Skip Holtz has accepted the head coaching job at Louisiana Tech, according to sources. Holtz was fired after three seasons at South Florida, where he was 16-21 overall, 5-16 in Big East play. This past season, the Bulls, picked second in the conference's preseason poll, went 3-9 (1-6 Big East). It was the worst season in USF's 16-year history.

California has hired Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Dykes, Athletic director Sandy Barbour announced Wednesday night. Dykes will be formally introduced at a news conference on Thursday. Dykes told ESPN on Wednesday night after meeting with his former team...

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"We think what we will do on offense will put a charge into the program and give a spike in recruiting," "We want excitement. I want to sell it to the alumni, boosters, players, families, fans and high school coaches. I want to hit the ground running."

Dykes said the combination of California's academic reputation and financial investment to facilities and athletics made it impossible to pass up.

"The Rose Bowl is the standard every team in the league should aim for," Dykes said. "We were a two-overtime game away from playing for it when I was (an assistant) at Arizona."

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Louisiana Tech football finished the 2012 season with a strong 9–3 record, but the Bulldogs will not be going to a bowl because the organizers of the Independence Bowl did not leave LTU enough time to make a decision between their game and others. This according AD Bruce Van De Velde. That hesitance left the Bulldogs out of the postseason picture entirely. Former Louisiana Tech basketball and NBA star Karl Malone took to Twitter on Sunday night after news and was not happy...

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"I am Bulldog to the core, I am heart broken and embarrassed that our university would do this to Tech Nation. To our football and staff this is exactly what is wrong with our university. Now it's time to get former athletes to run our program. I'm 6"9 and not hard to find. Whoever made this desicision have the balls to tell the guys why. As one alumni of LaTech I want to know why."

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Thursday's scheduled opener between Texas A&M and Louisiana Tech has been postponed until Oct. 13, (both team's bye week) because of Hurricane Isaac. Officials say the kickoff time will be determined at a later date. Tickets and parking permits already purchased will be honored, but there will be no refunds.

Louisiana Tech’s mascot, "Tech XX," died on Sunday. The dog had been missing since the weekend. In a statement released by Tech and the veterinarian charged with the dog’s care, an employee of the vet left the dog out too long on Sunday and he died of a heat stroke. The employee apparently tried to cover the whole thing up to make it look like the dog had run away or been mascot-napped. [quote]"Early Wednesday afternoon, Louisiana Tech University learned of the passing of Tech XX through the following communication from Dr. Patrick Sexton... More