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PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH VS KANSAS | Wisdom of the Crowd | FanNation
PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH VS KANSAS Wisdom of the Crowd FanNation
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. - Edgar Watson Howe
That may sum up Potts dramatic come back last week against the Aggies. But this week brings another Big 12 challenge in the red and blue of the Kansas Jayhawks. But before we get to this week, a quick look back at last week's game...
!@#$!@!@#$#$!@#$ WTF! I think that pretty much covers it. The Aggies who haven't won since 1993 came in to Lubbock and put a beat down on the Red Raiders that NOBODY expected (and yes, no Aggies expected that either). Tech put up 520 yds of offense but managed to combine that with 5 turnovers, three by Potts. And the defense, which was looking so good got absolutely shredded for 559 yards, by the Texas A&M Aggies. GOOD LORD. The highlight was starting the second half our by allowing the Aggies to come right out and score to go up 35-14. And that's when I gladly turned off the radio and grabbed another beer.
So Tech has to regroup again and try to salvage something from this season with the KU Jayhawks coming to town. I'm betting the folks at ABC are thrilled that they signed this game for the 2:30 time slot. At this time last week, it was a potential battle of Top 15 teams, now its the game that nobody really wants to see of two unranked teams. Sweet.
I really have no idea what kind of team Kansas is, which can be said of pretty much every team in D1 football right now. This year is just nuts. And thank god we don't have a playoff system, but rather a BCS gooblygook mess that won't let teams from all conference fight it out on the field. Great idea. KU is still riding the remains of their 2007 12-1 season with a stunning Orange Bowl win. The pub that this team earned is still paying dividends to this day, because there is no way a tea8-5 team from last year should have gotten the poll love that KU got this year except for the typical bias of coaches and writer polls who reward current teams with ranking based of prior years results.
KU started this year on fire with a 5-0 record. Which is great, except it was against Northern Colorado, UTEP, Duke, Souther Miss . I believe they were favored in every game and they took care of business. But then the level of competition changed with the start of conference play and they went 1-2 against Iowa State, Colorado and OU.
Mangino has done a fantastic job for KU and has taken a this team to new levels. With three more wins, he will own the KU Football Victory record for a coach with 53 wins. and the past few seasons, his record is 25-8 which is amazing, even in the Big 12 NORTH.
Mangino, like his former OU coaching buddy Leach, brought in a new offensive focused system which performed above expectations. KU, unlike Tech, took care of business in their magical year and they got to the promised $14MM plus land of the BCS. He's brought in a stud QB in Reesing and they've ridden him as far as he can take them. Just a winld coincidence that Reesing's W/L record happens to be 25-8 too. Look for WRs Meier and Briscoe to have big rebound games against Tech. The good news is that KUs running game is hurting with their lead RB Sharp going down with an injury only to return against CU (29 yds) and OU (14).
So a quick look at Tech. Well, here's the bad news, apparently Potts from all appearances is still dealing with the effects of the concusion he suffered against New Mexico. Sheffield is possibly dealing with a broken toe which tends to hurt a skill position player. So rumor is Tech will start our third string redshirt freshman Seth Doege. If you heard of him before his KSU mopup duty, then you are a recruting dork. The guys dad was hired by a West Texas high school coach so that Seth would play for them. On problem, he blew out one knee his junior year early in the season and then completed the cycle by blowing out his other knee his senior year. the last time he saw live action before Oct 10 of this year was in the 2005 Texas High School playoffs. Again, sweet.
So Tech's defense got shredded, the QB position is a mess and our running game left the building again. I'm sure Leach's "Fat Girlfriend" speech will be the motivating factor that everyone needs. I'm still pulling for Tech to do their job.
Texas Tech - 31
KU - 27
FUN WITH NUMBERS
TEXAS A&M 52 Tech 30
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. - Edgar Watson Howe
That may sum up Potts dramatic come back last week against the Aggies. But this week brings another Big 12 challenge in the red and blue of the Kansas Jayhawks. But before we get to this week, a quick look back at last week's game...
!@#$!@!@#$#$!@#$ WTF! I think that pretty much covers it. The Aggies who haven't won since 1993 came in to Lubbock and put a beat down on the Red Raiders that NOBODY expected (and yes, no Aggies expected that either). Tech put up 520 yds of offense but managed to combine that with 5 turnovers, three by Potts. And the defense, which was looking so good got absolutely shredded for 559 yards, by the Texas A&M Aggies. GOOD LORD. The highlight was starting the second half our by allowing the Aggies to come right out and score to go up 35-14. And that's when I gladly turned off the radio and grabbed another beer.
So Tech has to regroup again and try to salvage something from this season with the KU Jayhawks coming to town. I'm betting the folks at ABC are thrilled that they signed this game for the 2:30 time slot. At this time last week, it was a potential battle of Top 15 teams, now its the game that nobody really wants to see of two unranked teams. Sweet.
