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A LOT OF PPL CARE. LEACH ISN’T COMING BACK!!!

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WOW! All of these canidates are sub par. Lets interview two over the hill ex HCs who no one else will touch. Brilliant job Meyers/Baily/Hance! The lack of preparation and forsight is staggering.

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This is good news. Myers got off the pot and is at least doing something. I would like to see a little more national scope but this is better than just looking at our assistants. We gain a little credibility just by having somewhat of a search.

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I am shocked Myers doesn’t get Spike Dykes to coach next season so he can pass Leach on most wins in the program. I am sure Myers is not happy that Leach is the most winningest coach in tech history.

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Tuberville? Bowden? These guys have been out of coaching for awhile? Mcneil,Sumlin,or Briles. Is Craig “soccer mom” James conducting this search with myers?

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Over the hill? Get serious! Look at Bobby Knight! That was a brilliant move on Tech’s part. We were on ESPN every night, and people paid attention. As much as I like McNeill, he’s just not high profile enough. Tuberville or Bowden would fit the bill. The sports world knows them, and they’re not all washed up. With either one, Tech would still be on the map. These commentds must be coming from someone who’s either just out of high school or a freshman or a sophomore. Mike Leach, as much as he did for TT, was starting to get weird – and this pirate business was starting to get old – very old.

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I still wish we could get Gary Patterson….

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“…starting to get old”
That what the Matadors were saying about the Red Raiders….

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greg mc makin, hes the man

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Patterson might be available now that they lost the Fiesta Bowl. (not really)

All things considered, Tuberville is the best option, as long as he keeps his word and utilizes Leach’s offense with someone who knows it. Briles would be ok as well, considering this may be his dream job, but I don’t like the idea of stealing a coach from within our own division. Rest of them, including Bowden and McNeill, don’t excite me. Really wish we weren’t in this situation to begin with.

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Gary Patterson…he’d keep up recruiting, be able to contend with UT, OU, and OSU, and he’s one of the best college football coaches in Texas right now. I don’t like the Leach firing, but even he knows that his tenure at Tech is over. He’ll probably never get the chance to play in a national championship game because of the weak conference. If he had the same season here that he had at TCU this year, then Tech would be in the title game! TCU had THE BEST OFFENSE in the FBS this year! And their defence is very good too. I think we need to keep Ruffin as the DC, but I don’t know if he’d be able to beat UT or OU as the head coach. What does everyone else think?

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No way Patterson goes to Tech. He is on his way to being a legend at TCU. Everyone will just say it was the BCS system that kept him from getting a national championship shot. It would take a miracle to get him.

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Tuberville could be a good fit if he considers it his last stop. However we may lose spread type recruits this year…The Bowden guy – no way! Sonny D – probably would be good, but there is a proven one in the wings.

Come on Gerald!!! Keep working on Briles and the alums. We don’t want what just might be on sale. We want quality! I’m tired of getting beat in Austin. Ya gotta beat both the horns and the refs. Get Briles and we can take it to em. Spike went 5-5 against UT in the 90’s. He built his teams back then around balanced offense with good passing , but mainly a defense with SPEED! Briles has geared that up 3 or 4 generations in the last decade! Look at Houston. Shoot – they beat us like it or not so……. And have you seen the 4 star D backs committed to BU this yr? Whoa!!! Heard of a QB named Robt Griffin!?

Many times coaches want to be the last one to make the last pitch to a kid who is teetering because he usually goes with the last one. I am thinking the admin has their mind pretty well set on Art and want to look at the others before they go in to talks with Coach Briles. Hopefully he is the last one we interview and hopefully he is of the mind to COME ON HOME!!!!!

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I am still waiting for that pinch to wake up from this nightmare!

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That “pirate persona”, “pirate mystique” and suggestion to put skull and crossbone stickers on players’ helmets is unbelievably silly. I had never heard of all that pirate nonsense until Leach got himself canned. Sounds like it was about time.

