Sooners leave Red Raiders battered, bruised after romp
By Don Williams | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
NORMAN, Okla. – Texas Tech’s unbeaten season came to an end in a manner that left the Red Raiders not so much heartbroken as just broken – and battered and bruised.
No. 5 Oklahoma dominated No. 2 Tech from the outset and rolled to a 65-21 victory Saturday night, ending the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 12 games and extending its own home winning streak to 24. It was Mike Leach’s third-worst loss as Tech head coach.
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Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray breaks free with help from a crushing block by Phil Loadholt.
Tech dropped into a three-way tie for the Big 12 Conference South Division lead with Oklahoma and No. 3 Texas, all with records of 10-1 overall and 6-1 in the league. The Red Raiders can still make the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 6 with a win over Baylor in next week’s regular-season finale and an OU loss at Oklahoma State.
The way the Sooners played on Saturday, it’s hard to picture that happening.
Tech had allowed only one 100-yard rusher all season, but OU had two. Tech had allowed only five sacks all season but, against OU, gave up four. The Raiders’ usually prolific offense was 1-for-13 on third down.
And in a subplot of Heisman Trophy frontrunners, Tech quarterback Graham Harrell was upstaged by Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, who threw four touchdown passes, giving him a school-record 42 for the season.
Bradford led his team to seven touchdowns and a field goal on their first nine drives. A couple of the scores were cheap ones, because OU returned an interception and a fumble inside the Tech 5-yard line.
But there was nothing misleading about the score.
Oklahoma's J.R. Bryant (21) helps sack Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell during their game Saturday in Norman, Okla. The showdown of top 5 teams was a rout: Oklahoma 65, Texas Tech 21.
Dazzling runs by DeMarco Murray and effective ones from Chris Brown – the pair combined for five rushing touchdowns – loosened up Tech’s defense for Bradford’s play-action passing.
The Raiders, trying to win over four ranked teams in a row, completely unraveled. Rarely sacked all season, Harrell was sacked on back-to-back plays in the first quarter. In the final minute of the first half, he had an interception returned to the 1. OU cashed in, making it 42-7 at halftime.
OU’s defense, a question mark this season but fired up by a senior-night crowd, forced Tech to punt on its first three series, then stopped the Raiders on downs the next two times – at the OU 15- and 45-yard lines. Tech’s first score, on a 25-yard pass to Tramain Swindall, made it 28-7 at 6:28 before halftime.
That didn’t signal a momentum change.
OU came back with an 80-yard, 12-play drive – 11 of them runs – that ended with a Brown touchdown.
At halftime, Oklahoma had more points than Tech had given up in a game this season and almost as many yards. The Sooners had rolled up 402, and the season-high had been 421. They finished with 625.
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We got a good ole butt stomping. We got beat everywhere but it would seem to me that the coaching preparation should have been a little different for this one. OU has stopped Techs offense in ,most of the previous games. They let us catch and then punish and tackle us. It would seem that going up field more from the outset would of loosen them up a bit. As far as our defense, they looked like the Dallas Cowboys defense. Using arm tackles and hit them but not wrap up. Our defense watched as one player hit and let the ball carrier go but were not prepared because they had given up on the play thinking the person was tackled. We saw players hit and lay on the grould watching them run up field. In all other games if we missed a tackle those players were scrambling to get up to make the tackle again. Ruffin, it’s time to get back to BASICS. Tackle, using basics and if they don’t , get someone who will. We may not be able to win with less talent but we can live with losing if that player or team gave 100% all the time.
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I tell you there is something in the air, a loss such as this, simply is a loss. Baylor, then ? we have to wait and see. we did give up the car keys an now OU is in the driver seat. The test of a great season will be how we deal with it and 2 more wins will look very nice in the record books, and a nother bowl trophy as booty. Guns UP Mate#27
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i guess that will shut you up
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Hey Tennessee fan………How do you like us now!!!!!
