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    Machinator

    It is no longer "way too early". Game week is here.

    Time to go 1-0.

    H/T to @Bevo for digging this up.

    LA Tech football depth chart projections ahead of 2019 opener at Texas

    https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/louisiana-tech/2019/08/23/louisiana-tech-football-depth-chart-projections/2098111001/

    RUSTON — Game week is upon Louisiana Tech, which’ll begin preparations for its season opener versus No. 10 Texas Saturday morning after the team conducts a closed scrimmage Friday.

    The next media availability for Tech head coach Skip Holtz and a few players will be Tuesday for the first weekly press conference of the year and the first official depth chart will be provided.

    With the kickoff to the 2019 season right around seven days away, here are projections on what the Bulldogs’ two-deep at each position could look like:

     
    OFFENSE
    QB: J’Mar Smith, redshirt senior; Westin Elliott, redshirt junior; Aaron Allen, redshirt freshman

    Smith enters his third season as Louisiana Tech’s starter and with offensive coordinator Todd Fitch taking over as his position coach, more is to be expected from the quarterback who already has 27 career starts and has thrown for 6,546 yards, 33 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.

    RB: Israel Tucker, redshirt junior; Justin Henderson, redshirt junior AND Jaqwis Dancy, redshirt senior

    Tucker, who started five games a year ago, is primed to take the first snap against Texas. But expect to see plenty of Henderson and Dancy, when healthy, this season as the position will be a by-committee approach.

    X-receiver: Adrian Hardy, redshirt junior; Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore AND Malik Stanley redshirt senior

    Hardy looks to follow up his breakout 2018 season, where he caught a team-high 75 passes for a career high 1,145 yards and six touchdowns.

    H-receiver: Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior; Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman

    Powell appears set to take over Teddy Veal’s former spot in the receiving corps and get his first amount of significant playing time in his career. In two seasons, the 5-7, 163-pound slot receiver has 22 catches for 138 yards.

    A-receiver: Griffin Hebert, redshirt sophomore; Joshua Matthews, redshirt sophomore

    Hebert put in impressive work on his body over the offseason, filling out with more muscle and he’s followed that up with a solid fall camp.

    Z-receiver: Isaiah Graham, redshirt junior; George Scott III, junior

    Graham, a TCU transfer, has had one of most impressive camps of any players on Tech’s roster and looks primed to be a major difference maker in the passing game.

    Y-receiver: Bobby Holly, redshirt senior; Jacob Adams, redshirt sophomore

    Whenever Louisiana Tech projects to start with an offensive formation that’ll include the Y position, Holly will be there. The Farmerville native started three games last season and two of his four total receptions went for touchdowns.

    RT: Gewhite Stallworth, redshirt senior; Antawn Lewis, junior

    Stallworth has been taking the majority of the first-team snaps in practice, leading to believe he’ll get the start at Texas. The big, 6-8, 322-pound tackle has started three games in his career.

    RG: Ethan Reed, redshirt senior; Joshua Mote, redshirt sophomore Reed, an All-Conference USA honorable mention lineman last year, has started every game the last three seasons for the Bulldogs. Mote adds valuable depth at the position with four starts under his belt.

    Kody Russey, redshirt junior; Abraham Delfin, redshirt sophomore Russey returns to once again anchor Tech’s offensive line in the middle, starting 26 straight games.

    LG: Drew Kirkpatrick, redshirt senior; Carter Habich, sophomore

    After redshirting in 2017, Kirkpatrick emerged as the starting left guard as 2018 progressed, playing in 11 total games.

    LT: Willie Allen, redshirt junior; Biron Rossell, redshirt freshman

    Allen, an LSU transfer, seems to have tapped into the potential coaches saw in him when they recruited him two years ago out of Tyler (Texas) Community College. If he gets the nod next weekend, his first FBS collegiate start will come against Texas.

    DEFENSE
    DE: Ka’Derrion Mason, senior; La’Dante Davenport, redshirt senior

    Mason earned two starts a season ago and had six his sophomore campaign. For his career, the 6-4, 291-pound end has 40 tackles with one sack.

    NG: Courtney Wallace, redshirt senior; D.J. Jackson, redshirt freshman OR Keivie Rose, freshman

    Wallace looks to get his first start of his Tech career against Texas. He’s played in 22 games and has 13 tackles, including three tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.

    DE: Milton Williams, redshirt sophomore; Steven Shaw, redshirt freshman

    Williams (6-4, 262) has garnered a lot of praise from coaches since the spring and he’s parlayed his solid play into an expected starting role on the defensive line. He saw action in seven games last season.

    OLB: Willie Baker, redshirt junior; Tristan Allen, redshirt sophomore

    Baker switched positions from end to outside linebacker in defensive coordinator Bob Diaco’s 3-4 scheme. His pass rush skill set will still be utilized, highlighted by four sacks coming in the Hawaii Bowl last year, but he’ll handle come coverage duties as well.