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It amazes me how little our fans know about D1 coaches outside of Texas. I am devastated about losing Mike Leach, but no one in Raiderland gets excited about a coach with the pedigree of Tommy Tuberville whom is interested in taking “OUR” university to the next level? He left the University of Auburn in 2008, he wasn’t fired. He left because of an incident with the Board of Regents… sound familiar??? He only coached in on of the premier conferences in the entire nation, the Southeastern Conference. In the ten years he coached at Auburn his teams won the west division “FIVE TIMES”!!!!!

How many times have we won the south division in the Big 12? Once, and we shared it with Oklahoma and Texas. His 2004 team went undefeated and was ranked #2 in the Nation at the end of the season, not for one week. He beat Auburn’s arch rival Alabama six straight season, not every other year at home.

He was tutored by the great Jimmy Johnson at the University of Miami and has recruiting ties in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and Houston.

People are telling him he is crazy for interviewing at Tech because it is not a high enough profile job for him. In other words he can do better than us. The statement was made on ESPN radio on Galloway and company in Dallas/Fort Worth.

PLEASE GERALD MYERS AND MR. HANCE YOU ALREADY SCREWED US OUT OF OUR COACH> DO THE RIGHT THING AND BRING IN A HIGH PROFILE COACH WHO CAN TRULY TAKE US TO THE NEXT LEVEL… COACH TUBERVILLE!!!!

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Artie! Ya got to come up here asap! !! We’re cleaning out the pirate poo…, uh, gear and made plenty of room for ya. Got the realtor lined up for the Mrs. Wait til you get to meet Bennie Wiley (does he play piano?) in person , Ruff, Dennis, Linc, Carlos and all the dudes in the band. Everything, man, is done up here with facilities, etc. We just need a John Wayne real deal type coach who can get er done the first time and kick but in Austin and Norman! ! And that would be you!!!

See ya later in the week!

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Frankly I could care less who we hire. From where I stand, they ALL have their good and bad points.

What I don’t understand is what happened to all the fans and alumni who were so ticked off a week ago. Remember — everyone declaring they were going to cancel their season tickets and boycotting? Remember — the administration that has embarrassed our school and the people everyone wants fired? Unfortunately, people are “forgetting” which is exactly what the administration is counting on. Nothing is going to change.

I will continue to support the team from afar regardless of who is the new head coach — hopefully enough others will too. We can then get rid of the real problem at our school.

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Tubberville is a great coach and should probably be the #1 choice. The only problem is he is going to expect to get PAID.

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What’s up with these coaches with the state Alabama ties? Just pick Ruff and be done with it.

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WHAT ABOUT CRAIG JAMES HE AND HIS SON RUN THE SHOW ANYWAY,CANT WAIT UNNTIL TICKETS ARE A DOLLAR LIKE THE BASKETBALL GAMES. THANKS GERALD.

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Randy Edsall at UConn. Good enough to interview at Notre Dame. Good enough to talk to Tech. Gerald, are you listening???????

Probably dying to get out of the dumpy Big East conference. No retreads. Get a Michelin.

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THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN STOP THIS INSANITY,AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, IS TO CUT OFF THE MONEY, I REALLY DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD WORK AT THIS TIME,THIS IS SO INSANE , REALLY, TECH IS GOING TO SUFFER FOR YEARS, IT DONT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO THE COACH IS, TECH WILL NEVER BE THE SAME..

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Agree with Joseph’s comment. Tech will want to buy a BMW for the price of an Escort and that will not happen. Tuberville or Bowden would fit the bill; maybe salvage the recruiting program that was destroyed by the firing of Leach. I would hope that the Tech Fans would use the United Spirit Arena to voice their displeasure each time Hance or Myers is introduced.

