Comments on: Raiders keep lofty goals in sight

By: Flash Lite

Flash Lite — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:12:53 +0000

Hey – Don Williams is cool. The man is just stating the obvious or “state of the season” sort of. He could have talked about getting a little more luck in Austin or running Batch instead of Potts (oh Lord I thought I’d never have to think of it again) down in Houston or grabbing a few freakin face-masks in the half-time locker room against the Ags in our own house! He could’ve gotten a little rude maybe, but he tells it like it is. This IS supposed to be a “rebuilding” yr at Raiderland so what exactly is all the fuss about. Might go 9 and 3 if we are lucky and a really good bowl. I think overall theyve grown and done a good job. Sure we gotta play em one at a time but there’s nothin wrong with a season goal is there? He told it like it is dude. If you can’t take a little heat get out of the kitchen. Really good we aint talking natl politics here!!!

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By: Doris Bradley

Doris Bradley — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:46 +0000

Mike I liked what you said. Red Raiders need to show up Saturday Night and win. Guns Up Believe.

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By: Watchdog113

Watchdog113 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:59:40 +0000

Well we could be such brown nosers to our team we could be like the whorns of Austin!

Dumb story on a slow sports day. Lets put this to rest, points have been made.

On to Stillwater….Wreck’Em Tech!

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By: Go Tech

Go Tech — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:11:48 +0000

I’m proud to be a Red Raider, but some of the comments in here are embarrassing.. Based on all the whining some of you “fans” do, you’d think Don Williams had written some horrific article about the football program. Quit being such babies. Some of you sound like Aggies.

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By: MaverickMatador

MaverickMatador — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:42:12 +0000

Williams is paid to report facts. He is not making them up. Sometimes the facts are not kind to the Raiders. I like Coach Leach and I like the style of game he coaches (most of the time), but the fact is in all the time that he has been head coach, the Raiders have never come close to winning the Big 12 South, much less the Big 12 Conference championship. I do not think that is too much to ask when one is paying a coach millions of dollars. He has brought Tech a long way during his tenure, but we still have a long way to go. (I liked and admired Spike, but he was trying to compete with one hand tied behind his back, because Tech had not stepped up to the plate financially to really compete.)

Before someone starts to remind me that Tech shared the Big 12 South title last year, spare me. When you lose the OU game with so much on the line by 40 some odd points, I find no evidence that the Raiders came close to winning the title. Nobody cares that we were in a three-way tie. Beat OU and chances are that after beating whatever dead meat the North would serve up in the championship game, Tech would have been playing for the mythical national championship, instead becoming a patsy for the SEC in the Cotton Bowl, again.

I think this team has the potential to win out, and 9-3 is a record to be proud of, especially considering all the injuries that have occured. But potential means you haven’t done it yet. So do it, Raiders!!!! Win out, one game at a time. Then Don can write about a new, more fan friendly, set of facts.

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By: Watchdog113

Watchdog113 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:48 +0000

Bob, your right and that’s my complaint.

Though I do think as the “local paper” they should lean toward Tech as the DMN, SAEN, HC, FWS etc. have there own fair or anti-Tech articles one can read. This also goes to voting in the polls, Tech should lean towards Tech, if they don’t why would anyone else?

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By: Bob in SA

Bob in SA — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:06:23 +0000

I look at this website because we get no coverage of Tech in San Antonio (that SA). I don’t see anything wrong with this article from a journalistic perspective. If you want a guaranteed absolute pro-Tech perspective, stick to the athletic department website.

The fact of the matter is Tech needs to take it one game at a time, because when it hasn’t it has overachieved (won). When you take a “big picture” view in the middle of the season, you get results like the A&M game (which I am STILL sick about).

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By: Watchdog113

Watchdog113 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:24 +0000

Talking to players about “going to win out” is not the thing that Leach and Co. like as it take the eye off the ball (which is the next game ONLY!). The reporting should be about the team and their current opponent unless it’s a Big !2 article. non of this game after next crap. Worry about that on Sunday. We can’t handle doing both. It showed this year and Don is playing into this trap. Though all the whorns, that’s all they can think about….think about that guys! (Could be why they play so crappy in the first half of every game….)

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By: jdeeTTU

jdeeTTU — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:26:22 +0000

Blind homerism gets old fast. I’d much rather have an objective report of what to expect from an upcoming game. There is also nothing in this article that makes me think he dislikes TTU or wants them to lose.

You guys need to get a grip and stop complaining when anyone says anything other than ‘TTU is the greatest football team in the nation, they are going to win out guaranteed!!’.

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By: pootypie

pootypie — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14:17 +0000

Brad & D.D. are dumbed-down Neanderthals that can’t stand anyone with a different opinion..

They used to go yell at professional wresting matches & now want Tech football to be like that.

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