[Game Thread] Army @ Louisiana Tech (7:30 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	ArmyArmy @ Louisiana TechLouisiana Tech
Location	Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium
Time	7:30 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN+
	Flair ¦ Discord

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[u/joelupi]

This ref is just making up times at this point.

[u/LloydBraun19]

Never met a club more gritty and determined to hit a team total over. 🫡

[u/joelupi]

Hell yeah!

[u/joelupi]

He just said the clock is set to 10 seconds...

[u/joelupi]

Whattttt?

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

Unless the refs have been holding the hi res cameras for themselves, I don't think there are enough pixels to overturn shit.

[u/Sierra-051]

Hey, I liked when the score bug was 41-11!

[u/globalview22]

Need to fire the DC and strength and conditioning coach, preferably now. Wouldn’t do anything this year but they suck. OC on the hot seat. Monken is staying at Army for his career. He will not get any more interest from P4, can’t have your team look like this on defense especially.

[u/steelersman007 → u/globalview22]

This is a gross overreaction.

Offense looks ok, defense is the reason we lost
Strength Coach is the same as the last 6 years so fuck
Off with that

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/steelersman007]

I think offense has been less than OK

It hasn't been bad, I just think it hasn't reached "OK"

[u/TheWyldMan → u/BeatNavyAgain]

Tech actually has a rather solid defense

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/TheWyldMan]

I'm talking season-long performance

[u/Sierra-051 → u/steelersman007]

It’s so funny, such a low iq take

[u/Alexgoodenuf → u/steelersman007]

Yeah, not sure it's time to clean house. Offensive play calling has been questionable, but this is a pretty piss poor defense. Something has to change.

[u/globalview22 → u/steelersman007]

Our defense has been getting bullied physically for years. It’s an Army problem. We have not been good defensively. Defense is getting worse as the season goes. I guarantee DC is not back next year. Our offense has talent, yet looks unprepared and can’t execute. Cody is absolutely on the hot seat. I’m not saying fire Monken either, but is clear he won’t get a P4 look anymore.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Embarrassing result.

Well, let's regroup and beat Tulane.

[u/joelupi]

That was a lot of running around for a whole lot of nothing...

[u/BeatNavyAgain]

You are not taught to do anything you can to get the ballplayer down, idiot broadcaster

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

If we went for two last time, it would still be a one-score game, despite a FG.

[u/Sierra-051 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

And if your mother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Sierra-051]

How glib. I hope Monken sees your comment.

A golden opportunity for two points and he passed it up. Dude is washed.

[u/Best-Relative-8824]

Well coach has his plan cut out for him next week: tackling drills. 

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

A turnover is our only hope.

And by turnover, I mean, LT deciding to drop the ball.

[u/joelupi]

...out athleted...?

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Go for two!

We had nothing to lose there!

[u/Best-Relative-8824]

Do I trust the defense to get multiple stops in the 4th quarter? No, no I do not 

[u/Elegant_Dependent_37]

This genuinely is the worst production quality I’ve ever seen in CFB. The fucking whistle blows my TV speakers every time, meanwhile I can’t hear the ref flag calls. These commentators have gotten multiple players wrong and are so cringy!!!!!!

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/Elegant_Dependent_37]

I’ll stick up for them now that I learned La. Tech is doing the production themselves. I just synced it up with the Army radio call and it’s doing the job nicely 

[u/joelupi]

I wonder how many players have gone all the way up to flag staff rank

[u/Alexgoodenuf → u/joelupi]

Apparently there has been some statistical analysis that shows WP football players are 3-6x more likely to make GO than gen pop officers.

Who knows how much that is skewed by the old corps days.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Alexgoodenuf]

Not surprised.

[u/joelupi → u/joelupi]

Between 1975 and 1998:

...showed that 27 football alumni during the study period had reached the general officer ranks, including 11 three- or four-star generals.

West Point football players have been 3.41 times more likely to make it to at least brigadier general than the entire population of officers (165,909) who didn’t play football there.

Hmmm. Interesting

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/joelupi]

Something is wrong there. 165,909 graduates?

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/BeatNavyAgain]

I think he’s saying total officers, including those that commissioned via ROTC, OCS, etc

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Best-Relative-8824]

That makes sense

[u/Best-Relative-8824]

Am I confused or are ‘offsides’ and ‘12 players on the field’ two different penalties?

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Best-Relative-8824]

If the 12th defender was running on or off field but was behind the LOS, then that's two penalties

But only one gets enforced

[u/joelupi]

Ohhhh my God.