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I have an idea. Let’s fire Kent Hance and Gerald Myers for cause. That should allow enough money to compete in the marketplace with a Mack Brown type salary offering. Leach wasn’t the perfect college coach, just for perfect college coach for Texas Tech.

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Hance, Myers, and Bailey should be suspended until a complete and fair investigation into their actions is complete. At least put them in timeout.

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Beavis and Butthead. Hance and Myers.

Fire them and we have lots of money to hire Pete Carroll, Nick Saban, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Larry Lacewell, Bill Cowher, Mike Shanahan, Carl Pelini.

LOL.

What a joke we have in the admin bldg. Dr. Doolittle Bailey.

Jim Sowell sooey pig.

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Both Tommy’s are old, rich, and has-beens. Not 10 recruits in the state of Texas who have heard of either one of them. Bowden era at Clemson mediocre at best. Huge mistake to hire either one. If Gerald recommends either, I’ll be ready for him to retire. Surely not.

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yeah ben, what a wonderful offense tcu showed against that defensive powerhouse boise… ahmmm, you must be sippin’ whatever it was that got leach fired. you really think those starbucks cups had coffee? not according to the kids!!!
anyway, briles, ruff, and or holgerson would be my staff…
WRECK’EM!!!

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Fire Myers. He’s a hemorrhoid to the program.

Utah and Boise State current HCs were not high profile when they replaced Dan Hawkins and Urben Meyers. However, their names are now mentioned as good candidates for most every vacant job. Both schools hired from within and continued their success without a hiccup.
Leach was not a high profile coach when Tech hired him, but Tech gave him a chance and I’m glad we did.
Patterson was not a high profile coach when TCU hired him.
Bob Stoops was not a high profile coach when OU hired him.
Bill Snyder was not a high profile coach when KSU hired him.
Barry Alvarez was not high profile when Wisconsin hired him.
Tom Osborne was not high profile when NU hired him.
Barry Switzer was not high profile when OU hired him.
Jim Tressel was not high profile when Ohio State hired him.
Gary Pinkel was not high profile when Mizzou hired him.
Need I say more……could go on and on and on
You high profile goobers are speaking from ignorance.

Struggling program= hire from outside and make changes
Successful program=hire within for continuity
Very simple formula for continued success that has a proven track record.

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Only chance Tuberville will have of being successful is keepin Mike Leach’s offense. The ONLY chance. He will not be able to do what Leach did with the caliber of recruits available. Nobody wants to play for Tommy Tuberville. I am a SEC fan and student and the general feeling is Tuberville is a joke. Only reason he had a good run at Auburn was the level of talent that the school attracted.. even in the shadow of Bama. When he was at Ole Miss his record was average at best. Ole Miss could not attract the recruits that Auburn could. Put him in Lubbock and well…you get the idea.

As far as Tommy Bowden goes…What a joke! Tech will never be a competitor again.

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I still don’t get it Ruff gets credit for a defense that allowed 31 points. Just say no to Ruff, Briles, Dykes or anyone else affiliated with the current program. It is time for a good old spring cleaning!

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ok Tubberville was fired by auburn…….dont beleive everything you hear

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does ruff still fight crime in a tan trenchcoat? wait, that’s ruff mcgruff. is he available?

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Jason,

The general feeling in the SEC is that Tuberville is a joke? The only reason he had a good run was because all those recruits came to play just because Auburn was on the jersey?

Please…elaborate for us how you came to these opinions.

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Yes, recruits come to Auburn because its a competitive school. Historically, the Southeast produces some of the best football players year after year. Talent wise, the SEC is the best conference in the country. Of course I am very biased and I’m sure many people would disagree with me. Tuberville had a average record at Ole Miss and goes to Auburn and has a good run. I attribute this to a bigger name school attracting better recruits. I just don’t think he could have success at a school like Tech. BTW, I am a Tech fan and fan of Mike Leach. I respect people who are different and think outside the box.
With all the more talented recruits going to other schools in Texas I feel Tuberville would struggle. Mike Leach is famous for doing a whole lot with nothing. Yes they are 25th in recruiting this year , but it took him awhile to accomplish this. Tuberville is not known for being an offensive mastermind. He’s your average run of the mill college coach. I have no doubt he is a decent coach but I just don’t think he has what it takes to succeed at Tech.

