Tech one round away from getting title shot
By Don Williams l Lubbock Avalanche Journal
A scratch golfer buddy of mine recently asked me what’s the toughest thing to do in golf? He answered his own question by saying, “To follow up a good round.”
So in a column about football, I’ll borrow a golf analogy here and say Texas Tech has just shot three straight rounds in the 60s. One more and the Red Raiders will have, well, their first major title. Never mind what the rankings say: Two weeks from now in Norman, it’s the Rocco Raiders squaring off with a veritable Tiger in Oklahoma, a program that’s won no Big 12 titles against a machine that’s won five this decade.
The Red Raiders proved their No. 2 BCS ranking is legitimate after trouncing Oklahoma State 56-20 on Saturday night at Jones AT&T Stadium. Tech’s Michael Crabtree (5) celebrates with Eric Morris (12) and Tramain Swindall (11) after scoring one of Tech’s six touchdowns on consecutive possessions.
I wouldn’t expect the Raiders to come through on the road in that one, but hey. I’m blown away by 10-0, and how easy the Raiders made it look the last three weeks in getting there. In expecting a 10-2 season, clearly, I and a lot of other people underestimated this team.
Maybe if I had just overheard that conversation between Graham Harrell and Eric Morris on Tech’s team flight back from the Gator Bowl last January.
“He told me, ‘We’ve got a chance to be really special next year, ‘ and I said, ‘Yeah, we do, ‘ ” Harrell said after his 456-yard, six-TD night. “Being 10-0′s great, but we have two regular-season games ahead of us. We want to go 12-0. That’s our goal.”
In trying to achieve that, the Raiders are peaking at the right time.
After bludgeoning Kansas two weeks ago, then upsetting No. 1 Texas, Tech was vulnerable like a guy who’d just broken up with his girl: The Red Raiders had expended a ton of emotion, but they needed to maintain that same fine edge on Saturday. Does anyone doubt that they did after a 56-20 rout of Oklahoma State? Letdowns? Maybe for another full house of fans that showed up thinking they’d need to cheer hard to the very end. Not much need for that after the Raiders built up three-touchdown leads twice in the third quarter.
The marquee matchup of the national co-leaders in touchdown catches turned out to be a dud. Mike Crabtree, who had five three-touchdown games in his first six career games, had had just one this season. It was Oklahoma State’s Dez Bryant who had had all the monster games.
Going head to head, though, Crabtree asserted himself in the red zone with three touchdown catches. Bryant made one big play, didn’t score, and his night was encapsulated by one play late in the first half. Having gotten open on a deep route, Bryant let Zac Robinson’s pass go off his hands, even before Tech safety Anthony Hines came angling across to break it up.
Bottling up Bryant was the most obvious thing the Tech defense pulled off, but not the only thing for a group that’s been all about dishing out lows lately. They held Kansas to a 20-game low in total offense, Texas to a 16-game low in rushing. Oklahoma State scored a season low. Until their final, meaningless series, one that started with fewer than three minutes left, the Cowboys were sitting on a 22-game low in rushing.
This from a team that, for five years, had shredded Tech with one long-range touchdown after another in the run game.
“I think we’ve grown big time. Really big time how we’ve grown, ” said middle linebacker Brian Duncan, who had a team high 11 tackles. “I think we’ve come a long way. Our chemistry as a team has come a long way. I’m really excited and looking forward to the future.”
Add it all up and the Raiders are 10-0 now with time off to get ready for the next “biggest game in school history.” That bye week does everyone good. The Raiders can catch their breath and have more days to gear up for the Sooners.
With all due respect to a group of mostly 18- to 22-year-olds, they might not fully grasp what just a 10-win season means to a community and long-suffering Tech fans. With the stakes growing by the week, the buildup to the Tech-OU will equal or surpass that for Tech-UT. That means we’re in for two more weeks of buzz about town and national media that can’t afford to turn an eye away from Lubbock.
For long-suffering Tech fans and the city, it’s been a long time coming.
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Texas Tech is college football version of the Chicago Cubs.
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WE BELIEVE Red Raiders…..WE BELIEVE! Congratulations on a great win! WRECK ‘EM!!!
