Craig James was responsible for the downfall of SMU football and now he is going for Texas Tech….psst! some people!

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Grow up Adam. You’re not a Div I player. Big12 football isn’t little 3A Celina. It is time to transfer to a D IA or II program. You might get to play and make daddy happy.

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Hmmm ya hear that myers? They’re are plenty of players saying the situation is bogus and far fetched. Myers is such an a$$ hole

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Agreed. I think once all the facts come out, Tech will have a lot of egg on it’s face. Hopefully, Leach will still be the coach.

I don’t know how much weight former players comments will have in the final decision, but it clearly shows this is NOT a Kansas / Mangino situation.

I’ve been to the practice field and if the shed in question is the one I have seen, then it’s hardly a shed at all. If it’s the same structure that I believe it to be, then this is really much ado about nothing and the James family is really playing this thing up.

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This is sad. Leach is a great man who cares about his players more than many other coaches in college ball. He turned Tech’s football program around and into something Texas could be proud of. The previous coach ran that team into the ground.

This all sounds very fishy and stinks.

Coach Mike, the public trusts you and we are behind you. Get your guns up and dont give in.

espn sux.

baby james needs to lose all credibility and NEVER play college ball again. What a loser his daddy is too. Can both of them an boycott espn.

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Interesting…. Sounds like Leach is about to become AD. If my memory serves me correctly, Myers was in the dog house for raising a hand to a player. They moved him to the front office…then became AD.

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I was just befuddled by the Tech administration “parental control” malfunction…before the investigation is even completed. The administration should’ve just swallow the James statement pill and kept quiet under the banner of “ongoing investigation” avoiding therefore the press going crazy and distracting the team from the upcoming game.

What are appropriate training methods and when the medical personnel should be involved to override coach’s orders? Where the coaching methods go from here and how coaches can protect themselves from medical and political correctness?

Was there a medical directive to rest James until further tests? Why did Leach pull Potts and let him rest when Potts had concussion? Why not with James? Investigation should determine the details but until then Leach, like any American citizen, should not be publicly spanked by mighty parent Myers. We, fans and former players, are not ignorant. Concussion is more serious than a broken leg, but we need to wait for the facts before making claims about coach or anybody. And as far as an “inappropriate” coaching, please tell that to Herb Brooks or Vince Lombardi or should we stop beat our chests about Miracle on Ice victory and our football legends and achievements.

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I support Coach Leach. Glad these former players are stepping up for the coach.

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Even in Big12 football where, who knows, how many shady things go on behind the closed doors…we see this happen to Tech. No matter what any single person’s opinion is, you have to take into account the fact that the head pirate earned a law degree from Pepperdine. The man knows damn well what is liable and what is not under the microscope of the media, as well as the administration of TT. This is not like so many other situations we have seen at other universities, even in our own conference. The man could have left us and did not. He signed a contract that was, at a minimum, what he earned. I am very pleased by the same day statements from former Red Raiders on this issue. If you believe in God my fellow Red Raiders, join me in prayers tonight for coach. Lets also hope this does not cost us the commitments of any of this year’s fine talent.

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Stay in there coach.

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Iam so heartened to see these former players stand up for Coach Leach, this whole mess really stinks and the people here in Lubbock are not going to stand for it, Craig James and his wife need to let Adam fight his own battles,they are not letting him grow up and if anyone beleives that it wouldnt make a difference who the player is is not living inthe real world,dont understand the timing of this suspension,the only thing I can think of there may be a ulterior motive, I dont know how many players or coaches follow this website, but I can tell you since I ve lived inLubbock for 60m years the Raider fans are very upset and mad about all of this, we are behind you 100%, we want you to win in the Alamo Bowl, Coach Leach WERE BEHIND YOU 100% . to the James, you are wasting your time at church and Imgetting sick of your statements , your son and youneed to grow up..

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I am calling SuddenLink and canceling my cable. No more money for ESPN!

I hope Leach sues James and ESPN for slander.

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Is the admin. just being overly cautious to CTOA? Nothing else makes sense really…
Hope they realize where the support lies, not with a news network and their shady support, but with the real team!

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It’s really unfortunate that Coach Leach won’t be able to get credit for the Alamo Bowl after everything he has overcome this season. For a rebuilding year, it turned out very well. I hope less attention is given to James over the current allegations and that the Tech fans display their loyalty and gratitude to Leach in the Alamo Bowl.

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Gotta admit I was so upset with Leach continually interviewing with other schools (and not getting any offers I might add) last yr I was ready for him to go. But then things settled down and all seemed to be forgiven and it looked like we had stability and progress once again. I am now on coach Leaches side and feel the admin over-reacted over fear of the James family possible filing law suit, etc this very week. You really think ESPN would’ve allowed that this particular week? I don’t know.

Two things probably for sure:

We keep the pirate and APOLOGIZE to him, and-

Adam James transfers out of the state of Texas and even gives up on football.

With all the new freshmen receivers moving up next yr there is just NO WAY James would see any playing time. In fact, I think this is just between Craig James ego and Mike Leach stubborness. Adam James would probably not have allowed this to go public by any means, so too bad for the kid. What did Craig daddy want our Regents to do? Pay him off like SMEW – no way man! Don’t let the door hit you on the way out Craig James – hypocrit!!

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I would really like to see a picture of the alleged “shed” and closet. Glad to see so much support for Coach Leach from former players. The current players are probably mad as heck. They have worked hard all season and many will be playing their last game Saturday. It must be really hard to get ready for Alamo Bowl with all the distractions. Why didn’t the administration finish their “investigation” before suspending him?

Leach for AD

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What coach is going to ever want Adam James on his team now? Did you think of that Craig?

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WHO BELIEVES CRAIG JAMES? A PROVEN LIAR. ASK “ARE YOU BEING PAID TO BE THE #1 RUNNING BACK AT SMU.” HIS ANSWER WAS NO. THIS WAS IN PART TRUE. HE WAS THE #2 RUNNING BACK BEHIND ERIC DICKERSON. SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY”S DADDY AND MOMMY THINKS HE SHOULD HAVE MORE PLAYING TIME. PROBABLY SO DOES HIS LITTLE FAT GIRLFRIEND. HANG IN THERE COACH.

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Tech should accept responsibility for un-accept-able behavior from Coach Leach . Every player should be treated with respect . The university did A good job for taking action . What’s more important football or character ? It shows no character to mis-treat anyone or talk about someone based on what you think is right . I cannot believe so many people ignore the golden rule of this situation . Accept responsibility and move forward . How would you feel if that was your son ?

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Just hang in there Coach….. your pirates support you all the way! Keep your guns up!

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I’ve been waiting for this report. I wanted to hear what some former players had to say about Leach, because THAT would be the absolute best source for determining if Leach has a problem disciplining his players, or not. NOTHING is more reliable than what his former players say about him….NOTHING! Current players really can’t say anything except off the record, but former players surely can…..and they are.

I wonder if Tech officials are thinking about the repercussions this will cause. Are they thinking about the magnitude of this? This not only affects Tech football, but the entire university. This is going to anger ALL students….the majority of whom are solidly on Leach’s side. And those students (and alumni) DON’T WANT another coach unless the coach they have has TRULY done something to DESERVE getting fired over. And THIS bogus event doesn’t even come close. I really feel sorry for Leach. He does not deserve this.

This whole story is bogus and sensationalized. Former players reportedly see this situation with James pretty much as all the people on this board do. It’s a case of a sissy player with a powerful dad making waves. This absolutely reeks of “much ado about nothing.”

I’ll side with Leach (our 10 year coach) and his former players ANY day of the week over some spoiled little slacker and his powerful daddy.

If Myers and the Board don’t do the right thing here, it will be a travesty. It’s clear what’s going on, and nobody knows what’s going on better than current and former players!