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hey sooner,
don’t rub it in. damage is done.
at least you kept it short and sour
Britton Sr., thanks for your wise words and eyes to the front, not to the back. lets move on, grow, improve, and win two more.
Its not over yet
GUNS UP
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Hey Yosemite Sams -
It’s a bit different playing outside of Lubbock, isn’t it? This is your first season in the national picture, and for that I’ll congratulate you . . . But until you can maintain top ten status year in and year out (read: Texas & OU) you’re relegated to flash-in-the-pan status . . . Good luck holding on to Leach for next year . . . it turns out happiness IS Lubbock in the rearview mirror!
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I’m a TTU fan … but must speak the truth. UT gets up for OU and TAMU, its main rivals. OU for UT and OSU and NEB. This game was one of the rare occasions when we got OU’s undivided attention. Add that the game was played in Norman, OU knows Leach, and the fact that TTU beat OU the last two in Lubbock (07 when Bradford didn’t play and 05 when the refs gave us a ridiculous first down on an Amendola catch).
What am I saying? That against a fired-up OU, the talent disparity showed. Ultimately, a team w/ 4-star and 5-star players should be more talented than one with 2-star and 3-star players.
Hopefully the good season, including TV exposure, will entice better players to TTU.
Here’s a question … OU loses to OSU. TTU and UT win. We rep the B12 South b/c we beat UT. Assume UFla beats Bama. Is UT then #2, doesn’t even win the B12 South (ties w/ us), and gets to the Nat’l Champ game. I’m assuming TTU falls to 7-8 or so after this game. Behind Bama, UFla, OU, UT, USC … maybe PSU, UT.
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From espn.com regarding National title hunt:
“One thing is certain: it’s not the Red Raiders, who collapsed in a way 10-0 teams never do. They picked a lovely time to surrender the most points in school history. So while Tech is dispatched back to the Poser Dept., the Texas-Oklahoma debate is on. Big time.”
Sidenote: espn.com also has the clip where Iglesias catches the ball then jukes 3 (count ‘em, 3!) tech defenders with one move . . . Keystone Cops style!
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Hey 2005,
quit living in the past.
OU will pass UT in BCS tonight. Good luck holding on to your spurs. You should take a lesson from this. Don’t root against a rival and for a bigger rival.
It will sting even more if OSU beats OU.
btw, if your mom died, i would not be there to laugh at you
why? tech has class. take notes on southern charm, at least the sooners deserve their bragging rights
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Pete, who said anything about anyone dying? It’s a game for goodness sake . . .
I wouldn’t say throwing tortillas is exactly the embodiment of “class” or “southern charm” as you call it . . .
It’s okay, your school is a 2nd tier university with an exceptional football team having a notable season . . .
The truth stings, huh?
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I am ashamed to read comments from fellow sooners-we aren’t all that spiteful. I have total respect for the red raiders and Mike Leach. He was 1 of us at 1 point and will always have a place in Oklahoma history.I am glad he is developing a positiveaffect on the red raiders. He had the cards stacked against him because bob stoops knows him oh so well and we are very hard to defeat in our house. Sat just happened to be the sooners day but this year every sat has been the sooners day with the exception of the red river shootout in which we were out played. I believe we have the best team in the nation and if we get past OSU then we can prove to the nation that the big 12 is a force to be feared.
Good luck next week with baylor and
GO SOONERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pete Storseth
Not so fast. If Okie State beats OU then Texas Tech would be in the big 12 game. Texas would be going to the National Championship game. Tech is going to drop so low that it won’t matter what happens in the big 12 game.
If OU beats Okie State then OU has a chance to surpass Texas in the National Championship game.
Lot of football to be played.
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Pete Storseth
Who’s the sore loser now? Over the last 3 weeks you and others have been stating how Tech kicked UT’s ass.
You didn’t kick our ass, you won a football game.
Now last night, now that’s an ass kicking if I ever saw one.
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Wow– thats all I can say— wow. Easiest 100 dollars I have ever made– OU by 7? Vegas must’ve fallen asleep at the wheel on that one. Dear Lubbock-ites– welcome to big time college football— now please return to your 3rd or 4th spot in the line of the Big 12 south pecking order and remember– you’ll never be THE UNIVERSITY in TEXAS.
