Ruston Rises : FlyingHigh's Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
1.1 Prologue
For time, the state of Louisiana has been painted the royal purple and old gold of Louisiana State University. However, as the saying goes, not all that glitters is gold.
Early Tuesday morning, Louisiana Tech announced the signing of a new head coach. A program that has struggled to find success on the recruiting trail in it's home state of Louisiana, and ultimately as an NCAA football program, the Bulldogs signed Coach Flying High to a three-year deal at an undisclosed amount.
Coach High, a fairly unknown candidate for the recently vacant position, was formerly the Tight End's coach at the University of Southern California. More importantly, High led a recruiting program alongside Pete Carroll that saw USC land prized recruits Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart and Darnell Bing. "Coach High looks to bring his strong recruiting experience to Tech, in hopes of gaining some traction here in our home state" said AD Terry Raymound. "He also has a solid track record as a HC up in his home country of Canada."
Only 28 years old, Coach High, a native of Toronto, Ontario, coached the Queen's University Golden Gaels for three years (21-9) before heading south to Trojan-land. Although it isn't clear that he'll bring the same style of coaching to Ruston, High heavily favoured a fast paced spread style offense in his time at Queens.
"Anytime you have a Division-I football program bring in a relatively unknown head coach, you're going to ruffle up some feathers," said High when responding to the report of some upset Tech alumni. "I just want the fans, faculty, athletes and alumni at Louisiana Tech to know that I pride myself on innovation and dedication. We're going to change the landscape of football in Louisiana. Go dawgs."
Game: NCAA Football 06 [PS2]
Quarter Length: 5 Minutes
Sliders: Own
Rosters: Own (real names)
Recruiting: Allowed to target 3 non-pipeline state recruits per season. Rest must be pipeline. Not allowed to dedicate anymore than 30 hours weekly to any one recruit.