Fans of Leach and Tech need to make their thoughts known on this. They need to write emails and letters to loudly protest ANY negative action being taken against Leach.

This is going to hurt Tech, and all because of a few men who kowtow to the likes of Craig James instead of sticking up for their coach of 10 years. What cowards they are.

I’m so mad I could spit.

BACK OFF MYERS! You were no saint as a coach either, if I remember correctly.

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Agreed!!! And if my son was a player for Tech I would’t have any feelings for him. He would of choose to play at Div I school especially the Big 12 where the pressure is high and if he can’t hack it than he doesn’t deserve to be on the team. When he is on the field the Coach is his daddy and he shall listen to him. I think every football player knows that and realizes it once they are on the field.

Hang in there Coach Leach!!!

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You are right (hculver). Some coach does that to my son I would be having a hissy. But he’s 12. Adam James is 6’3″ and 200+ pounds. Standing in a closet for a couple of hours just doesn’t seem that harsh to me. He wasn’t forced to practice or run or do calisthentics, he was told to stand.

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soo.. craig james should do us all a favor and leave college football alone. and he can take his cry baby for a son and move to a different state. this is texas college football. grow up adam, maybe if you werent too busy wiping the tears from your eyes all the time you could actually see the football and catch it. crabtree may have been a prima donna, but at least he could actually play football. adam, go back to beauty school where you belong daddys girl. Wreck Em Tech, and Wreck Em Leach!!!!

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Ask his players, present and past, about his coaching methods. The administration should not presume guilt until proven, this is America. We are beginning to act like the current Washington government when one has no rights but are guilty until proven innocent.
Listen to his past players. Sports at this level demand a lot from the players and one has to make the decision what one will do for the team. We all underwent “punishment” when playing and practicing.
The James family action is standard practice in today’s world. The head of the placement office at our local university tells me of stories of parents calling the employers of their children to complain of bad evaluations rather than allowing their child to grow up and take responsibility for himself or herself.
We need to get behind Coach Leach and his staff along with our Red Raider team now. Tell Coach Leach he is the one we want to lead our team. Let the administration, including Mr. Hance (chancellor) and Mr. Guy (interim president) know how we feel. Do not let them mess up a good thing while they proceed with their investigation which should be done before any penalties are dealt out.

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Please don’t let the true voice of TTU- the past and present students be ignored. Here are are the 3 contacts you should worry about, kent.hance@ttu.edu, guy.bailey@ttu.edu, christina.martinez@ttu.edu she is the executive secretary for the regents. This reeks of Gerald Myers’ ego getting the best of a situation. I will no longer financially support Tech in any way athletically until Myers’ is gone. No tickets bought, no licensed apparel bought, nothing. This is outrageous for a man to be punished before an investigation is complete. I am tired of the Myers’ being bigger than the good of the department and I will no longer support it. Tell the Pres and Chancellor and regents where your dollars will not be going in the future if Myers is still around. He is a man hell bent on a personal vendetta that has brought the most exposure and financial solvency (Under Armour deal was all Leach and nothing to to do with Myers) to Tech in years. The athletic dept has been regressing in everything but football and track in the last decade and Myers is culpable. FIRE MYERS YESTERDAY. He will be the ruin of Tech athletics.

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I think we have to plan some sort of protest against the adinistration for suspending leach, just like we did during the contract negotiations….and expressour support for LEACH

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Any protest should hit them in the pocketbook. It’s the ONLY thing they understand. Boycotting the game would do that better than anything. If you were going to buy tickets, don’t buy them, and let Tech know why you didn’t buy them. If you have season tickets, tell them you’re going to cancel them if Leach goes.

The players should refuse to play if their coach is not there. He has done nothing to warrant a suspension, much less a firing. But Gerald Myers certainly has. He needs to pay the price for failing to support his 10 year coach and for responding so unprofessionally and thoughtlessly. Putting this in national headlines was the worst thing Myers could have possibly done….IF he’s interested in keeping a good name for Texas Tech. But that’s exactly what he and the Board did with their silly knee-jerk reaction.

Throwing your legendary coach under the bus while kowtowing to someone because he works for ESPN is about as cowardly as it gets.

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Can we as fans sue the James’ and the TTU Administration for retardedness? I say make Craig and Adam walk the plank!!!!

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The Texas Tech administration should have more faith in Mike Leach after everything he has done for their football program. It really saddens me to see Coach Leach thrown under the bus based on trivial allegations and this investigation could of been done internally, without hoopla, except of who the player was related to and of course, then, it had to be blown completely out of proportion. Coach Leach, we wish you the very best and hope something good will come out of all of this for you, your family and the Texas Tech football players and their supporters. You hang in there Coach Leach and dont let this “pebble in the road” discourage you.

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Everyone needs to email the Tech administrators, etc. Power in volume. Support Leach and help reverse this mockery of our great University and save face. This quick trigger to punish Leach and stand behind a whiney little player and his whiney little Dad is beyond ridiculous. Email, call, email, call………let your voices be heard!

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Might Tech be suspending Leach, until investigation is complete, as a safety precaution against NCAA medical violations? I don’t know how these things work and what leverage the NCAA has on a school regarding medical violations. Upon exoneration, he is reinstated and James goes to DIV II school. This whole fiasco makes one wonder if there isn’t much more to the story.

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Hang in there Coach Leach! Sounds like the the “PHONY EXPRESS” James et al needs to transfer back to high school !

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I do not believe any coach should be physically abusive to a player. But, this does not seem to be physical abuse at all. In my opinion this could not have happened in a vacuum. Players and coaches would have known about it. Also if this is true why has it not shown up before. This is sad business that may cost us during Spring recruitment. Because it is in the center of the ESPN world, I believe Tech officials panicked. Now Leach, players, coaches, and fans will pay the price. The PC world is so clueless…

Tech Alum

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Texas Tech football program is irrelevant. This is a non-story.
Have they ever been to, or bordered on, a BCS game?
end of story.

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This is Football not ballet……Give him a Pink tutu….waaaaawaaaaa

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I am going to wear a cardboard sign that reads FIRE GERALD MEYERS until he is fired. i will be at the corner of fourth and university until it gets too cold or i get arrested whichever comes first.

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Myers has long outlived his usefulness-it’s time for him to go to the house for good. We need to finally get a competent AD to handle Tech’s business. Going back into Tech’s history, it was a similar situation with administration that ended up running off Coach Pete Cawthon in 1941. I hope history is not repeating itself.

Hang in there Captain Leach! Your fans support you!

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Are we country of guilty until proven? What is abuse? Running wind sprints OR standing in a closet? Will y’all whine if Leach made James run wind sprints instead of standing in a closet? Was there a medical report about James concussion and did Leach read it? Did James Craig abuse ESPN power? Did AD Gerald Myers abuse his “parental control power”? When famous Miracle on Ice college players puked after Coach Brooks made them do “herbies” (hockey wind sprints) did their parents issue the statements? What is appropriate training methods and when the medical personnel should be involved to override coach’s orders? Where the coaching methods go from here and how coaches can protect themselves from medical and political correctness?

Investigation should determine the details but until then Leach like any American citizen should not be publicly spanked by mighty parent Myers. We, fans, are not ignorant, concussion is more serious than a broken leg, but we need to wait for the facts before making claims about coach or anybody. And as far as an “inappropriate” coaching, please tell that to Herb Brooks or Vince Lombardi or should we stop beat our chests about Miracle on Ice victory and our football legends and achievements as we know what is involved in training. One day coaching and training would come down to robots or smartphone tutorials on coaching that all politically (and medically) correct. Oh, and pleeease do not send Adam James to the Army (i’m not even talking about SEALs).