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I been saying for the last three weeks that Lubbock Raiders are not in the same class of Texas U.T. or O.U. The only reason raiders won over Texas , 4 of Texas main players were injury, Texas beat OU outright. Raiders were so Lucky. This Lost to the Raiders proves what I have been saying. I had bet 1000.00 dollars that OU was going to win by 36 points. I Won
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What’s it feel like to be the laughing stock of college football today? You should read the websites across the country— LA TIMES, NY TIMES, CHICAGO DAILY– they can’t stop laughing— this will set Tech’s program back for years.
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How am I a sore loser? You have no room to talk Born.
The analogy I made mothers dying was not in good taste, perhaps, but it still implied class.
I would NOT be there to laugh at you….
I never said the UT game was any more than a good game.
Last nights game was NOT a good game though, it was ugly.
Still, OU earned their place and pride.
sooner56, its good to see OU also has sportsmanship.
more than I can say for Texas Born
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We need OSU to Win and were in.
Tech is always near the goal but can’t punch it in.
1997 enter the game 3-0 in the south all we have to do is beat Texas we lose 38-32
1998 enter the 4-0 in the south all we have to do is beat OU we lose 32-21
2002 enter the game 4-0 in the south all we have to do is beat OU we lose 65-15
2008 enter the game 3-0 in the south all we have to do is beat OU we lose 65-21
The above games give us the South Championship if we win. The First two are Spike Dyke teams. The next two are MIke Leach teams. We ha ve a history of losing the big game to win the south.
Go Raiders Beat Baylor
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FOR ALL YOU UT PEOPLE WHO ROOTED FOR OU
AND TALKED TRASH FOR A MONTH AFTER A LOSS:
IF YOUR MOTHER DIED, I WOULD NOT BE THERE TO LAUGH IN YOUR FACE BECAUSE TECH HAS CLASS.
WAY TO PROVE HOW YOU ARE BAD PEOPLE.
AT LEAST TECH DOESNT GO TO UT AND OU WEBSITES AND TALK TRASH FOR MONTHS
TEXAS BORN, YOU ARE THE MOST SPOILED SPORT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.
and Billy B, I am disappointed in your disloyalty. shame on you
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I Hope Coach Leach , will not make any kind of excuse for getting their butts kicks. Donald Trump (Your Fire). Lubbock had a moment, They took your loppie pop away, I can hear you crying in New York. Lubbock what made you think that you had a Chance.
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I’m not lauging at Tech, far from it. I honestly started to feel bad for the Tech team and fans. I really did.
We ( Texas fans )don’t rub it in your faces when we beat you (Tech ) and there have been over 40 victories in the series.
But when Tech beats Texas, it’s all out war.
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I just read an article on ESPN how Crabtree and Harrell refused to talk to any reports as they walked off the field and were unavailable to the media after the game last night.
Talk about sore losers.
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reports = reporters
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Classy is storming your own field? Ripping out goalposts? Invoking the death of mothers? Pete, get a dictionary or wikipedia or sumthin’!
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I find it funny that Tech fans and Texas fans will be rooting for OKie state next weekend.
Tech will be rooting for Okie state so that Tech can represent the big 12 south and get into the big 12 championship game and Texas will be rooting for Okie state so that they can have a clear shot to play in the National champioinship game against Alabama or Florida.
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Hello? Any techsters out there? Not that it will ever happen again but it’s best to keep your mouth shut until you win something.
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Tech you have a good team – but that was men vs boys last night. Texas fans you have a good team – but you know deep down inside that last night showed who the best team in the nation is. I hope something freaky happens and OU and Texas play for all the marbles – that would be a beat down of epic proportions. Ask Leach and Tech fans who is the best team in the nation.