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Frank,
I hope your wrong about the Cubs analogy. The Cubs have been talented but haven’t pulled off the big win. I hope we are the Red Soxs of College Football, who after years in the shadow of a dominate team (the Yankees) became world champions. I hope that our years in the shadows of OU and TU are behind us and we become the champs!!!
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Did anyone else hear the anouncer say during the game “what else are you going to do in Lubbock, Texas on a Friday night.”?
Guess people who have never lived here and are as ignorant about our fair city as they are about the “true talent” the Red Raiders possess will always feel the urge to bash our city if they can’t find anything bad to say about the team. Yeah, guess I was a little ticked at his careless attempt at poor humor.
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Actually, the Raiders are two rounds away and I think Coach Leach will convey that based on the showing last night. After moving from Lubbock a couple of years ago and having lived and worked there for nearly 40 years, I can tell you , this football team has helped put Lubbock on the map. Unfortunately, (or vice versa) it takes these type events to showcase a great town, a great university, and more importantly, great people. I am humbled to have been a part of Lubbock for 5 decades. There is a large part of me and my essence that carries the llano estacado. No longer can it be said: “Texas Tech; where men are men and women are national champions!” This is true now no matter the results of the last two “rounds.” (Well, sorta.) ;<)
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If I read Another SleptRock comment, I will stop reading the Lubbock Availanche Online Until the end of the season. Stick to the facts, leave the voodo stuff to the opponents, beat writers. Lets talk about personnel, stats, and coaching style or dreams do come true with hard work.
Guns UP#27
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Enjoy the ride, Mr. Britton– your kiddo is having a dream season, and has been a big part of Tech’s success during this historic run. He’s having some of his best career moments on the biggest stage imaginable!
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As an alum living in OK (& married to a Sooner gal), I could not be more excited about the game in Norman. My greater fear is that Leach will leave & go to the Vols at seasons’ end but I’m counting on Chancellor Hance (& not Myers) to ensure Mike & his coaching pirates stay.
Wreck ‘Em Tech! Beat the Sooners.
Guns Up.
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Miami Bound?
Would people in West Texas even know how to behave or act in Miami? Just the thought of people from West Texas in South Beach is funny and sad at the same time to tell you the truth. If Texas Tech does go to Miami I hope someone in Lubbock AJ writes an article on class and style. Something the fans in Lubbock lack.
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Texas Born,
You are completely wrong and pretty classless yourself in saying what you did. Folks who call Lubbock and the South Plains home are some of the nicest, most classy people in the entire world.
The students can get pretty rowdy at times, but you’ll find that at most campuses around the country. South Beach could use a dose of West Texas style, and if the team continues to play well one-week-at-a-time, that’s just what they’re going to get.
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TO Texas Bound:
Apparently you were not any games these past few weeks. I was, and a great celebration after Texas game was expected. The fans didn’t bother the UT players, they just celebrated. Total class against the OSU team and ending. The only lack of class or style is your jealous attitude from would I dare to say antohre Texas school that not going to be at the party!!!! Don’t be too sad for your own team. I’m sure your and its blue chip players can dine in their own self absorbing alumni stew. As for we Tech Alum and fans, we will just stay as happy as we can for as long as we can.
Wreck’ Em, TECH
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The previous post was for Texas Born not bound.
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Dear whoever is “Texas Born”… if you are actually from Texas and I don’t feel you are, you would know first hand how we as “true texans” feel about our class of football and upbringing. I’m not only a proud Texan first, but a texan that lives in Florida. My choice. For the record, Lubbockites are some of best people in Texas.
Just like football, towns are measured by statistics. i.e. growth, economy, standard of living, etc…Now, if Raiderville does occupy a temporary resisdence in South Beach, I’ll be one of the first to cast my tent and welcome anyone to show my west-texas-raised-class of hospitality and style! Guns Up! allover Texas and especially in Florida!
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TexasBorn needs his diaper changed.
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As a longtime Longhorn fan and graduate, I have to tip my hat off to Texas Tech. I live in SEC country and I can say that the Raiders are a great team. I can’t wait to see any one of the Big 12 South teams play against the SEC for the BCS Championship. Too bad that there are so many great teams in the Big 12.