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Will someone please fire Gerald Myers. If we lose one recruit because of this, a petition should be started to get rid of the worst AD in the country.

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Now that SMU has turned it around, I bet Adam winds up there next year.

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Whether Myers is fired or not, once this is settled, the University had better issue a statement clearly indicating that Leach committed no wrongdoing and go overboard to clear his name that has been smeared by the Myers and the PHDs (piled higher and deeper) within the administration. If I was Leach, I would also sue Craig James for libel and do whatever it takes to make sure there is no doubt that he did nothing wrong and nothing that has not been done before.

Also, Craig James would have been nothing at SMEW if it had not been for Eric Dickerson!

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Hopefully more and more players come out and defend Mike Leach. This was a nice article to read this morning!!!

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Kinda makes me wonder how many OTHER times Adam’s mommy and daddy came to the rescue in his lifetime? Adam sounds like he’s a spoiled rotten titty baby that has had everything handed to him on a silver platter with a silver spoon! I agree with alot of the other above comments. Adam James’ dad works for ESPN and thinks he has a lot of weight to carry around and can stir up trouble for whoever he chooses…..when he chooses, just because he works for ESPN and thinks he’s God. This time it just so happened that it’s right before the Alamo Bowl between the Red Raiders and Michigan State. I am behind Coach Leach 100% and I hope this mess will all be cleared up soon and that Coach Leach will be back where he belongs…with his Red Raider team, and preferably without the titty baby! The suspension could have been kept under wraps until the investigation is complete instead of doing it the way it was done. WRECK EM’ TECH…we’re behind Coach Leach 100%!!!!

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I don’t think the James family wanted to do it, but were prepared to go forward.

All they really want is for Tech to gravel at their feet and give the son special treatment.

Myers and Hance are on their knees and trying – but is that really best for Tech & college football?.

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i vaguely remember when adam james came to tech, i said,hey, thats adam james kid. yesterday my girlfriend calls me at work to tell me that Mike leach has been suspended because of a complaint from a player named adam james. i said hey, thats craig james’ kid. A couple of months from now, i will go into my evening shift at Burger King and when i get there my new trainee will introduce himself; Hi, im adam james. I will say; hey, arent you craig james’ kid? i will then explain to him what happens to pu$$ies in the real world. they get screwed. (Use the more profound word if you like). to the james family, please just go away.

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It is time for the students and athletes to stand up and protest. The entire team (that does not include Adam) needs to tell gerald that they can take the game and shove it.
No Leach, no play!

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wazoo – No, Tech needs to man up and put out a statement on every major network in the world stating that Mike Leach acted in good faith with guidance from team doctors and training staff.

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KEEP THE SUPPORT FOR LEACH GOING! FILL UP THOSE ADMIN’S E-MAIL BOXES!

Why wasn’t James suspended in this investigation? Kent Hance get control of your University!

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It is obvious that someone is lying. The facts will come out. If Leach has done this, I hope that all the TT fans stand for what is right. Because he is done coaching. If Leach has been wronged then he has a great law suit. Before one and all takes sides, just wait for the facts to come out. It does seem strange that the Administration would suspend him w/o knowing what happened.

But listening to the level of intellect of those making the previous comments…wow. I mean Bernie the Burger King guy…evening shift…wow.

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In today’s politically correct world, you have to find creative ways to discipline players. You can’t run them to exhaustion like you used to could, you obviously can’t hit them (and shouldn’t be able to). A kid who has been a slacker and discipline problem shows up to practice with an attitude and sun shades, so you put him in a dark place. I’m willing to bet the treatment had more to do with the kid being a jerk and smart alec than with him having a medical issue. Sounds like the kid is much like the father.

I have always been proud to be a Red Raider, but I must say I am a little ashamed of the administration and thus the university at this point in time.

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Why wait on any recruiting losses to start a petition fire loser Gerald? If we lose Leach, I will not renew my season tickets. If we lose Leach, I will not donate any more money to the university until loser Gerald is fired.

Start the petition now.

FIRE GERALD MYERS!

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Guy Bailey President: techpres@ttu.edu

EMAIL HIM NOW!!!

Nothing elaborate. Just state: We are in support of our coach Mke Leach. I am a registered voter.

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Sorry Kent Hance ………..what I meant to say is this is OUR University, not yours! You were appointed to make good decisions, it’s time to stand up and do it! Keep Leach, get rid of Myers!

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The only reason this is blown out of proportion is the injury in question. It is the hot topic in football and provides the opportunity for Craig James to get publicity. If this was any other injury or happened last year, it is a non story.

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Hey HCULVER…really???? Football, much like life, is not for panzies or crying babies. How about a little bit of charachter and not crying to daddy, b/c you got hurt. In this game, respect is earned. You don’t automatically get it just because you showed up for practice. No wonder this generation of kids is so messed up, it’s because they believe they should just be given everything with out a little hard work. Adam needs to grow up, and sounds like his father needs to as well. I think my 7 year old (daughter) said it best, “that boy (Adam) needs to grow up and smell the coffee. You can get hurt in football, it’s a tough game. Momma, if I ever get hurt in basketball, please don’t blame my coach.”

I am wiling to be that Stoops, Brown…etc. are sitting here thinking, “oh crap, if they only knew what we all do…”

If we lose Leach over this mess, it will be the worst thing that happened to Tech. Leach has done so much for Tech and Lubbock as well.

From a Momma in Lubbock

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No one’s lying.

BOTH sides agee on the basic facts.

This “investigation” boils down to : Are coaches allowed to set-up team rules and enforce them as they determine best?

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Who was it that had to study on the 50 yd line last year in March with snow flurries? Was it Britton ? What would have the administration done if dad Britton had complained?

It is great to see former players explaining how previous injured players were handled. This is not Kansas.

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OK the same guy who sold out to bring in Knight the grand Pooh-Pa of thug coaches, and his nepotism posse, now has an issue with the guy who put Tech on the map? We’re talking oversized ego’s, Myers’s wants Mike to know that he is da BOSS, Craigie James wants Mike to know that you don’t mess wit my kid or I’ll beat you over the head with my purse.
From Arizona, an ASU and BYU grad; I support Mike Leach 100%. I would want my sons to play for the guy.
Keep up the noise, DON”T let this jealous idiot ruin all you have accomplished.

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chancellor@ttu.edu – Voice your concerns. Remember you are writing to the chancellor and write complete, legible, supportive statements.

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Dear President and Chancellor,

I am writing this letter in support of Mike Leach and the Texas Tech Administration. I would like to believe the administration has acted in good faith to protect Coach Leach and Texas Tech University’s integrity. Please act expeditiously to resolve this issue.

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GUY HUBERT BAILEY
PRESIDENT
MS2005

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409

Phone: (806) 742-2121
Email: guy.bailey@ttu.edu

Drop this man a note. Let him know that we support Leach. Demand resolution to this travesty.

FIRE GERALD MYERS!

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I am behind Leach 100%. My son played for Leach and I totally respect the man. As others have stated, football is not a sport for the weak hearted. So what if his ways are different. If they are effective, what’s wrong with them.

I think it has not been brought up, but doesn’t Texas Tech have a very high graduating percentage for football players since Leach became the coach? Would that happen if he was an uncaring person? I think it shows he is a caring person and wants each players to do the best they can be.

If Tech looses Leach over this, it will be a shame, shame, shame.

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I think it is interesting that the family waited until 6 days prior to the bowl to make a formal complaint! If this all turns out to be blown out of proportion, Adam James and his family should make a formal apology on ESPN!! Lou Holtz even stated he put players in a dark place when they had a concussion.

I sincerely hope this is resolved and Leach is still with Tech!

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I am so furious with Tech I don’t even know where to start. If you fire Coach Leach you will never get a dime from me again !
You need to get rid of the obvious problem, everyone knows who it is !