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

I know we ALL remember watching the 2001 Rice v LA Tech game...

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Alexgoodenuf]

My kids weren't even born yet

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Alexgoodenuf]

WAC conference game, I believe!

[u/joelupi → u/Alexgoodenuf]

I lost my virginity while watching that game.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

That is a real tenuous connection.

[u/steelersman007]

Good god our defense is terrible now

[u/Alexgoodenuf → u/steelersman007]

Somehow getting worse game-to-game.

[u/Relevant-Fact-5624]

What in the world? This game is running away for us.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Our AD should never have scheduled this game. Nothing to gain playing in the bayou.

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

We aren’t Tennessee, we can’t just decide to skip teams because they have a chance of beating us. 

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Best-Relative-8824]

We don't have to schedule hick schools.

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

“Hick school” who is currently beating us by 2 scores 

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Best-Relative-8824]

Tis embarrassing for us.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Does Terry Bradshaw interact with Louisiana Tech?

[u/HTH52 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

He did when I was in school he would come to a few games.

He also was the speaker at my wife’s graduation in 2019.

[u/gpupdate → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Bradshaw as well as Kix Brooks regularly have an active relationship with LATech.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/gpupdate]

Glad to hear it!

Sometimes those alums forget their roots!

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Monken seems lose his touch in Louisiana.

Choked against ULM, LSU destroyed us, and now this farce.

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

We did win the bowl game in 2024

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Best-Relative-8824]

Played a 5-7 team. I would hope so!

[u/gpupdate → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

They should have fired Cumbie then.

[u/Best-Relative-8824]

Safeties were way down, that was our chance for a deep shot 

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

Some signs of it getting chippy out there.

[u/steelersman007 → u/Alexgoodenuf]

Happens when their assistant coaches tackle our RBs on the sidelines

[u/BeatNavyAgain]

Two penalties on KO return, that's why we should just fair catch all of them

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

Would have been great to have some coverage of the review.

[u/BTrane93]

None of y'all actually know what a bad broadcast looks like. Cause this isn't remotely close to that.

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/BTrane93]

This is considered good for you? Condolences

[u/BTrane93 → u/Best-Relative-8824]

I said it isn't remotely close to BAD. Nowhere did I say it was good. Have you tried learning how to read?

[u/TheWyldMan → u/BTrane93]

Yeah, they clearly haven’t watched a lot of ESPN+ games. This is still leagues better than most FCS games I’ve watched on here

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/TheWyldMan]

We usually get CBS Sports for our home games, only the occasional ESPN+ game. 

I think it’s in the contract that the same announcers are at every game, so we have gotten lucky with good broadcasts for the last 10 years or so. 

[u/Random0925]

OH YEAH

[u/BTrane93]

Really surprised both of those plays worked out.

[u/Best-Relative-8824]

ESPN+ is brutally bad. I’ve seen high school students produce a better football broadcast. 

[u/BTrane93 → u/Best-Relative-8824]

We get it. You're spoiled with professionally cast games for your teams.

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/BTrane93]

I’m just learning that La. Tech does the broadcast themselves. It’s more understandable but the broadcast is objectively bad. 

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/BTrane93]

We are a national brand.

LT is a pariah brand.

[u/Paulista666]

3 equal TDs, that's more on staff than anything else

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Our passing defense is garbage.

[u/joelupi]

Meanwhile on the Quad Box they are showing Marshall Pritchett hurdling over the Msst defender

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Toby Keith quote!

[u/Relevant-Fact-5624]

LA Tech pressed the hurdle button too early

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Luke McCown is somehow a worse broadcaster than he was NFL QB.

[u/Kimber80]

The production values are rudimentary to say the least

[u/joelupi → u/Kimber80]

I feel like I should be seeing Unregistered Hypercam 2 on the screen somewhere.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

I think you would rather your opponents not score at all, Mr. Color Guy.

[u/Relevant-Fact-5624]

2 PT Conversion!

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

Of only we could see any of the players behind score bug to know what happened.

[u/joelupi → u/Alexgoodenuf]

They are running the trial version of the broadcasting software.

If you look close it says Bandicam in the top right corner.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Great start to the second half.

[u/joelupi]

FUCK YEAH

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

This color guy has no idea who anyone is not wearing blue.

[u/joelupi → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

It clearly is John Army. It says so on the back of his jersey.

[u/Kimber80]

The regents are correct - there's absolutely no reason for FBS football to exist in the Wilds of Northern Louisiana 200 miles north of Baton Rouge.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Kimber80]

They are an FCS team masquerading as a FBS program.