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I’d dearly love to move back home to Lubbock. Not just because I wish I was there to feel part of the excitement (although I do wish that), but because Lubbock is a such a wonderful place in itself. Other than the climate, Lubbock is perfect: lots of shopping, lots of things to do, and lots and lots of great restaurants. The people are friendly and, yes, they ARE polite. If I had been at that victory over Texas, I’d have probably lost my head and run down on that field with the students. And, although it’s possible to get hung up in traffic, Lubbock does not have the hour long or more pileups that are in the bigger cities like here in Houston; you can get almost anywhere you want to go in Lubbock without committing half your day to it. If you’re not happy with the public schools, there are plenty of private options and an enormous homeschool support group for those who choose that route. Sure, spring is horrible up there, but when the dust isn’t blowing the blue skies in West Texas are like paradise. Oh gosh I miss that. We visit our families there a couple of times a year and are really impressed by the planning of whomever is in charge up there: the “red bricks” on the new freeways and the old loop, the pretty, pretty building going around Tech itself, and the unbroken skyline. My husband knows that, even if we never get to move back, that if he outlives me he is to take me back to Lubbock and bury me there, because that will always be my home.
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It never ceases to amaze me how a “UT” fan can come on our site and talk trash. Lack of class? It is all over Austin!! Lots of freaks on 6th street who have the manners of a junior high student. Austin is a great city but only if you are able to stay away from the students! And while I am on a UT rant, the adult fans are just as bad as anyone I have ever seen in Red Raider land. Go to Austin anytime of the year and wear a TECH shirt….. constant comments and snide remarks. They are poor losers to say the least. Mac Brown is very well spoken and he does his best to express the “class” of UT to the sports nation. Unfortunately, the fans don’t have the ability to follow his lead.
The Raiders are playing lights out! They have every chance to beat OU in two weeks. Their defense has come a long ways and shows their experience every week. I think Bradford is worried about getting his bell rung again in two weeks. If the defense can pressure him like they did last year, it is a done deal.
I don’t think there is anything else that can be said for the offense. I personally would love to see a rematch between TECH and Alabama. That game in the Cotton Bowl was terrible!! Graham will have a great opportunity to redeem himself in Miami.
Wreck ‘em Tech!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey Texas Born— are you too GOOD, ,too Proud, or just too scared to use your name…
Each person displays his “bringing up”… some good, some not so good…. After years of frustration, it is not uncommon for some of the good to sound off in celebration…. So what’s the big deal.
Your comments sounds like those of a POOR LOSER!
Get a life.
Guns UP since 1954. the end of 4 years when Tech had great Teams….
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I wanna see TTU vs FLA in a Bowl game.
Harrell vs Tebow for QB matchup and Heisman proclamation for the most buzzed passer in the US this season.
Sure, the OU game is huge. Still, Alabama is not shining like they are ranked. National titles, Big 12 Championships, Bowl games are still weeks away and November has been a ride in the NCAA/BCS.
Ground game, Tech? Yes, Leach could make some small adjustments to his playbook to use that impressive O-Line to make gaps for Woods and Batch to build a running game to carry into next year. This O-Line is arguably the best in football. I wouldn’t recommend anyone that isn’t a Tech fan to taunt Harrell while those guys are around.
Defense: These guys really are unsung heroes. The offense is virtually flawless, with less than 8 mistakes the entire game (two fumbles and a bad pass included), but the defense is showing their talent too. The passed two weeks have proven “killer D status” with interceptions by McBath and Charbonnet and the pressure in the backfield by Whitlock.
Wreck Em Tech…..Have a good bye week, 11-0 !!!! #1 !!!!!
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Grew up in Lubbock.. have been to 48 states.. have lived in Colorado, Tennessee.. and several cities in Texas, Austin, Houston, and now Dallas for the past 6 years.. There are bad apples everywhere… But, without a doubt, the friendliest, down to earth, good hearted people, live in Lubbock, Texas. Probably a good combination of light hearted west texas humor and Bible belt country.