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Ruff didn’t have a d-line and he still coached the defense to 40 sacks on the year.

Yea, Ruff dosen’t know defense “rolls eyes”

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What hurt, if anyone watched the games, is the defensive line and/or secondary. If we “over persue” the QB the middle of the field was always wide open. And when we got burned, 80% of the time it was by someone running through this opening! This also hurt during the bowl game. Give MSU credit they watched Tech’s game film. Simple really.

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I guess Sowell offered their services free to Tech. If not how can we get Tech tto fire this bunch of yahoo “boosters”. And who the hell is Sowell and why was he appointed a regent at Texas Tech? Big man with no ties to Tech.

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The job is Ruffin’s. The other names are just being thrown out there to make it look like a real search was undertaken. Good luck Ruff.

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Why is Tech not considering the Boise State coach? Their wideopen offense could preserve Tech’s offense and keep our recruits.

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Watchdog113 — You have the wrong Sowell and the wrong company there. James “Jim” Sowell is a principal at Sowell & Company in Dallas. (www.SowellCo.com)

According to his bio on the website, James Sowell graduated from Texas Tech in 1970 with a degree in finance.

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Watchdog

News flash, evrey defense has a weakness. Tennesse almost exposed Alabama if you look at Cromptons stat line.

The aggies and Tech walked all over Texas offensivly.

Your point that Tech’s d “overpursues” and gets burned is noted, and rejected based on the premise that all defenses have weaknesses. Mich state just did a good job exposing them

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Pa Bear,

You’re spot on. Job is Ruff’s. All else is cover for the AD.

For those anti-Ruff fans, he did improve Tech’s defense in the two short years he had it. He did it with kids recruited by the previous coordinator. He didi it with a depleted secondary, unexpected player losses and numerous injuries. The facts speak for themselves. When he ws the sepcial teams coach, Tech had some of the best special teams in the Big 12. Does anyone remember Wes Welker? Our punt return stats were excellent during his time as special teams coach. Our kicking game was also very good. When he became the d-coordinator, special teams play fell off a bit.

Hire Rocky Long as the new d-coordinator. His philosophy is speed on the corners (DEs, OLBs & CBs) with power in the middle (DTs, MLB & SS). TCU’s defense is what it is because of speed. Coach Long also loves to blitz and blitz much from many different looks. Just as Leach believes in ball distribution on offense, Long believes in blitz distribution on defense.

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teacupttu, I was just going by the email address posted. I guess his box if full of email. Nothing like a black sheep ruining the family name!

Thanks for the correction…

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John isn’t that what a great coach does? Expose the other teams weakness!

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raiderball don’t forget we lost some leaving early too!

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opps you said that. :-()

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WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH! WE WANT SETENCICH!
LOL!

HOOK ‘EM HORMS!

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Pure smoke and mirrors. It is going to be Ruffin.

When Myers was serious about conducting a search he hired a seach firm, That firm came up with Rich Rodriguez and Mike Leach. Two great candidates. That process worked.

Now, because all of the Tech faithful have such confidence in him to make all of the right decisions, Myers has elected to conduct this search himself.

He is only doing that because this process is a farce. The decision has been made.

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Big12 can’t hold a candle to the SEC. Bama will shred UT and leave blood stains on the field, just as ole Miss did to Tech last year and OSU this year. Tech is the laughing stock of college football. Your weak run of winning seasons is over. The welcome mat to the cellar has been unrolled and waiting your presence sending you back to your rightful place as you were in the SWC days. Neither Tech fans nor Tech administration can handle any level of success. You’re a joke to elite programs like Bama. We wipe our *&^% with Big 12 schools. Have a SEC day!!!!!

