Awsome!!!! The city of Lubbock needs to pack the jones and let everybody know that we are ready for this season. Go Raiders!

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June Jones is a good coach and has a impressive resume, he knows offense, the Raiders had better not take them lightly .

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Should be a great game.Just think you know the nation will be watching.With no other game being played.The NFL does not open till the weekend after, I agree we should bring all GUNS UP to this game.

WRECK’EM

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Great, lets continue to whore ourselves out to ESPN after one of their employees held the university hostage. Next thing all of our games will be on Thursdays in Bristol Conn. to cut down on ESPNs production costs.

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“It also gives us the opportunity to kick off coach (Tommy) Tuberville’s era in front of a national audience.”

You sure are proud of that acquisition aren’t you mr. gerald….we’ll see how proud you are when he bolts for the next big thing in a couple years

Can’t wait to hear all the sh!t BSPN will spew during this game too…good job

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get a life nathan!

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I’ll bet Craig James prayed about it and came up with the idea…. with the help of Spaeth Communications, of course. Maybe he’ll announce his candidacy for something at half time. Tuberville can debut his new “swift boat defense”.

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all naysayers who call themselves red raider fans get a life. me and true red raider fans will be cheering on OUR TEAM while you are still spewing hate at your little rallies

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Absolutly! Jon c you are a smart man. all you people that are talking @#$% have no clue! do us all a favor and stay home. Leach is gone and tubs is here! deal with it it is going to be that way for a long time! Lets pack the jones with real tech fans!
I go to the games for the players and the team not the guys sitting in a suite 10 storys above me!

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I renewed my tickets. This is great but sucks for traveling.

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ESPN AND Myers, two names linked to fiasco and disdain forever more like it or not.

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I seen a lot of the Team Leech people saying they only went to watch him coach. Man did they miss some good games. Maybe now they’ll watch the team.

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Nathan you said it all, Tech is now espns WHORE, they do all the dirty work for Hance and co.!!!!

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Ok red dog shut up and dont come to the game! maby tech will listen to you and fire myers. however in the meantime do you honestly expect tech to quit airing games on espn? the largest sports network in the world? I dont think so and it is great for the kids and the university for exposure and money. I just hope all these team leach people stick to their guns and completly cut their ties with tech because tech would be alot better off without yall.

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Glad Tommy T worked for ESPN!!

This is a big deal!!

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Tech is still ESPNS WHORE OR VISA VERSA AND MAYBE YOU HAVE FORGOT BUT A LOT OF HAVENT, WHERE DO YOU GET OFF TELLING ANYONE TO SHUTUP, IM ENTITLED TO MY OPINION JUST LIKE YOU ARE AND WHO SET THIS Up? mYERS AND WE KNOW HE DOESNT RUN NOTHING AT TECH, HANCE DOES, FIRE CRAIG AND HANCE AND THE REST AND THEN IT MIGHT GET BETTER.

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Let’s be positive. This game on Sunday is great for revenue for Tech. Guns Up!

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Red Dog,

Are you sure you are not a Brown Cow.

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This should be OK since it’s Labor Day weekend. Many folks traveling to Lubbock for the game will have Monday off. The nationally televised game should bring in some $$ for the athletic dept.

Wreck ‘em Tech

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Thats right Iwont attend and I wont watch the game, Iwill not support the players that supported Adam and turned their back on their coach,anyone that supports this game and espn are hyprocrits,all about money, huh.

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Red dog,

Should be a good game since you wouldn’t be there.

From the rest of the Raider Nation thanks.

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good riddance red dog the true fans will be at the game having fun and watching tech roll

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Well, I have listened to all this bull for weeks about Coach Leach and the Pirates crew until I am sick. I graduated fromTexas Tech as a Red Raider, so did my wife, daughter, and mother in law. We are Red Raiders, not Pirates. Please take your pirate act to Key West and join on his band wagon there. See how much he really thought of Lubbock and Texas Tech. In regard to his treatment of a football player, I would not have been talking about in the media. I would have been in Lubbock and opened up a big case of whoop a– on the coach if that had been my son that was treated like that. Seems that no other player in his 10 year career had been subjected to this type of care. We now have a coach that I can be proud of as he is a gentleman, knows what a head coach is suppose to do and will be very good for Texas Tech. I will not have to explain our different coach to my friends at Tu or TAMU. He was a total embarrassment to our university even though he won some football games. We will now have a chance to win big time with some one that knows that defense wins football games. Leach’s defense was to out score them never attempting to stop them. Go Red Raiders!

