Tech officials soak in Raiders’ big win
By Terry Greenberg | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Kent Hance got a few congratulatory calls on Sunday.
“A friend of mine in College Station called and congratulated me … he said it was the greatest game he had ever watched on TV,” he said.
Gov. Rick Perry also called. “Hance … that was an exciting game,” he quoted Perry saying.
So did the president call?
“No … he was probably too shocked,” said Hance, chancellor of the Texas Tech System and master of the quip.
Hance, Tech President Guy Bailey and Athletic Director Gerald Myers were still enjoying the school’s dramatic win over the former No. 1 Texas Longhorns Saturday night at Jones AT&T Stadium and on national television.
For Bailey, his first Tech football season “couldn’t be a better one.”
And Sunday, he was like many Tech fans, struggling with a hoarse throat.
“I don’t have a voice today,” he said, adding he went through the “same emotions as everyone else … excitement, nervousness, anxiousness. I’m delighted we played at that level on a national stage and playing the No. 1 team better than even.”
His wife Jan, who went to Tech and Monterey High School, also had little voice left, he said.
“My wife’s dad … Clarence “Tim” Tillery … played on the freshman team when the varsity was last 9-0,” said Bailey.
Myers said, “It’s the biggest win we’ve ever had but we have games even more important coming up. Maybe we’ll have some other wins that will be just as big or bigger. We all need to come down, get our feet on the ground and get ready for the next game.”
Hance says he’s happy to greet visitors in the chancellor’s suite before and after the game and at halftime, but once the action starts, “I tell people I don’t want anyone bothering me during the game. I watch every little detail.” Then he added, “You can talk to me, but it’s $10 million” … referring to the minimum donation he’d need to stop watching the game.
Hance was intently watching the final minutes.
“When (Texas) started on their last drive, they were starting to eat up the clock and I said I hope they let them score fast so we can get the ball back. Some people around me were surprised,” he said.
Over in the athletic director’s suite, Myers had the same thoughts.
“It was pretty nerve-wracking when that clock was running and (Texas was) going toward the goal line. I was hoping there would be enough time left for us. It was like a slow death,” he said.
Even though Bailey’s only been at Tech a few months, he followed Tech for years because of his wife.
Based on that, and from what he’s seen this year, he had confidence the Raiders could win.
“I figured a minute and a half was time enough,” he said, after Texas took a 33-32 lead.
Back in Hance’s suite, spirits were lifted when Plainview’s Jamar Wall gave Tech good field position after his kickoff return.
A few plays later, Myers had to look away when a Longhorn looked as if he picked off a pass.
“When they had that deflected pass and it looked like that Texas defender caught it I said On no’ and turned around. Then they said he dropped it. You go to lowest of the lows to still having some hope,” he said.
Hance was hoping Tech could get close enough for a field goal, but when Michael Crabtree caught Graham Harrell’s pass and got into the end zone with one second left, the party began.
“My granddaughter was sitting beside me and we grabbed each other and we’re screaming. Bob Herd, (who recently donated $15 million for the petroleum engineering department), was high-fiving me. It was just nuts. Out of nowhere, (Tech regent) Wendy Sitton came over and started hugging me,” he said.
When asked if he was concerned when Tech fans stormed the field two times before the game ended, forcing Tech to kick off from its own 7-yard line, Hance said, “They were just excited, but they need to think if it’s something that will help the team.”
Bailey said, “Hopefully they’ll be more cautious next time. It was a little unnerving. We don’t want to lose a game.”
But he added the fans were generally well behaved.
Myers said, “I don’t want to criticize those students … they created so much excitement all week. It was a great week for Tech and Tech football and the students were a big part of it.
“They set the tone all week with Raiderville,” said Myers, thanking restaurants and Tech coaches who help feed the students as they camped out to get into the game.
“Then to cap it off with a win like that was unbelievable,” he said.
Hours after the game ended, Hance was at home, watching it again.