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OUCH We got smacked! I think Tech believed their own press. Three weeks ago before the UT game I said we were over rated. We made the case for thatr argument last night. I would rather a Texas team go to BIG 12 championship than OU. No sour grapes. That was ugly and we couldn’t walk that talk.
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SAME O SAME O TECH…………CHOKED AGAIN ON THE BIG ONE….CANT WIN THE SWC OUTRIGHT OR THE BIG 12 SOUTH……..SAME O SAME O……..NOW EVERYONE WILL SAY THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR……..HELL WE HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR 40 PLUS YRS…..NEXT YR. WE WILL BE LUCKY TO PLACE 4TH..
OU,UT,OSU,TECH/A&M, BAYLOR IN THE SOUTH….
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I am so depressed. I really thought this was our year.
I just want to crawl underneath a rock.
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Oh, one other thing to toss in here…
As much as I love Graham, after Bradford’s display last night, if Sam doesn’t win the Heisman, it is a fixed race.
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Hey Nick what did Sam Bradford do that was spectacular?
The game belonged to the running backs and the OU defense, not Sam Bradford.
I’m not saying Colt McCoy should win but Sam Bradford didn’t do anything in my mind to win the Heisman.
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Nice beatdown Tech! Home field advantage is everything in the Big 12. You can’t beat Texas or OU in Austin or Norman. Texas played its worst game in years and still almost beat you in Lubbock. OU did everything but steal your women and slash the tires on the team bus.
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We did, Texas Queen. WE BEAT YOU!!!
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It’s this simple:
Texas beats A&M.
OSU beats Oklahoma.
Tech beats Baylor.
OSU 10 – 2 / Oklahoma 10 – 2.
OSU 3rd in South via head to head win vs. Oklahoma.
Tech 11 – 1 / Texas 11 – 1.
Tech 1st in south via head to head win vs. Texas.
Tech plays Missouri in BIG 12 Championship.
Tech beats Missouri and is in a BCS bowl.
Oklahoma is left out at 4th in the south.
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In your dreams, Texan. Tech isn’t in the same league as OU and likely never will be.
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I wonder if the OU strong safety (#5) can read and write? Probably not. He will be playing for OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY in another 3-4 years when he goes to prison. He’s just a thug and a criminal.
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I predicted the score to be ou 45 tech 17. Missed by 8 pts. What a bunch of scrubs, and I thought tech was something. Yall been running your mouths ever since you got lucky and beat Texas on their bad night and really thought yall were something. One of the worst ass whoopins in the country in front of the whole nation, I am embarrassed for tech. Looks like the Horns will have to get the job done. National championship # 5 on the horizon. HOOK EM HORNS. Have fun in your weedeater bowl tech you bunch of mouths. TT tech talk, that’s all yall are, you will win the big 12 as long as Texas and ou are around. LMAO
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Correction, YOU WILL NEVER WIN the big 12 as long as Texas and ou are in it.
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Tech fans – your team still had a great year plus it’s no given that OU will win next week. The Bedlam game will be tough. If we (OU) lose, you’re in the Title game. Met some great Tech fans at the game last night and plan on making the trip to Lubbock for next year’s OU – Tech game. Bets of the luck the rest of the year.
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I have finally heard it all, been to every big 12 venue, as a player in the big 8, and has a now proud parent. I have never witnessed grown people act the way as I did on my visit to Norman. Watching our players take the abuse from “fans” trying to get to the field, and then the OU players coming over in the endzone taunting them before they could get on the field before warmups like thugs, to the OU fans standing in the TECH section isle with no seat, breathing their alcohol drenched breathe in my face, that had to be removed only to show-up again after half and now to read all this. We took our butt whoopin in high fashion. Show us that your really good people at heart and venture back to your posts that prove you are loyal OU and UT fans. Keep your newspaper clippings and memories and show your children what a good team you had back in the day. But most of all show everyone the class it took to make these programs as good as they are. Thanks for the butt whoopin it’s good to be humbled, But you must admit We Win and We Win Alot. Competition is what makes all these games fun to watch.
