Louisiana Tech football finished the 2012 season with a strong 9–3 record, but the Bulldogs will not be going to a bowl. AD Bruce Van De Velde says it is because the organizers of the Independence Bowl did not leave LTU enough time to make a decision between their game and others.
That hesitance left the Bulldogs out of the postseason picture entirely – much to the chagrin of one of the school’s most famous sporting alums.
Former Louisiana Tech basketball and NBA star Karl Malone took to Twitter on Sunday night after news of the Bulldogs’ bowl-less December first broke. Befitting his personality, the Mailman didn’t mince words.
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
— Karl Malone (@TheDeliverer_32) December 3, 2012
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.
— Karl Malone (@TheDeliverer_32) December 3, 2012
Whoever made this desicision have the balls to tell the guys why. As one alumni of LaTech I want to know why.
— Karl Malone (@TheDeliverer_32) December 3, 2012
Malone has previously landed in hot water for speaking his mind and we’re guessing the Bulldogs’ athletic department isn’t too happy with its greatest basketball player ever right now.
[ESPN]
