PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH VS OKLAHOMA STATE

Deed is done again, we've wonAin't talking no tall tales friend

'Cause high noon, your doom Comin' for you we're the cowboys from hell – Cowboys from Hell, Pantera

When: 11:00 am Nov 12

Where:  Jones Stadium, Lubbock

TV:  ABC

Weather:  low 70s, windy

Line: -17 OSU

Hey Tech fans, remember when we beat OU in Norman and things we looking great for the rest of the season? No? Anyone? Coach Tuberville put your hand down.  Well how about another shot at knocking off the #2 team in the nation at home, yep not feeling it.

But before we get into the OSU Cowboys, lets look back at last week…

I think the refs just signaled another touchdown for the Longhorns. This time they started at the own 1 inch line and in three quick  runs, score again. How can Tech not field a defense on a weekly basis? Are they that thin that with injuries you are fielding a six-man squad against UT? The Horns didn’t even have their starting RB, but their back up managed to put up almost 200 yds and 3 TDs. 489 yards on the ground. Stellar effort there. 0-4 against A&M and UT Tubs. You can’t go 0-4 at Auburn against Bama because they’d fire your butt, but keep it up. Its all coming together.

So this week Tech gets to rebound from that shellacking with a nice matchup against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Its in Lubbock, but so was the Iowa State game. The Cowboys come in looking to go 10-0 and secure a spot in the BCS title game.

Gundy and the OSU staff looked at what Tech was doing in the ‘00s and said, we like it lets do it better. Well by bringing in Brandon Weeden , Justin Blackmon and Joseph Randle they have a scoring machine, averaging over 50 pts a game.  And Randle ranks 2^nd in the Big 12 in rushing. Fantastic!

So Tech comes into this with a shredded defense, still questionable special teams and an offense that has managed to score 27 points in the last two games (and remember one of those games was Iowa State). I’m still waiting for the inevitable press release in December (assuming no bowl game) that Doege is hurt and that’s the real reason for the collapse so don’t worry next year will be different, purchase those season tickets now.

Hopefully Tech surprises everyone! They need one more win to be eligible for TicketCity or Pin Stripe Bowl.

BEST GUESS

OSU 59

Tech 10

FUN WITH NUMBERS

2  Number of passes UT completed and they were still up 31-6

93-27 Points Tech has surrendered and scored in last two games

.803 Tech’s winning percentage at home since 2002.

GUNS UP!

PREVIEW TEXAS TECH VS UT

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“They say misery loves company. We coud start a factory and make misery. FRUSTRATED. INCORPORATED” – Soul Asylum, Misery

When: 11:00 am Nov 5

Where: Austin, DKR Stadium

TV: FX (look for the rotating announcer logos, its like FX is spoofing FOX)

Weather:  low 70s, sunny

Line: -14.5 UT (opened at -9)

Alright alright alright. Time for another matchup between the Longhorns and the Red Raiders. Got NO clue what team is traveling to Austin for Tech, but before we get to that, lets briefly look back on the past two week….(sorry boss came to town so no writing)

OU – 41-38. A Huge WIN in Norman, we’re the best team ever.

ISU – 41-7. To quote Norm McDonald “What the H?”

Ok Coach Tuberville, to continue the Soul Asylum song lets see if you can make the cure, because you made the disease. Good lord, I don’t know what to take out of that Iowa State game. About the only thing good is that there is no written record of Wisdom of the Crowd’s preview with a 42-7 Tech win prediction.

Tech is beat up across the board. Against ISU they lost another two starters and the backups look like they had no clue what to do. On offense, I swear Doege must be injured. Against the Cyclones he didn’t step into throws, floated passes and was just about as accurate as Zebbie Lethridge with a head cold.

So now you get to lick your wounds by hoping on a plane and flying down to Austin.  In case you don’t have the Longhorn Network (and that’s pretty much everyone), you missed them picking apart Kansas. But UT has some issues as their losses to OU and OSU showed. Now the Oklahoma State game could have been much closer than it was, but OU just destroyed UT both offensively and defensively.  That has got to give every Red Raider fan some hope.

UT on defense has some holes. Against the two “good” schools they played and lost to, they gave up an average of 46.5 points. Now those were to two Top 10 national offenses. Tech was another Top 10 offense until last week so that’s good.

Offensively, I still think their rotation of Ash and McCoy at quarterback is a bad idea and they should settle on one. And here’s a hint, the coaching staff is very much rumored to be leaning hard towards Ash. The horns have two great backs to. Malcolm Brown gets the majority of the carries, but Fozzie Whittaker gets his touches to.

And then there is some kid named Shipley. And than name should strike fear into any Big 12 defense.

Overall, I want to throw out the best and worst games for both these teams. Doing that, I think Tech has a pretty good shot here and knowing that UT fans will not be at full tilt for 11 am kick, DKR might not be the usual canyon of doom for tech.

But then history slaps you right in the face. The Longhorns have won two straight against the Red Raiders and lead the all-time series  44-15 and Tech hasn’t won in Austin since 1997. Tech has a puncher’s chance.

BEST GUESS

Tech – 35

UT – 38

FUN WITH NUMBERS

16-32 Doege’s passing stats last week against ISU

4-0 Tech’s road record stretching back to last year

1928 – Year that these two teams first met. UT won in Austin 12-0

GUNS UP!