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DD,
Shut-up cry baby
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hook- Still got that nasty taste in your mouth from your trip to Lubbock wah wah
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Poor Techsters—–
You poor things. Those classless Sooners beat up on poor
Tech and they did it in a classless way.
How short are your memories. Maybe you have never gone to
an away game before.
Tech fans have never acted like horses butts at Jones Stadium,
Wrong…….I have personally wittnessed their fans for years acting
like a bunch of jerks and now you say poor Tech was mistreated
in Norman.
I feel so sorry for you
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Ever been a visitor to Lubbock to watch a Tech game? I’d say it’s easily on par with LSU w/ rude, drunk, mean people.
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DD
No, that taste got washed away last night as I was enjoying my Crown Royal watching you scrubs get an ass-whoopin from hell in front of the whole nation. AND KNOWING WE ARE GOING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE YOU GO TO THE TOILET BOWL….. LMAO………..TT TRASH TALKERS
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When yall do that guns up thing with your hands, I laugh cause all I see is a L for LOSER.
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2005, The ou team loaded with blue chip recruits has lost their last 3 BCS bowl games. Can you say Boise State? Saturday ou was running on all cylinders and if you win Saturday good luck the rest of the year. Remember if not for the Texas imports , ou would be worthless.
Suggest you spend time on your own team’s blogs.
This continues to be a great year for Tech. This last recruiting class will lead the big 12 in graduation rates and you will not find any Bomar situations s on our team.
As far as Lubbock in your rearview mirror, Norman is not exactly a top 300 tourist destination.
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HOOK EM HORNS, Be careful what you ask for. OU will leapfrog the shorthorns this week in the BCS rankings. Don’t believe ne just wauit till 7:30 tonight. By an even bigger margin next week should they beat OSU. It won’t matter if you beat A & M 99-0. Now should OSU win next week, the pecking order moves Tech to the front of the line.
National championship? Maybe national champions of flunkies, DWI’S, assualts, thefts, and I forgot , who was that player that played for UT that used another identity? Keep Austin weird.
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HEY Sooner, you’re a lot like the pot calling the kettle black….last I checked you got your @$$ kicked in dallas by another texas school…….
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Well, that was embarrassing … again. One team playing for a national title. One happy to be there. Tech was intimidated. Didn’t block. Didn’t tackle. Nationally, that 10-0 start all looks like a fluke now. Here comes Baylor after an open week. Hope OU beats Okie State. Do NOT want another Tech meltdown on national TV in a BIg 12 title game vs. Mizzou at Kansas City. No thank you.
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The initial news from the BCS standings looked good for Texas. The long-range forecast, however, favors Oklahoma.
The Longhorns stayed ahead of the Sooners on Sunday — but not by much — and moved into the coveted second spot in the standings, thanks to a better computer rating.
Alabama remained on top of the standings, a comfortable No. 1 in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and tops according to the computers.
Texas is close behind Oklahoma in both polls, but has the second-best computer rating. The Longhorns’ BCS average is .9209.
Oklahoma is at .9125. But the Sooners are at Oklahoma State (9-2) on Saturday and should get a boost if they emerge with a win.
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that #2 spot is jinxed – you can have it this week shorthorns. TTU fans will sit back and watch how it all plays out this wk in Stillwater and Aggieland. All this crap about Bradford being the front runner for the Heisman is BS. Harrell has ONE bad week and everyone starts dissing him. His numbers were still better than Bradford.
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Hey HOOKER HORNS…
How did you like it to see that the Sooners leap frogged the little horns in the AP and Coaches polls. Sucks to be you…
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Sooner fan 56 thanks for the class comments. the BCS put tu in #2. What if you could get them in Norman. You have a home field like no other. WOW! Leach needs to develop another play book for you guys. I know there are classier Sooner fans than those on these AJ blogs. There are some classier Ut fans as well. Some of the Tech Fans need lessons too. All three of our teams have made this a great conference. Let’s all respect that by playing hard on the field and having respect tor each other off the field by respecting all of aour oppenents players and their fans. I like Britin Sr #27. He should be Texas Tech’s Blogger of the year.
he has been posotive and polite and has focused on the game and the player and not the insults. He has sportsmanship and set a great example so jet’s Get Our Guns up and praise Britton Sr.