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the TRUE FANS of the university should be appalled at the lack of transparency of a public university. This is not Gerald Myers U or Kent Hance U or Guy Bailey U just as much as it was not Mike Leach U……..IT IS TEXAS TECH U, and as little as you like it, people who paid good money to attend classes at Texas Tech U are pissed at the current situation. I DO support Tuberville, et al and I DO believe in the direction of the FOOTBALL program although I vehemently disagree with the disjointed path it is taking to get here. The Athletic Department has gone into the crapper with Gerald Myers at the helm. That is a fact. Other than the football and track programs, we have mediocrity at best! Thanks to who? GM- the AD!!!! the only reason facilities have improved for any sport in the last 5 years have been due to the overwhelming support for MIKE LEACH and his football program. Now GM make take credit for that but it is not his doing. I agree that Leach misstepped in the past couple of years due to Ego, but that was a creation of the seperation of his program and the AD office. You have to realize that the beast bringing in the profits must be acknowledged. and GM refused to do so, moreover he despised Leach and the football program. Goes to show you can’t have an unsuccessful basketball coach run you r sthletic department. He just doesnt get it and never will. I will contribute any amount necessary to see his retirement begin immediately. AND I DO SUPPORT THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, AND I DO SUPPORT MIKE LEACH AND HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, AND I DO SUPPORT HIM GETTING AS MUCH MONEY AS HE CAN BECAUSE IT WILL BE A TESTAMENT TO MYERS’ ABSOLUTE CRAP HANDLING OF THIS SITUATION ALONG WITH HANCE, BAILEY, ETC. but first and foremost I hope TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL WINS!!! and CONTINUES TO GRADUATE ITS PLAYERS, because that is the most underrated thing Mike LEach did, was lead the Big 12 in graduation rates. And Don Williams is an incompetant fool who should be on the rails out of town with Myers. all he has done is cater to the powers that be instead of his so-called journalistic duty. Maybe he can call Dr. Dean in the Mass Comm department so he can ask what a journalist really is supposed to try and accomplish because her sure as heII hasn’t figured it out.

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High Rider, you should do some investigative reporting about Spaeth Communications out of Dallas and see Craig James involvement with them before you go running your mouth and talking about Leach being nothing but an emberrassment. His built your school facilities, brought acclaim, recognition, publicity, and credibility. Sadly, for an academic institution, this is how it works these days, first through athletics. For those of you who do not realize that then you are just the same as the uneducated and unimformed that create this sport-first mentaility in America. Oh, the irony. NOW FIRE GERALD MYERS. YESTERDAY! OR BETTER YET, LAST JUNE! DAMNITT!

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Yeah, the move should help bring in some revenue for this game eventhough the stadium will be half full. We will need everything we can get early since after they lose the opener to SMU, then lose several more throughout the season, the half-full stadium that Coach Leach built will get even more empty.

I am sure the ESPN broadcast will be hard to stomach. Dozens of close-ups of Adam James. Statements of how courageous and righteous he and Craig James are. Inaccurate descriptions of what transpired and excuses. I hope ESPN has a camera inside the locker room at halftime so we can get some shots of Tubbyville blowing a gasket and cussing out the players when they are down 21 at halftime.

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Mike Leach will not get a lot of money. He will not get a top tier job. He’s not that good of a coach. He can’t win championships. He wasn’t offered the job at U of Washington after they finished last in the Pac-10 with 1 win! He wasn’t offered the job at Miami after they finished 8th in the ACC. He wasn’t offered the job at Tennessee, a guy with a below .500 record was. Ya’ll are so blind. He wasn’t even interviewed for East Carolina, or USF. Mike Leach is a person that doesn’t get what a real coach is supposed to do. He was out for himself. Coaches are supposed to do what Coach Tubs is doing. All of you ignorant fans are saying, “wow, he’s really out promoting himself.” No, he’s promoting the school. He was hired before Lane Kiffin and Dooley at Tennessee and they have both done more public appearances than Tubs. It’s what a coach does. It’s something our “genius” never did. He didn’t care about the University. He didn’t care about defense. and he didn’t care about his players. Don’t believe me. Go ask any of his defensive players if he knew their name. He didn’t. He didn’t pay attention to the defense. And this isn’t speculation, it’s what actually happened. And don’t praise Leach for graduation rates. One, he didn’t have a curfew, two, he cut out mandatory study hall. He had good assistants that helped. Plus, look how many other teams (OU, aTm, UT) have players leave before their senior year and not graduate. I’m just glad in 2010 most of you will finally see what a real program is supposed to look like. A good coach, dress code, curfews, respect, character.

I’m ashamed that some of my fellow alumni are this ignorant and blinded by the whole situation. I would be upset about Leach too…… if he actually won a championship, or did something to promote my school other than give us a quirky offense.