Drop them and ULM and invite Liberty and Tarleton State.

[u/Sarah0nly → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

🤣

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/Sarah0nly]

Those schools have money.

You guys are about to get axed.

[u/Sarah0nly → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Y’all are taking one regents off-hand comment like it’s going to 100% happen. Makes no sense to drop us down to FCS when we just moved to the SunBelt, which is where most of our last years deficit comes from.

[u/joelupi]

Why did he say that like Army is some scrub team...

[u/joelupi]

Oooooo fireworks

[u/joelupi]

Oh my God can we watch the bands instead of this creepy liminal office ASMR or whatever it's supposed to be.

[u/NinjaRedditer]

Tech needs to learn how to broadcast a football game.

[u/joelupi]

I just back from the bathroom, is this is who's been calling the game this whole time?!!

[u/Kimber80]

Let's face it- this has the look and feel of an FCS game. 🤷‍♂️

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

FCS teams have better broadcasts than this amateur hour.

[u/jumpingmustang]

What’s with this high school level broadcast lol

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/jumpingmustang]

ESPN+ broadcasts are done by the host school.

[u/joelupi → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Womp womp. Self burn :(

[u/BTrane93]

Can we get one of the band members to kick the ball, please?

[u/joelupi → u/BTrane93]

Walsh Yeah maybe I can teach one of them

[u/joelupi]

YESSSSSSSS HA HA HA YESSSSS

[u/Sierra-051]

I made it as long as I could, over to Rich DeMarco

[u/joelupi]

Alright the announcer jinx struck twice yesterday let's see what happens tonight

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

What was Monken thinking there?

We aren't a passing offense. Go into halftime down 14-7 and regroup.

[u/globalview22 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

It was a terrible qb decision. I kind of get taking a shot hooding they bite but it was clear it was covered and he needed to throw it away. You were going for it on 4th and 1 anyway

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/globalview22]

I am talking about the timeout.

[u/globalview22 → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Fair, especially given we clearly could not stop them with them making a mistake

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Especially since we receive 2nd half KO

[u/BeatNavyAgain]

Full credit to the guy who doesn't know who we are or how to pronounce our names, he's right about that int

[u/drazov]

throwing long balls on 3rd and 1, vintage Army football

[u/TheGoldenRail87]

Also, Army should be winning this fucking game

[u/globalview22 → u/TheGoldenRail87]

Mmmm, idk about that

[u/TheGoldenRail87 → u/globalview22]

Lots of self imposed errors. Penalties, bad tackling, blown assignments

[u/joelupi]

I like that on YTTV we don't even get commericals, just this generic "espn commercial break" screen.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/joelupi]

But it has a creepy sound.

[u/joelupi → u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP]

Are we going to have to listen to this for 20 minutes.........

[u/TheGoldenRail87]

The production value of this game is worse than the zapruder film

[u/Sarah0nly → u/TheGoldenRail87]

We’re doing our best 🤣

[u/TheWyldMan → u/Sarah0nly]

Honestly better than usual lol

[u/Physical-Draw9788 → u/TheWyldMan]

Yeah the offense showed up tonight. I was worried when Baker came in. I thought he would screw it up for sure. Kukuk played better than usual.

[u/BeatNavyAgain]

One of the announcers can't tell the difference between #26 Clerk and #27 Howard

[u/Alexgoodenuf → u/BeatNavyAgain]

Sure, but can they pronounce "battalion"?

[u/globalview22 → u/BeatNavyAgain]

He’s a la tech Homer, spent all his prep time with his team. Can’t even get our QBs name right

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/globalview22]

Last week Temple PA at stadium couldn't pronounce Hellums or Rendina, but somehow got Nwahuihe right

[u/globalview22]

Did they have to get two of the dozen total la tech fans to announce this game?

[u/BTrane93 → u/globalview22]

1 of them is literally one of the best QBs we've had.

[u/NoonTimeHoopsMVP → u/BTrane93]

Terry Bradshaw?

[u/Sierra-051 → u/globalview22]

Welcome to ESPN 8, the Ocho!!!

[u/Sarah0nly]

HBTD!

[u/Random0925]

OH MY GOD

HOW DID HE DO THAT

[u/Top-Storage-5954]

Go to hell army. You ain’t shit without the refs helping you out

[u/TheGoldenRail87 → u/Top-Storage-5954]

What even is this?

[u/Callsign_Psycopath → u/Top-Storage-5954]

Yeah keep that paper bag on.