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I agree with you, Joe. If Myers were serious he would have published the names and there would be a transparent process. Before late yesterday evening Myers had said that he wasn’t going to divulge the names of the candidates. Why? Because there weren’t any. This is a done deal, it will be Ruffian. He wants a coach that can ride Leach’s coattails without paying the money. Of course there will be unattainable incentives that make iit look like Ruffian could have competitive salary wise on par with the Big 12.

After NUMEROUS terrible hire by Myers, he will finish his disastrous tenure at TTU with a terrible pick for coach. Art Briles is really the best choice from what is out there. The rush to “grab” a coach to save the recruits is short-term. We need someone who can continue and build on Leach’s success, but who also has a proven record as a head coach AND who can recruit.

Russ has shown that he is capable of improving one of the bottom five defenses in the entire Division 1 football. Yet, a severely depleted Michigan State football team still hung 31 points on us before a crowd that was 80% TTU fans. This does not look like great improvment or preparation to me. Ruffian managed this game on cruise control with Lincoln Riley doing the hard stuff….getting us enough points to win the game. RILEY has cajones and that’s a fact. He did not kiss baby James’ butt, he never put an ARM around him and hugged the little bugger, and he PUT in Sheffield and allowed him to ignite the offense in the last five minutes so that we won the Bowl.

GET US A REAL HEAD COACH. If Myers doesn’t at least do what’s right on this score, he should be railroaded out of town just like he did Mike Leach.

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THE SAME PEOPLE THAT FIRED MIKE LEACHARE GOING TO BE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT HIRE THE NEW COACH, VILLAGE IDIOT, NO, VILLAGE IDIOTS FOR ALLOWING THIS INSANITY,DAM,WAKE ME UP FROM THIS NIGHT MARE AND YOUPEOPLE SUPPORT THIS LUNACY, UNBELIVABLE..

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Outsiders?

C’mon Williams, you make it sound like it’s us vs. them.

The biggest problem at Tech is – too many dang insiders.

a/k/a the good old boys

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I think Tubberville is the guy as long as we keep the same offense, no matter what we do; our future success is predicated on the fact that we keep the same type of Leach offense! We need defense to compete and I think that a Tubberville will give us that last piece to our puzzle. If I cant have my Leach guy back then this to me is the next best thing and gives us the best chance to compete.

One more thing, being a Muleshoe guy, I loved the job Lincoln did! We have got to find a way to keep this kid around! I see a place for him to be the head coach one day!

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Wow Bamablood — not a smart move to be saying stuff like that on the Texas Tech board. Most Tech fans are actually rooting for Alabama because we just dislike the arrogant “gas-station T-shirt” fans of Texas that much. I’m guessing you are a wannabe Tide or elephant — or whatever the heck Alabama’s mascot is, and you are proving yourself to be as much as a jack@55 as the wannabe Longhorns.

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Agree with Ted, Randy Edsall. Would like Briles or Sumlin first. Tuberville if the price is right and keeps offense. Please don’t take the easy way out and pick Ruff. Just because be beat MSU isn’t enough. Should have beat them by 21.

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My sources say that you will never guess who maybe hired. Chilis

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Mike Leach?

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I cant say just yet my sources wont let me.

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Bobby Knight?

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The man to be hired is one of my clients.

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What about the 10 day rule? Anyone actually seen the formal posting of the job?

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YEAH I DID BACK STABBERS AND BOOTLICKERS WILL BE GIVEN FIRST CHOICE..

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ibibbedy boo, ibibbidy ba, jibbedy a blibbedy jibble.

translation: ruff says thanks for your support

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Watchdog,

Didn’t you see the Oklahoma game? Tech in a losing effort against OSU helf OSU to 16 points BELOW their season average. Tech’s secondary picked off Colt Mcoy twice, and got after him on defense.

