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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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    2 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I didn’t realize at the games that Boyce was the DB that completely gave up on the 3rd down catch he gave up because he thought it was incomplete. Man, he was truly terrible. Need one of Cook or Jamison to start vs. LSU. 

    Well I guess we've established that he'll play and shouldn't transfer. It's Jamison/Cook time. If Cook can be Amik Robertson like, that's great.

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    1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:

    Boyce should only be on special teams versus LSU. Cook probably starts and Jamison backs him up.

     

    Just now, texifornia said:

    Well I guess we've established that he'll play and shouldn't transfer. It's Jamison/Cook time. If Cook can be Amik Robertson like, that's great.

    I was at the game so it was hard to tell. I saw Jamison some in the second half. Did cook get in? Also, what was the split between those 3 in the second half?

    boyce strikes me as a good practice player who just loses his mind under the lights. 

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    and you know that fuck wrote that question weeks ago.  He was fucking ready to pounce on asking a question that no one else was even contemplating to ask, not because it would piss Tom off, but because it was 3 fucking years ago and "water under the dam".  No need to ask the fucking question, you gained nothing by asking it, other than showing you are still a cocksucker
    No, that was Chip trying to stir some shit and get bulletin board material for LSU so he could spend the entire week writing about everyone mouthing off to each other.
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    16 minutes ago, mdmost said:

    Holy shit. We finally got to a point where the backup QB entered the game in garbage time for non-emergency purposes. Small steps. 

    told my brother the night of the sugar bowl last january that a true sign of progress this year would be blowing out the teams we should be blowing out.  off to a good start this year.

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    1 minute ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I was at the game so it was hard to tell. I saw Jamison some in the second half. Did cook get in? Also, what was the split between those 3 in the second half?

     

    All of the cornerbacks played. Jamison and Cook saw meaningful snaps, I think.

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    4 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

    told my brother the night of the sugar bowl last january that a true sign of progress this year would be blowing out the teams we should be blowing out.  off to a good start this year.

    I once heard: "first you lose small, then you win small, then you win big" 

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    6 minutes ago, El Squared said:

    Chip is living proof you can drain the human body of blood and replace it it with chicken shit and bus station semen, and it will still try to talk.

    Must spread rep..

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    49 minutes ago, HeyMcFly said:

    I need to start figuring out where to watch games while im in Munich.

    I need to start figuring out where to do coke off my expensive prostitutes tits in Singapore 

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    Didn’t get a chance to watch the game as I’m at a LHN-less friend’s house (thought it was cord cutter or all-in these days but I guess not)...

    Who played more on the O-line? angilau or Braun?

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    3 minutes ago, SKA the boss said:

    Great time at the game tonight. Is it just me or did the godzillatron volume go up to unbearable again?

    It got pretty loud. CDC didn't seem to have a problem with it though so I think we'll have to live with it and hope that it helps the students stay engaged.

     

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    40 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

    Ingram was awesome.

    Also, this was before Oklahoma State 2 years ago (from the student side)

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    from the other side, before Louisiana Tech

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    Kuddos to you for sticking with the flip phone.  

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    3 hours ago, Brandon said:

    Still mad they called that roughing the passer on his pick six

    He looked devastated on the sidelines after that play got called back.  He played a great game.  

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    Ingram looks great. I don't think he has the speed to bust a lot of really long ones, but he's got truly fantastic feet and vision.  If he's going to be breaking tackles like that, he's going to get a lot of yards this year.  

    The OL could be really good this year. I would have been happy with above average.  I'm sure they'll have struggles against LSU next week, but later in the year they could be doing very good things, consistently.  

    Eagles looks athletic as fuck. Athletically, he reminds me of Dez Bryant out there.  

    I am a little concerned about how LA Tech moved the ball on our defense. A lot of their drives stalled, but better offensive teams will be able to sustain those types of drives. We need to fix some stuff. I hope to hell Cook is really our #2 CB. I'm a little concerned Jamison didn't win more playing time over Boyce.  We stuffed the run well, but I'm not sure if we're going to have a good pass rush this year.  Perhaps Ossai can provide a good pass rush, but I'm not sure who else can.  I don't think Roach has the athleticism for it. TQ is looking like a JAG so far.  

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    Holy shit there was so much talent today. Even on the jumbotron there was a lot of fine ass everywhere. I wish I could've gotten pics but I had some family with me. Great experience. My 12 year old nephew got to experience his first Longhorns game and had a blast.9c5d957e8d764859b36ba1e189b35dc2.jpg273422643d281790b21e0824f06c7dcc.jpg5a06b377e7051b956ffba8cc05fe9fa9.jpgfdb8349857f8d6d51039256319aa48fc.jpg

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    Defense will be a work in progress over the first half if the season or so. A lot of talent but a lot if it, especially in the secondary, is very raw and it will take time before they can consistently execute without hardly ever busting coverage and missing tackles. The offense and Ehlinger need to carry the team on the defense next week because this defense will give up some points to LSU. Just need them to also force turnovers and do just enough to win. 

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    1 minute ago, Jersey Man10 said:

    Wait i found some...de6967c9dd259918dfbadb413acdeaeb.jpgfb1181a883ff8669edbc1d6ff79d21e5.jpg0642cd1bf51562858b85b5ec1eca24a0.jpgdca40569e499026ef96540e6bf50b9fa.jpg

    Student section was overflowing with talent tonight. Love to see it. Being a student during these next few years will be fantastic. HOOK EM!

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