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Vern… you are the man! Your words are echoed like a proud TECHsan!
Guns Up! and bring on OU!
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All you Red Raider fans. GUNS UP!!! This is a year of history in the making. No matter who we face each week, this amazing TEAM of football players are primed and ready to put forth a great effort. So far, that has meant a win each time. Let us pray that continues. This is a worthy Tech TEAM that I and all of are proud of and will back to the end, regardless of outcomes. My predictions so far have been right on, much to the dismay of all the Longhorn fans at work in Buda, TX. I LOVE IT!! GUNS UP!!
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Misplaced alien, im in Houston too, just retired and headed home soon. I will miss Houstons warm winters and early springs but Lubbock is still home even though ive been in Houston for 31 yrs now. Lubbock wont be as cold this year as the spotlight on it this month will keep it warmer all winter and maybe into next fall. I dont think it will help the dust storms though, ha! Go Raiders!
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my expectations for this season were seriously underestimated. i figured a 10-2 season with losses coming at kyle field (wat was i thinking) and a loss at norman. but i never expected them to win in so dominate fashion. now red raiders prove me wrong again and beat up on this overratted oklahoma squad. of course with it being in oklahoma it would be crazy to say it will be a blowout. “how bout them raiders?”
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Texas Born,
Get over yourself, and as far as I am concerned, please stay in Florida. South Beach is not about class at all, it could use some West Texas people to add some normal people to the rude and obnoxious “locals”. It takes more than overpriced stores to call your town classy. Be happy that you will be blessed to have Tech fans take over your town for a few days, they might teach some of you people how to treat others!!
Wreck ‘em Tech!!!
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Texas Born how are your sour grapes?
Living in Houston I am always around Longhorns and I hear over and over again about how “classless” Red Raider fans are. Usually this is followed by a speech about how Tech fans are just excited because they are finally having a good year, whereas UT fans enjoy a good year every year. The implied rational is that UT fans are better equiped to handle success because they are so used to it. I have also heard many of these same Longhorns voice the belief that everyone who went to Tech only did so because they couldn’t get into UT or A&M anyway.
What is so funny to me is that these Longhorns and people like Texas Born fail to see the irony in that calling Tech fans classless and trying to take away from or diminish Tech’s accomplishments this year actually makes themselves look classless.
Texas is, has been, and will continue to be a great football program. Everyone knows that. But give Texas Tech the credit they are due.
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Great job Red Radiers of Lubbock, Texas. My brother (Jessie) and I were going crazy watching the Texas …TTU game. You see we only live 90 miles from Miami,Fl. Texas boys going crazy in Florida over the Red Radiers….. We are from Plainview,Tx. People from Texas are the best…. so come TTU lets play in Florida for the big game in school histoty….
Jerry from Naples, Florida
Born Texan ….From Plaiview
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There is nothing more to say about the city of Lubbock that has not been said already. I lived in Lubbock for nearly 10 years and there is plenty to do there. I have great memories; Lubbock continues to grow and Texas Tech has brought the national spotlight to Lubbock.
I live in Sacramento and people around town are talking about them Red Raiders. They love the excitement that they are bringing to the game. Though they have their favorite teams, Texas Tech is the most exciting team to watch.
I wish I could be out in Lubbock celebrating, and if I could, I would be there every weekend. I miss throwing the tortillas and tearing down goal posts.
As for the haters, you are sore losers and you need to simply accept the facts and know that change is arrived.
The Red Raiders are a POWER HOUSE. Even ESPN is liking every bit about them. They have Harrell as the leading candidate for the Heisman and Texas Tech as the best team in the nation. (this week)… They were not that impressed with Alabama’s near loss.
Tech is undefeated and as long as they go into Norman and do the same thing they have been doing all year long, offensively and defensively, they will be the number one team in the nation, period.
Good Luck in Norman. It will not be easy, but Tech has staff, players and talent to get the job done.
I love Lubbock’s, Texas Tech Red Raiders!
