The Boise State Broncos, ranked second in this week’s AP poll, get the spotlight all to themselves on Tuesday night as they entertain the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in a Western Athletic Conference battle on the blue turf.
Boise State Vs. Louisiana Tech: Bulldogs, Determined To Lose, Trail 49-13 Late
Injury Update: Each team is down a starter at the moment, with Tech’s OL Cudahy Harmon being carted to the locker room nursing with a right knee injury, and State’s DB Brandon Thompson out favoring a bum shoulder.
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The Broncos aren’t putting the Bulldogs away early. But at least their hair looks fetching:
Read Article >Boise State Vs. Louisiana Tech: Is That Bulldog Offense Legit?
SB Nation’s OBNUG examines the recent success of the Louisiana Tech offense:
You may have read that the Louisiana Tech offense is firing on all cylinders and a force to be reckoned with. That’s the word on the street, and when has the word on the street ever been wrong? I mean besides that an IKEA is coming to Meridian.
Well maybe the word on the street needs to look at the numbers again.
LaTech total offense vs. Utah State: 149 yards passing, 278 yards rushing
LaTech total offense vs. Idaho: 422 yards passing, 261 yards rushing
And now know this: Utah State just gave up 216 yards rushing to Hawaii. Idaho is the nation’s 65th-ranked defense and No. 82 against the run. Let’s keep this in perspective, people.
At the most, this Louisiana Tech offense is unproven. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it’s better than what they were four games into the season, which was a proven offense at being terrible. Unproven equals unpredictable, and unpredictable can be trouble.
Read Article >Boise State Vs. Louisiana Tech: True Bulldog Facts!
SB Nation’s OBNUG provides some Louisiana Tech trivia in advance of Tuesday night’s game:
Louisiana Tech has won 2 national titles in football (Division II) and 3 in women’s basketball, but the sport that Tech has been most dominant in is men’s and women’s powerlifting, where the school has brought home a combined 33 national titles since 1978. The powerlifting squads are known as the Irondawgs and take the sport as seriously as they take Judo in San José. One thing is certain when you roll into Ruston: don’t challenge any of the women there to a game of basketball or game of “lifting heavy stuff”.
Read Article >Tuesday Night WACtion: No. 2 Boise State Vs. Louisiana Tech
The Broncos, who are rated third behind Auburn and Oregon in the most recent BCS rankings, are again expected to shake up college football this year as they throw a proverbial wrench into the entire BCS process. Back on October 16th the team ran its win streak to 20 in a row (longest in the nation), thanks to a 48-0 drubbing of San Jose State on the road. Not only was it the team’s 31st consecutive regular-season victory, it was also the 11th win in as many tries versus the Spartans for BSU.
If competing against the Broncos were not tough enough, taking on Boise State on its home field is an even more monumental challenge, considering the team has not lost a home, regular-season date since September 8, 2001 when Washington State turned the trick in a 42-20 final. Granted, Boise did fall to Boston College in the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl on the blue turf (27-21), but as far as regular-season decisions go the Broncos have put together a run of 58 wins in a row at home and have never lost a WAC home date since joining the conference back in 2001.
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