Tuberville says defensive line key to championships
If a football coach at any level wants to win a championship, Tommy Tuberville says he can start by getting the most out of his defensive linemen.
That’s what Tuberville told a roomful of mostly high school coaches during a weekend West Texas Football Clinic session in Lubbock. That’s something he plans to do at Texas Tech, just like at every stop he’s made the last two decades.
“The one thing you have to have to be successful and to win championships is you have to play good defensive line,” the new Tech coach said. “That doesn’t mean you have to have great players.”
Not surprisingly, then, the Red Raiders’ new coach also has strong convictions about how to prepare and deploy his defensive ends and tackles. Next season, he plans to have the Tech D-linemen keying off the snap of the football — not the offensive line movement — attacking the line of scrimmage while aiming for penetration two or three feet beyond and running hard to the ball.
“If it’s third down and 15 or third and 1, our defensive line is going to play the same technique,” he said. “We’re going to be attacking the line of scrimmage, getting depth, making plays.”
Nothing that sounds too radical — former Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill also preached an attacking style — but Tuberville said it was not exactly conventional wisdom when Jimmy Johnson took that approach to the University of Miami, and then the Dallas Cowboys, in the mid-to-late 1980s. Fronts that read and moved down the line of scrimmage were more the norm.
Johnson’s winning two Super Bowls with the Cowboys, Tuberville said, helped the concept of attack-style defensive front gain acceptance.
With that as a foundation, Tuberville has adopted and adhered to many principles since. Some might seem subtle from the stands, but Tuberville stressed them to his coaching audience as vitally important:
Such as:
-Defensive linemen will take their key from first movement of the football.
“The biggest key when you’re playing defensive line, that I’ve found over the years, is so many people look at the guy in front (of them),” Tuberville said. “If you talk to any really good defensive lineman who has been around it for a while, the first thing that they will key is the football. They want to move when the ball moves, not when the offensive lineman moves. I think that’s the biggest key to defensive line play is, when that ball moves, you’re gone.”
-If that means not being square to the line of scrimmage before the snap, so be it. Tuberville said defensive linemen who square their shoulders to the line pre-snap seldom key the snap of the football.
“Most of the time when you play a team that keys the football, you will see a tilt, a little bit of a tilt to the shoulders of the defensive linemen,” Tuberville said. “We tell our defensive linemen to get to a position where they can see the ball.
“If they’re turned, a noticeable turn, that’s fine. But you get to where you can see that ball move, because we don’t want you moving when (the offensive lineman) moves. They have the advantage when that happens.”
-Many defensive linemen are coached to keep their shoulders square to the line of scrimmage, in part to defend bootleg action. Tuberville said he doesn’t worry about giving up the occasional bootleg.
“We want our defensive ends and defensive tackles to be flying to the football,” he said. “It goes back to one thing: Don’t worry about size. Worry about (having) guys that can run. Your defensive linemen will make more plays by doing this when the ball goes away than when the ball comes to them. If it goes away, these guys will have a great opportunity to make a play, because they are hauling butt down the line of scrimmage.
“One thing we always tell our defensive linemen: We’re forcing the ball, but we’re not worried about linebackers being free and trying to keep blockers off of linebackers. We want them to make the play first.”
-Tuberville’s defensive linemen will use an elongated stance and line up as tightly as possible to the line of scrimmage — not one foot or two feet off. Behind them, it’s a different story.
“If you play an attacking-style front defense, you have to play your linebackers deep,” he said. “I think that might be the biggest mistake people make is if you’re an attacking front that you play (linebackers) 2 to 3 yards off the ball and then, really, they have no chance.”
What Tuberville’s defenses do is deploy the linebackers with their heels 5 yards off the ball. Then they don’t step laterally unless the ball goes laterally, such as on a toss sweep.
“Our first step is always downhill with the play-side foot,” he said. “After that, we don’t coach them. We just tell them, ‘Run to the football.’ The one thing you don’t want to do if you’re playing an attacking front is over-coach a linebacker.
“If you’re going to coach anybody, coach those D-linemen. Coach them to key the ball and get their butt upfield on the snap of the ball.”
