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La. Tech Fires Jack Bicknell After 8 Seasons

Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:40 pm

RUSTON, La. -- Louisiana Tech University fired head football coach Jack Bicknell on Monday following a 3-10 season capped this past weekend by a 50-23 loss to New Mexico State in Las Cruces.

Bicknell leaves after compiling an overall record at the schoool of 42-53.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2685761
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Postby jkflamebo » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:04 pm

after about five minutes i'm still trying to figure out why this is on the board
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Postby smupony94 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:16 pm

MM65 thread. he must have google news. and why are we posting on this thread
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Postby SMU Football Blog » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:33 pm

My only memory of him was in 2002 when he stupidly went for it on 4th down in the redzone of a tie game at Ford Stadium because the little pocket of La Tech fans were egging him on. He was clearly going to kick the field goal but let the crowd and players talk him into it. Not unlike Caughlin in NY yesterday. La Tech didn't convert and Bennett ended up getting his first win as a coach.
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:39 pm

jkflamebo wrote:after about five minutes i'm still trying to figure out why this is on the board
Don't rack your brain. I'll explain it for you.

Bicknell coached the Bulldogs the last time SMU played them.

And look at Bicknell's overall record. Just a little 'food for thought' for the PB supporters and detractors.

Again, don't strain your brain. It's only Monday.
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Postby jkflamebo » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:57 pm

i don't care, bennett's a different coach coaching a program that can be better than louisiana tech, can't make a correlation
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:01 pm

Last week when other coaches around the nation were getting canned right-and-left those items were being posted on here.
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Postby EmeraldCityPony » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:18 pm

Thanks for posting, it's interesting and relevant news to me, as LaTech were former conference mates.
It's a crappy job but someone's gotta do it.
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Postby EmeraldCityPony » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:19 pm

Thanks for posting, it's interesting and relevant news to me, as LaTech were former conference mates.
It's a crappy job but someone's gotta do it.
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Postby DickerJames » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:33 pm

jkflamebo wrote:after about five minutes i'm still trying to figure out why this is on the board


Hey topic sherriff, you jumped in on the "Who should be in the national championship thread", and that thread REALLY has nothing to do with SMU Football.
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Postby PlanoStang » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:05 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:My only memory of him was in 2002 when he stupidly went for it on 4th down in the redzone of a tie game at Ford Stadium because the little pocket of La Tech fans were egging him on. He was clearly going to kick the field goal but let the crowd and players talk him into it. Not unlike Caughlin in NY yesterday. La Tech didn't convert and Bennett ended up getting his first win as a coach.


My first memory was when they kicked our rears 30 something to about
3 in the first game we played against them, and my last is when they did
it again, not that bad, in Ford in 2004.
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Postby Insane_Pony_Posse » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:44 pm

Mustang1965 don't worry about what someone thinks is relevant to post.

If ya don't like a post topic then ya don't have to read it!

It was clear as day via your title what the topic of the post was.

Instead of just skipping on to the next topic.... moan and complain.

Just last week we went through a major "should he stay or should he go" situation with our coach at SMU.....so yes I think it is relevant to post.
C-ya @ Milos!
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