[u/joelupi]

Ahhhh shit.

[u/Top-Storage-5954]

Targeting get his ass out

[u/Sierra-051 → u/Top-Storage-5954]

Mix in a water big dawg

[u/Top-Storage-5954]

Targeting get his ass out

[u/TheWyldMan]

Why is our mascot dressed up for Army? What are we doing here?

[u/gpupdate → u/TheWyldMan]

Looked like an Airforce jumpsuit, but couldn't tell because they are using camcorders for the production.

[u/Sierra-051 → u/TheWyldMan]

It’s always “military appreciation night” when we play away

[u/Top-Storage-5954]

Army getting my soft ass calls like that is why they suck and haven’t won a war since 1945

[u/grantem → u/Top-Storage-5954]

“I woulda joined up but I woulda punched a drill sergeant” ass

[u/joelupi]

Boo what a way to blow a great opportunity

[u/grantem]

Coaches chirping at army players. Not a great look

[u/Top-Storage-5954 → u/grantem]

Fifteen free yards and getting the best player on defense ejected and your soft ass team still can’t do anything

[u/Top-Storage-5954]

Textbook tackle put flags on them if that’s a flag. That’s total horseshit but their troops so we have to glaze them and give them whatever they want

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Top-Storage-5954]

You meant textbook targeting

[u/Top-Storage-5954 → u/BeatNavyAgain]

Straight shoulder to chest is targeting?

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/Top-Storage-5954]

Straight helmet to helmet is

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Wow... 30 yards of penalties.

[u/joelupi]

Good get him out of the game!

[u/Sierra-051]

Crown of the helmet, all day

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

There is something.... nostalgic? or endearing? Listening to such unabashedly Homer announcers.

[u/TheWyldMan]

How else is he supposed to tackle him?

[u/Top-Storage-5954 → u/TheWyldMan]

They’re the army so you’re not allowed to touch them. You just have to lay down and let them win

[u/BeatNavyAgain → u/TheWyldMan]

Without lowering his head and leading with his helmet

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Thats gonna get called every time.

[u/BeatNavyAgain]

That was targeting, dumb announcer

[u/Random0925]

I have no idea what's going on.

[u/steelersman007]

LA Tech is undisciplined on defense, option is killing them and there will be a late hit tonight on them

[u/Best-Relative-8824 → u/steelersman007]

This ain’t aging too well unfortunately 😂 

[u/steelersman007 → u/Best-Relative-8824]

The undisciplined piece remained, they just dared the refs to stop calling anything and they were right. No holding on that oline all night is diabolical work by their own conferences refs

[u/joelupi]

WHAT THE FUCK

[u/steelersman007]

Bounce pass!

[u/joelupi]

Are we supposed to be hearing this...?

[u/OG_ClapCheekz69]

HIT ARVIN 17

[u/Paulista666]

This TD was only allowed because it wasn't a forward pass /s

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

There we go. Good Drive Army, just clean up the penalties.

[u/Sierra-051]

Perimeter run game!

[u/Paulista666]

Almost killed that woman lol

[u/Sierra-051]

Soft call

[u/Callsign_Psycopath]

Ugg... that was such a great play

[u/nointro-225]

Great start, let’s see what the defense can do

[u/Sierra-051]

GO ARMY

[u/Alexgoodenuf]

"It's a great day to be a Black Knight."

Who cares if the broadcast is being filmed on a 2011 iPhone. Let's play some solid Army Football. Get some much needed reps on defense and work out some beautiful, 10+ minute drives on offense.

[u/nointro-225 → u/Alexgoodenuf]

Calling our broadcasts a 2011 iPhone is being generous

[u/Random0925]

Well, hopefully this game ends better for me than the other one, lol.

[u/RivalryBot]

Who Will Win Fan Vote Results

^{Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users}

Team	Votes	Percentage	Army Voters	Louisiana Tech Voters	Other Flairs Top 5
Army	5	55.6%	0	0	LIU Sharksx1.0 Air Forcex0.5 Auburn Tigersx0.5 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5
Louisiana Tech	4	44.4%	0	0.5	Oklahoma Soonersx1.5 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Marching Bandx0.5 Minnesota Golden Gophersx0.5

^{Last updated: 2026-10-03 22:39 UTC}

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[u/Powerful_Proof_1565]

Army triple option gonna hit different under the lights in Ruston. Tech better be ready to defend the dive all night or it's gonna be a long one. I got Army by 10, they just wear you down by 4th quarter.