“I stayed up watching the game again until 2:30,” said Hance. “I didn’t erase it and I’m going to watch it a couple of other times.”
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I’ M GOING TO WATCH THE RECORED VERSION
AND NOW I CAN ENJOY THE GAME AND RELAX
GREAT JOB TT RED RAIDERS,EVERYONE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB,MY HATS OFF TO ALL,BEST FANS
IN THE WORLD……………….
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Note to Gerald Myers: First thing this morning, go to your desk, open your checkbook, write “Mike Leach” on the pay-to line, sign it and leave the rest blank.
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PLEASE don’t let Leach get a better offer. We must keep this thing going! Give him the city if we have to!
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If you need to but a donation box at the next game. We must keep Leach. Tech needs him because without him, his offense and his personality then I’m afraid we go back to where we were during the Spike Dykes era. Only selling out for A&M and UT. Class of ‘97.
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Jerry, you should open up your check book as well. :)
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Gerald and Kent,
Work on getting donations to keep Mike!!! We do not want
him to go anywhere!
He is one of the lowest paying coaches in the Big 12! He
needs a raise!!
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I have done so in the past and will continue to do so. But it is a good point, everyone needs to do whatever we can to keep Leach at Tech.
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You guys played great! You kicked our but the first half and then played us like a chess match in the end. 4 1/2 minute drive and then first and goal and you played a great acting job to let us in for a score to save the 1:29 left.
Well played and out coached. You all deserve the best on this one.
Hook-em
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W e have our third generation Red Raider attending Texas Tech this year. We were so proud of our team this week. We recorded this event and will watch it many times in the future.
We have heard rumors about other schools interested in Mike Leach.
KEEP MIKE!!!! HE NEEDS TO BE PAID LIKE MACK. LET HIM KNOW HOW PROUD WE ARE OF HIM AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR OUR TEAM.
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I agree with Jerry….give Mike Leach whatever he wants. There are a few big universities out there looking really hard at him. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee and everyone here keeps saying that they need Mike Leach since Phil Fulmer is pretty much on his way out. Please keep Mike Leach at Texas Tech.
I taped the game too and have already watched it again and will probably be watching it again tonight. GO RED RAIDERS.
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Mike Leach will be at TTU next season, there is no one in the admin who want him not to be…indeed, the opposite.
Mike Leach, in all likelyhood, also wants to be at TTU. I think he likes all that he has built for the program and for his identification with the program in the eyes of college football. The only thing that could get in the way is TTU’s ability to keep up with the salary growth in college football. Fans can help with that.
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What about Ruffin McNeil? He deserves a raise also!
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You guys finally beat a quality Team…TIme to see if you can do it three times in a row with okie st & ou up nexy. If you do, then you do indeed deserve a top spot in the rankings but I hardly believe you will get by all three…Your “mad scientist” almost lost the game again by calling another play w/ only 8 seconds left – if the Horns had tackled Crabtree in bounds then time would have expired and the boys wearing tt would have let another slip through their hands.
The month of November will be interesting – I still see the Horns or ou representing the Big 12 South in the Championship game in December.
Go Horns!
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Joe-Bob,we did beat a quality in UT but the “mad scientist” won the game for us not lose it for us.. “if and buts” will not work here. It was BAD defense on UT’s part.
Way to go Tech!!!
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I do admit that Texas did not play well in the 1H or conversely tt played very well. Either way, I am glad you guys are soo in luv w/ the “mad scientist” – he has provided you with an average of 8 wins / year. If tt is able to win a game against the mighty Horns every 5-6 years and that keeps you guys energized then more power to you. However, that will NEVER get you mentioned in the same breath as the nation’s top tier teams like usc, lsu, florida, ou and Texas.
Lets check back in 2 weeks after okie state and ou. If tt wins both of these games then you guys have good reason to be proud – if not, then you can savor the victory over the Horns and hope for another in 6 years.
Go Horns!