YOU ARE THE MAN BRITTON SR.
GUNS UP!!!!!
GO TECH !!!!!!!!!!!!
BEAT BAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!
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I want to say that I admired Coach Leach’s composure on the sidelines and pretty much the TT players demeanors also. I didn’t see cussing, yelling and stomping around. TT is still a great team in my mind and will go on and win alot of games. TT is my favorite Texas team and am proud of the Oklahoma boys playing on the Tech team. Coach Leach is one of my all time favorite coaches who was once a Sooner. I wish TT well, and guns up! Boomer Sooner! Go Big Red!
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I am an all out Texas fan But I do not think what happen in the BCS is right. Oklahoma will find away to get the Big game. That sucks. WE beat them OU beat TECH can anybody say playoffs in college football.
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I remember being taught by my high school coaches that you win with class and dignity and you lose with class and dignity. I will never forget how my senior year, our star running back (who made All Ivy League later at Yale, on an academic scholarship) had busted loose on a 60 yard touchdown run but suddenly grabbed his hamstring at the ten yard line with the other team’s safety bearing down on him. Aware that his team was already behind by several touchdowns and fearing a serious injury to our player if he was hit on that hamstring, the opposing coach yelled out “don’t hit him! Let him score!” And the safety stopped and let our guy limp into the end zone.
I am repulsed and disgusted by the lack of class of many of the bloggers on many sports sites nowadays and all the trash talk, vulgarities, personal insults, and talking smack. I strongly suspect that most of these classless idiots (but by no means all) are under 30 years of age.
The lack of sportsmanship reflects a tremendous defect of character and integrity.
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Come’on Sonnyboy, Take yo whipping like a man, and stop all that whinning. You really kissed the donkey last night!!!! Tech got an old-fashioned 3rd degree whopping!!!! I loved every second of it. You don’t bring those “trash talking” want-ta-bee’s to the “snake-pit”, and expect not the get bit!!! Never liked Tech in any sport. Dislike the whole program. Without the aid of the refs, Tech is a pathetic program. Have they ever won anything, doubt-it!!!!! Go back to “Tumble Weed City”, and find a rock to crawl under. Graham Harrell, ha, what a joke!!!
NOW GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Esteemed sir, you have hoisted yourself on your own petard (look it up, and by the way, your grammar and spelling and punctuation could definitely use some work).
It’s spelled whining, not “whinning”.
“Not the get bit”? Speak English, son.
“Now get”? You can’t even spell your own slang!
Your comments have made my point quite well. I pity your poor writing and communication skills. If you are not careful, they will be your downfall.
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gentlemen gentlemen . It was just a football game. you ought to be more concerned of who won the Presidential Race.
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Perhaps you are right, Mr. Archer. It’s really no contest to match wits with an unarmed man. And I predict that by midnight on January 21, 2009, Mr. Obama will be asking himself why he wanted the job.
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We Red Raiders flat out got it handed to us in Norman. There’s simply no other way to put it. Congrats to the Sooners.
Now let’s look at the current situation. Whether you think Tech deserved the number 2 ranking it had or not, they had it. OU dismantled the #2 team in the country (#1 according to the computers). I don’t see how anyone can put Texas above OU in the rankings after that game. Sure, the ‘Horns beat the Sooners, but more recently, Tech beat the ‘Horns. If OU beats OSU (a team Texas barely survived against in Austin) in Stillwater, it would be an absolute crime if they are cheated out of a chance to play in the Big 12 title game and ultimately the BCS championship. As a Raider fan, I certainly hope the Cowboys can pull off the upset, but I just don’t see it happening.
Say what you want all you UT fans, but OU clearly has the better team, no matter what happened in Dallas in early October. You can consider yourselves extremely lucky if the Sooners win Saturday and you somehow stay ahead of them in the BCS standings and get to play in Kansas City.