Tuberville has said about half of Tech’s defensive package will be based out of a 3-4 and half will be based on 4-3. Either way, he said, the techniques won’t change. Tech’s front men will play gaps, not head-up on blockers — much like they’ve done in the past.
Though many 3-4 proponents prefer a massive noseguard and bigger defensive ends and inside linebackers,
Tuberville says he doesn’t obsess over height and weight specifications.
“You don’t have to have the prototype big guys if you play a Jimmy Johnson-style defensive front or, really, the defensive front that we’re going to play here,” he said.
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The Bigger Question, Do we have the defensive lineman to get the job done? I trust his knowledge in this area…I’m just not sure if we have the right guys yet???? What do you think????
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Wow, why doesn’t he just post the playbook online, email coaches the game schemes he’ll use, then post each play he calls up on the scoreboard during games.
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The game of football as always been won in the trenches. The winners block and tackle better. I like the way he is talking here. Whenever a coach is talking about the keys to winning championships…I like that sound. Let’s hope he can get her done.
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“Get her Done”! I like that OldFeller! But……
Time Will Tell
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I think these kids should listen and get coached up. They are athletic enough to execute what he is teaching, as long as they are willing. But when your grandma teaches you how to cook you listen right? These boys should listen because I believe he is to the Tech defense what Leach was to the offense. He should take us to the next level!
Wreck ‘Em Tech
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Tubberville is exactly right. Games are won and lost on the line of scrimmage. Hopefully we can say goodbye to the swiss cheese defense that Leach for some reason chose really not to address
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Most positive thing we have heard from the new staff to date!!!! Go Get ‘em Tommy & The Boys!!!!!
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I think this guy really knows defense and how to coach it.
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Texas Tech you are fortunate to have a coach like Tuberville. He did a great job at Auburn, check his record in the toughest conference in the counrty. His reputation as a “big game,” coach was earned going against the best in the country week after week. His record speaks for itself and his character is beyond reproach, not like your last coach. If you want a coach that can compete against the best in your conference, Texas, runs a clean program and instills values in your young men, you have the right man. You will never see coach Tuberville ranting and using the language as was seen on clips of your last coach. I wish we still had Tuberville here at Auburn. Watch what a first class coach and person can do with your program.
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Thanks Dad for your kind comments!
Tommy Jr.
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This is going to be interesting next year because I’m not sure we have that speed on the d-line at this point. I do know Colby Whitlock is very quick with his first step. Something he developed as a superb wrestler. Bennie worked him hard to capitalize on that quickness. I just don’t know about the others. I also know our LBs are not extremely fast. That was an issue for us last year.
All that being said, TT is spot on that speed makes great defenses. I hope he can deliver and recruit the right players. UT, OU, LSU, A&M, NU and others are looking for the same guys.
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bobby miracle
Toyota Drivers
I think Leach has high character, compared to most coaches.
Talkin Jimmy Johnson 20 years ago and SEC run defense?
Let’s see, fire your new offense coord halfway into his first season
because your QB got hurt. Sounds like BS to me. I said BS!
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Defence wins championships is the old saying but it seems “talent” is the basic tool needed to make any defensive or offensive scheme work. I hope TT can recruit on the same level as UT, OU, LSU,etc.
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hey folks, anyone who believes this deserves to be publicly flogged. The pirate and his underlings couln’t win a Big 12 outright with his offense. Now Tummy Tupperware comes in a says that is it all about defense. Laughable, You think Basketball is bad wait till football.
Long live the legend
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Well, I hope whatever happens, Tubby can stop things like what A & M did to us in the Jones last fall.
THAT was embarrassing.
We were sooo inconsistent last fall.
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For you folks who believed Tech would continue to play the most exciting brand of football in the country–and in the process regularly beat the best two programs in the country, both of which are in their own division, I trust after reading this article you understand you’ve been had.
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Kent Hance’s secretary told me on Jan.5 that “our position is if we make the right hire this will all blow over”.