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Never said he will get a top tier job. He wont. not after this. and He wasnt interviewed for ECU or USF because of the situation. he cut out mandatory study hall but made a starter sit at a desk at the 50 during practice fro not going to class. and the facts are he did graduate the best in the Big 12. Not just against OU and UT. He graduated in the top 10 in the country as a matter of fact. look it up Mr. Ignorant. I guess you missed that part of MBA education that says in order to be successful you must have good support aka assistants. SO i guess your are going to hold that against him too? The man was good for the school, period. We have an opportunity to improve upon that for some of the reasons that you stated, but Leach set a precedent. By Winning. TRIVIA FOR YOU MR. IGNORANT, what Big 12 school has made a bowl game in all years of existence of the conference? Who has had a losing season more recently, Tech or UT? You can make all the speeches you want but if you don’t put the football in the end zone no one gives a damn.

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I’m glad I’ll be able to watch the game being that I know I won’t be able to travel to see it in person. I don’t know how long I’d be able to hold off without seeing my team play.

Does anyone else find it funny that literally no other people from other Big 12 programs see the need to come to our board and talk about how great they are? I really do feel sorry for the UT “fans” that are so pathetic and lonely that they have to go to other schools boards to get attention. I say we stop acknowledging their presence and eventually they’ll move on and become fans of another winning team.

For the record, I live in Austin and I’ve noticed a significant increase in the number of Alabama fans lately. Speaks volumes about the UT “fan base” in my opinion.

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I cant wait utntil this game and watch my hero play, Adam , i hope that mean old leach does not get a dime, he was horrible coach and we are better off we have a coach now that wears a suit and a tie not like courtney described like leach a rumpled old shirt he found on the floor and his uncombed, we have a good coach from a good university and his sons attend a good school where they do not release records, i hope that Adams daddy is a commentator at the game and the commentators that were at the Alamo bowl game, they did a good job of reporting the game, hope that adam starts and they throw him the ball, who cares how many good students that Leach graduated its all about the money, lets fillup the jones and after the game we can allhang out at geralds place and kents and video it and spaeth and espn can show it later what do you say dudes, party on , its all cool

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brown log,

Like the sarcasm. There will probably be a pre-game function in the dark locked closet. Can’t wait to see what uniform Adam is wearing.

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SORRY, been away kissing my bosses butt at work dont want to get fard fir insubordination, they stillowe me money too. I have to wear a SUIT AND TIE darn it, dont want to wear a shirt that was on the floor and I comb my hair too, dont want to po the advertisers for the business, shine my shoes too, like I was saying cant wait for the game hope I can sit behind my hero and cheer him on,Adam and after the game we can go to river smiths and have some fried catfish dont want to put out Coach Tubby .

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I’m glad to see some real Texas Tech fans on here standing up for Texas Tech U, not Mike Leach U.

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I agree with some guy: One must feel sorry for the UT fans and they are just seeking a reaction and attention

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Very welll stated, paxton and very arituculate, I agree.

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their are a few fans on here but not enough,the ones that are dont care about truth or justice, just the game and how much money, sad.

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Nice payoff for James gang.

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The sad part in all allof this is who is televising the game espn, under different circumstances it would be great but to me it may as well be the devil himself,

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We now have a coach that I can be proud of as he is a gentleman,

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Obviously you did not see him try to fight the ref over a special teams penalty.

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ESPN is great .
James family is great.
Money is great. & money-worshipers are great.
Myers & Hance are great.
Tuberville is great.
The regents are great.
A-J newspaper is great.
Lubbock is great.

And if they aren’t perfect, then p l e a s e – no body point it out.
They hate any weaknesses pointed out because their wittle self confidence is very fragile and they overcompensate by being the GREATEST!!!

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And if they aren’t perfect, then p l e a s e – no body point it out.
They hate any weaknesses pointed out because their wittle self confidence is very fragile and they overcompensate by being the GREATEST!!!
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Hate to say it, but it rings kind of true.

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Dont forget if you state a opinion youare a leecher and dont support the program your a nutcase and told to shutup, too.

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Right. Mike Leach was the only thing wrong with our city. I predict that with Leach gone-

1.We will win every Big 12 championship.

2.By 2012 we will be the capital city of Texas. Kent Hance will be Governor.

3.We will realize that the smell was actually Leach, not the feedyards.

4.The Longhorns will finally admit that we are the better school and football program.

5. Tommy T will ascend in to heaven because it is what the lord wants.

6. Tommy T will return from the sky. Because he thinks Lubbock is heaven.

Everyone happy?

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If the ESPN commentary is anything like the Alamo Bowl… I am going to puke. Based on the fact that Craig James works for them, I don’t believe they should have made ANY comment at all during the Alamo Bowl, but they just couldn’t help themselves. Just like mainstream media anymore, there is no objective reporting at ESPN. I plan to begin e-mailing them now, asking that they keep their pieholes shut during the SMU game… but I am sure it will be too much for them not to delve into their sensational journalism.