I really have no idea what kind of team Kansas is, which can be said of pretty much every team in D1 football right now. This year is just nuts. And thank god we don't have a playoff system, but rather a BCS gooblygook mess that won't let teams from all conference fight it out on the field. Great idea. KU is still riding the remains of their 2007 12-1 season with a stunning Orange Bowl win. The pub that this team earned is still paying dividends to this day, because there is no way a tea8-5 team from last year should have gotten the poll love that KU got this year except for the typical bias of coaches and writer polls who reward current teams with ranking based of prior years results.
KU started this year on fire with a 5-0 record. Which is great, except it was against Northern Colorado, UTEP, Duke, Souther Miss . I believe they were favored in every game and they took care of business. But then the level of competition changed with the start of conference play and they went 1-2 against Iowa State, Colorado and OU.
Mangino has done a fantastic job for KU and has taken a this team to new levels. With three more wins, he will own the KU Football Victory record for a coach with 53 wins. and the past few seasons, his record is 25-8 which is amazing, even in the Big 12 NORTH.
Mangino, like his former OU coaching buddy Leach, brought in a new offensive focused system which performed above expectations. KU, unlike Tech, took care of business in their magical year and they got to the promised $14MM plus land of the BCS. He's brought in a stud QB in Reesing and they've ridden him as far as he can take them. Just a winld coincidence that Reesing's W/L record happens to be 25-8 too. Look for WRs Meier and Briscoe to have big rebound games against Tech. The good news is that KUs running game is hurting with their lead RB Sharp going down with an injury only to return against CU (29 yds) and OU (14).
So a quick look at Tech. Well, here's the bad news, apparently Potts from all appearances is still dealing with the effects of the concusion he suffered against New Mexico. Sheffield is possibly dealing with a broken toe which tends to hurt a skill position player. So rumor is Tech will start our third string redshirt freshman Seth Doege. If you heard of him before his KSU mopup duty, then you are a recruting dork. The guys dad was hired by a West Texas high school coach so that Seth would play for them. On problem, he blew out one knee his junior year early in the season and then completed the cycle by blowing out his other knee his senior year. the last time he saw live action before Oct 10 of this year was in the 2005 Texas High School playoffs. Again, sweet.
So Tech's defense got shredded, the QB position is a mess and our running game left the building again. I'm sure Leach's "Fat Girlfriend" speech will be the motivating factor that everyone needs. I'm still pulling for Tech to do their job.
Texas Tech - 31
KU - 27
FUN WITH NUMBERS
TEXAS A&M 52 Tech 30
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Preview: Texas Tech vs New Mexico
Texas Tech (2-2) Looks to Stop the Hemmoraging vs UNM Lobos (0-4)
Where: Jones Stadium, Lubbock
When: 2:30 pm central
TV: Fox Sports Net
Weather: 78 degrees
Line: Tech -35.5
"The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board." - Grover Cleveland
For those unfortunate souls who kindly read my takes each week, you usually get a nice quote from a Fletch movie or Warrant song, but I felt that given all the fun and games happening in the Hub City the past few days a more serious quote is necessary.
In case you've tried to avoid all news about the Red Raiders after the wonderful loss the Houston, the end of the game wasn't where the game for the Red Raiders ended. Brandon Carter, he of the painted face and mohawk, not only lost his captaincy, but he was also suspened indefinetly. And one of the linebackers felt that a good place to vent his frustration was on Twitter so Leach banned all players from Twitter, Facebook, crayons etc. Which led to some fun radio chatter about 1st amendment rights. Pssst, here's a secret, IT IS NOT A RIGHT TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE COACH IS THE BOSS AND HE MAKES THE RULES. IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM THERE ARE MANY FINE SMALLER SCHOOLS YOU CAN TRANSFER TO AND ENJOY PLAYING IMMEDIATELY. KILGORE COLLEGE, SAM HOUSTON STATE, WEST TEXAS A&M ARE JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS.
And that leads to these quick notes about Leach. As I stated after the game, Tech lives with Leach and Tech dies with Leach. He made the decisions last year that resulted in a heck of a year and he's making the decisions now. I state before every big game that Leach can outcoach himself and last saturday he proved it again. I'm sorry but going for it rather thank kicking a field goal was wrong. But only because of the game situation. A field goal gives you an 8 point lead and not only does your defense then only need to stop them on the next drive, if they don't then your defense only has to stop them from making the two point conversion. If they do not do that, your team gets the ball back and who knows what happens in the remaining minutes of the game and in over time. You run for it and get stuffed, you are screwed.
And Leach chose the difficult path and lost. And possibly lost this team.
GAME PREVIEW
This is short and sweet. UNM Lobos have a new coaching staff, new offense (spread option) and new defense (4-3 instead of 3-3-5). So all the players starting were recruited to run a completly different type of game than what this staff want to do. They lost 23 letterman and only have 9 returning starters. They were picked to finish dead last in the Mountain West and are off to 0-4 start ranking 118th in offense and 107th in defense.
Tech should kill them. Of course I've been wrong all year.
Texas Tech 53
UNM 17
FUN WITH NUMBERS
there's noting fun about this team right now
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