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As a former athlete, who played on a team that went to the orange bowl in Miami in the 80”s, I can only say that Defense wins Championships, and we have a solid D. The offense has always been able to put up points, and in games were we need a few more touches, we can count on the D to give it to us. Ala Alabama in 05/06 low scoring game. But I will caution all, What Coach Bobby Ross Univ. Of MD. said in 85′ The higher up you are the further you fall, unless you stay grounded. Guns UP#27
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I have to agree with Texas Born, been to Lubbock more times that I would like to admit. You are all bunch of hicks, and thats a fact.
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I’m getting sick and tired of hearing people trash talk Lubbock . Although I’m from Colorado Springs, CO, I love Lubbock and the West Texas. People in Lubbock and West Texas are awesome and if you spend some time in Texas, you will find that West Texas does have it’s own beauty. I have season tickets for Tech football, and everytime I come to Lubbock, I think seriously of moving there, and I have friends who often think of Lubbock as a home. All you trash talkers from Austin, College Station, Boulder, or anywhere else need to back off and get a life.
GO TECH!
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The fact is Carl in Houston is an idiot.
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Oh Please you people are bunch of redneck idiots. Fine dining to people in Lubbock is eating at Red Lobsters or at a Tex Mex restaurant. People from Lubbock believe high end shopping is going Dillards or going to the South Plains Mall.
I could go on forever but I believe I have made my point.
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Did anyone watch gameday on Saturday morning? The segment they did on Lubbock and West Texas was the best. I really do think ESPN was trying to do a great piece on Lubbock, but it failed miserably.
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Texas Born I think your being cruel. I agree that Lubbock is not the best place in the world but it’s not the worst.
Go Raiders
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texas born, you are the reason why Austin sucks. You and the center from UT who got kicked off the team for obvious reasons.
Seriously, I live in a big city, I have been to “big” cities and I have yet to taste a hamburger that is better than “Tommy’s” Jumbo burgers and I seriously doubt that I will ever find cheese sticks better than “Spanky’s”
Most people in the “big” cities will agree that the best joints to eat are the “hole in the wall” “ma and pa” shops that have been around since day one.
The franchise places fear these better places. I bet that you are the type of person who doesn’t even shop at the “fine” places that in your mind are supreme. Furthermore, I bet that you are a “wal-mart” shopper. And guess what, there is nothing wrong with that. The only bad thing is that you are a hypocrite.
Get a life, dude! Wake up, Texas got their ass kicked and you can’t seem to accept it. Move on and live.
Buzz off!
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I grew up in Floydada but left the High Plains in1963. This summer & fall spent 2 weeks in Lubbock. I found the food and music wonderful, the people very classy in their very own West Texas way & bending over backward to help me, & my Lord, the streets all run NSE&W. WHAT A JOY.
YES TEXAS TECH CAN!
San Antonio Woman
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Texas Born,
Tech beat t.u.- GET OVER IT!
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That Tech offense is a beast. It will be nice and satisfying to hear the local sports radio hosts down here in the Austin area eat their crow. They are proven wrong every week lol…
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Bryan Avila, you better pray that Tech doesn’t lose to OU. Guess what happens? Just one loss means that Tech goes to a second tier bowl. Like it or not, it’s a fact. Texas wins out their either going to the Fiesta or the Championship Game.
Tech should be grateful it’s even in the Big 12. Everyone knows it’s the only way that Texas and A&M could leave the old Southwest Conference was if it brought along Tech and Baylor.
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Hey Texas Born, give Tech some credit. They deserve to be #2 right now, but if they lose to OU or even in the Big 12 championship game, their not even in the BCS mix. Then I agree they should all be slapped and kicked to the dry county of Lubbock.