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Sorry RR72 but you are wrong. I do care about truth and justice but I also realize that those will sort themselves out eventually and the outcome will have nothing to do with anything said on these boards. I can separate what takes place in the court from what takes place on the field and I refuse to let the Mike Leach situation ruin my love for the game of football and the kids that leave it all on the field for us every Saturday (or in this case, Sunday). I am still, and will always be, a Red Raider no matter who the coach is or who the administration is. I don’t come to these boards to whine, moan or insult fellow Red Raiders because it accomplishes absolutely nothing in a world with problems that are much bigger than who the coach or administration at Texas Tech are.

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Oh, and that is sensational in a bad way… like overdone and made-up… NOT sensational as in great! They spouted out info during the Alamo Bowl like it was fact when they had no earthly idea what they were talking about, and then missed commenting on half of the plays!

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Increased my RR Club donation and renewed tickets! Is it Sept 5th yet??? May have to move a safety into the nickel to cover the Stangs receivers, but then, well, it is SMU…..

Raiders thump em but dont overplay our hand: 38-20.

Beat the hell out of Texas!!!

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It sucks that the Red Raider Nation is divided like this!
We really need to get rid of Gerald Meyers soon…..I really believe that would heal some wounds and could lead towards unity again. That is how we WIN. !!!!! UNITED Not to mention save the Athletic programs.
Good Luck Coach Mike… Thank You
Good Luck Coach Tommy…. Take off from where he left off..
POWER!!!!

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heres a question for yall Team Leach….If Mike Leach was so great of a coach and a good ol boy, how come the offers did not come flying in when he was let go?

Hance and Meyers did the right thing for this school in hiring a REAL coach that will teach these players how to play defense and win championships.

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At the end of World War II, General George Patton was scheduled to lead the invasion of Europe. However, he slapped one lone, individual private, and Ike fired him. And he would slap me if he had the chance. In America, the rights of the individual are at the heart of our Constitution, and way of life. The Germans fell for the ruse Patton would lead the invasion from another location, til I told them different.
My arrogance, grandiosity, and self-centeredness are just a big joke now.
Tech’s lawyers, Board of Regents, and Chancellor love Texas Tech first and foremost.
Kent Hance is a master politician. He knew this would be an unpopular decision.
He won’t take me back, no matter how many asskissing letters to the editor I write.
They did the right thing, by firing me.

Johnny

P.S. Boy I hope they fall for that this weak B.S.

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AJ ur ? makes no since.
Leach was not a “good ole boy”
I think everyone can agree on that.

Hance & Meyers did make a wise choice in Tommy Tubberville……only after they made the wrong choice.
Do you think anybody could have received offers after all that fiasco in Dec. ? Probably Not.

? for u….. Did you enoy all he hype the last few seasons? Did u get excited on Sat. morning? Did you get anxious for Red Raider Football on Friday?……….Then it is okay to say Thank u Coach Leach and Good Luck

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thanks for the warning, just wondering if there is another game worth watching on Labor Day. It would be hilarious if smwho smacked ttu on national tv.

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you do not have to thank me, in the end it will work out like it should.

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TEAM LEACHERS, Lets ALL break our TV screens TODAY in protest of ESPN !! STUPID $%^&*s !! GET A LIFE & GROW UP !!

GO TECH !!

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That’s the payoff from the New York ESPeeN Boysand Slimebag Craig James to Hance and Myers.
For a few hundred thousand dollars, Hance, Bailey. Myers and Regents gladly sell their souls to
the New York ESpeein Boys.
WE LOVES TEXAS TECH. Good job Hance.

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All I can say is I am glad I will be in the stands watching. Don’t think I could listen to the calling/comments from ESPN. I’ve pretty much cut them off in my house……………See YOU at the Jones, Sept 5th

RAIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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It would be even more hilarious if all team leechers were gassed with Zyklon-B!

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I told you all things would change.

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Is it Rapid, or do you prefer Craig? Most of the Craig James wanna-be’s on here are like the old song, “Back-stabbers.” You’re all a bunch of cowards who don’t know right from wrong. Maybe Senator James will save you.

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Wazoo and Nathan,

How do you guys plan to pay for scholarships and the like. Are you sending checks in. TV is money in the bank and helps in recruiting. Man, just get over yourselves and your sour attitudes. Mikey is gone, James still works at ESPN, and the earth still orbits the sun.

Tech Alum

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Good Stuff, and a fun read.

Thanks

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Did I like Leach? Yep
Do I like Myers? Nope
Is it about the Money? Yep
Is that ok? Yep
Will I still be a Raider fan? Yep
See you in September.

