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[70TECHGRAD]

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!!!

[70TECHGRAD]

In a few minutes it will be 25 days til Game Day and 11 days til the Meet & Greet!!

[Russdawg]

25 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. 3 1/2 weeks til kickoff. MOVE THE CHAINS!!

• #25 BLAKE MARTIN, Bulldog senior running back from Lucas, TX.

*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!
*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

[CaseyDawg]

27 days now til our first football game of the 2015 season in Ruston. Less than four weeks til kickoff.

• #27 JIM "CATFISH" HUNTER, 8 time All Star major league pitcher

won 5 World Series titles
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

The fullback leading the way for #28, #25,& #22 was #27 Marlon Seets --from Haughton.

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

[Russdawg]

The fullback leading the way for #28, #25,& #22 was #27 Marlon Seets --from Haughton.

Check out the two blocks Seets 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 by Seets-- 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!

[Dowty]

Ya GOTTA LOVE those HAUGHTON BUCS in Bulldog uniforms!! Good post!

I know I sure do! Hopefully whoever takes over for Coach Guin after this season will continue to push Tech to his players.

[Russdawg]

I know I sure do! Hopefully whoever takes over for Coach Guin after this season will continue to push Tech to his players.

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.

[Russdawg]

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

[HoDo-Tech70]

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?

James Rodney Richard, better known as J R Richard

[70TECHGRAD]

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!!!

[70TECHGRAD]

You are doing an AWSOME job Russdawg!!!

[Russdawg]

James Rodney Richard, better known as J R Richard

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.aspx

[Russdawg]

You are doing an AWESOME job Russdawg!!!

Thank you for keeping this thread going and to Houston for inspiring the daily numbers feature. It's FUN!!

[70TECHGRAD]

Thank you for keeping this thread going and to Houston for inspiring the daily numbers feature. It's FUN!!

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??!!

[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 ever. 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