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Please, you Tech fans need to get over yourselves. The top players from across the state will go to Texas, Oklahoma, LSU and maybe even A & M. The second tier also go to those schools and a few to Tech. The fact of the matter is that Lubbock is in the middle of nowhere and offers an average education. I’m not trying to be rude just stating the facts. It does not matter if you keep Leach or not, you will only compete once every 4-5 years.
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Well Myers, we have spoken. Give Mike a blank check for the next 15 yrs.
Everyone needs to send an e mail to gerald myers asking him to extend leach for 15 yrs.
Its now the time to let our voices be heard as Tennessee is interested in Leacch as well as washington..
There will be other schools before the season is overwith… like clemson who is out a coach…
KEEP OUR CAPTAIN LEACH………….
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Our “Mad Scientist” needs to enlarge and post Joe Bob’s thoughts and post it for the players in the locker room. We need all the incentive Joe Bob…thanks.
Wreck ‘em!!
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Michael, I’m going to have to assume you’re in High School so I’ll ignore that rediculous comment. Lubbock was a cool town back in the early eighties when I went and I heard it’s even better now. Tech is a great institution of higher learning as is other fine Universities in Texas. For anyone from UT to think that Tech is not here to stay are sorely mistaken and don’t know alot about football. But you keep thinking…we’ll keep winning.
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Hey you sour HORNS! People get a great education at Tech. They are the top in Law, Medicine, Engineering, and Education. I never was privileged enough to go to Tech but I am so proud to say that I am a Red Raider through and through here in Dallas!! Way to go RAIDERS you nearly gave me a stroke but it was fun!
Now lets go whip up some Cowboys!!
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Watch the RED RAIDERS defeat Texas!
Go to http://www.ioffer.com/i/81614346
GO TECH!!!
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We need to get a fund to “Keep Leach”. Where can I send my money? Class of ‘64.
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Congratulations Red Raiders!!! What a fantastic game. It was so much fun here in North Carolina to listen to all of the tea siper excuses on why they got beat. That was the most enjoyable game to watch regardless of the teams.
Bring on the Cowboys!!!
TTU Class of ‘83
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It always cracks me up to here these smug UT, A&M, and OU fans speak lowly of Texas Tech even when we beat them. You know why you usually have more power and success? Money! You get loads more funds from the state than Tech, so we have to find money in other areas to build our facilities and hire our coaches. TECH SHOULD GET EQUAL PAY FROM TX STATE GOVERNMENT. Plus, you live in a more beautiful geographic area of the state, you have a big stadium, the largest scoreboard, …should I go on? At Tech, we need to sell our beautiful campus, traditions, the best band in the land, and our amazing coaches like Mike Leach’s ‘fun’ system to overcome these shortcomings. Tech’s facilities keep ramping up thanks to alumni donations (like mine), but I am not any where close to being a Boone Pickens like OSU has in their back-pocket. Please MONEY BAG LONGHORNS wake-up and be thankful for what you have before throwing those inferior insults at another school.
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Mack Brown just got through with his Monday news conference and spent the first half of the conference ranting about how bad Raider fans are and wants to outlaw post game on the field celebrations. This is just an underhanded way of insulting all of the Tech fans at the game
Saturday. Seeems you all were drunk and dangerous according to Mack Brown. It’s Mack Brown whining about losing a game.
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Well ignore all you want, I’m just stating the facts. I too am from West Texas and I grew up in the 80’s. Tech was a frat school and still is. Tech is a fine school but it doesn’t come close to UT at Austin. Why in the world would our kids from the inner city’s of Dallas or Houston or even the small towns across the great state of Texas pick Tech over UT? The kids that will go to Tech will be the one’s that UT, OU and LSU could not accept. It’s the truth and not mean spirited. Enjoy your victory, all I’m doing is stating the facts.
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I have to agree with Joe-Bob….if Tech makes it thru the month of November without losing, they definitely need to be in the championship game. However, I don’t see them getting past both OU and OSU.
