BOWL PREVIEW and the Mack Story that won't end

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Bowl	Location/Tickets	Date/Time	Network
Gildan New Mexico Washington State vs. Colorado State	Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium	Dec. 21 2 p.m.	ESPN
Royal Purple Las Vegas Fresno State vs. USC	Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 21 3:30 p.m.	ABC
Famous Idaho Potato  Buffalo vs. San Diego State	Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium	Dec. 21 5:30 p.m.	ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans Tulane vs. Louisiana-Lafayette	New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Dec. 21 9 p.m.	ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg East Carolina vs. Ohio	St. Petersburg, Fla. Tropicana Field	Dec. 23 2 p.m.	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii Boise State vs. Oregon State	Honolulu Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24 8 p.m.	ESPN
Little Caesars Pizza Pittsburgh vs. Bowling Green	Detroit Ford Field	Dec. 26 6 p.m.	ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Utah State vs. Northern Illinois	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 26 9:30 p.m.	ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Marshall vs. Maryland	Annapolis, Md. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium	Dec. 27 2:30 p.m.	ESPN
Texas Syracuse vs. Minnesota	Houston Reliant Stadium	Dec. 27 6 p.m.	ESPN
Fight Hunger BYU vs. Washington	San Francisco AT&T Park	Dec. 27 9:30 p.m.	ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Rutgers vs. Notre Dame	Bronx, N.Y. Yankee Stadium	Dec. 28 Noon	ESPN
Belk Cincinnati vs. North Carolina	Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 28 3:20 p.m.	ESPN
Russell Athletic Miami vs. Louisville	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Dec. 28 6:45 p.m.	ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings Michigan vs. Kansas State	Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 28 10:15 p.m.	ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Middle Tennessee vs. Navy	Fort Worth, Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium	Dec. 30 11:45 a.m.	ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech	Nashville, Tenn. LP Field	Dec. 30 3:15 p.m.	ESPN
Valero Alamo Oregon vs. Texas	San Antonio Alamodome	Dec. 30 6:45 p.m.	ESPN
National University Holiday Arizona State vs. Texas Tech	San Diego Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 30 10:15 p.m.	ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Arizona vs. Boston College	Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium	Dec. 31 12:30 p.m.	ESPN
Hyundai Sun Virginia Tech vs. UCLA	El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl	Dec. 31 2 p.m.	CBS
AutoZone Liberty Rice vs. Mississippi State	Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl	Dec. 31 4 p.m.	ESPN
Chick-fil-A Duke vs. Texas A&M	Atlanta Georgia Dome	Dec. 31 8 p.m.	ESPN
TaxSlayer.com Gator Nebraska vs. Georgia	Jacksonville, Fla. Everbank Field	Jan. 1 Noon	ESPN2
Heart of Dallas UNLV vs. North Texas	Dallas Cotton Bowl	Jan. 1 Noon	ESPNU
Capital One Wisconsin vs. South Carolina	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 1 1 p.m.	ABC
Outback Iowa vs. LSU	Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 1 1 p.m.	ESPN
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Stanford vs. Michigan State	Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl	Jan. 1 5 p.m.	ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta UCF vs. Baylor	Glendale, Ariz. U. of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 1 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
Allstate Sugar Oklahoma vs. Alabama	New Orleans Louisiana Superdome	Jan. 2 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
Discover Orange Clemson vs. Ohio State	Miami Sun Life Stadium	Jan. 3 8:30 p.m.	ESPN
AT&T Cotton Oklahoma State vs. Missouri	Arlington, Texas AT&T Stadium	Jan. 3 7:30 p.m.	FOX
BBVA Compass Vanderbilt vs. Houston	Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field	Jan. 4 1 p.m.	ESPN
GoDaddy Arkansas State vs. Ball State	Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 5 9 p.m.	ESPN
VIZIO BCS National Championship No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 2 Auburn	Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl	Jan. 6 8:30 p.m.	ESPN

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PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH vs New Mexico

Whatever it is that you do you should do, you should do with your head held high. – PINK (yep I’m hitting the bottom of the barrel for lyrics)

Where:  Jones AT&T Stadium

When:  6:00pm Central

TV:  Fox Sports Channel

Weather:  low 70s, partly rainy chance of rain

Line:  Tech -33.5

The mighty Lobos of New Mexico make their bi-annual trip to the slaughterhouse in Lubbock this week as the Red Raiders look to get everything setup for Big 12 play.

But before we get into this week’s game, let’s look back to last week…

You really can’t bitch about anything the Red Raiders did against Texas State last week. The beat them on offense, defense and special teams. It was the kind of game Tech needed and wanted to have. Great job all around. 58 -10 has a nice ring to it.