Tech isn’t Florida defensivly, but there not as bad as you think they are. You don’t win 20 games in two years WITHOUT showing at least SOME improvement on defense.

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John I wasn’t bad mouthing the D, your right they did do well. And I was actually defended them. I just pointed out their 1 weakness. 85% of the yard the D gave up came about because of a breakdown down the middle.

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Bama is a retard! UT is the only school in Texas when it comes to athletics. We dominate everyone else on the field and in recruiting. We have more national championships than any of you other pogues. A&M is a good school. Tech is a fair school. UT is king of the hill – top dog – master of all. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!

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Why would Briles come to Lubbock?

A) hard to recruit to this area, Easier in the location he is at now!
B) Tech will lose out on the 2nd tier recruits now that Leach is gone
so in returns Briles will benefit more from Leach being gone.
C) Meyers is still there, why would any Coach (that is working Currently) want to deal with him.
You would think that if he could hire Bobby Knight that he would be able to get along with anyone but
then again, maybe that’s why Bob retired like he did, own his own terms!!!!!(no one else would hire him)
D) Tech will not be able to afford anyone after the lawsuit.

Ruffin, will be the choice, (but he is not Head Coach Material, but tech has to save face)
if not he will be out of there,
There would be a lot of teams interested in getting him as a DC.
Which I hope will happen! He deserves better!!!

No more defending Tech where I live until Meyers is gone!

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McNeill cannot do the job yet. He’s a players coach & players love him, but players coaches don’t win. Get us someone good. Don’t go cheap!

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Mike,

Provide examples of player’s coaches who didn’t win. Be specific and not just one bell curve flyer, but several coaches. Also, give us Webster’s definition of a player’s coach.

Do you need me to explain a bell curve? Probably so after reading the idiotic statement above. Did you ever play football above Pop Warner level? Can you even throw a football? Do you know what a football is?

Ridiculous comments as such should be subject to removal!

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Head Coach: Kevin Sumlin – Former OU assistant (Tech did pretty well with the last one), knows how to beat OSU in Stillwater (Leach couldn’t quite figure that out) – If he can recruit/win at Houston, he can sure as heck recruit/win at Tech.

Offensive Coordinator: Dana Holgorsen – knows Tech spread offense; knows Tech players – recruited several.

Keep Ruff as DC, and most of current staff.

Wreck ‘em

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What say you Mike? Cat got your tongue? Can’t defend your turf?

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“Why would Briles come to Lubbock?”

Because he graduated from Tech and it is a terrific school.. Because he has MANY friends here. Because it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. Because it has given major universities “fits” over the years winning against them – some consistently. Because he is smart and realizes he could jump from a 500 hp race car into an 850 hp car and have FUN! ! competing with the big boys like he was meant to do. Because we asked……

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I love it when UT T-shirt fans post on this site.

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Longhorn pud I mean stud,I bet BAMA beats you like your stepfather!

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Red Raider 76,

I didn’t ask Briles to come to Lubbock, I mean why did he leave in the first place? More money?
Not hard to leave the friends behind when money is not to good, or was it because of Leach?
And he was nice enough to say he was not interested in it!

How Come We Never Get Any Alumni to come back and Coach?

Don’t you think that there is a reason for that?
Is it that are Alumni are not capable?
Or did they find it greener on the other side?

MAYBE THEY Know what they would have to put up with if they did come back, Meyers.
He is the one thing that has been consisted at Tech, (not beating major universities, which ones aTm and who else?
If you mean consisted on beating a major university every year than I would agree with you, but we have not been consisted on beating the same major teams year in except the Aggies, except this year.

I was just giving you the True reasons he would not come back to Lubbock.
Lubbock is a great place to raise a family, and Tech is a Great School!! I do agree with that.
We also have Great Alumni!!
But we need to get Meyers out of there! He has had his time and he has done some good things for Tech, but
he’s reached the end.