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Michael heres a fact ! Your a jerk and you peronify all Longhorn fans. Those are your opinions not facts. The only fact is your a sore loser. West Texas is glad you left!
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Don’t mean to be a hater but Tech will never be at UT-Austin’s level year in and year out in any field, whether it be sports or academics. Nonetheless, if Tech finds a way to win the rest of their games, they definitely deserve the shot at the national title…I just don’t see them getting past both OSU or OU (and hopefully for UT’s sake Tech can find a way to lose both of them)
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I just don’t understand, oh high and mighty longhorn fans, why are you on a Lubbock online site if you don’t have much of an opinion of Lubbock and/or the Texas Tech Red Raiders?
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Brahma Bull…Read Ray’s comments above. It is true, you guys get all the money for your acedemics, etc. As far as academics:
To Quote article on Daily Toreador: “Graduation’s important because part of it is that everybody should come (to college) and get a degree,” Leach said. “The other part of it is, I’m not interested in having a bunch of unmotivated people who don’t take care of their business. I think ultimately it reflects on the field, as far as working together, to an extent.”
Tech football ranks second in the nation among public universities behind Nebraska. Tech had a 79 percent graduation rate compared to Texas’ 42 percent, Texas A&M’s 62 percent, Oklahoma’s 44 percent and the national percentage of 65 percent. END QUOTE
Hmmmm….seems Tech is doing quite well in the academics.
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Michael, Dude, be nice and let Tech fans enjoy their time. I grew up in west texas and the crops that feed your big mouth are beautiful to behold. During my working career I lived in the Austin and Dallas areas and I hate feeling like a salmon swiming up stream every day.I go to work Lubbock is a unique city with great down-to-earth people. Tech can beat big schools with the talent they can the wins are even sweeter.
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This isn’t about which school is better. It’s about celebrating a wonderful win in an exciting, national-attention-getting victory. I’m proud to be a Red Raider! And our team made me jump for joy on Saturday. In those last four minutes, I experienced every emotion I possible could (as did UT fans). Thankfully, that string of emotions ended in elation for us Red Raiders.
No discussion about who gets more funding or which part of the State is more desireable to live in has any business in this chit-chat. What a game! Raider haters, go away. You don’t belong to our victory party. Go to your Sixth Street bar and cry your eyes out in your designer beer. We Red Raiders are too happy to join you right now!
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Well put Mandy! We all had the same emotions of highs and lows within a matter of seconds of watching Saturday’s game that will be a classic for years to come whether you are on the losing or winning side. That is what makes college football such an amazing game. We all have our own school pride and traditions that live within us. Every game means so much more. No one can lose ONE GAME without consequences unlike the pro sports where losing will not take you out of the championship picture.
GO TECH!!! ALL THE WAY!!!
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Congrats Texas Tech…however, let’s not kid ourselves…if given the choice to go to UT-Austin or Tech, over 95% of the folks in Texas would want to go to UT-Austin. Celebrate your victory; however, there is a reason why this game was considered the biggest in Tech’s history but not even the most important for UT-Austin in the past month. As long as Techsters know where you stand in the overall food chain, then you won’t have any issues with the majority of Longhorn fans.
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and the other 5% are just lying….
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Brahma Bull – after removing your nose from your own a** please point it towards ground and continuing walking until you fall off a bridge. Ok, carry on.
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I think the majority of us respect UT more than A&M. UT never purposely broke Rodney Allison’s leg and jumped up and cheered about it like A&M did last time Tech was suppose to contend for the national championship (thus killing our chances.) Most Red Raider fans will know what I am talking about.