So in limps New Mexico after getting their butts handed to them by the Longhorns in Austin last weekend.

This has been a bad team for years. Bob Davie for some reason decided to leave the warm confines of ESPN’s college broadcast and come back to coaching after a bad tenure at Notre Dame to try and resurrect this moribund program. I don’t know why, I mean I really don’t know why.  This team was 1-11 last year and 3-33 that past three years overall. They are awful.

Here’s what you need to know. They are installing a new offense under Davie, the triple option but they have no threat to throw as their QB is beat up and has been pretty inefficient to say the least all year.

This is gut check game for the entire defense. New Mexico is going to try and control the clock as much as they can and just run and run.

BEST GUESS

TECH      52

NM        17

FUN WITH NUMBERS

22 – Straight road loses by the lobos

76 – Total points given up by New Mexico in two games.

4 – Tech’s rank in total defense (according to SI.com) take it while you got it

GUNS UP!

TEXAS TECH vs Texas State Preview

I tried to find any songs about San Marcos but nobody has yet to be inspired by visiting a city known for its Outlet Mall it appears.

Where:  Jim Wacker Field, San Marcos

When:  6:00pm Central

TV:  ESPN3 (that’s the internet)

Weather:  mid 80s, some wind

Line:  Tech -18

The Texas Tech Red Raiders begin to play real football, at least technically FBS level football when they travel down to the packed 30,000 seat stadium in San Marcos to take on the Texas State Bobcats.

But before we get into this week’s game, let’s look back to last week…

Well, if there would have been a line the Red Raiders wouldn’t have covered. But they took care of business. Seth Doege and Eric Stephens came back and for the most part looked good, not great. Nice surprise was Kenny Davis getting 75 yards on the ground. 13 different players caught at least one pass and it was virtual 50/50 split of run to pass.

Best part was defense.  They only allowed 84 yards of total offense and 6 first downs. Outstanding.

Now comes some “real” competition. I use quotation marks on real as I don’t know what the Bobcats have got. Are they closer to the team that Tech whipped 50-10 last year? Or are they closer to the team that won their first FBS game as a member of the WAC against a Houston team on the road last week (a Houston team who is replacing their Head Coach, QB, and lord knows who else). Guess we will find out.

Dennis Franchione is rebuilding this team and his reputation and they sure seem to be on the right track. Their defense held last year’s top offense to just 13 points, though a lot of yards (sounds eerily familiar). Their offense seems to be fairly balanced as they led on the ground by Marcus Curry with 131 yards and 2 TDs. Their QB, Shawn Rutherford completed almost 20  passes for 196 yards to 7 different receivers.

If I had any faith in Tuberville, which I have surprisingly little of, I would chalk this up to an easy win. However, until we see what this team really after a few more games is see a 14 pt win.

San Marcos Outlet Mall

BEST GUESS

TECH      42

TSU        28

FUN WITH NUMBERS

105 – seasons of playing intercollegiate football for Texas State

2006 – Last time the Red Raiders held an opponent to 6 or less points

49 – total number of plays that Northwestern State was able to run, North Texas had 46 in 2000

GUNS UP!

ESPN RECAP OF LAST GAME FOR TECH

ESPN RECAP OF LAST GAME FOR TSU

PREVIEW: TEXAS TECH VS Northwestern State

He’s got fishing lines strung across the Louisiana rivers ,Gotta catch a big fish for us to eat
He’s setting traps in the swamp catching anything he can  He’s gotta make a living, he’s a Louisiana Man
Lousiana Man – Doug Kershaw (hey sometimes its tough to intro w/ song lyrics)

Where:  Jones Stadium, Lubbock

When:  6:00pm Central

TV:  Fox Sports Plus

Weather:  mid 90s, clear no wind

Line:  no line due to crappy school

This is week one of Tech’s 88^th season. There is lots on the line but this games is nothing but a glorified scrimmage. Which is good, cause after hitting your teammates for weeks, you need to get a test against an opponent. Albeit in this case and opponent you should dismantle.

The Northwestern State (Louisiana) Demons take the field against Tech. They are brining back 22 offensive and defensive starters, most of which are Seniors and Juniors. So these guys have been playing together long enough to not be picked up by any FBS school. Congrats.

This is short and sweet. Their QB is good, completing almost 62% of his throws. Their defense is lead by Derek Rose who is a two-time All American at this level of play. And they have a ten players, some starting, who transferred to the school last year.