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ESPN are the same people that televised theAlamo bowl game and their biased commentary, that they even admitted later after the fact was biased, Hances statement was released before the game that could have waited until after the game and distracted from the game, granted ESPN will televise this game and under different circumstances tha t would be great but only a couple of days ago Espn gained access to the Leach locker room tapes, that could have been released a long time ago, but all of a sudden just happen to surface and be ran on Espn just when Hances testimony and the James testimony, coincidence? If you buy that story then Ive got some property in ARIZONA on a beach I will sell you, Go to the game , enjoy your self. just remember who is televising it and who is bragging about it, Gerald f. Myers, ENJOY, MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICIPLES,

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I see the haters are out in full force. When SMU received the death penalty it was disastrous for their program. It would be dumb on the grandest scale for Tech fans to self impose a death penalty by refusing to support the program. Withdrawing support will not undo what’s been done. Withdrawing support will not prevent this from happening again. The only thing that withdrawing support will accomplish is to hurt Texas Tech. Even if you could arrange for Myers and company to be gone, they would only be replaced with another set of men who would make the same decisions and be equally influenced by Big Money.

Junior High was over a long time ago – time to grow up boys. Hats off to those of you who actually support Texas Tech.

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I sent off fur them thar red hering that thar lawyer was yapping about, some pickled ones thats in one of them thar mason jars, plan on eating some of them red hering during this har game and listen to it on my ol philco, got me a rat fix out in that thar out house again gonnna run me a cord out thar and plug my tv in and turn up the volume sos I can run them thar rats off when them thar espn announcers talk thar bs.

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Who said we should break our tvs, thats crazy, I just got mine out of pawn dude, I plan on going to the game and watching my hero, AJ, and sitting right behind him and the rest of the players that didnt support leach, hell I dont support anyone that is a friend and a mentor,, mean old Leach , the dude was a drunk i heard and didnt graduate anybody, he didnt raise the attendance from 40,000 to 50,000 , he didnt excite alot of fans by the offense he installed and most of the teams in this area run now, we dont need him no more we have aj and espn and gerald and kent and who cares if they leave we will get the same bunch anyway, partyon dudes, see you at the jones jason and alllthe rest but remember I get to sit behind my hero aj, ill have my headset on too so I can listen to espn and ill tape it too , dont want to miss them running down r that mean old pie rat.

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People are mad because this is a prime example of an average joe getting screwed in favor of some rich elitist. France had a revolution over such a thing.

Mike Leach was liked by his fans because he did not come across as a snob. He wore what average people wore, he talked like average people talked, and he brought positive recognition to the school that had not previously been brought by coaches in the past.

Then, the school sided with the polar opposite of Coach Leach and threw him out like garbage. Craig James and Adam James represent the rich, privileged, better than you people who think they can get what they want because they have money and fame. And you people who side with them are no better than they are. Maybe one day you will see. You won’t get promoted because some brown-noser got the job. Your son will take the fall for some mischief that occurred because his rich “friend” ratted him out. Some rich kid may have his way with your daughter and use his money and influence to get away with it. I could go on.

Craig James used his money and influence to get Mike Leach fired. Coach Leach is gone, yes. Does that make what happened right, no. Should I continue to root for the Red Raiders, probably; but everytime I see or hear about them I remember how my school sided with that smirking piece of crap Craig James. I do not want to be on that side.

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i H eard that there were dollar tickets for the basketbal games so i went dude had plenty of time to play dungeons and dragons too ,some dude said on this blog wont be long before they will that at the jones, that would be COOL, I can do that at the games but I wont see my hero anymore Aj, makes me sad, maybe jason and bleeding red will be there and dowdy and all the people that didnt like that meanold dri-unk pie rat. we dont need him glad they fired him he was a snob and quirky, he never brought millons to dust bowl lubbock and made stars out of walk ons like welker and others,he didnt graduate players , he just had one player that is my hero and his dadddy and espn my other heroes, throw him out be done with the pie rat like my old chicken bones in the cubbards who cares.

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t-bone LXA… so true.

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Wow, t-boneLXA. That last comment was absolutely ridiculous. First of all, the very notion that he talked like any average, normal person is dumb. He didn’t. He spoke in his own language, in some sort of stream of consciousness manner, which is not normal unless you’re a comedian or William Faulkner.

The very things you mentioned as being “good” about Leach are the very things that made him so unlike other SUCCESSFUL coaches. He’s not a normal person. He’s a football coach. He didn’t dress like a normal football coach, he didn’t act like a normal football coach, and he was not perceived as a normal football coach by anyone that is not from Lubbock.