If you support Kent Hance and his cronies you are being blindly loyal, and I feel sorry for your children because I doubt you will teach them different. You are better than that, you are akin to Elin Woods hopping into bed with her husband the day after thanksgiving. Correct the problems before you reconcile. Supporting this Universities administration right now is a short term answer. If Jesus comes back and molests your children would you still worship him? Not trying to be offensive and Jesus knows that.
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Wow! This board took a drastic downward turn this morning.
I hope that teaching defense means that I can rest easy if we build a big lead in the first half and not worry about having to come from behind in the final seconds of the game. Those exciting finishes sure were fun but I don’t think my heart could take many more! Defense should be able to secure leads and close out games, not set up exciting finishes.
I agree that we may not have the players in place at the moment but what do I know.
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It will be nice if/when Leach gets another job. Maybe the Team Leachers will then focus their attention on Leach’s new team and we won’t hear from them anymore.
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After meyers retires in may, i want to be the new AD at Texas Tech. I promise that i wont make bonehead decisions about coaches. I will listen to the wants of the people who support the university at all levels. I will be an effective leader and not let the success of my coworkers threaten me. I will not accept calls from craig james. I will promote confidence in the relationship between the donors and the university. I will fill up the jones with victories that makes fans want to attend the games and not because they have an obligation. Lastly, I am very logical and sensible and am able to work with all types of personalities. I havent a single bit of experience in being an athletic director, but, i sure as hell know that i can do a better job than meyers. I will even take half of his salary and produce twice the results.
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I agree with Some Guy, Great positive post last night.
I like what Tommy had to say about Defense. My hope is he can get it done.
It’s like a family divorce, Tech being our little sister. She gets a divorce from fun Mike hum we all liked and are not sure how to let go, but in the end she is still our family and needs our support.
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When are we all going to get it through our thick heads that supporting Tommy T and FB and not supporting the administration are 2 totally different issues. Even Jesus knows that!
Some on both sides of the ball seem to think you have to be one way or another. It is totally unfair to the coaching staff and young men here now for any of us not to support them because of skrew ups by our administration. (They need to go, YES! )
I liked Leach and I also think Tommy T has a chance to make things even better here. He may not, but I think he has proven that he is a Big Time Coach with some outstanding success behind him. If he can do it at Tech remains to be seen, but he might get her done.
As for Leach, he is gone but he has every right in the world to do what he is doing to recover money and stature he feels he was deprived of by the way he was treated by the Texas Tech Administration.
It is the job of TTU and its attorneys to get that resolved as quickly as possible so this school and football team can put that behind them and its supporters.
Unfortunetly, if you do any study of these types of situations it can take years to resolve and usually the schools have to come up with quite a bit of money in the end. Look at the Rick Neuheisel case where many thought it was cut and dry against him becuae he violated an NCAA rule. It was settled way in Neuheisel’s favor. My point on that is…Tech needs to fork out the money necessary now for the Leach situation to be gone and possibly do some house cleaning….
That way as “Some Guy” pointed out this board (which I was the first to post on) can stay focused on FB and our opinions if we have what it takes instead of the nasty tone they always seem to take.
More then Enough Said
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Enough Said,
My issue you with you is you seem much too reasonable to be posting here.
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I have always said that with our offense and a much improved defense, that we would be unstoppable. Even though Coach Tubberville has assured the fans that he is going to keep the air raid offense, why do I still have this feeling in my gut that he won’t? Coach, don’t pee on our leg and tell us it’s rain!
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Finally we have a coach that understands the need to have a little defense rather than the cupcake defense we have had for the last 10 years, Im sorry our offense put up some big numbers most of the time but where did that get us? yes I know some of you pirate homo s are going to say oh it was the most wins in Tech history and what not but, no championships no big bowl game wins except for the holiday bowl, thats it, even Mark Mangino got to a BSC game, and dont get me started about our offseason schedule the past 10 years, which was an absolute joke playing high school teams, cant wait til the fall and I guarantee there wont be an empty seat next year, and all the 5 teamleachers and their loser spokesperson will still be crying over it
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I think this site has the same one Leach supporter posting under different names.
