Louisiana Tech lost to Clemson last weekend 48-20 but the Bulldogs showed they can be winners away from the football field. The Clemson football program has been grieving over the death of 15-year-old Ella Bresee, the sister of Tigers defensive tackle Bryan Bresee. Before Saturday’s game, Tech Coach Sonnny Cumbie said the players decided to write hand written letters to Bresee’s family to offer their sorrow and some words of encouragement.
“We’re pretty big on writing letters just because I think it takes time to write letters. I think it’s affection and it shows some care that you write letters, and so they were able to organize it and get it all put together. They brought all the letters and our players- tremendous on their part to do it. It was not a mandatory deal.”
Wide receiver Julian Lewis was one of players who wrote a letter.
“I can just only imagine what he was going through. Basically, we were just letting him know we were here for him. That’s all we can do. That’s the least we can do, because football is a very violent and competitive game and when you suffer something like that. I mean that’s still real life at the end of the day so we were just showing our condolences and love towards him and is family.”
Tech is back on the road this Saturday as they will visit South Alabama in its final non-conference game. Cumbie said he’s proud of how quarterback Parker McNeil performed in the loss against Clemson. McNeil was intercepted twice but threw for 311 yards and a touchdown…
“There were some negative plays, there were some adverse moments. He never wavered with his fight and his spirit on the sideline. So, really proud about how he handled himself there on the sideline and as a leader. There’s some things throwing the football with some of our reads that we’ve got to continue to get better on, but I was proud of how he threw the ball down the field, and I was proud of how he led on the sideline. I think he was very poised. He was very calm in the ups and downs of the game.”
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