Archive for 2009
Tech notes: Pluses, minuses to kick coverage
Kansas State’s average starting field position in its first five games of the season was its own 34-yard line. Against Texas Tech, the Wildcats averaged starting at their 23.
That was largely a function of Tech’s kickoff coverage. K-State’s Brandon Banks, who had been averaging 35.5 yards on kickoff returns, had eight chances in the 66-14 [...]
Sheffield taking more steps to take over at QB
In Mike Leach’s first nine years as Texas Tech coach, the only changes he made mid-stream at quarterback were brief and with a limited purpose.
He once pulled Kliff Kingsbury for a series and Graham Harrell for a quarter, but only to settle them down during rocky games and give them a sideline view of what [...]
A resounding win for Red Raiders
Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said his team had been on the threshold of putting together a complete performance this season, but for one reason or another, it hadn’t happened.
Until Saturday night, anyway.
The Red Raiders dominated Kansas State from start to finish, running away with a 66-14 victory on a chilly, hazy night at Jones [...]
Tech Football Notebook
Howard sits
Texas Tech defensive end Daniel Howard averaged one sack a game through the first five games, but Howard sat out Saturday’s 66-14 win over Kansas State. Howard, who came out of the last two games with apparent stingers, was a game-time scratch Saturday. He was in pads and did some pre-game warm-ups, but never [...]
Snyder takes blame in routing by Raiders
Seventy-year-old Bill Snyder is in his 18th season as Kansas State’s head coach, but after his team gave up nine touchdowns to Texas Tech on Saturday, the head Wildcat said the 52-point loss was a first.
“I don’t know that I’ve every experienced a game like this,” Snyder said. “I’m awful disappointed.”
Snyder returned to Kansas State [...]
Kansas 41, Iowa State 36
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Todd Reesing threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns and Kerry Meier set two school receiving records in leading No. 16 Kansas over Iowa State in a game filled with big plays and missed extra points.
Iowa State’s Austen Arnaud, scrambling on fourth-and-9, had Darius Darks in the open in the end zone [...]
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