What’s the Team Leach site so I can do the same. This is getting old.
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Kent Hance needs to go. He has proven to me he cannot manage top employee talent. This problem will not blow over.
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I used to respect Jimmie Johnson.
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Bleeding Red,
Go here: http://tinyurl.com/ygtj5fw
You can post under any name you want. Most of what has been on there has been Pro-Leach and it is an article specfically on the subject you seem to want to stay on.
Post under as many names as you want as often as you want…Would love to have you put in your time there instead of here
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WesTexRed
Hance has one problem handling Myers and it becomes a proven track record, what other top talent has he messed up.
I happen to like Hance. Have you been around campus lately. When I was in school nothing had changed for fourty years. Now we have new construction everywhere. And you see a problem with this?
At one time driving around campus I counted $580,000,000.00 in new facilities.
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TeamLeachEpicFail – another classless fan who knows nothing about the game.
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Bleeding Red,
Thank God! You can be a funny guy, too. Your last post gave me a good laugh!
Thanks!
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TeamLeachEpicFail
How about Ohio State, Ole Miss (Eli Manning) twice and North Carolina State (Phillip Rivers) twice. TT won 3 out of 5. Know your facts before you blog.
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Ride Raider Ride,
You are going back past 10 years, to get the 5 games. Unless we played Phillip Rivers twice in the same year.
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I hope Coach Tuberville does what he says he is going to do.
I hope Tech Football wins at least 9 or 10 of the games this Fall.
I support my University — Texas Tech.
I, like many of us, were upset by the proceedings that occurred prior to the Alamo Bowl. After all of the positive national news about Texas Tech (New York Times, Texas Monthly, 60-Minutes, etc) — the way the situation was handled tainted the Texas Tech image across the country.
I was upset to see Coach Leach fired. I hope he gets his settlement and that he gets a position with another University, where he can teach more young football players and add to the competition in the NCAA..
Over the last couple of months, as I have read the various postings on this site and others, I have picked-up on a common theme that bugs me. I have decided to post my thoughts on the subject.
I have noticed that many of the posters that did not like Coach Leach, point to his hair style and dressing habits and his honest verbal discussions.
I personally liked that Coach Leach did not feel he had to be a cookie-cutter and have the clean-cut haircut and suits nor have his clothes pressed. I liked that he said what was on his mind. I feel he was just an honest open person and I don’t know why that bugged so many.
As for Coach Leach using bad language from time to time, let’s not think for one minute that Coach Tuberville or Coach Mac Brown does not use a 4-letter word from time to time and especially in the locker room or team meetings, where the press can’t hear.
Coach Tuberville dresses nice and keeps his hair cut short. He does not seem to say things off the top of his head. I like that too, He comes off as being very Professional and that in most cases is a good thing.
I don’t judge people by their appearance. I judge them by their actions.
What I am waiting to see is if Coach Tuberville is playing the Tech fans like Eddie Haskell did to the adults on “Leave it to Beaver”. Or if he will make us all proud that some good came from bad.
My hopes are that he will move Texas Tech another step-up the ladder of college sports.
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W1,
I agree….but first this thing needs to get settled and then the attention can go away from Leach if he gets a new job or not.
It’s in the attorneys & administrations hands.
If Tommy T can do defensively here which he did other places that will also help everyone forget the past.
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RndRkTTU,
Excellent Post! Amen!
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I agree. I also liked Leach when he was our coach. But he’s not anymore. We have short memories, if Tommy does what he says he can, all will be forgotten after next year. Hopefully by the end of September.
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Good luck winning the battle in the trenches with recruits that were passed over by Texas, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma State. Tech always gets the leftovers. Leftovers on offense were okay when you had Coach Leach running the offense. Leftovers on defense won’t be able to stop the other Big 12 offenses from scoring more points than Tech.
We were not lucky to get Tuberville as a coach. He was out of work last season after getting fired from his last job due to subpar performance. He called and begged for the Tech job as soon as he heard of the opening. Who else wanted him? He is talking the talk now trying to get people on board, but watch for a steady decline for Tech in the coming years.