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I HAD SOME TECH ALUMNI FRIENDS FROM DALLAS AND UT ALUMNI FRIENDS COME STAY AT MY HOUSE FOR THE BIG GAME. I TOLD ONE OF MY FRIENDS IM NOT RECORDING THE GAME BECAUSE I WAS 0-3 WHEN I RECORD A HUGE NATIONAL TELEVISED TECH GAME. AFTER THE BIG GAME MOST OF US HAD LOST OUR VOICES AND MY FRIEND HAD TOLD ME HE HAD SET MY DVR AND RECORDED IT FOR ME. I DIDNT BELEIVE HIM BUT HE PROVED ME WRONG. I WAS SO THRILLED AND WE WATCHED THE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN. CALL US NUTS BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!
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Brahma Bull, to me it’s sad that you even think of college as a food chain. It was an EDUCATION and an EXPERIENCE for me. I had a wonderful time. I didn’t go to a big city commuter school. I went to a lively, fun, friendly college campus that was alive seven days a week. I wasn’t in a sorority and didn’t party my heart out, but I had an absolute blast at Tech! I wouldn’t trade that for the world.
As for your “food chain” comment, I work with Harvard grads, who office on all four sides of me. My work ethic, experience, work skills (many of which I got at Tech), and personality got me here. It’s a shame that you think life is about the name of the college. I think life is about working hard, loving others, and doing the best you can with what life gives you. If I had the self-defeatist attitude that you think us Red Raiders should have, I don’t think I’d be here. But thankfully I don’t have your attitude! It sounds like attitude (and a bad one, at that) is all you have.
Like I said earlier, you don’t belong to our celebration.
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Wow. Tech must of have scared these UT guys good. They have spent the day on a Lubbock online news board validating themselves and their school…like we don’t know where UT is and who they are. Red Raiders sure got their attention Saturday night with a good old West Texas whopping!
Micheal and Brahma, didn’t anyone teach you manners? Shame on you and keep your pouty “I’m better than you” whine to yourself. Your sour, false superiority degrades a well fought game by both teams.
Great job Leach, team, students, alumni, and visiting guests. For those of us outside of Lubbock watching Gamesday, viewing Raiderville, and watching the game, Saturday was priceless!!
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Brahma Bull… It’s obvious that you have self-esteem issues. I’m sure you are a hoot to be around at birthday celebrations and weddings. Calling out how the groom should have married someone else, or how much worse someone looks since their last birthday.
I graduated in the top 10% of my respected 5A high school, and I could have gone to any of the state schools. Which did I choose? Texas Tech. I enjoyed and had a great time in my trips to Austin and College Station, but wouldn’t trade them for the education and experience I had at Tech. I even lived in Austin doing a coop with IBM for a while during college. Loved it. In so doing, I worked along side UT and aTm students. Interesting thing was that I of all the schools I had been taught more skills and had more understanding of design than any of the other schools programs. It did surprise me at the time, but it also showed me that Texas Tech is a contender in every area. Football field or college classroom.
I really don’t have to defend Tech. I write this so you will know how ignorant you sound. People were saying the same thing you are saying 12 years ago when I was considering schools. Funny thing is many of my friends that went to other schools ended up wishing they had come to Tech instead. And some did transfer.
Every school has its pluses and minuses, but its pretty obvious that you are narrow minded and sulking about your loss. Our team just outplayed your team. Maybe we do it again against OSU and OU, maybe not. But we did against UT. So, thanks for the posts and the ridicule. At least we know we hit a nerve.
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Brahma Bull – my daughter toured all the major universities in Texas and Oklahoma both public and private before choosing Texas Tech. We got half way through the tour at Austin when she turned to me and told me she didn’t want to go to school at UT. She felt the people she had met on campus were just too artificiaI and that the attitude was they would be doing her a favor by allowing her to attend UT. She loved her years in Lubbock, both undergrad and grad school. Those that look down their nose at Tech have never attended school there.
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After reading the inmature comments from Michael and Brahma Bull, I truly think both are 9th graders at Lubbock High School. Mandy and Houston Raider are so right. More funding goes to UT and A&M so Tech has to work twice as hard for recognition!!! Tech students have a better work ethic and have better manners apparently than these two goof-offs. Get off this Lubbock AJ/Red Raider website!!!!!!!