Go Sooners
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I read the LAJ daily and as always I’m amazed at the tasteless, classless comments made from those who obviously do not support Texas Tech University and its incredible Red Raiders Football Team……I was priviledged to attend TTU and graduated a proud Red Raider….To this day I always sport my Red Raider pride as a Capt in the USAF, even sporting my favortie Raider shirt under my flight suit on missions over Iraq……Texas Tech students, Alumni, and Faculty are top notch and deserve everything they are getting this season…..The point i wanna make to those haters (esp the tea-sippers) is that you say we arent real fans, have no class….that is BS….I watched the Texas-Baylor game yesterday and at half the stadium emptied out….What kinda fan is that….The Red Raider crowds stay to the end and support our guys 100%. It’s not about the size of the school, how much you spend on your stadium, or how many t-shirts you sell….It’s about tradition, it’s about spirit, it’s about living your life to represent the place that you became part of over 4 years….I will always bleed red & black!!!! Enjoy the sidelines for the Big12 Championship game haters….And all my money and my 3 boys will be going to Raiderland!! WRECK EM TECH!…BEAT OU
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I know Lubbock sucks, but who cares . Go Raiders
I love ya
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Hey CaptRay98,
Their is nothing to do in Lubbock on a Saturday night but to go to a college football game. 65 percent of people going to the UT games are from out of town. That’s almost 65 thousand people. Texas has over 80 thousand seasoned ticket holders and theirs a waiting list for the luxury suites. I don’t know Tech’s numbers but I would bet my life that the majority of Tech’s home games are full of rednecks and hicks from the Lubbock area.
This is the first year I can remember that the home games sell out. Every year the only game that ever sold out was the Texas or the A & M game. You never had two home games sell out in a year because you never played Texas and A & M in Lubbock in the same year. So don’t sit their and tell me that Tech fans are the best.
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TEXAS Born
Tech loses to Oklahoma, there is a 3 way tie. If past history is any indication, Texas will lose to A & M and will be in a second tier bowl. More militrary people who served in West Texas returned to live there after retirement than any part of the country. Over 90% said the reason was the people. But since you are such a high-class person you can look down your nose at others, you would not know a good friendly successful person who is friendly to all people if you met one. The loss is yours. I do not live in Lubbock, but it is my favorite city. I live 85 miles from Austin. I do not go there because of the rude people in the stores who wait on you. Classless.
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Great Season Raiders!
Does anyone else find it funny that Texas Born and others who despise West Texas and Lubbock so much have nothing better to do than spend their Sunday evening on the AJ website. BTW as for fine dining in Lubbock consisting of Tex Mex, some of the best Tex Mex restaurants are located in Austin. As a matter of fact, Darryl Royal used to enjoy his enchiladas. I guess both cities are more alike than you’d think.
Wreck Em’
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if tech wins out we go, if we lose to ou and osu beats ou-we go…so texas born put on some sooners garb ON and hope ya’ll back in………
you still have to beat kansas in lawerence and beat atm which have not done the last 2 years!!!!!!
if your line does not block any better you better find another qb because mccoy cannot take much more punishment…..
texas is not a lock for a bcs bowl yet—-no one will tell you that.
what we need is tech to win out and texas to win out and florida state to beat florida and the florida to stomp alabama-then we will meet texas in the championship game and kick your ass AGAIN
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It’s fun to come on to AJ’s website. Where else can you find rednecks telling other rednecks how great a city Lubbock is and how great your redneck fans are? I’m LMAO, rolling on the floor.
Hey devin everett, I don’t what your smokin but it must be good. LMAO
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wonderful intelligent answer——-i can tell you have studied the issue……….better stick to food and cities. is it another ozone action day or a traffic jam in wonderful austin…
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Hey Texas born,
All season people have underestimated Tech, and guess what we are 10-0. Although OU will be a tough matchup, Tech is very capable of pulling off a win in Norman. But no matter what happens, the fact still remains that we still beat texas, and our quaterback outplayed mccoy. The steers and queers got hooked GET OVER IT!
Wreck ‘Em Tech!
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Texas Born,
try http://www.lubbockchamber.com I think you’ll find this is actually the official site where they’re hoping to tell others about Lubbock.
Also, I need to correct BC_TTU87. In looking at all of the replies you’ve posted to this topic, you’ve actually spent most of the day visiting the AJ’s site.
I’ve noticed you’ve got a slight problem with your grammar. Surely you didn’t graduate from UT. However, if you’d like some help with your grammar, you might try http://www.kidinfo.com. My kids use it quite frequently. It has helped them eliminate many of the grammatical errors you seem to be making.
Good luck to all of the teams in the Big 12.