Defense doesn’t mean jack if you hold the opponent to 17 points but your offense can only muster 14.
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I hope Tommy does do good for our sake. Who would you have gotten? I liked Art Briles by he said no, I also like Kevin Smith he said no.
I would have taken either one of those guys, but both said no to Tech. Please don’t tell me Ruff. Tech looked at four guys I know of.
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Who would I have gotten… No one.
I would not have fired Coach Leach and but instead brought in a top tier defensive coordinator if defense was our achilles heel. Art Briles and Kevin Smith run close to the same offense that Coach Leach did. Why would you want to replace the master with an apprentice? But given the way the administration fired Coach Leach in an effort to save money, can you blame any other coaches such as Art Briles and Kevin Smith for not wanting to come to Tech?
The administration had no choice but to take Tuberville. He was the only person not associated in some way to Coach Leach begging for the job.
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T-bone,
You don’t get it. The deed was done. So the question now what?
Tommy, still hired an ex-Leach person in Brown “O.C.”. Brown played for Leach at UK. So your argument does not work, there is an association with Leach.
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By the way the only time offense wins games is when your defense fails. ie Texas game 2008. We got lucky the interception was dropped after giving up 20plus points in the second half. Where was the offense or defense against OK.
I liked Mike, maybe in 10 more yrs we could have won both games in the same year.
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I don’t think I would call a player on a team that Mike Leach was the offensive coordinator for 13 years ago an association. I would call that a helpful coincidence for people trying to say the Mike Leach influence with still be a part of Texas Tech football.
What you don’t get is that because “the deed was done”, Tech had no options in finding a head coach. The timing was terrible; the reasoning was flawed; the procedure was non-existent; and Tech is not a favorable place to coach due to its inability to recruit top-tier talent that can compete with other teams in the Big 12 South.
I would love to throw out names like Pete Carroll, Jim Harbaugh, Chris Petersen, etc. but you and I both know these types of coaches are not going to come to Tech. We had the best we were going to get and know we blew it.
Now what? Sit back in your recliner on game days, buy a case of beer, and get drunk to numb the pain of knowing perennial 6-6 seasons are the best you are going to get now.
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I actualy go to all the games. Home and away. And being a true Red Raider we party before the game, so we’ll already be drunk and loud. Tech football for me is more than what’s on T.V. it’s going and being part of the crowd.
One problem I have with your argument is we had a coach “Leach” that no one else wanted and he called them. So is that really the best we could get.
Tommy hasn’t looked for a job after he resigned from Auburn. He said he was retired. He has family in the Lubbock area and that’s why he came out of retirement for this job. Dude, we got a good coach as good as Tech could ever hope to get.
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Bleeding Red—The Imposing Impostor—I knew he was an impostor when he said he had five season tickets and drove from Dallas to see the games. Do you really think somone like this could find four people to travel with him?
I’m thankful that the two other couple we sit with are far and away from what this clown represents. They however are rethinking rather or not to continue buying their tickets. I wished people like “Bleeding Red” better understood that we will never get to the “next level” if we are a divided and he isn’t helping. We need all of Raider Nation. Don’t tell people to go away, because they will go away. Don’t tell people that they are not wanted or needed because they will go away. If they go away, then the “next level” we will achieve will be the lower level. Don’t cause that to happen.
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Okay T-Bone……how about this. We still have Sonny Cumbie and Matt Moore who were heavily influenced by Leach. YOu should know more about a program before you start ranting on a Red Raider Blog.
Also…..i would agree that we get some recruits that were passed over by Texas and OU: but passed over by Okie State and TCU? LOL
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Where did I tell True Red Raiders to go away. And I do go to all the games with my old roomates from Tech, where I degreed from. I’m telling people to get on board. Dude who are you?
I told Ole Reb and the UT frame, and Leach homers to go away. If all the “T” shirt fans leave so be it. I was there before them, and will be there after them, and the two other couple you sit with.
I have the balls that when I go to UT for the games I sit in their student section wearing my 1980′s Tech shirts.