And don’t fool yourselves into thinking that Leach didn’t have an ego. He has as big of an ego as anyone I’ve ever seen. If he really was an “average person,” then there’s no way he would have reacted the way he did to these allegations. If he didn’t think he was untouchable, he wouldn’t cuss out his boss Hance, who was the only one trying to help him at the time. After EVERY loss, Leach never took any blame himself. The videos that recently surfaced, (which I didn’t think were very bad, jus for the record, even though I don’t support Leach anymore) prove that. The Houston loss last year was squarely on the shoulders of Mike Leach. He kicks the field goal, we assure ourselves of overtime. He didn’t. We didn’t score, we lost. Who did he blame? Not his bad decision. He blamed his players for “thinking they were too good to play Houston.” Against Texas, where his team (playing with 3 healthy defensive linemen) gave everything they could against a much better team, he accused them of letting their egos grow because they kept it close. What I heard from all the players was that there were some good things they could take from it, but that they still lost. Leach’s ego was so big, in fact, that he thought he was not only bigger than the football program, but bigger than the University. False.

Leach is gone. Myers will be gone soon enough. There is no reason for Kent Hance to be fired. Football, and even athletics as a whole, are not the measure of a university.

Another funny thing is that last year, if we would have moved a game to the next day for national TV, you people would’ve said how smart Leach was to do that because it was bringing recognition. Now it’s just more reason to fire Gerald Myers because he only cares about money? HELLO!!!!! THAT’S WHAT IT’S ABOUT IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS!!! Hell..even in life. Leach is suing for what? MONEY! Not to rebuild his reputation..to get money.

Listen to yourselves. “I hope we lose to SMU.” Well..then show up in red and blue and cheer for them, stop calling yourselves Red Raider fans, and by all means, if all you want to do is spew your hatred of the school on here…there’s a Facebook page and I’m sure a website with a Team Leach message board. Go there.

I can’t wait for September 5. Wreck ‘em.

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Wow, rob you are my new hero now you love Hance just like me , cool , my brother , you are just like theyare immune, you support them and you must realy be somebody because you can tell someone what to think and go to another webb, man you are really cool you are just like my hero hance and myers and espn and some of the other media be sure to tell them that they or anyone dont habve opinions only you do, cool my main man you are the man!!!

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Rob, youare toocool and my other main man, bleeding red, way to tell them Leechers and pie rat lovers what they can think and not think and what blog to be on, you are the man!!!!! youare toocool like hitler was.

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Raiderbacker:
Most of us really support Texas Tech and have for many many years.
But we hate the very idea that this year “supporting Tech” means supporting Myers, Hance & Bailey – whom we despise as scumbags of the lowest order.

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Brown Log,

I’m assuming you are using that name because you are a pile of Crap like that, which you spew.

You claim to be a Raider Red but bag on your school and wish the worst. I’m a Raider not A Pi-rat. Go with the rest of the Pi-rats and play with your swords.

Have fun in Key West in Mike’s new 5.4 million dollar house on the beach. How sad you are, I guess you approved of the bank buy out also. You reap what you sow

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AHHH , a response my hero responded, you are too cool, and rob and the rest of my heroes, too cool dude. do you live in a big house and fly in a private jet like Jason , my main man, i myour friend big man, youare too cool, !!!

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Go raiders and gerald, my heroes !!!

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The Tech athletic programs are in shambles (except for golf & track, whoopee).

The basketball teams are both barely in the NIT & have not made the Big Dance in several years.
The baseball team has had trouble making the Big 12 tourney, much less the CWS.
The football team has never even played in the Big 12 Championship, much less won it.
Our Athletic dept is DEAD BROKE.

Thanks for all the good work Gerald.

Now please go away.

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SMU will also play TCU on national television – Friday night, September 24.

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/03/smu-announces-football-schedule.html

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all those commotion because I chose to speak the truth? I predict the mighty ‘stangs will stomp TuT.

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Great move on Tech’s part. National exposure for Tommy T is not a bad thing. Congrats to Gerald.

I will be in Atlanta that Sunday for a Nascar race (Labor Day Classic 500)……. early September is too hot for football anyway.

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Will Geralds star still shine if SMU comes away with a win.

The boo birds will unfortunately be heard around the country….unless ESPN blocks the sound.

Guns Up!

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Gerald will look good……. because Tech will win handily. The team will have a new weapon……… It’s called defensive.

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Make that “defense”……. Tommy T knows how to win.

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Is this a reward to ESPN for helping the James boys run Leach off? What next, do they want us to change the school’s color to yellow.

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National interest in SMU and head coach June Jones were the primary factors behind the move to Sunday and national TV.

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It is great to be a red raider. I wish all our games were on ESPN. Before long in the prime time spot. This will the beginning to many great things that will come Techs way. Market the university and brighten the spotlight in a positive manner. Hopefully leach can gain employment as a head coach some where so all you pirate puffers can follow him to the promise land. We wish him the and puffers great success in their endeavors. Guns up and wreckem tech

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man ol gerald is acool dude he dont mind kissing espn butt and kent either you are too cool gerald way to go tech fans back that gerald dude up and espn maybe all of you can kiss their butts someday soon , its all good, dudes we understand had to get rid of that ol mean leach he wasnt any use anymore throw him out like garbage I understand work with dudes every day that dont respect right and wrong loyal om=nly to their money or how cruel they vcan be if they get the upppr hand go raiders and my main man Aj.