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I find it interesting that G Mo-Money Myers never managed to grow a pair and stand up to a proven abusive bullying Bob Knight while he was running the men’s b-ball program into the ground prior to his skulk-away for ESPN departure.
NOW Myers chooses to act on allegations?

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chancellor@ttu.edu – Voice your concerns. Remember you are writing to the chancellor and write complete, legible, supportive statements.

GUY HUBERT BAILEY
PRESIDENT
MS2005

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409

Phone: (806) 742-2121
Email: guy.bailey@ttu.edu

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It is not a conincidence that a week or so ago redraiders.com ran a story about how the four outstanding redshirt freshman wide receivers would be taking away playing time from underperforming players, ie. Adam James.

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I don’t think we know everything thats going on. When Mike Leach had contract problems we never knew the whole story until everything was done. I know Kent Hance does not like his school being on the national news about something negative. Hance runs TTU like a company town. ESPN said TTU will have to pay Leach 800 hundred thousand dollors if he is the coach after the 31st. So we should know soon what will happen.

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I support Leach 100%. He has done more for the image and popularity of our university than any coach, chancelor, AD, etc in our history. We haven’t heard one single former player come out against Leach or even talk about any mistreatment of players. This has been handled very poorly. Do not bow down to Craig James and ESPN. TTU had better keep Mike Leach and lose Adam James. Myers is upset that football continues to be more popular than his beloved basketball. Get rid of Myers!

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Support Coach Leach. Everyone email Chancellor Hance (chancellor@ttu.edu) and support Coach Leach. We need to Fire Myers for making this an issue in public forum. This should have been handled in-house.

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This is outrageous. Put Coach Leach back in and let’s get on with winning the Alamo Bowl.

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Why is Gerald Myers still AD.. Does he have pictures?

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Is the James family for real? http://wp.me/pB5cu-2U

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This is DUMB. Tech gets a great coach and then lets some crybaby mess it up. James needs to go back to high school so he can get the attention he wants. His dad sounds like a whimp on espn and i guess he is following in his footsteps. If you want attention, do something on the field to deserve it instead of crying. Tech needs to get a gag order against the James’ family to keep them from whinning about their poor little son that should not be at a top of the line school. Wonder if he should have considered Jr. college to get ready for real football.

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Make me sick…the James kid should find a new school.

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Former players standing up for Coach Leach speaks volumes,no we really dont know right now what really happened,hopefully the investigation will be over shortly,in the next day or so or before, hopefully, the people that made the decision to suspend Coach Leach made the right decision,and would know the repercussions of their decisions, if not then the leadership of Texas Tech and the athletic department needs to be seriously looked at and changes made if needed. Also Espn needs to look at the involvement and broadcasting of a players father. If rules were broken then guidelines need to be set up so this never happens againas it has cost the reputation ,status of Texas Tech athletics for years to come and their loyal fans, players, and especially the seniors this year and especially Coach Leach ,whose reputation has been harmed also, personally speaking I think recruting will be greatly hurt by all of this and more than likely Leach will be gone and I wouldnt blame him one bit , Tech football will not be the same and will have a black eye for a long,long, time and Lubbock as a whole will be greatly hurt by it all my 60 years tells me this, its a sad,sad, day for us Raider fans..

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While I recognize Leach has brought a quality and excitement to football at TTU, I’ve never been a Leach supporter. I’ve been in the camp of believing Leach was a quirky, out of control, moron, and a poor representative of the university. And, more than likely in this situation, he once again used some poor judgment with the James kid and was wrong – but technically how wrong – was it wrong enough to indefinitely suspend him?

For the life of me, I can’t understand why this accusation wasn’t investigated while Leach continued to coach the team? Unless there is something ginormous underlying this issue, the Administration overreacted by indefinitely suspending the pirate. Now they bring needless attention to a program that, once again, appears to be out of control and the administration looks like the Panhandle nitwits. I don’t see anyone being a winner in this situation as Leach isn’t the only one damaged. Tech’s recruiting, the team attitude, the program stability, the James’ clan, and the universities’ standing will all suffer.

Unless this accusation is a slam-dunk, the Administration now has their hand on a “tar baby” and the stickiness is only going to get worse as the plot thickens and there will be NO COVER AND NO WINNERS.

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Texas Tech needs a new Athletic Director who will stand behind all of Tech’s coaches 100% until the investigation is complete!

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A travesty, I have worked at Gerald Myers hoop camp, and know that because basketball gets short shrift
in this state, Myers has a grudge against the whole football mentality. It has chafed Gerald like any other
basketball coach who had his program unrightfully quashed by grid coaches (left to make a choice, kids
would pick hoops over football any day of the week, but Texas football coaches are always the ADs, and they
make the schoolboys play football, a sore point to this day. At the college level, hoops again takes a back seat.
So with this axe to grind Myers should not be in the position of power. Anyone who is a Knight apologist/protector
to the degree Gerald is should be likewise protecting his great football coach if he has any integrity.
Instead he is trying to ruin a coach who is every bit the eccentric genius in his sport that Knight is in basketball.
I understand Gerald’s misplace ire. Texas IS Football, and this is exactly why Myers should not be an AD.
Basketball has NEVER got a fair shake in this state and never will, but that ain’t Mike Leach’s fault. Get out, Gerald.
You’re a bitter man trying to destroy a coach that Lubbock needs more than anything in the world: a guy who can
take a school with one hundredth of UTs resources and recruiting power, and battle the great fraud Mack Brown
and his arrogant program tooth and nail with guts and clever coaching.
Just like the basketball coach and his son you hired (who have some unusual motivational methods themselves.)

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A travesty, I have worked at Gerald Myers hoop camp, and know that because basketball gets short shrift
in this state, Myers has a grudge against the whole football mentality. It has chafed Gerald like any other
basketball coach who had his program unrightfully quashed by grid coaches (left to make a choice, kids
would pick hoops over football any day of the week, but Texas football coaches are always the ADs, and they
make the schoolboys play football, a sore point to this day. At the college level, hoops again takes a back seat.
So with this axe to grind Myers should not be in the position of power. Anyone who is a Knight apologist/protector
to the degree Gerald is should be likewise protecting his great football coach if he has any integrity.
Instead he is trying to ruin a coach who is every bit the eccentric genius in his sport that Knight is in basketball.
I understand Gerald’s misplace ire. Texas IS Football, and this is exactly why Myers should not be an AD.
Basketball has NEVER got a fair shake in this state and never will, but that ain’t Mike Leach’s fault. Get out, Gerald.
You’re a bitter man trying to destroy a coach that Lubbock needs more than anything in the world: a guy who can
take a school with one hundredth of UTs resources and recruiting power, and battle the great fraud Mack Brown
and his arrogant program tooth and nail with guts and clever coaching.
Just like the basketball coach and his son you hired (who have some unusual motivational methods themselves.)

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what happened to america innocent until proven guilty .. let the man go to bowl. remember…he brought us to where we are… we are with u coach leach

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Hey, Don Williams, How about a little investigative reporting on this matter? How about some pictures of the torture chamber where the victim was abused?

Let us see how terrible the conditions were in that horrible place for ourselves.

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Sue said:

I am behind Leach 100%. My son played for Leach and I totally respect the man. As others have stated, football is not a sport for the weak hearted. So what if his ways are different. If they are effective, what’s wrong with them.

I think it has not been brought up, but doesn’t Texas Tech have a very high graduating percentage for football players since Leach became the coach? Would that happen if he was an uncaring person? I think it shows he is a caring person and wants each players to do the best they can be.

