Archive for 2009
Even in defeat, Raiders get ‘Horns attention
Second-ranked Texas expected to score a lot of points Saturday night, especially with Texas Tech’s defense missing several key players early in the season. Sure enough, Texas came out and put three touchdowns on the board in the second half, much to the delight of more than 101,000 fans who filled Royal-Memorial Stadium in Austin.
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Despite defeat, Tech offense makes strides
AUSTIN – Texas Tech’s offense wasn’t perfect Saturday night, and it didn’t produce another upset win over Texas.
But quarterback Taylor Potts and his talented group of receivers might have done a lot of growing up before a packed house at Texas-Memorial Stadium, at least giving the Red Raiders a chance by recovering from the slowest [...]
Aaarrrrrrrrggh! Leach’s pirate crew gets repelled by Longhorns
AUSTIN – ABC executives loved last year’s Texas Tech-Texas game so much, they asked the schools to move this year’s game to a choice spot in September for national television. Maybe they knew something others didn’t.
No. 2 Texas prevailed 34-24 Saturday night before a record crowd at Royal-Memorial Stadium, leading nearly the whole way in [...]
Bringin’ it: Tech game, but Texas’ ‘D’ delivers in 34-24 win
By Chuck Carlton l Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – No. 2 Texas desperately needed separation from Texas Tech, and Sergio Kindle provided it with one hit.
With a full head of steam, the Texas defensive end took dead aim at Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts from the blind side in the fourth quarter.
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Tech Football Notebook
Living the dream
By a stroke of coincidence, Texas Tech punter Ryan Erxleben got his first career game action in Royal-Memorial Stadium, the venue where his father, Russell, was an All-American for the University of Texas three decades ago.
After Donnie Carona booted a low line drive that Jordan Shipley returned for a touchdown after Tech’s second [...]
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