What section are your tickets in? Maybe we should hook-up and I’ll show you what being a Red Raider means.
See you at the Red / Black game.
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Yes, I do wish we still had Leech, but he’s gone. Stop the negitive comments about Tommy and get on board.
No amount of whining from all you leechers is going to change that. Get behind your new coach and team.
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Let me try this again—I feel we stand a better chance of people STAYING on board if they don’t feel imposed upon to do so.
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RR Fan,
Well put on your last 2 posts, but unfortunetly Bleeding Red is not the only one that does not realize this. Alot of damage has and is being done by certain individuals and many want to put alot of blame on someone that is no longer employed by the school instead of those that are still in position to do something about certain things. I am getting tired of this lingering, but I am also afraid this could go on for several years unless a real attempt is made to mend the wounds. God help Texas Tech if the FB team does not start out strong next fall.
This attitude of “your not as good of fan as me” because I condemn the former FB coach and you don’t, needs to stop and vice versa.
That’s why I say the attorneys & administration need to realize they need to Settle Now or this could do damage to Tech for a long long time.
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As an out of town alumni visiting AJ site every once in a while to get updates on my old school’s sports activities, I continue to be shocked by the level of dialogue on the AJ-TTU blog. It seems what could be a string of good dialogue gets sideswiped with uninformative and brainless comments that hardly justify a response. But, I can’t sit by idly and let anyone take shots at our great university’s programs.
It appears a few are just bunch of agitators, hanging around as long as there are folks to argue with. When they realize no one cares about their comments, they then throw another grenade. Words are cheap…..and these guys are just squawking because they have a small audience on a blog site.
From my perspective, the preponderance of the Raider alumni are supporters and in-step with the athletic programs. And, in most instances, I’m always proud to be a Red Raider! However, the exception is the low-road this blog seems to always follow.
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I am with Coach Tuberville 100%, when it comes to size on the line of scrimage. The main thing that has doomed Tech for the last decades of football, is that there has been a very big lack of Strength and Conditioning of all the players, especially with the lineman on both offensive and defensive sides. Look how big and bulky Tech’s offensive line has been over the last 8 to 9 yrs, yet they get their tails kicked royally by a lot smaller Teams like take U of H in Houston last year, where both sides of the ball took a thurough butt whipping at the Line Possitions. Im sorry, but thats just not right! If smaller players can beat a team’s butt on the line with Strength. Imagine what a much bigger sized line like last year’s team was,could do with a much better Strength and Conditioning program.
That is the Main Key to Tech’s success if Coach Tuberville is to step up to the next level in Div1 College Football. I am confident in his coaching, in knowing that he will work the Red Raider’s tails off in both the weightrooms and on the running part. Hey Tech wasn’t too bad for the most part on deffense last year, but think how much better they could have been with a more stronger and faster bunch of players on both sides of the ball. I really think that Tech would have gone undefeted last year with the propper coaching, which equils the propper Strength and Conditioning it takes to move up the ladder into the Elite Division with the likes of, Ohio St, Florida, and Alabama.
Oh yeah, I forgot that UT is in that pack, well sorta anyway, lol. After all, they did beat Tech and they did make it to The Big Dance last year. They too could use a little better coaching in the weightroom of they ever want a Repeat Trip and a win this next time. But actually, I don’t think it will be coming anytime soon for Caoch Mac, because I truley believe that coach Tubervile will take Tech to the Big12 Title game next year and in the years to come.
And thats all I have to say about that, and as always, WRECK’EM TECH!
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Since we’re talking defense, does anyone know if that great redshirt freshman Pearlie Graves is coming back or transfered?
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He is listed on the spring roster as a RS freshman #95
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http://www.texastech.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/text-m-footbl-mtt.html
That’s a link to the Tech spring roster
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FYI,
At most Neal Brown & Leach were at Kentucky @ same time for 1 year. Leach had gone on to OK and then here while Brown was @ Kentucky. Also, For the record, Leach was never really the OC at Kentucky. Hal Mumme called all the plays there. Leach may have been given the title but in reality Mumme was the OC. So, to say Brown is one of Leach’s boys is quite a stretch.