Keep your heads up, Raider fans. It’s been a fun ride, and there’s still a glimmer of hope. Remember, we thought it was over when we missed the extra point in OT against Nebraska. Then we thought it was over when the UT safety had the ball tipped right to him on the final drive. The OU-OSU game still has to be played, and it’s usually not a cakewalk for the Sooners in that game.
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Tech fans, a longhorn fan here. Pay no attention to all those fools belittling TT accomplishments this season. Granted you lost a big one, but, as disappointing as it is you can’t let that affect what your team achieved this season.
For all those fools claiming that TT doesn’t belong with the big ones in the Big 12. That is all BS. Remember the BIg 12 is only what 14 years old? In the history of the league, TT is gotta be in the top 5 of the league, and for sure in the top 3 in the south. Yes, its hasn’t won a league championship yet, but, this season ain’t over yet.
Lastly, I love the way coach Leach coaches. I think he’s unique, and he’s personally responsible for the attention this league has received since his arrival at TT. His big day will come for sure. I feel for coach Ruffin McNeal (sp), you can tell he’s as dedicated a coach as it can be found.
Good luck the rest of the way and for the seasons to come, even when sometimes it might be at the expense of my beloved Longhorns.
Guns up!
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I’m a lifelong Sooner fan and am thankful for Saturday’s win over the Red Raiders, but TT has nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing can take away what Graham Harrel and the rest of the team have done this year. Beating the shorthorns is never easy, but who’s the only team to do it so far this year? I admire and respect Coach Leach, too; he’s good for coaching, good for the NCAA and especially good for TT. Time for all Boomer Sooners to move on and get behind the Crimson and Cream for the showdown at OSU. Go Raiders! Go Sooners!
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Hey LJE, WHAT DOES THE BCS POLL SAY? THAT’S THE ONE THAT MATTERS, NOW GET TO THE BACK OF THE BUS BEFORE I TAKE YOUR LUNCH MONEY. LMAO
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Oh, I forgot, you don’t have any lunch money, ou already took it.
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Tech is a good, hard playing team with smart players and smart coaches.
They just ran into a red hot team on their home turf. Just like when Okla State came to Lubbock.
And, both are pretty good even when they are not hot.
You’re still one of the best teams in the country – in the best conference in the country.
Great season. And, there is still more fun ahead.
Best wishes,
Sooner fan.
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all of the people that like to talk trash and laugh in our faces should learn some manners
i am so sick of reading the raw, rude, classless comments that I am tempted to leave a Tech fan site. Thats messed up
I do not go to OU and UT websites and talk trash, so I don’t know if any other Tech fans do. But if they do, I apologize for them.
Most of us retain our dignity, even after such a loss.
UT and OU fans, take notes. Tech’s tortillas and goal posts and all of the things you take as ridiculous are traditions and pasttimes at Tech. We don’t ridicule UTs traditions. Go suck on your thumbs and whine about BCS. At least we sit patiently and wait for you to screw up vs A&M
If it doesn’t happen, oh well.
We still have a great team and deserve the same record that keeps the BIG12 south tied at 10-1
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Hey HOOKER HORNS,
Let’s see where you are next week after OU leap frogs the little horns in the BCS too.
By the way… you’re right, I don’t have any lunch money. I saw your mom on the street corner and gave it to her for a bowl of soup.
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CLASSY SOONER FANS…
Thanks to Larry N., Jerry Breeden, and Rufnek.
ALlLof your posts show that OU fans have more class than most tu fans. If you win next week… I hope OU wins in Miami too.
(of course if you don’t win, I’ll be pulling for my Raiders as usual)
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LJE, you must not have gone to the game in Norman, most of the blogs on here where raider fans are making comments say some pretty ugly things about how the fans acted towards them in Norman. I personally have seen first hand how they act, and classy is far from it, they are possibly the rudest fans in the sport, and not just in football. ou is at the bottom when it comes to class, even when they win.
