Max Causey, Milton Williams earn spots on football’s biggest stage With 10 minutes left in Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, there was a funny, Ruston-flavored moment the cameras didn’t catch between two Louisiana Tech football lettermen, each in a key role for his respective “team.” Milton “Big Milt” Williams, the Louisiana […]
A Football Destiny: Jimmy Johnson and Terry Bradshaw
Before Super Bowl LXI, two hall-of-famers engaged in a small on-air dispute. Longtime friends Jimmy Johnson and Terry Bradshaw came to blows during the pregame coverage of the NFC Championship between the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders. “I have a little conflict with you,” said Johnson. “You said you could […]
A Gentleman and a Collar
A piece of Tech’s mascot history returns home In the first days of 2025, a small package arrived at Louisiana Tech University containing something far larger than its size suggested: a dog collar from the 1950s that belonged to Tech IX, a member of the historic lineage of the University’s live bulldog mascots. Its return […]