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This national Sunday telecast will give the ESPN broadcasting team additional chances to smear Leach. Can’t wait to see it.

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Too cool pie rat, man wasnt it tooo cool how they smeared that ol drunk on the Techs bowl game and ran my heros statement on it and interviewed him too, cant wait until the game this fall on my heros daddys network so they can compare tubbt to that mean ol pierat, cool!!!! Way to go gerald and kent my heroes!!! cant wait to see my hero aj score a td and the fans go crazy when he does they will hoolar for anyone even ol Aj way to go Tubby and tech fans!!!

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What would be even cooler would be that my heros network espn have Tech release som e more videos of Leach on run them during the smu game like they did before my main mens testimony that would be COOOOL!!!!!!

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I just love what hance and gerald has done for our programs

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Maybe Gerald and Kent could make another deal and have Craig in the announcer booth to do color, Tech fans wont care they will go for anything as long asit makes mone and I cant waituntil Aj scores a td and hear them yell for him . cool

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TECH FANS ARE SICK THEY WILL LET ANYBODY BROADCAST THEIR GAMES!!!

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My concern is that with ESPN handling an ever increasing amount of college football games they are going to become even more arrogant than they already are. I hope all the conferences figure out how to take them to the cleaners before they figure out how to take all the conferences there.

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Guns Up! Nothing else matters in the long run. Go Tech!

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Lubbock is still Lubbock.

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Lubbocks sure has alot of LOSERS….like Frank Lattimore. WHATS YOUR POINT , Frank ? What do you think you know that others dont ? Do you receive an hourly wage ? Tell your boss to %^&* OFF and see if you stay around long. Are you so proud of NEVER WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP that you want to be a PIRATE ?

Go ahead….DONT YOU REALIZE he was FIRED and now all you are ROOTING for is Tech to LOSE money to this JERK ?

Watch what happens in court !

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Bobby Knight had won championships and what did he do here?? Take our money, chase our chancellor at the time around market street( which nothing happened to him-talk about insubordination) and leave us with his son who never coached anywhere and a son who cant fill a quarter of the spirit arena on $1 night!!! Sorry guys but this is lubbock texas and no coach comes here unless it’s his first job or nobody else wants them!! so if we happen to get a coach who is 3rd in the big 12 winning % and i would guess 85% of the fan base is happy with you prob. shouldn’t run him off because people like his big ego(and have no prob. paying for it) more than your big ego!! as far as tubberville is concerened he did go undefeated one year but what happened after that he got fired for going 4-7 and nobody else wanted him so of course myers took him because he will bow down to them and will be just fine with $1 day !! On a sidenote good luck tubberville and i hope you prove me wrong !!! wreck’m tech!!

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SMU is not complaining about ESPN broadcasting two nationally televised games. No other C-USA school is similarly situated at this time.

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One Day
Lubbock Worm Media: Leach is the best coach in America. I love Mike, my good friend.
Next Day
Lubbock Worm Media: Leach was a bum. Never did like him. Tubville is great.

Lubbock Worm Media Minds $$$$$$$$$$$

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Norm…Bob Knight was suspended for a game for the incident with Smith. You know what he did? He accepted it, served the suspension, and went on about his life because he actually cared about his players and his school. Yes, Knight was insubordinate. But he knew what he did was wrong, and even if he didn’t, he was intelligent enough to shut his mouth and agree with his boss anyways.

Leach was suspended for one game (the Alamo Bowl). Sound familiar? He chose to ignore it, fly to San Antonio anyways, then cuss out his bosses. That shows a complete disregard for the welfare of his players, and a complete lack of care for the school he claimed to love every year when he was busy shopping himself around for other jobs.

Comparing the Bob Knight “insubordination” to the Leach “insubordination” is pointless. Knight handled it like a professional. Leach handled it like an egotistical maniac who thinks he deserves special treatment because he makes witty comments instead of winning championships.

And brown log…get on my level if you want to post to try to offend me. The sarcasm game is old, and it was barely even funny the first time. Are you 12?

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Rob R,

“boss, Hance, who was only trying to help him”

I’m sorry Rob, but I can’t get this image out of my head of a boa constrictor swallowing its prey head first and saying “don’t worry I’m only giving you mouth to mouth resuscitation”. I don’t think Kent Hance was ever trying to help Mike Leach.