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TexasBorn and TexasQueen are consummate idiots! You better believe those T-sips are always in our face, badmouthing us, win or lose! They hate us! They hate our school, our fans, our team, they never respect us, they’re arrogant as hell, whenever they lose it’s always the refs hosing them, as if outgaining them 321-21 in the first half was all about refs! UT got dominated in that game, and nearly stole it! Simple as that. We got even MORE dominated by an OU team that played lights out and had their best defensive performance of the season. They outplayed and especially outcoached us, never mind having better personnel or any of that.
They won in every phase! UT was lucky to come back agains OU and Tech, and likely wouldn’t be able to beat OU today in a rematch.
AND, if Texas gets to the NC game? Oh my! THAT will be ugly against Florida or a potential rematch with OU!
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Thanks for taking care of Mom LJE, I’m sure she is thankful. Sorry I had to arrest your Mom for prostitution last night.
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Nat’lChamp2005
You are the kind of fan that makes all people I know think badly of zero u. Shut the h— up. You are not the only ones to have ever played the game of football. I beleive that TECH is the only Big 12 team to have been to a bowl game all 12 years of the Big 12. That even means the school in norman. Nothing in norman in on the up and up and never has been since Switzer was there. Shut up.
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Yea, you go to the toilet bowl every year, never been to a BCS bowl. srubs don’t make it in ldj.
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The post I made was about someone during the game, who had a ticket but chose to stand next to the tech section in the aisle against a wall, shouting obcenities directed to the fans.
I must say, prior to thre game the tailgaters were very good. I was invited by numerous OU tailgaters to join them in the festivities, I thank all of you that did. It was a pleasure to speak to the more responsilble fans at OU, they were there to pull for their team and enjoy the game. As well they should, you have a good team.
I hope that I never am subjected to the classless few that make it bad for everyone including the true die hard fans that pull for their guys, thick or thin, win or lose and walk away knowing that they have had one hell of a good time, and know that they will be back the following home game to do it again with respect.
To all the OU tailgaters that offered your hospitality, Thank You, you are what college football is truly all about
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Don’t any of you tu or ou fanatics of hate have jobs or classes to go to? Or would your butt be out the door if your boss saw you blogging on a company computer at work? If you are a college student, then when the hell do you shut up and study? Or are you too hungover to care?
I’m on Thanksgiving vacation from my six figure salary job, and yes, I do have a job that requires far more fairness, courtesy, intelligence, judgment, literacy, and communication skills than many of the boomer and teasipper hate-spewers have displayed here.
During the years of the old SWC, Tech won the Sportmanship Trophy from the SWC office numerous times. I don’t recall that tu ever did. And OU’s football team has one of the lowest graduation rates in the Big 12, while Tech’s is among the highest in the nation.
Gentlemen, give it a rest. If OSU, A&M, Auburn, and Florida State all win this weekend (which could very conceivably happen), then the BCS will become a mud puddle and then you will REALLY have something to get arrogant about.
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Ralph, your an idiot. You have been and you always will be.
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I apologize for any OU fans that treated Tech fans with a lack of respect. I was not there so I really can’t comment on rude treatment. OU fans were told to be “jacked up” which some may have taken too far. We are not classless fans like Billy said. We are like any other rabid college football fans, that love their team and get into it. The “Snakepit” is real. Tech is a fine school and team. Good luck for the rest of the season. Boomer Sooner!
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ldj-
Who won the national championship in 05′? I think Nat’lChamp2005 is a longhorn fan if I am not mistaking. Anyway congrats on a great season Tech fans hope you finish with wins, and represent our awesome conference well. Keep your heads up. I as a Sooner fan have been through losses over the past few years like this and I know they are heartwrenching. Leach will reload and be back to challenge for the south title.
Best of Luck
Boomer Sooner!
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ou all the way baby.
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Hey sooner….Last I checked we have the same record.
All you have is a win over a #2 ranked opponent………and seems like we beat a #1
Good luck at OSU but I hope you get beat.
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