    MLB: Connor Taylor, senior; Randy Hogan, redshirt senior OR Trey Baldwin, redshirt junior

    The former JUCO National Defensive Player of the Year looks to be more effective this season for the Bulldogs. Taylor ended 2018 with 30 stops.

    MLB: Collin Scott, redshirt senior; Alex Zayed, redshirt junior

    Scott led the team in tackles last season with 87. The senior linebacker is poised to have another solid season along with handling the defensive calls.

    S: James Jackson, redshirt senior; Ezekiel Barnett, redshirt junior

    Jackson started every game a season ago, finishing second on the team in tackles with 74, including 8.5 TFLs and had one interception.

    S: Darryl Lewis, redshirt senior; Bee Jay Williamson, redshirt freshman

    Lewis has collected 130 career stops and six picks in 40 total appearances, including 26 straight starts. He’s one of the veteran leaders on backend of Tech’s defense.

    S: L’Jarius Sneed, senior; Jaiden Cole, redshirt sophomore

    In the spring, Sneed moved from cornerback to safety and it’s paid dividends for Louisiana Tech’s defense. His three interceptions last year was good enough for second-best on the defense to go along with his 59 total tackles.

    CB: Amik Robertson, junior; Zach Hannibal, redshirt junior

    Unquestionably the most notable star for the Bulldogs, Robertson enters his third season starting at corner. He paced Tech with four picks, has nine total in two seasons, and for his career, has 123 total stops.

    CB: Michael Sam, redshirt senior; Aaron Roberson, redshirt senior

    Sam has battled some injuries during his career, but Holtz called him the “most pleasant surprise” this spring after he moved from safety to corner. Sam has pieced together a great fall camp and looks to more talent to an already deep Bulldog secondary.

    SPECIAL TEAMS
    PK: Bailey Hale, redshirt senior; Brady Farlow, redshirt junior

    Hale transferred to Tech from Eastern New Mexico before 2018 and ultimately earned the starting place kicking job. He had a 68 percent field goal rate in his first year, making 15-of-22 with a long of 46.

    P: Brady Farlow, redshirt junior; Jacob Barnes, freshman

    Behind Davan Dyer last season, Farlow punted five times for 179 yards for a 35.8-yard average.

    PR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Cee Jay Powell, redshirt junior

    The two combined for three punt returns in 2018.

    KR: Davon “Smoke” Harris, redshirt freshman OR Praise Okorie, redshirt sophomore OR Justin Henderson, redshirt junior

    Okorie and Harris piled up a combined 247 yards on 13 kickoff returns last year. Expect those two to be in the mix to field the opening kickoff for Louisiana Tech at Texas next weekend.


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    On 8/25/2019 at 4:55 PM, Mother mopar said:

    Me and Mrs. MM are making the road trip from Florida to watch the game. Our first in DKR, pretty stoked to see it. Rulz and shit 373c7d51f73ef34c55a04222946a35e4.jpg

    Your missus is quite lovely; the bare-shoulder look looks quite good on her. 

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    On 8/25/2019 at 4:55 PM, Mother mopar said:

    Me and Mrs. MM are making the road trip from Florida to watch the game. Our first in DKR, pretty stoked to see it. Rulz and shit 373c7d51f73ef34c55a04222946a35e4.jpg

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    1 hour ago, 6th Street said:

    First play going to be a bomb to John Burt...

    ...that bounces off his hands

    I can't decide whether to neg you or give you rep.

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    4 hours ago, TornACL said:

    <I'm still astonished that there are people out there who, after all these years, still can't figure out a way to get their eyeballs on LHN during a game. >

    Yeah, I know.  I play music on the side and took a gig for that night.  My fault.

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    21 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    Are these guys better or worse than Maryland?

    with us, I don't think the opponent matters. its a matter of will we give La Tech 50%, 75% or 100%.

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    47 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

    Let’s play a version of the quiet game, but the only rule is you can’t type or say Maryland.

     

    It’s like some posters’ wives got ahold of their credentials.

    We get it. Shut the fuck up already. 

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    9 hours ago, bigcigar said:

    AT&T Tv now has a free 7 day trial with LHN. 

    Jesus H Christ pay a little more money and get the "sports" package on whatever system you have.

    Most of them include LHN no matter where you live.

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    8 hours ago, SKA the boss said:

    No more candy ass. Sam said it on the podium at the Sugar Bowl. We are back.
    Cajuns, prepare your asshole.

    Latech is about as Cajun as Texas is aggy. North Louisiana is basically Arkansas’ Sudetenland. 

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    On 8/25/2019 at 9:49 PM, CfRhTxStBobcats said:

    So I guess I'm going to have a hard time finding a place to watch the game in Scottsdale. Anyone out there in the phoenix area know of a place it might be on? I could talk the wife into watching it at a bar, but I don't think I can talk her into sitting in a hotel room while I watch it on my tablet. 

     

     

    10 hours ago, bigcigar said:

    AT&T Tv now has a free 7 day trial with LHN. 

     

    20 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

    Jesus H Christ pay a little more money and get the "sports" package on whatever system you have.

    Most of them include LHN no matter where you live.