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TX Born2
If I was printing or publishing a manuscript or any type of paper I would proof read. I am simply posting my thougts to a website. I want to thank you for taking the time to read my post though.
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This Texas Born obviously doesn’t have a freaking life. I mean your on the AJ on a sunday night saying that Lubbock sucks and you haven’t gotten over the fact that Texas lost to Texas Tech.
Your obviously a longhorn t-shirt fan.
Wreck em Tech.
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devin everett
Wow, that Lubbock kool aid must be some good stuff. I’ll take Austin any day of the week.
I love the Raiders though
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I think Texas Born is probably a junior high kid using daddy’s computer. At least, that’s how his messages look.
Wreck ‘em Tech!
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Texas Born,
Not a problem. The fact is that many people outside our state think all Texans are a bunch of redneck hicks. So anytime I see someone identifying themselves as a Texan, posting on a website where they make themselves look uneducated, I just want to help out. However, your “thougts” (sic) would be taken more seriously if you spent the extra 15 seconds and proof read. Good luck to you.
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lisa gomez,
i am very familiar with both cities! there are good and bad things about both…..
go red raiders!!!!!!!!
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I find it funny how you guys have taken the time to read all of Texas Borns messages and left messages yourselves and criticize him for not having a life. Now there’s the pot calling the kettle black.
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Joe,
I think you’re being a bit tough on Junior High kids. I’m sure they would sound more intelligent than Texas Born. I mean, talk about sounding like a redneck.
Let’s ignore this guy and get back to the article. The fact of the matter is Tech is 10-0 and the Horns need some help from other teams if they are going to reach the XII Championship game. The bottom line is that regardless of your affiliation, the Big XII is the best conference in football. If you go back two weeks, Tech had to dominate UT for 2 1/2 quarters and had to score at the end of the game to win. Yes, I believe the better team on that night won. If they were to play again, I’d like to thing we’d win again, but….
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Ex Tex,
I wasn’t criticizing your bro’ for not having a life. Although you do bring up a good point. I thought it was funny that he hated Lubbock and West Texas so much yet spent his time on this site. I would have expected him spend his time on the Austin Statesman website.
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Tech better bring their A game because it’s going to be war.
Love my Sooners
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Ah yes…. football!!!
Is your DE – English supposed to be back for the game?
Has anyone heard whether it is going to be a night game?
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OU Fan, you’re right. Tech better bring their “A” game because OU is not going to go down easily. This Tech team, however, is quite good and has continued to silence the doubters with each victory.
Wreck ‘em Tech!
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I live in Austin and went to Texas Tech back in the late 90′s. It’s amazing how things turn when we finally beat Texas. Every year I wore my red and black hoping Tech could beat Texas and when they lost…I congratulated the other team (Texas) and hoped they did well. Well we beat Texas and I am not getting the love that I was giving…straight hate. Your going to lose to OSU…your going to lose to OU. I am sorry but UT fans turned out to be sore losers. Sure I had some that came and congratulated Tech, but for the most part it was a bunch of sore losers. Now I know we have to beat OU to gain more respect and I think we will win. I have two more things to say (ask).
1) Texas Born…did you even go to college and if you did was it at UT in Austin….don’t you dare say UT permian or one of the other UT affiliated schools?
2) They bring up a good point…why are you on the Lubbock AJ site? keep your one sided views in the Austin American Statesman newspapers. The town of Lubbock is filled with classy people and your kind need to kept out.
Guns Up!
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To Tx Born & snobs,
You sound like someone who never actually EARNED it. There’s more to class than the the price tag. It’s how you do it, and the taste and dignity. The first time I met a governor, I admitted that I was intimidated by meeting him, and he replied “Don’t be, I’m just another person with a different job. I put my pants on the same way you do.” That’s class.
Henry Ford’s favorite meal was said to be a hamburger (in a $125/plate exec dining rm). HL Hunt (one 10 richest in world at time) was said to brownbag his lunch to work.
At church this morning, someone said their daughter who lives in Austin had to remove the Tech emblems because UT people were breaking the windows & other damage. Do you call that class??? I saw 2 or 3 people today in stores wearing UT shirts, I talked with one, and saw no one being obnoxious to them.
