If the game was only 30 minutes

The Bulldogs would have still lost, but it would have been more respectable against Auburn on Saturday. The Bulldogs stood toe-to-toe with the Tigers in the opening two quarters as only a 49-yard Wes Byrum field goal as time expired in the half separated the two teams as Auburn led 13-10 entering the locker room. The Bulldogs would get no closer than 10 points the rest of the game as the Tigers outscored them 24-3 over the final two quarters. Auburn racked up over 500 yards of total offense in the game, including more than 200 on both the ground and through the air. After not surrendering a 100-yard rusher in 2008, the LA Tech defense saw both Ben Tate (20-117) and Onterio McCalebb (22-148) eclipse the plateau. (Joe and Russ this for you!!!)McCalebb became the first Auburn freshman to rush for more than 100 yards in their first career game since Bo Jackson accomplished the feat in 1982. The Bulldogs return to action next Saturday when it travels to Annapolis to face the Navy Midshipmen, who fell 31-27 at Ohio State Saturday.

Sprout has the suckiest of sucks for teams

Polls have closed and Sprout has the suckiest Life Time team with Miami (Fla). He took an early lead in the polls and never looked back, while Manuel “I score 6 td’s in a game with no sleeves” finished a distance second. Here is the break down of the results and congratulations to Sprout for sucking.

Sprout – Miami (Fla) 41%
Manuel - Ohio U. 25%
Bendy – Louisiana-Monroe 16%
DB - Syracuse 8%
Hanson – Texas A&M 8%

Lady Techsters earn bid to WNIT

Louisiana Tech's first round WNIT game against SMU will tip at 7 p.m. CST Thursday night at the Thomas Assembly Center. The Lady Techsters and Mustangs will meet for the 18th time on the hardwood but the first time since the 2004-05 season when SMU ventures to Ruston for the post-season event. The winner of the contest between Louisiana Tech and SMU will go on the road to face Illinois State in the second round. The Redbirds were the regular season champion out of the Missouri Valley Conference but lost to Evansville in the league tournament.

Alive and Kickin’ – Tournament bound?

Revenge is sweet and a sharp-shooting first half combined with a clutch free-throw shooting second half propelled the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs to a 70-62 victory over the Idaho Vandals Thursday night in quarterfinal round of the 2009 WAC Tournament and advanced Tech to a semifinal matchup with the Nevada Wolf Pack. Tech put on the proverbial three-point clinic in the first half of play after shooting 7-of-9 from behind the arc and took a 31-27 lead into the halftime locker room. The Bulldogs will play in the semifinals Friday night at 11 p.m. CST against the Nevada Wolf Pack with hopes of keeping their tournament run alive. The game will be televised on ESPN2. For all you sports lovers out there, it will be a jam packed day of sports, sports, sports and more sports. Here is the run down.

Big10 2nd Round
Gophers vs Michigan St. 11am ESPN
Badger vs Ohio St. 1:30 ESPN

High School State Hockey Tournament
Eden Prairie vs. Blaine 6 pm ch.45
Moorhead vs. Cretin-Derham Hall 8 pm ch.45

WCHA First round
Gopher Hockey vs St. Cloud St. 7pm FSN

NBA
T-puppies vs Knicks 7pm No TV (thank god)

WAC Tournament
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Nevada Wolf Pack 11pm ESPN2

Hot or Not?

BASEBALL =’s Hot
Tuesday's game lasted 10 innings, but the Bulldogs (8-3) defeated Stephen F. Austin by a score of 8-6 at Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches, Texas. The last time the Bulldogs won a game in extra innings was on March 29, 2008 against San Jose State. The game lasted 14innings, but the Bulldogs prevailed 12-11.


GOLF =’s Not
Louisiana Tech Golf Team shot a total score of 894 over three rounds Sunday and Monday at the 24th Annual Louisiana Classics played at the Oakbourne Country Club and hosted by UL-Lafayette to place 11th overall out of 15 teams. The team played Peter Cox like rounds hitting numerous balls out of bounds, hitting slices that take a 90 degree right turn and a handful of dickouts.


SOFTBALL =’s Not
Louisiana-Lafayette scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to blow open a tight game and defeat Louisiana Tech 8-0 in the first game of a softball doubleheader Tuesday.

Louisiana Tech had a golden opportunity to knock off 14th ranked UL-Lafayette Tuesday in the second game of a doubleheader but the Lady Techsters fell 3-2 in nine innings. LA Tech took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning on a two-run home run by Amberly “Big Bats” Waits off of Ragin Cajun starter Ashley Brignac. The home run came after Danielle Sheridan reached on a two-out error by UL-Lafayette. Tech had a chance to extend the lead in the top of the seventh inning by loading the bases, but in Joe Pavelko fashion Kylie Bassett struck out, threw her helmet and bat into the dugout while calling the umpire a “BUM!” to end the threat.

Eastern Michigan =’s bad at baseball

How fitting of a match up over the weekend between my two teams I had to choose from for my lifetime team. As I have said before E. Michigan is just plan terrible and that is why I did not chose them and it really showed over the weekend in the baseball match up.

Dylan Moseley pitched nine Charlie Ruud like innings without giving up a single run in Louisiana Tech's 10-0 victory over Eastern Michigan on Sunday at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park.

Tech's (7-3) three-game sweep over the Eagles (3-9) is their second sweep of the season. The Bulldogs swept Grambling State with their awesome band in attendance exactly two weeks ago.

In Moseley's nine innings on Sunday, he threw only 96 pitches and allowed six hits and only one walk, while striking out two in his second win on the year.

Louisiana Tech defeated Eastern Michigan by a score of 5-4 Saturday.

John Anderson pitched five solid innings and the Bulldog hitters smashed 14 hits to propel Louisiana Tech to a 10-7 victory over Eastern Michigan Friday night.

IdaHO Vandals Vandalize Bulldog finale

A ferocious second half by the Idaho Vandals snapped the Bulldogs four-game winning streak Thursday night in the Cowan Spectrum by a final score of 66-58 and closed out the Bulldogs regular season. Junior Kyle Gibson scored 25 points to lead all scorers for the night. Louisiana Tech will await the remaining WAC games to see who and when they will play next. The Bulldogs finished out their regular season with a 14-17 record and 6-10 WAC.