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big truck,

pud? stud! at least Longhorns are not duds. Did you get a Tech degree so you could earn your commercial driver’s license? Can’t wait untill we beat you again on your home turf by 30 points. Wait until you pink raiders see QB Gilbert. He’s had an incredible year learning from McCoy. He’s been phenominal in practice. The Big 12 South won’t know what hit them next year. I can’t wait to defend our Natioanl Championship!!!!

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Come back to such a depressing wind-blown desolate dump! Do you have to ask?

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Mike,

Having a hard time finding Webster’s dictionary?

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bamablood…check the record your 0-7-1 vs Texas

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jaymac,
the “good old boy” system at tech needs to come to an end!! fire myers, hance and bailey!!

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Isn’t that one of the things we do not like about uT and a$m. Their boosters … and here we have grown our own cockroaches! How sad.

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I hear David McWilliams is leaving Austin right now and on his way to Lubbock. Hope you get Bowden or Tuberville.

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Rodney Alison would come in a heartbeat

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How about we take Major Applewhite from UT. We keep the same style of Offense and gain a coach that knows UT inside and out so he will know how to beat them. Also, he will be able coach Tech to beat OU and OSU. He will maiantain the stat of high graduation rates because he coached at Rice. He also coached under Nick Saban at Alabama so he knows the SEC teams too.

Whoever the next Head Coach is I hope we can continue our winning Seasons and improvements.

Always and forever — Texas Tech !!! — Go Red Raiders!!!

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How about we take Major Applewhite from UT.

Hell NO! he’ll leave in 4 years when Mc milks uT’s money and retires. We are not uT’s training ground.

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Major Applewhite has no where to move up in the UT football program.

Mack already has his replacement.
The UT administration has already promised that Will Muschamp gets the Head Coach position when Mack Brown retires or moves on as AD for UT.
They announced that at the end of the 2008 Season.
Will Muschamp is currently the Coach Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers and UT already has Greg Davis as their Offensive Coordinator.

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Isn’t Franchione available? Maybe we could add am A&M castoff to the Auburn and Clemson castoffs that are also clamoring for Ruff’s job!

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Tuberville
SEC Coach of the Year
Paul Bryant Award
Beat Alabama 6 years in a row (the only Auburn Coach to do so)
and the list goes on

I would not call him an average Coach.

HIRE TUBERVILLE

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Texas Tech has the rare opportunity to replace an excellent coach, who brought our program to national prominence, with a candidate with an even more accomplished, stronger resume, Tommy Tuberville.

During his 10 years at Auburn, he led them to 5 SEC West Division championships, 1 SEC Conference Championship, 2 second place finishes, and 1 third place. With the exception of his first and last years at Auburn, the Tigers finished with a winning conference record the other 8 years, followed by trips to 8 bowls, including the Sugar Bowl, The Capital One Bowl, and the Cotton Bowl. His bowl record at Auburn was 5-3, including 5 of the last 6 bowls.

The unanimous view around the country is that, if Texas Tech wants to take that next step as a serious national football power, it must hire a coach of this caliber (and how often is one available?). Otherwise, we will stay where we are (or regress), fighting A&M, Ok. St., even Nebraska, as the leader of the 2nd tier in the Big 12. Tuberville has proven himself in the toughest conference in America, in a state where most attention goes to Alabama, against perennial national championship candidates like Florida, Alabama and LSU.

Ruffin McNeil is a fine person and worthy of consideration. Under most circumstances, he would probably be the best choice to lead the Red Raiders. However, a chance to grab a coach with the pedigree of Tommy Tuberville doesn’t present itself very often. We have NEVER had a candidate like this ask for the job. We cannot afford to pass up this opportunity without recognizing the consequences. Not only will we miss the opportunity of a lifetime, but Mr. Tuberville may be visiting Lubbock in a few years as head coach of the Aggies!

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Well put John K Glenn

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