The "I'm Ready for Some Football" Summer Trivia Quiz

[SkeeterDawg]

1.Name four NFL kickers who were former Bulldogs.


Gonzo Dog got the easy one:
David Lee
Chris Boniol
Matt Stover
Josh Scobee
What about George Benyola?

2. By what nefarious method did Terry Bradshaw acquire spending money while at Tech?


"borrowin" and cashing in of "deposit" coke-cola bottles....
Dwayne was correct, but there are also a ‘second method,' not counting herding Coach S's kids.


3. In addition to running the football team and P.E. department at Tech during World War II, what role did Coach Joe Aillet have in the war effort?


4. What Tech football head coach was later a head coach in the annual Rose Bowl game?

good job, inudesu

William H. "Lone Star" Dietz

http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...ight=hall+fame

Dietz was also head coach of the Boston Redskins (now Washington Redskins), a team named in honor of him because he was a Sioux Indian.


5. What was different about the Bulldog football teams of 1943 and 1944?

TulsaPup correctly noted there was no 1943 team. What was different about the '44 team?



6. At the annual Bulldog football banquet in 1973, comedian Jerry Clower told of a Tech star who “doesn’t want to practice, he just wants to play in the game.” Who was he referring to?
Roger Carr?

[roughedge]

1.Name four NFL kickers who were former Bulldogs.


Gonzo Dog got the easy one:
David Lee
Chris Boniol
Matt Stover
Josh Scobee
What about George Benyola?

That's the five I'm aware of; there may be others.

[Dawgmatic]

3. In addition to running the football team and P.E. department at Tech during World War II, what role did Coach Joe Aillet have in the war effort?

My neighbor growing up, Jim Leachman from Choudrant, recounted that Coach Aillet was somehow tied to the guard unit in which he was a member.

Not sure if this is what the answer is, but I heard some great stories about Coach Aillet from him.

Big Jim was the one that got me hooked on Louisiana Tech.

Incidentally when we moved into our house Bastrop, Coach Billy Jack Talton has just moved out and was on his way to Ruston.

Did Jim Leachman ever live in Bastrop?

[SkeeterDawg]

1.Name four NFL kickers who were former Bulldogs.


Gonzo Dog got the easy one:
David Lee
Chris Boniol
Matt Stover
Josh Scobee

2. By what nefarious method did Terry Bradshaw acquire spending money while at Tech?


"borrowin" and cashing in of "deposit" coke-cola bottles....
Dwayne was correct, but there are also a ‘second method,' not counting herding Coach S's kids.


3. In addition to running the football team and P.E. department at Tech during World War II, what role did Coach Joe Aillet have in the war effort?


4. What Tech football head coach was later a head coach in the annual Rose Bowl game?

good job, inudesu

William H. "Lone Star" Dietz

http://www.latechbbb.com/forum/showt...ight=hall+fame

Dietz was also head coach of the Boston Redskins (now Washington Redskins), a team named in honor of him because he was a Sioux Indian.


5. What was different about the Bulldog football teams of 1943 and 1944?

TulsaPup correctly noted there was no 1943 team. What was different about the '44 team?



6. At the annual Bulldog football banquet in 1973, comedian Jerry Clower told of a Tech star who “doesn’t want to practice, he just wants to play in the game.” Who was he referring to?
Roger Carr?

[Dirtydawg]

I didn't think Benyola played in the NFL.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

I didn't think Benyola played in the NFL.

He played for the Giants.

[TulsaDawg]

6. At the annual Bulldog football banquet in 1973, comedian Jerry Clower told of a Tech star who “doesn’t want to practice, he just wants to play in the game.” Who was he referring to?

Fred Dean?

[SkeeterDawg]

6. At the annual Bulldog football banquet in 1973, comedian Jerry Clower told of a Tech star who “doesn’t want to practice, he just wants to play in the game.” Who was he referring to?

Jerry Pope?

[roughedge]

6. At the annual Bulldog football banquet in 1973, comedian Jerry Clower told of a Tech star who “doesn’t want to practice, he just wants to play in the game.” Who was he referring to?
Roger Carr?

SkeetDawg got it right on his first guess.

[roughedge]

I believe the only questions left are:

2. another nefarious 'fund raiser' Terry Bradshaw used to acquire spending money while at Tech


and


5. What was different about the 1944 football team?

[roughedge]

I believe the only questions left are:

2. another nefarious 'fund raiser' Terry Bradshaw used to acquire spending money while at Tech


and


5. What was different about the 1944 football team?

To finish up the quiz:
2. Terry mentions in his book that he also conducted a "March of Dimes" fundraiser, going door to door in the dorm for donations and then spent it on pizza.

5. The 1944 team was composed largely of active duty U.S. Marines and Navy sailors who were at Tech as part of a WWII officer training program. Halfway through the football season, many of those players had to go off to war. One of those players utlimately ended up as a major general in the U.S. Army.