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Just heard on ESPN that Mike Leach is talking to Tennessee, now that Fulmer is out.
I’m laughing my butt off right now. Again why would athletes want to come to Tech when your head coach is seeking employment elsewhere?
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Linda, you do Lubbock High a disservice….The Westerners are better than those two!!
And Denver Red Raider ‘86, thank you for reminding me why I enjoying beating the aggies.
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Congratulations on a great win. Stephanie is right about Tech needing to work to keep Coach Leach. I am visiting your site because Coach Fulmer has resigned as head coach at the University of Tennessee and your Coach Leach is the current favorite to replace Fulmer (knoxnews.com). He may not be interested but this place is football crazy. The last time Tennessee had fewer than 60,000 fans at a game was in the 1950’s – when that was the stadium capacity. We have averaged over 100,000 at every home game for over 15 years and there will be 90,000 show up Saturday to watch a 3 win UT play Wyoming. No one really knows what the upper limit of pay will be for an SEC coach – the 4 highest paid coaches college or pro are here now – but the $5,000,000+ Saban is getting at AL seems like a bargain to many Tennessee fans.
Texas fans do appear to be bad losers. You have got a great student body and incredible fan support.
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Michael is a troll who cut and paste his attention seeking comments on most articles today. Nothing to see here…
Don’t respond to him and he will go away like most malcontents.
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Hey Michael, people like you are the reason that so many people can’t stand U.T. fans. The arrogance and ignorance you display are truly amazing. Here’s a thought, get a life and quit spending so much time on Tech websites!
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To Gerald Myers:
Gerald,
I’m so proud of Tech, I’ve spent the last two days reading every possible article about Tech and Leach that I could find, and I’m finally going to join the alumni association. I went to the on-line store website and bought three new t-shirts. This is a fantastic time for Tech. Don’t let Leach get away. I’ve read in some articles that ya’ll are waiting until the end of the season to reevaluate his contract. I don’t think that’s a good idea, unless you want the fans to turn against you. -Richard 92
Go Raiders! (Pirates)
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They haven’t said Leach is talking to Tennessee. They mentioned his name as a possible. Quit starting rumors.
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Tech and Lubbock have nothing to offer Leach. If Tech goes to a BCS bowl or even the Championship game ( If there is a football God they won’t ) Leach will be gone.
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Hey Carl I wouldn’t be talking. The Tech fans are the worst in the big 12. I’m a Tech fan but I’m embarrassed in what I see at the games.
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Carl you actually have a thought?
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To add to the comments: My daughter was accepted to both UT and Texas A&M and CHOSE to go to Texas Tech. That was 8 years ago and she has never regretted it. The reason we get so angry with you Longhorns and Aggies is because we get tired of you thinking you are so much better than everyone else. No one should criticize where a person decides to continue their education – they should commend them. Personally, I never even entertained the notion of going to UT, but I would never criticize anyone that chose to go there.
We were at the game Saturday night and I thought the fans were fabulous — so what if their enthusiasm got a little ahead of itselt? It’s that enthusiam that helped inspire our team to play until the very last second and never give up! Although we won’t be at the game this weekend, I hope the crowd is just as rowdy as it was Saturday night! GUNS UP!!
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After having a beer thrown at me after Gideon’s dropped “interception” while watching the game in Austin, all I can say is Tech fans, please stay classy. The UT fans here were the worst losers I’ve ever seen, bar none. Yeah, a tough loss, but childish, boorish, self-indulgent, spoiled – I’m having a tough time finding more adjectives to describes what I witnessed on Saturday. The orange and white nitwits did a huge disservice to their team, which showed some great spirit by staying in the game until the last second. But my previous sporting rivalry against UT has now turned to a deep disgust. Not all the UT fans were complete losers, but in the bar I was at far more than half dont seem to have a grasp on anything resembling civilized behavior. Here’s to hoping TTU continues to play great for the rest of the season, and that UT gets their a** handed to them by Baylor. A few more lessons of humility would be nice for the horns.