If Tech looses Leach over this, it will be a shame, shame, shame.
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Thank you, Sue, for your post.
The current/former players parents angle is what I was interested in hearing(or reading) about. I wanted to know if any current/former players have ever told their parents about any mistreatment by Coach Leach to either themselves or another player. If after ten years of being head coach of Texas Tech Football the only issue with Leach is putting an injured player in a place that better suits his injury, BUT, makes him stand while the team practices then I say, WOW, this guy has run a pretty clean ship and does NOT deserve the treatment he is receiving from the TTU system. Making him stand the whole time he was confined, in my opinion, would be a way to make that player understand that he is still part of the team and although he may not be able to put on a helmet and take some hits, he is still a team player and shouldn’t feel like he can just be lazy and do nothing. I hope more parents will log on and share some of their opinions and stories about their son and about the treatment he received from coach Leach. Unfortunately, I DO NOT see a silver lining to this cloud or a light at the end of the tunnel or any other cliche for Texas Tech University, the sports department, its current students or alumi.

In support of Coach Leach 100%!

Go Raiders! Beat the Spartans!

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I feel sorry for the seniors that don’t get to play their last game in a Red Raider uniform with their head coach coaching from the sideline because of the selfishness and untimely bogus accusations of another player. I cant rightly call him a TEAM player because a TEAM player would have taken into account the feelings of his TEAMmates and would’ve either sucked it up or at the very least waited till after the bowl game to come forth with said accusations. As a matter of fact, I don’t think he can even be called a player.

In support of coach Leach 100%!

Go Tech! Beat the Spartans!

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I think tech is being unfair..If Mr. Leach is under suspension… I think the James kid should be on leave til further investigation.. I also hope Mr. Leach will file a lawsuit for false slander and it will be a big mistake for u not to let Mr. Leach attend the bowl game… the team needs him as well he needs our support….

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It seems as if the James family has a case of pu$$y-itis in the bloodline….BTW hance ,bailey and meyers can go to hell in a hand basket for their inability to see the obvious. POS meyers is taking his opportunity to devour LEACH but little does he know that the people who put money into TECH will come out swinging for his A$$ to be fired and IT will start by A sharp decline in season ticket sales that will have in squirming like the POS that he is. Hope Leach does leave so he can make better of his career and not have to put up with this crap.

GO TECH!! Conquer the ALAMO!!

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Sam has it exactly right. Isn’t there anyone left in lubbock who could go out to campus and take a few snapshots of the shed (which I have seen, it’s huge) and the other room. These geniuses from ESPN are making out like he was put in a 3×3 broom closet with no ventilation. I have a feeling that’s not the case, but it should be easy to prove with a little work.

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So, hmm, what happens with the “Cruise with Coach Leach and wife” this summer if Leach is no longer at Tech?

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I am 100% percent for the man who graduates student-athletes at a very respectable rate….that would be COACH LEACH….why won’t meyers make a public statement concerning LEACH’s graduation rates compared to others. BECAUSE meyers has a vendetta against LEACH….it was heard through the grapevine that meyers after a few drinks declared a promise to get rid of him. gerald not all your friends enjoy your company…..watch who you talk to.

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SO MUCH for innocent until proven guilty, eh? If the investigation is still going on, then why the rush to judgement? Sounds like the AD has been waiting for an excuse to go after Coach. Anything that Coach Leach “allegedly” did to poor James is nothing compared to what I went through as a Marine Corps Recruit at the “tender” age of 17…

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I really don’t like Tech or Leach…but this issue is so overblown its mind-boggling. Adam James needs to stick with inter-mural sports, or maybe T-Ball? This kid isn’t tough enough for college athletics, and his celebrity dad needs to lose the doting little league mentality of being the meddling parent. Did little Adam really call home a whine about being put in time-out? Oh..the horror…little Adam had to stand in the shed while the men were practicing for the Alamo Bowl. Unless things have changed since I played college ball 35 years ago, Tech players will never accept this whiny pansy back on their team. If they do…well it is Tech after all…maybe they’ll just throw tortillas at him.

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Photo of “shed”

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The “shed” was near the field hear the “team mates” hit, work, playing while he’s alone. He could hear the calls, mistakes made, learn what the players were told to correct the mistakes. Player could have used time to keep up with the team. Leach was keeping him on the team, rather than cutting him.

Hum, gives thought to where he “should” be. Maybe he should have been haulled off and put in a cell.

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I am officially announcing my candidacy to become the next chancellor of Texas Tech University. I will work for 250,000 annually plus the perks. I wont even move out of the 2 bedroom house i live in with my girlfriend, I just need to have a third bedroom added and a decent sized storage shed in the back. It will cost about 50,000 dollars to satisfy those requirements. I am a hell of lot cheaper than Kent and a lot smarter and better looking and can probably kick his butt if he dared to duel out on a public street. The substantial amount of money saved would be used to try like hell to keep Coach Leach as Tech’s football coach. And yes gerald, youre out too. please vote me in and i will kick the crap out of craig james too while im in that mood.

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Great Comparison!!! Gehring,

Semper Fi!!! BTW. I am actually an ex-ARMY soldier and I would have to agree that this incident has nothing on my days in boot camp. I really don’t think he would have made it standing in the chow line….for goodness sake!!! This kid and his pansy father need to grow a pair and get the hell out of TECH ball.

IF WE LOSE LEACH I WILL BE SURE TO GET ON THE BANDWAGON TO REDUCE SEASON TICKET SALES AND CALL FOR meyers POSITION.

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FIRE MYERS!!! REINSTATE LEACH!!!! Are you seeing the overwhelming support here for Leach and the lack of support for Myers Mr. Hance? Better keep this sucker between the bar ditches sir. your subordinates are, again, screwing TTU!!!
GUNZ UP FOR LEACH!!!

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All yall are full of S**t, if this was McNeil who done that, yall would want to get him out of there. People if this was your son what would you do? Half of yall would not stand there and take it most of you all would sue the hell out of tech and leach.

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I would have to say that Tech officials will have to make a decision very quickly as Coach Leachs lawyer is trying to get a injuction so he can coach the Alamo Bowl as reported on espn and he will be the coach after the 1st of the year and be entitled to 800,000 ,so I would bet that Tech will Fire Coach before that happens so they wont have to pay him, and with espn backing on the James incident , good cause,to fire him, they also probably knew that Coach would not apolgize, when they asked him too, probably , this was all planned out ahead of time,get media attention with a high profile player, suspend the coach, make him make a move to save his pride and use finances to justify firing him, hire a another coach at a lower pay that will cower down to the administration and say well Tech fans will forget eventually, theyll support their team,life moves on,who cares what they think anyways, were in charge annd espn and the national media will love us because we protected a player who had a concussion, which by the way gets a lot of press, L each will get another job and well look like heroes,remember times heals everything , that make sense, thats the only sense I can make out of this whole Fiasco. expect the unexpected…

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Walter,

SHUT UP!!! Don’t put a hypothetical in a situation that is clearly a F’d up administration and AD that can not conduct business in a manner that is expected because they are all IDIOTS. We can expect them to listen to an AD that has outlived his position here at TECH. We need to rid TECH of AD who seems to have his head up his A$$ every minute of the day ask his staff….they will tell you.

FIRE meyers for 2010!!!

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This is pathetic, Leach is a horrible coach and an even worse human being. He never stops running his mouth and deserves all the bad publicity he is getting. Good luck in the alamo bowl, looks like its back to big 12 celler for TTU football. HAHA

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Did I read right on another site that Leach’s lawyer has a letter from the Doctor who diagnossed Adam James’ concussion supporting the actions that Coach Leach took? It seems like this is a case of a player thinking that he is some kind of super star, but then realizes his skills are not up to par with in coming recruits and red shirts who will further reduce his opportunity for playing time. A few of the games I attended this season I would notice the hissy fits James would throw on the sideline when pulled for a sub and when his number wasnt called to sub for others. If the picture posted on the link above is in fact the “shed” he was confined to I would say James greatly exaggerated his story. I think we all should throw our support behind Kay Baily Hutchinson for Governor, maybe she will enact positive changes in the Tech Board of Regents.