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Tip: If you read something on a post that bothers you….move on. There is usually more good information then negativity and if you let the negative bring you down to the posters level, that poster is controlling you & winning! There will always be the “evil” posters that is the nature of the beast.
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As for new construction at Tech. Most of that came prior to Hance who took his position in 2004.
“If you are keeping score, you might say John Montford’s contributions to Texas extend way off the charts. Among his many accomplishments, Montford’s Horizon Campaign here at Texas Tech raised more money for the university than any other fundraising campaign in Tech’s history.”
Just think Education building, English Building, United Spirit Arena, and Jones AT&T Stadium, Marsha Sharp Annex, etc.
Tech Alum
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Agreed, Montford was great for Tech. Wish we had him now. I just don’t take well to anyone slamming my school for what ever reason.
Have fun, I waiting for the next “new” report to come out. Keep praying at the alter of leech.
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see drinking i again? I really just dont get you, actually i do, and you are headed down a well travelled path of misery and destruction. I see that your degree from TTU wasnt in spelling, grammar or anger management. BLEEDING RED, STOP DRINKING ALREADY.
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I like hearing this because the expectation with Leach or without Leach is this.
Our year 2010! The schedule is in our Favor UT, OU, Colorado, ISU, OSU and Missouri are rebuilding all wins
BU and A$M are better, but we win. 8-0 conference
1. We wil Win the South,
2. We Play for the Big 12 Championship, and
3.our first BCS bowl.
Anything less this yr is a failure. We have the players to do this right now. TT gas a very talented team he is reloading not rebuilding.
Defensive front line. We lost 9; 2 left the program in ’09 and 7 graduated.
Lineman left to compete..Britton Barbee Sr, Ryan Haliburton So, Ameche Maduneme Jr, Chris Perry Jr, Clint Stoffels Sr, Colby Whitlock Sr. Aundrey Barr RS-FR, Romario Cathey RS-FR, Pearlie Graves So, Kerry Hyder RS-FR, Chris Knighton RS-FR, Myles Wade RS-FR.
Whitlock is only returning starter on defensive line. Look for Perry, Stoffels, and Graves to win starting roles.
LB’s lost 3 two to Graduation. one left the program in ’09
LB’s Competing: Michael Aguilar Sr, Bront Bird Sr, Jonathon Brydon Sr, Jack Campbell Jr, Brian Duncan Sr, Sam Fehoko Jr, Tanner Foster Jr, Michael Hanson JR, Riley Harvey Jr, Bonner Morren So, Caleb Schneider So, Tyrone Sonier Jr, Jason Wallace Jr. Dion Chidozie RS-FR, Brandon Mahoney RS-FR, James Scott RS-FR,
Bird and Duncan returning Starters…Third spot wide open Look for Fehoko, Sonier, Mahoney winning last spot.
DB’s lost 4; 3 to graduation 1 to injury
DB’s competing :to many to name 26 returning
returning starters Cody Davis, Franklin Mitchem, La Ron Moore… look for Will Ford to become the 4th DB.
Linebackers and DB’s are our strength going into the season… Defensive line is where the work is needed with only one starter returning.
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I tell you, we don’t need no 4 or 5 star cruits. Why, we jest takes them small fast 2 stars
an run to the ball. Huh, what? You say they done thoed it an they ain’t no ball to run to.
Well, it sho used to work agenst them power I offfences in the SEC.
Sides that, I never hered of nobody crazy enough to thro a football.
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Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. – John F. Kennedy
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Thats what Marilyn Monroe said too.
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t bone, who are Art Griles and Kevin Smith? You say repeatedly that your school will never be able to get anything but second rate coaches and athletes, that’s why you need a smoke and mirrors guy like Mike Leach to get you by. You are not a real Tech fan, no way. You’re just like the posers we have on the Auburn site that try, but cannot conceal their disdain for our beloved school. Flake off.
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They should try getting that kid from richmond, called Joey Mbu. I heard he is explosive off the ball.
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Anger Management is necessary to prevent raging men in the streets..;~
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