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redblack4ever if I have 3 resumes in front of me and each resume represents Tech, A & M and UT, I’ll be the first person to say that I probably wouldn’t even look at the one from Tech.
Go Owls
Rice Class of 74
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I could have gone to any undergraduate and graduate school I wanted, but I chose Tech (BA, 1974, MBA 1983). It doesn’t appear to have hurt me any in my life or in my career. I enoy a six figure salary and fantastic career, I live in Austin, and I have supervised whiz kids from Stanford and Harvard and tu who couldn’t find their derriere with both hands. I have always felt that you can take the boy out of West Texas but you can’t take West Texas out of the man. I plan to retire to West Texas in a few years, and as Mac Davis says “you can bury me in Lubbock Texas…in my jeans”.
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To Texas Born:
And I guess that would be YOUR mistake — you might be missing out on a fine employee. Sounds like my daughter might be wiser than you.
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And who’s going to look at a Rice resume????
1986 Tech grad
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I just offer the following to those that have an interest in TTU academics. I attended Tech, B.S.Ch.E 86. I turned down full scholarships to MIT and the Colorado School of Mines before I choose Tech. Tech’s offer of scholarships and in-state tuition to high-performing applicants was a generous and important contributing factor, though the attention to undergraduate education in the College of Engineering was the main draw.
I was awarded an National Science Foundation fellowship to graduate school on graduation from Tech – thanks to an excellent and broad undergraduate curriculium, as well as unique opportunties to interact with Tech professors for individual research projects – and choose to do my Ph.D. at UC Berkeley (Ch.E.,1991).
I had the oppurtunity to teach a few key Chemical Enginering courses at UCB for a few years (unit operations lab) and compare students there to the folks back at Tech. I would put Tech’s undergraduate engineering education up against ANY school in the country. Period.
At present, I’m a senior manager with a National Laboratory, have hired dozens of recruits, and continue to favor Tech grads for our engineering divisions. I use my education from Tech everyday, and still recall great lectures and content from my many undergraduate courses.
A simple fact is your education is as much in your control and you will succeed in proportion to the dedication you demonstrate. Tech can provide the dedicated staff, professors, courses, facilities, and content, but ultimately, YOU have to want to succeed and learn. I’ll put Tech engineering graduates up against those from high-powered private schools anyday. I know, I’ve hired hundreds from around the country, and Tech continues to provide outstanding basics to our engineers.
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I’m pretty pleased where my “low-grade, third rate, frat school” Tech education has taken me, Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital. So I guess its a good thing someone from Rice or some other “good” institution wouldn’t have had me, they may have held me back…
Wreck ‘em!
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I’ll be the first one to say it since no one else will.
#1 reason not to go to Texas Tech.
Majority are Ignorant, Racist Rednecks
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No doubt TT did itself proud, but like the aggies, you make way too much of a deal out of playing Texas, like it’s the only game there is. Whatever your fixation is with Texas you need to get over it. Your obsession with Texas is like that of a little brother wanting to outdo his big brother. If TT is ever going to get real respect they need to start acting like Texas is just another school and nothing special.
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Another reason not to go to TT is because they are a bunch of snobs. They accuse other schools of being snobish but in reality Tech is the real snob. If you read their purerile and pathetic comments you see very quickly they believe themselves to be morally and intellectually superior to all the other schools. My daughter took a tour of TT last year and she said all they talked about was how students at other schools were just a bunch of rich kids or they thought they were something special, too special to go to a school like Tech. She said the few professors she met seemed to be real nice but the kids she met were just full of themselves. She attends Sam Houston State Univ in Huntsville, which she says doesn’t have the inferiority complex that students at Tech had. Maybe Tech should look itself in the mirror and take stock before it attacks others schools for being something less than perfect as Tech seems to think it is.
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