better prepared for the future. There is too much inconsistency when you recruit a bunch of JCs every year.

[Dixonfor6]

If a juco guy can come in and start, get him.

We need the best players on the field possible, regardless of location or class.

Just because you plug in a juco doesn't mean you can't have a high school guy behind him learning.

[DogsWin]

We need to stop attaching a negative stigma to JUCO players. Once they put on the state-T helmet, they are Bulldogs forever. Some of our best modern era players were JUCO transfers (Eddie Brown, Tim Rattay, Barry Robertson, Quinton Patton to name a few). Yes, I understand that overloading on JUCO signees is not a good play for program building, but these guys are ones of us and your post just came off wrong to me.

We also need to stop reading things into a comment that aren't there. I simply stated a recruiting fact in response to Beaver-Dog. No player "stigmas" at all.

[TechDAG]

Ah, the tenderizing of the off season dead horse. Don't leave out Barry Robertson on the list of Jucos.

My mom was a Juco transfer to Tech from JCJC, ended up one of the top Tech graduates and then got her PhD from Arkansas. Jucos just start from a different place

[techman05]

Dejar de latir el caballo muerto.

[DogsWin]

As expected Lorenzo Dantzler (6-2 240 DE from Starkville, MS) commited to Louisiana Tech. This guy very much wants to be a LOUISIANA TECH Bulldog.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/2753851/...s/181796375/v2
IMO he is in the mold of former Dawg IK Enemkpali.

Also committing to Tech was Wossman's big 6-2 215 RB Ladarrius Thomas.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3134099/ladarrius-thomas

These are two outstanding pick ups for Tech.

[TechAlum05]

Also committing to Tech was Wossman's big 6-2 215 RB Ladarrius Thomas.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3134099/ladarrius-thomas

These are two outstanding pick ups for Tech.

Why is the SEZ project so important to Tech football?

"The coaches were jumping up and down. Coach (Skip) Holtz was surprised because he thought I'd go to an SEC school," Thomas told The News-Star on Saturday night. "They're a program on the rise, they're getting new facilities and all that and I get a chance to play."

http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/on-...tech/26019091/

[Dixonfor6]

Why is the SEZ project so important to Tech football?



http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/on-...tech/26019091/

Champ967, where ya at?

[HogDawg]

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound power back said his commitment to Tech is firm.

"I'm all Louisiana Tech. Once I made a commitment to them, my mom told me if I'm going to make a commitment I gotta stay with it and I can't go visit anymore colleges. That's what my mom told me, she's not taking me on any more visits because this is really what I wanted to do."

God bless Ladarrius Thomas' mom.

[70TECHGRAD]

God bless Ladarrius Thomas' mom.

+1

[Built4Speed]

Champ967, where ya at?

Lol.

And this kid's mom rules. She's gonna keep his head on straight. Not saying he can't do it for himself, but the obvious respect he has for his mother won't let him do anything less than his best.

[HogDawg]

Lol.

And this kid's mom rules. She's gonna keep his head on straight. Not saying he can't do it for himself, but the obvious respect he has for his mother won't let him do anything less than his best.

Sounds like she may also be the kind of momma that makes sure he goes to class!