The Red Raiders need to focus on establishing the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and block for Doege so he can pass for 400 yards and most importantly, get some pressure on the other guys QB.

BEST GUESS

NS Alum

TECH      56

NwSt     17

FUN WITH NUMBERS

75- 7 – score of the game from the last time these two teams met

58-26-3 – Red Raiders all-time opening day record

4 – number of new coaches on Tech sideline after last year’s train wreck

GUNS UP!

2012 TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL PREVIEW

Have you heard about the lonesome loser, beaten by the queen of hearts every time

Have you heard about the lonesome loser, he's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin' – Little River Band

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy. Ah you just can’t look at the 2012 Texas Tech Red Raider team and think of Tubs. He’s tenure resembles that one friend you have that is going to Vegas with ‘his’ system and going to come home HUGE winner. Of course the first night he comes out slightly ahead and he’s kind of talking smack thinking he’s just warming up.

Then the second night, he just gets hammered. But it wasn’t his fault, the system works, but the dealer was hot or the idiot sitting next to him took his card cause he hit on 19 (who hits on 19!!!!)

Now it’s the 3^rd day, his bags are packed and he’s only got an few hours to break even. Screw the system, he’s playing multiple hands, doubling down trying everything… and I got a good idea that he’s going to be on a southwest flight home broken hearted. Along with a bunch of pissed off Red Raider fans.

Welcome to your 2012 Texas Tech football team. Its anything goes this year. Defensive Coordinator? How about 4^th one in 4 years. Defensive system? 3^rd in 3 years. JUCO Players? Why, not it worked for Bill Snyder and KSU for years lets give it a shot. I’m waiting to see that Tech is going to try the wishbone (which UT might want to consider this year). It’s a make it or break it year for Tuberville, he knows it, the fans know it, his players know it. The only person who doesn’t, and is probably too stubborn to know it is Hance. It only took him and this staff two years to wreck what it took Spike and Leach 20 years to build.

OFFENSE

Well at least we mostly know what we have here. Seth Doege is back and will probably put up another year of ridiculous numbers and over 4,500 yards passing.  His back up is Michael Brewer from Lake Travis who’s been riding the pine for a year. If you don’t know about Lake Travis and what they’ve been doing in Texas High School football check it out. But don’t look at the last stud QB from Travis, cause he didn’t work out too well for the Horns.

Eric Stephens is back at running back after suffering a horrible hit against the Aggies (I still think it was a late hit, but I’ll let it go).  And one of the JUCO guys, SaDale Foster sounds like he’s getting ready to pick up any slack that is needed.

And the wide receiving corps is basically all back with Moore, Ward, Torres and the gang essentially all back.

The offensive line, which as a little a few months ago was  then a strength is now probably the biggest concern. There are possible big things coming from LaDanian Waddle at left tackle. After that, due to injury and the arrival and very quick departure of Brian Thomas from A&M (that move was not Red Ass), its going to be a mix of guys moving from where they were going to play back to where they played last year, to young guys stepping up.

Overall, unless something drastically bad happens against medium to poor teams, this squad will put up points. However, you still have to wonder what in the world happened against ISU and OSU last year when they only scored 13 points combined.

DEFENSE

Pray. Pray often, pray loudly. That’s literally the best option for Tech this year. Tuberville has gone back to one of his old D-coordinators after the young TCU coach and his 4-2-5 scheme imploded.  This part of the team was so bad last year, you literally saw them stop trying on the field. They were not even competing by the end of the year and gave up a school record 471 points and ranked dead last against the run. Awesome!

In the Big 12 you better be able to stop the pass and that’s why the focus on signing day was bring in a bunch of JUCO bandaids and see if you can stop the bleeding.  They are going to be taking the field with a bunch of returning players from last years squad. That ain’t good.

Anyone remember that last good linebacker Tech had? Still Zach Thomas? That is getting to be a said story. JUCO’s here too. Plus a few returners.

And lets just say that having a defensive line that could stop a freshmen B team would be nice.

PREDICTIONS – 7-5 (being generous here)

Sept 1                   Northwestern State       W

 Sept 8                 @ Texas State               W

Sept 15                 New Mexico                 W

 Sept 29                @ Iowa State                W

Oct 6                      Oklahoma                    L

Oct 13                   West Virginia                L

Oct 20                   @ TCU                        L

Oct 27                   @Kansas State             W

Nov 3                    Texas                            L

Nov 10                  Kansas                          W

Nov 17                  @ Oklahoma State        L

Nov 24                  Baylor (Arlington)          W

GUNS UP!

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