Louisiana Tech junior deep snapper Reeves Blankenship and junior offensive lineman Joshua Mote were two of 93 FBS college football players named to the 2021 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List as announced
In 1961 the United States launched Alan Shepard into space, and the manned space program officially began. The Soviet Union beat America into manned space travel by several weeks. The United States was in a catch-up mode.