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Raider4Life: Actually, the Doc said that in NO way was Adam James “harmed” by being put in timeout. I believe it was noted in the original story from yesterday. So it makes me wonder how Craig can complain about mistreatment. He was not harmed. He was humiliated for being a diva. I hope he transfers to SMU so we can kick the crap out of them opening game in ’10.

Guns up.

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It is clear that young Mr. James has had a sense of entitlement from the day he stepped on campus. You can tell by the way he carries himself that his father has held his hand and fought his battles for way to long. If this kid was in anyway being harmed or I even dare to use the term “abused” I am sure he could of taken care of himself unless they had the d-line standing guard at the shed. It is time for Raider Nation to stand behind our coach and get your guns up and tell Gerald, Craig, and Adam to get the hell out of Lubbock and don’t look back.

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This for Walter… grow up this is sports I have 2 sons… and one is in football …. he’s been injured and he is only 15 and can handle it.. but it all has to do with envy…… the james just need to take their son out and send him to another college… I bet through the years… his parents has bailed him out… cuz apparently he couldn’t handle it…….. THROUGH THE 10 YEARS LEACH HAS COME A LONG WAY…watch ur season ticket sales go down….

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Papers are being filed at the courthouse, 3-10,so Leach can resume coaching and also a petition to Keep Leach, sources are expecting Tech to fire Leach inthe next 48 hrs, stay tuned to a Fiasco, only In Lubbock and Tech, what a joke, I say fire Myers, HANCE, bailey and all the other people involved in this Embarrasment..

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If they Fire Leach instead of Myers I will quit watching/fund the football program PERIOD!

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Craig James is scheduled to commentate the game Saturday. I believe he should be replaced. No one wants to hear his opions about anything.

Gerald Myers should go and should have been replaced sometime ago. If things like this continue it will be the down fall of college sports. Babies need to go home. There is no place for them in sports.

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hculver, I’d tell my son to harden the fu** up. This is division I college football not 1A girls basketball. We pay Coach Leach a lot of money to build football players and men out of boys. This task cannot be completed by holding players hands and wipping their noses for them. James was sent into a building out of the sun not to Russian prison in the Gulag. I think Craig must enjoy seeing his name and “scandal” in the press. Maybe when this is all said and done Adam can go play for his daddy’s alma mater. I’m sure they’d receive the James family with open arms!

Keep your head up coach! Raider Nation is behind you!

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Once again the AD and the Football Head Coach do not see eye to eye, thus no apology and thus the suspension.
The AD just may be the problem. Was it not the issue of Leach wanting to have total control of the program that caused some of last years problems. Also who is responsible for the crazy schedule the team is playing, the AD.

Email administration and email ESPN to let them know that you will not be supporting them if Leach is not reinstated. ESPN needs to know we will not support them and WE will not be BUYING the products shown on ESPN until Craig James is fired. Let the ESPN sponsors know that you will not be buying their products.

ESPN plus Craig James = no money spent on the sponsors products!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MONEY TALKS

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For years I have held my tongue on the idiocy of Gerald Myers because for various reasons. However, it has become apparent that we as fans and alumni of Texas Tech University must come to a decision. Do we want the leadership of Gerald Myers or the coaching of Mike Leach? Gerald’s over-sized ego has finally made it too apparent to ignore that he puts his own vendettas and self-importance in front of the universities. Putting a kid who had a “slight concussion” and was released by doctors in a room previous players go for conditioning when not participating in team workouts is HARDLY a cruel and unusual punishment. It certainly does not even begin to border on ABUSIVE.

The fact that Kent Hance has supported Gerald Myers in this ridiculous investigation of trumped up charges makes me sick! I practiced law for years myself, have taught at Tier 1 universities, and I cannot understand how this administration could handle the situation so badly. HOW has a player been endangered or grossly mistreated in the circumstances alleged by Adam James and his father? So what if the kid was made to stay in the equipment room??? The sunlight aggravates a concussion? Well, the kid was put in the darkest place possible.

This really boils down to a disgruntled family with an over-developped sense of importance. I am glad that Leach stood up to James, ESPN, etc. The man has integrity and that is hard to find these days. Myers has made one crappy decision after another…look at the hiring of the last two volleyball coaches (yeah, that’s right they did not have ONE win this year) or at the women’s basketball record (yeah, in four years from elite status to number 10 in the conference.)

Leach should not have been suspended on these flimsy allegations. Leach merited the benefit of the doubt after such a spotless ten years at Tech. Myers has made it clear that he cannot be just and impartial. It is TIME for him to go before our football program is ruined.

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Well ive always been a Red Raider as long as i can remember, I guess I will always be… but if they fire Leach or he quits then I guess Ill have to start looking foward to the Baylor and Iowa State games again, maybe then we will have a chance to win.

Everyone is blaming Myers. well I dont blame him for all of it. I blame everyone that is his boss for not firing him last year, or the year before or the year after he started. he sucked as a coach so why not make him over all sports? the ones above him are just as stupid as he is.

Adam James sucked anyways. even if he was in a closet, Leach did the right thing by making the team better with james not being there. im sorry but i never did like the kid. Maybe im just used to guys playing football and i never thought i would see brittney spears wearing our jersey.

Craig James, he just needs to go to a far off land and let us all think he died or something, hell make it a family trip with one way tickets, im sure he still has enough money from those SMU days to afford the tickets.

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Leach, and anybody who supports him, is an ignorant a-hole. None of you stupid hilljacks could carry Adam James’s jock, so maybe you all ought to STFU.

Then again, this is Texas. Who cares if the coach is an overpaid loudmouth scumbag, as long as he wins.

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Craig James, his father, athletic director, and president of TTU should be required to set the bench in women’s panties during the Alamo Bowl January 2nd.

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I think that Texas Tech has handled this poorly. Where is the loyalty Gerald? You stand behind your coaches not your TV networks. You wouldn’t even know ESPN if it wasn’t for Leach’s offense and him winning games. I have been a Red Raider for my whole life and this makes me sick. I say fire Gerald and as a punishment make Crybaby James transfer to Baylor! Gerald you are a disgrace. Coach we support you! Hang in there! Beat MSU!

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To Big East:

MYOB! Nobody asked a damn Yankee’s opinion anyway. I don’t remember that there was ever a Big East powerhouse
either. Just because a big crybaby is causing trouble doesn’t mean we need to hear your two cents worth!!

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I am absolutly disgusted at the lack of support and respect Myers has for a man that has given this FB program and school more than we could have ever asked for. And after 10 years of laying a respectable foundation they want to stab him in the back?!

Lubbockites and Red Raiders are loyal people and WE WILL STAND BEHIND OUR CAPTAIN AND COACH!

And as an Alumni I will not stand for my school to continuously shoot itself in the foot everytime we try and move forward.

We need to take a stand for this man and let him know that we want nothing more than to move past this and keep him as our Coach for decades to come!

LOVE YOU LEACH AND WRECK ‘EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sounds to me that if this goes against sissy boy, it might the the end of him. which i hope it does. be a man and grow up. or go the another univeristy, because your future at tech is screwed.

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Folks, it’s simple. Gerald Myers is an old man. He did not want Mike Leach to earn the money he deserved for his success at Tech. Now Gerald Myers has infected the man who put Tech on the map. GERALD MYERS WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS DESTRUCTION OF THE PROGRAM. When you see Gerald Myers, be sure to tell him to “Go to Hell.”

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How do you hire Bobby Knight despite all he had done and then suspend Leach over this? Plus didn’t he get sent to the front office for treating a player wrongly? What do you guys think about this: SPIKE FOR AD!!!!!!!