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

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    1 minute ago, bigcigar said:

     

     

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

    Poors got feelings too, you know.

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    5 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

     

     

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

    2 games? U dont watch baseball or basketball on lhn?

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    9 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

     

     

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

    Saying that the LHN is only good for 2 games is absurd.

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    On 8/25/2019 at 8:48 PM, Sgt Hulk said:

    If we aren’t up by 3 tds in the 4th and allowing some back ups meaningful snaps. There’s gonna be some shit. 

    Surely you know someone in Texas that will let you use their login. I've had LHN for 6 years in NY through AppleTV/Firestick. The only pain is that the stream is about a minute behind the live action.

    I'll be in Paris, where I can't use the ESPN app, so hopefully the Reddit stream works.

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    3 minutes ago, GRHorn said:

    Apologies if it’s already been posted, but this year they still doing the Herd for kids before the game?

    I would assume so, but you might email Drew Martin to make sure.

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    30 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

     

     

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

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    16 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    Saying that the LHN is only good for 2 games is absurd.

    Not really what was said...I don’t watch LHN (or other cable tv channels) outside of football. It’d be a better value proposition for me if I watched more tv.

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    58 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

    Latech is about as Cajun as Texas is aggy. North Louisiana is basically Arkansas’ Sudetenland. 

    What about Louisiana State?

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    10 minutes ago, Viper said:

    What about Louisiana State?

    Nah. LSU plays at being Cajun like ATM plays at being SEC. There’s some superficial similarities that seem convincing to the unfamiliar, but ULL or Nicholls St. is where you find the the swamp running frenchies. 

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    We have a lot of football-only fans


    Raises hand.

    I don’t watch any baseball, basketball, golf, softball, etc (college or pro). But I still love the LHN. I switched to xfinity, but was about o switch back to uverse, mostly for LHN and quality of internet, but I got a login from my Pops and just watch LHN on my phone.
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    1 minute ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

    Ive seen some 9.95ers allude that RJ has been less than impressive as a 3rd team RB. 

    I imagine most of our RB3 options our less than impressive at this point. At least he's a great athlete who has shown in he can run out of the backfield in some form or fashion.

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    4 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

    Ive seen some all of the 9.95ers allude that RJ has been less than impressive as a 3rd team QB. 

    fify (I'm assuming this is what you meant). He's having to retool his whole throwing motion, which isn't a quick process.

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    2 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    RB, not QB.

    I fixed what I'd meant in my post. If he meant RB then lol wtf is even the point of posting that? He's never played it before.

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    2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    fify (I'm assuming this is what you meant). He's having to retool his whole throwing motion, which isn't a quick process.

    No, I meant as a third team RB. He rushed for a lot of yardage in HS, but hasn’t impressed in his emergency role as a RB. I don’t know if that’s when compared to other actual RB’s or with the filter of a QB taking reps at RB. 

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    2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    I fixed what I'd meant in my post. If he meant RB then lol wtf is even the point of posting that? He's never played it before.

    Just relaying what I’ve read by supposed insiders. 

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    12 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I imagine most of our RB3 options our less than impressive at this point. At least he's a great athlete who has shown in he can run out of the backfield in some form or fashion.

    I understand the logic of moving him. That observation wasn’t given with any color to expound upon what’s not impressive about him. Just a stand alone comment that caught my eye and I shared. 

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    1 hour ago, bigcigar said:

     

     

    This was meant to be a PSA for posts like the one above (geographic restrictions), but maybe some of us don’t have “systems” that we can add “sports” packages to. Further, it’s simply not rational to buy a tv package with a sports package for 2 games when you don’t expect to use the service for anything else.

    I suggest you quit being such a gigantic pussy.

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    20 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I imagine most of our RB3 options our less than impressive at this point. At least he's a great athlete who has shown in he can run out of the backfield in some form or fashion.

    He has size too. 6'2 220. 

    Jarrett Smith is 200 pounds, Watkins is 160, and Jake Smith is 200. Roschon at least has the frame to go find a body and hit somebody as a lead blocker for Ehlinger. 

     

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    It doesn't really matter if our opening opponent is better or worse. The Texas Longhorns should be a better football team. That should make all the difference.

    We entered the last two seasons with gaping flaws. During the season, those flaws were fixed or worked around (largely worked around). We tried to scheme around an OL that could probably run block, but couldn't pass protect.

    This time last season, the QB1 battle was still hotly debated.

    We, of course, haven't proven anything yet. Just because the OL should be better doesn't mean it will be. These things are only judged when an angry defense pounds on it. We're replacing errbody on the defense, and they should be stronger and faster. That's no guarantee that they won't still turn in circles like they were trained by Tudor Electric Football as we've seen in the previous openers.

    If these things are fixed, then I can look forward to a season fighting for hardware at the end. If they aren't, it will be just another "nice" season of watching football.

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    Ive seen some 9.95ers allude that RJ has been less than impressive as a 3rd team RB. 

    Idk just spit balling here but what if that's because he's not a running back?

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