If UT/AM didn’t have their billion-dollar land grants, might be different. I am convinced our forefathers meant to further ALL higher education in Texas, not just two schools. The land grants should be broken up, and distributed to all Texas colleges/univ.
Go Raiders.!!!
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badams
When you come out of Fantasyland let me know. Warren Buffett could grant Tech 50 billion dollars and it still wouldn’t make Tech a great school.
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I have to say that the people on this blog suddenly making rash comments about towns her and there are losing sight of the point of this page.
We are here to talk about FOOTBALL.
Stop insulting Floridians, Houstonians, Austinites, and people in Lubbock. I have seen my share of dumbases in all those places.
Yet there is more to discuss about TECH!!!!!
I cannot wait for the TTU/OU game. It will be the Big12 showdown of the year. UT and OU had a great game, UT won. Tech beat the longhorns in dramatic fashion and went on to prove themselves against OK St, so one contest remains.
My main concern is the issue of our #2 status….why is Alabama #1?
LSU had a inexperienced QB and they almost won. It was an ugly game. Bama was lucky that Rashad Johnson was there to catch his three tipped balls. That is not a proactive strategy…..
If Tech played Bama, the country would be silenced by Raider buzz. Tech beat Ok St with style and class, and should have ranked up to #1. The coaches polls didn’t make since and kept Bama up on us and now we have a bye week. At least the computers like the Big 12.
Next, I would like to say that I wanna see us play Florida. Gators and Raiders share talent on offense. The defense of FLA is hyped from that game vs Georgia, but GA has suffered frequent turnovers against all their opponents this yr.
If we have to play USC, I will not be satisfied. We are better than them. They never play real challanges. Neither does Bama.
Sorry, but we should face FLA or another B12 team if the NC is our destiny.
We should be number one, because we are the best Tech team ever, and we have the most exciting and well managed and executed offense in the world. Defense keep on shining~~~
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oh and stop humoring this so called texas born guy….
he is only doin it to get off
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you know what? i skipped most of the trash talk blogs b/c this blog was begun by talking football.
now that i have read some of the tasteless remarks by texas born, i would recommend him to go to the fan frenzy blog.
it is more relevant and he can read (if he can read) the truth about tech fans and their class (which has proven to be classier than UTs sore losing fans)
go ahead, i dare ya
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My favorite team is whoever plays UT! “Texas born” is the reason the rest of the country hates ALL Texans
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Stay focused, its about the team, not some prankster TX. Bonehead. OU is next and the raiders of the plains are ready, to sail. Guns UP#27
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Hello Big 12 Fans….. I come from a Family of Longhorns, with a daughter who is a senior at OU… I had the honor of watching two Great Titans play in as Coach Mac said ( One of the best college games he has ever seen…. at this years Tx /OU Game..
I think the game in Norman will be one for the ages… no need to bash each other… Get excited about watching some GREAt BIG 12 Football
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This cames from a OU fan on ESPN’s site:
State of the stats: Think OU’s game with Texas Tech might be fun?
The Sooners rank No. 1 in the Big 12 in total defense (345.6 yards per game), while Tech is No. 2 (351.4).
Tech is No. 1 in total offense (566.3), while OU is No. 2 (549.8).
Tech is first in passing offense (433.7), OU is second (355.5).
OU is No. 1 in scoring offense (51.4 points per game); Tech is No. 2 in scoring defense (22.2).
Sooners are second in rushing at 194.3. Tech, by the way, ranks second in run defense (107.4).
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OU has allowed 238.1 passing yards per game (No. 90 in the nation), which will go against the No. 1 passing Red Raiders and Graham Harrell (433.7 passing yards per game).
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It’s as simple as this…. Tech beats OU, they’re in the Big XII Championship. If OU beats Tech and OSU they’re probably in….
you get the picture??? UT on the otherhand needs some help from OU. The only way UT goes to the Big XII championship is if OU beats Tech and if their BCS ranking is higher than OU’s after a Tech loss and a win over A&M, which they have not been able to do most recently. It appears Mizzou will rep the Big XII North. Who will rep the South??? It actually appears to be quite simple.
BEAT OU!
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