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One Last Thought About Gerald Myers: Remember when Rick Perry’s chief of staff (Aggie) got hit on the head in Lubbock? Gerald immediately accepted blame for all. Then the video showed that Reginald Wallace, a student at Texas A&M, was the boy who hit the chief of staff. SAME DEAL. SAME GERALD. NEVER COMES TO DEFEND TECH. GET RID OF GERALD MYERS.

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It is unfortunate that the James family didn’t wait to “HEAR” from “the Lord” before getting involved in their ADULT son’s problems. Not only is Adam being humiliated further by being called a “baby” , whiner and momma’s boy by his peers, but this reputation will follow him for a long, long time. ………I’m sure Adam’s dad and mother would not have proceeded if they could foresee this humiliation for their son. In my opinion, advising Adam to be a man, suck it up and “deal with it” would be more beneficial to Adam and his future “growth” as a person than to “coddle” him.

Craig, let the boy become a man.
Raider fan for 40+yrs.

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@DaveC, standing for 2-3 hours is not torture – clearly you’ve never stood in line for concert tickets, at the DMV etc. If standing for long periods of time was considered inhumane, McDonald’s would put stools behind their counter so the staff could sit to prevent the ACLU from suing. Your allegation is silly.

As a former b-ball player, I can tell you I’d never want Adam James as a teammate. He is one of those players who’s always looking for a shortcut or a way to slack off but then expects to be treated like a superstar. But considering who his father is, I’m not surprised. I’m no Leach fan – I can’t abide people who don’t know when to shut up – but considering that the “facts” initially reported have turned out to be exaggerated, and considering his former players aren’t providing additional “fire” for the supposed “smoke” of this incident, I think TTU administration looks foolish. How much you wanna bet Cincy is dialing Leach’s cell phone right now?

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Why couldnt the James family wait another week if they cared about Tech and the other players and fans? Why couldnt myers wait until after the bowl game Tech worked so hard for? I feel sorry for the other Tech players. I dont think Adam James should have been allowed to go to the bowl game with team. Leach has done so much for Tech that i dont want to lose him. This James family shows trouble in their past history. ESPN should have suspended James also! I am an alumni of Tech and I have certainly lost respect for Myers, pres., and regents.

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Craig James, you’ve done in your son. Myers you’ve done in TT for the near future. You obviously need some backbone, Craig must have threatened law-suit, no other reason for this knee-jerk reaction. And there is no grounds for a Law-suit. Leach we’re behind you 100%.

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Craig James? Craig James?!?! Other than get SMU the death penalty what has he done? If a player has a concussion he is to be removed from drills and placed in a low lighted area. Wasn’t he already cleared by the medical staff when he showed up for practice in street clothes? I think Leach was wise to keep the young man out of practice and took great care in providing him a nice, dark place to recover from his “symptoms”. How much play would this story have gotten if he were Adam Smith from BFE instead of Adam James with a daddy on ESPN?

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This is what happens when you allow a doddering and apparently vindictive old man to continue to serve as Athletic Director. The documents attached in support of the Motion for A Temporary Restraining Order make clear that this is a Myers-driven action. Process was due, and Leach should have been afforded the chance to mount a meaningful defense before the University took action. Hance needs to step in and resolve the situation and prevent Tech from looking even more ridiculous– perhaps by rescinding the suspension and delivering Myers’ resignation/retirement announcement as a sweetener. As stated in the Texas Monthly Article, if Leach goes as the result of this debacle, the alumni will be in full-on revolt and heads will roll. Hance needs to fix this or his run at Chancellor will be about as fondly remembered and past tense as his run for governor. BUM STEERS WILL BE AWARDED AS THE RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT- HANCE DONT LET THEM BE YOURS.

As for Craig James– I wish Leach would produce an affidavit about James requesting more playtime for his son (and/or other Little League Dad incidents). Utilizing his position as a media personality to interdict in coaching decisions and then simply making things up about Leach when it didnt work will no doubt not sit well with his employers. This is on top of the hatemail they are already likely receiving. This has become a national issue– i.e. helicopter parenting, and James will be raked over the coals plenty as the result of this.

As for Adam James– I simply feel sorry for him. He is just a kid whose dad wasn’t a decent enough parent to tell him to quit crying and man up. His father’s poor choices and bad parenting have tainted any prospect of a football career for him.

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Isolating people — putting them in a room by themselves — is in just about every other context known to mankind a punishment. Posting an “attendant” outside the door simply reinforces the perception. Doing this because of a concussion diagnosis? That’s beyond insane. Leach could have accomplished what he claims to have intended in a thousand ways that would not leave his intentions open to this sort of speculation.

In other words, it’s what we already knew — the man has a gift both for running a dynamic offense and making a horse’s patoot out of himself in highly visible ways. I think there are dozens of qualified men out there who can provide the former without the latter. It’s time for Leach to go. He’s just not smart enough to warrant $2.5 million in TT resources. I know, private dollars. Those are still TT resources.

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I don’t know if it will make much of a difference, but if Leach is fired, Texas Tech will never receive another dime from me as an alumni. I might reconsider if they get rid of Gerald Myers.

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I just emailed the Chancellor, President, and Exec. Secretary to the Board. I suggest you do the same. Tell them, respectfully, that you support Coach Leach and will NOT support Tech athletics if the inappropriately fire Leach. MAYBE Coach did something wrong, but I doubt it. If he didn’t…SHAME ON THE ADMINISTRATION!!!

I hope Tech gets this right…SO MUCH depends on it.

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I think that Adam James did perhaps have an axe to grind regarding playing time

Concussions are serious.

Unfortunately Leach is over a barrell

The university will save 800K if Leach is terminated b4 the 31st …. It is next to impossible (famous Dad or not) to explain away sticking anyone with a concussion (not a jammed toe broken leg its a serious brain injury) in a well lit heated or unheated shed …) “because [Leach] thought James was faking a concussion he’d suffered during practice the previous day. Leach had him watched, and when James sat down, Leach had things removed from the shed so he could not sit. …” It is not sadly Leaches call whether someone has a concussion he is a football coach and lawyer not a medical professional …period

That coupled with his “fat little girlfriends” comment the man has repeatedly made Tech look unprofessional. Tech alumns and fans of which I am one are more interested in wins than apparently truth or health

Spring recruiting is about to be an issue and …if it were my call …. regrettably …i would say terminate him and get another coach that can execute a spread offense. candidly it is not rocket science nor does it require a law degree. Leach is lucky he wasnt incarcerated and held on bond.

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Not one of these posts has mentioned the “quote’ on “raiderpower.com…forums..football titled “can’t wait till Friday when this comes out”…
This person seems to know some facts that most of you do not…
Several weeks back, Craig James(being unhappy Adam was not playing much) approached Coach Leach about letting Adam transfer out to SMU. Since it is Leach’s and Tech’s policy not to let a scholarship athlete transfer to “another Texas DIV I school”, and not to one on Tech’s schedule, Craig and son were told no.
So then Craig James goes to AD Meyers and is again told no! Then all HELL breaks loose and daddy James writes his letter and distorts the facts.
Ok so now Adam comes to practice complaining of a “concussion”…Coach Leach is skeptical; but, sends the kid to a dark room with a trainer to supervise..not once but twice….seems the proper thing to do to me?

How can the TT administration not back Coach Leach in this situation? Does ESPN have that much power?
I personally have e-mailed ESPN and complained that they are not stating the true facts either.

As for now I’M SUPPORTING COACH LEACH……until someone shows some “facts” that are more damaging!

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Wake up folks. Several former KU players praised Mangino also. Try having a concussion and standing in a dark small room for three hours without getting dizzy and sick. Why was the stool ordered out of the space by Leach if not for punishment? If he (Leach) was so concerned about James not being subject to much visual and auditory stimulation, why not have him in stay in his room? Why did Leach tell an aide who was watching James that if James left the room he (James) would lose his scholarship? Is it helpful to have a student athlete sit outside on the football field to study because the kid missed a study session when the temperature was in the 30s and it was snowing , or does it Jeopardize the student’s health. This is enough for censure at least if not dismissal.
The bar has to be raised. The culture of the drill seargent coach should come to an end.

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Why was he not in Doctors care if he had this concussion?

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Is the daddy and the player allowed to self determine that he has a concussion?

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Where are statements from the medical staff?

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Will Adam have a better NFL career than his Dad, if he could not play at powerhouse Texas Tech??

Is there a business relationship with Craig J and TT?

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http://firegeraldmeyers.ning.com/

Come tell E’m how you feel!

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ESPN isn’t behind Leaches problem nor Tech decision to suspend him ! The story is nationwide it wasn’t buried … the fact that other news agencies other than KCBD or KLBK reported it doesn’t mean there is a conspiracy … as incredible as that may seem. Tech was ranked last year and this on the heels of the KU thing … struggling with th perspective that ESPN is the conspirator .. They have reported all that is on record thus far. Trust me IF the James family conspired eventually it will come out and Adam wont play anywhere nor will Craig be working for ESPN and then … they will be the ones under the gun.
Right now my concern as selfish as it is …Spring recruiting ….THAT is the game right now as far as I am concerned… and trust me A&M UT Baylor OU …are all high fiving each other with this story now bc of …Spring recruiting

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Sorry if its a repeat…go to YOU TUBE and “team leach.”

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Third string on TT?????

transfering to SMU?

who cares

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Not much else to say other than let’s see:
Daddy James took payoffs and got SMU screwed up from everything I have ever read
Junior is not really D-I player from what I have seen and heard
Daddy is mediocre announcer but Leach has been great coach – jealousy ???
Daddy thinks his little boy is great player – probably was able to demand “daddy ball” at lower levels
Only thing I don’t understand – why would SMU want another James…didn’t they learn the first time????

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The investigation is going to be bias given who is conducting it. It’s obvious Meyers doesn’t like Leach and would LOVE to not have to pay him $800K.

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Leach is an idot

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As a Texas Tech grad (have 9 years and several degrees from Texas Tech) my only question (since I’m a psychologist) is what is the real issue, and as some say “How is that working for you”. As a former Lubbockite and now a Houstonian we smell some politics from here that might be saying we don’t want to pay Mike an $800,000 bonus that he has earned.

Who brought 10 bowl games to Texas Tech aka Lubbock and their economy? Who brought a new stadium addition to Texas Tech, aka Lubbock and their economy? Who helps pay those taxes in Lubbock that everyone moans about? Where would Lubbock be without Texas Tech and professionals such as Mike Leach?

Coach Leach can go anywhere and get another job…the facts appear not to be at all about this particular incident— but just some itty bitty small minded folks who don’t believe in making young football players accountable and whatever happened to consequences for foolish behavior?

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As a Tech grad and a parent of a current Tech student I am outraged at the actions of this administration in not supporting a coach that has brought so much pride to the school. The fans that know him as a fair and decent man do not understand how those in power do not put forth an investigation before taking action that has done so much damage to the man , the program he has built, and the school. Shame on you! Perhaps those who jumped to a negative conclusion to suspended a man who has proved to be worthy and taken the word of a youngster that isn’t happy with his play time and his Daddy whose pride is hurt should be suspended.

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Right on Pam,

The only thing I would like to see is a firing of Myers and Hance. Why? No balls to stand up and tell Craig James to shut up and tell him if he doesn’t like it he can transfer

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This is a crying shame!!! People like AJ and his DADDY; are responsible for kid games like Dodge ball is taken out of school.

Like Looper, said some guys just aren’t tough even to play D-1 football. Well Mr. James I can sure you in the game of life, your not always going to bail your kids out!!!

Tech Admin you need to do the RIGHT THING!!! Stand up for Coach Leach!!! This is coming from a die hard Sooner fan..

Good luck Coach Leach and all of the Red Raider Nation!!!

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adam-James-is-a-pussy/223182147631?ref=search&sid=1037977892.2025819215..1

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Uhhh… if you people are tired of Mike in Lubbock, would you do me a favor and send him down to College Station??

Oh — and you can keep little Adam — we don’t have any use for him.

Thanks and Gig’em!

Rick

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Everyone turn on your headlights tomorrow to show support for Coach

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Coach,

Here ya go — I drew you a map:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=32.549376&lon=-99.03559&zoom=7&q1=lubbock%20texas&w0=31.914867503276216%2C-99.68994140625&q2=college%20station%20texas

Thanks and Gig’em!

Rick

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Coach Leach, Sue them to death. Take the money and run. Then come to Florida. We have many good Div 1 schools. Surely one of them will find a spot for you. Maybe Urban Meyer could enjoy a long vacation and you can help relieve his stress.

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Wow,

It doesn’t surprise me, being from the panhandle and all, that all you belligerent Tech fans support that fat wanna-be lawyer you like to call a coach.

You’re already relegated to 2nd and 3rd tier recruits in the state of Texas. Tell me what recruits will want to come to a place where, if another incident occurs, and they make the “mistake” of speaking out on it, they will be burned at the stake out in windy Lubbock by rabid, STD-infected meth heads that make up the majority of the Tech fan base.

Way to represent Tech, way to represent!

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Is there a petition to sign anywhere to get rid of Myers and the other morons involved in this at Tech? If so, please post a link to it.

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If you would like to express your support of Craig James or little boo hoo James, his phone # is 972-382-8592 and his email is cjames32@yahoo.com.

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I like how none of you were there to know what happened, but yet you know who’s lying and who isn’t; as well as the motives and thought process involved. Bunch of retards.

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Adam, you need to disapear.. I hope you get booed every time you touch the ball. You are such a baby.. Good thing you didn’t play for Pampa High School. You would have been in a card board box with your attitude. As an alumni, all I hope everything works out for Leach and our program…My main focus is getting rid of GERALD MYERS. HE IS A WASTE OF OXYGEN.

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Craig James is an idiot. ESPN is NOT much better. Texas Tech administration…you are a disgrace to the school. This entire situation was made up to get rid of coach Leach.

FACTS:

1) Craig James is the father and analyst at ESPN. ESPN picked up on the story because of Craig James. Craig James should be fired from ESPN!!

2) Baby James got hurt and wouldn’t be able to play in the bowl game.

3) Tech players go to the shed to hang out. Baby James was never locked in. The YOU TUBE Video is a sham!!!

4) Baby James IS NOT a Division I player. He is terrible. Get over it Father James!

5) Texas Tech was supposed to pay coach Leach $800,000 in bonus money if he was the coach for the bowl game.

YOU figure it out!!

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I don’t know all of the facts but it sounds like Leach should not have been fired over this. Texas Tech is going to lose a great football coach. Some other university will gain from this because there is no way that Leach will be out of work for long. I really hope the University of Maryland hires him.

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Fire Myers!!!

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This post is really very appreciable.your post is very advantageous for me and very good. I like how none of you were there to know what happened, but yet you know who’s lying and who isn’t; as well as the motives and thought process involved. Bunch of retards. Is there a petition to sign anywhere to get rid of Myers and the other morons involved in this at Tech? If so, please post a link to it.
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This post is really very appreciable.your post is very advantageous for me and very good. I like how none of you were there to know what happened, but yet you know who’s lying and who isn’t; as well as the motives and thought process involved. Bunch of retards. Is there a petition to sign anywhere to get rid of Myers and the other morons involved in this at Tech? If so, please post a link to it.
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