You go on to say that no reasons exists to fire Hance. That statement got me to looking at the Chancellor’s job descritption and this may surprise you but I found a few reasons to consider. It seems that the Chancellor should be held to the “highest degree” standard for ethical conduct of any of the employees at the university. The Chancellor is expected to follow the procedure manual, which establishes best practices. The Board of Regents will evaluate the Chancellor on an annual basis to determine how well these standards have been met.

Well in the Leach case, the Chancellor didn’t come close to following the procedures outlined in the manual. As for ethical conduct—the Sowell letters tell a sad story there.

Will the Board of Regents do a complete and true evaluation of the Chancellor? Duty calls for this to be done, but what do the rest of you think? Will they do their job?

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Kent regrets that Mike took the action he did, which resulted in his termination. I’m sure Mike knows by now that he was wrong.

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Fans regret Hance’s action in licking the James family’s boots..

I’m sure he realizes now that his political lack of conscious shouldn’t have carried over to a chancellor’s job.

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Yes, Team-Hance/Myers should be should be very discouraged to see the University have to suffer because of the decision made by Hnace/Myers to fire a coach for doing his job.

Ugly and no-class public spectacle of a decision by the Tech administrators.

An action that was totally un-necessary for the fans, it just helped the elite politicians & that’s all it helped.

Ordinary Tech fans have sure had to suffer a long time under the Myers classless antics. – still continuing in baseball & basketball. He’s just about drove those those programs to the cellar of the Big 12.

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im tired of people like Rob r and bleeding red coming on here and calling everybody who is entitled to their own opinions and think leach was wronged team leechers and not true tech fans!! first i graduated from tech ….did You?? second if you are really a true fan you would know that tech has never won an outright championship in a conferece that was any good!! so then why would you say leach was no good because he never won one !! what coach did we ever have before that was better and why do u think tubberville who got fired from a prestigious program will take us to the next level just by arriving in lubbock??? And to ROB R do u honestly think anything was ever going to happen to the knights with gerald here!!

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Norm,

Do some research. Tommy won 5 SEC division Champs and one out right SEC Championship. A BCS bowl went undefeated in the SEC. Are you so blind for Leech you can’t see the improvement.

The point about Leech is, he was only a little better than anyother coach in Tech’s history. I like Leech but 10 yrs is enough.

Don’t forget you have Gerald to thank for Leech in the first place. You should say “Thanks Gerald for a fun 10 yrs, now let’s win something”.

Yes, I’m a Tech Grad, season ticket holder, and Lubbock investor.

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like i said earlier bob knight won national championships in his prime and then was fired and did nothing here that was that special!! tubbs did the same and was fired for a 4-7 record his last year and auburn recruited the 4th best class in the country without him there this year so like i also said earlier he was at a prestigious program!! face it tech isn’t and if u dont believe it was leach than look at the great recruits we lost when him and ruffin left!! the state already has an ass kisser coach in a way nicer town called austin who can sell to recruits wat is tubbs going to do thats better than mack to get kids here??? leach’s offense and record is why players that were great were starting to look at tech not because he was a seller!!
and is far is gerald is concerned why would i thank him for making one lucky hire when all the hires he has made were trash and our sports program is run into the ground basically!! and him firing the only good, winning, money making , attendance drawing coach he has hired or kept is proof that he is an egotistical idiot!!!

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Norm,

Do you know Who the head coach is for Auburn, Iowa St, DC for Texas coach in waiting. That’s all of the start as DC for Tommy at Auburn. He made them who the are now with his “D”. As for his 4-7 last year, do some research again. Tommy wanted at Tech style Offense instead of run style, he could not rebuild an offense in one season and some boosters ran him off.

Tommy came to Tech because we have the offense he wanted, but was not allowed to have at Auburn. He is right, with Leech’s Offense and his “D”. Tech will be a power house and he believes it whole heartedly.

I understand you loved Mike and didn’t care about Tech before him. I was Raider before Leech and I’ll be a Raider after Tommy. 10 years is a long time.

By the way what makes you think Leech was staying anyway. Every Year for the last 10 yrs at Tech he’s been looking for another job somewhere else. We had a coach who didn’t love the school we was coaching at. I say, Ha!! we screwed you first.

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Rob, dude whats the problem, dude? Iwas just agreeing with what you are saying your stillmy heros evenif YOUR LOGIC IS TOO COOL., PARTY ON DUDES!!

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Bob Knight should have been fired.

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cant wait for the red raiders to start losing and then we’ll see how full the jones gets.

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Tommy is a better coach…. better recruiter…… If you want a coach who can win without being a clown……. then Tommy T is your man. …….. Tommy wont lock anyone in a shed.

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YOU SHOULD BE LOCKED UP IN A SHED , jASON.

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jason55 i know your wife is about tired of how anal you really are so send her to me so she can be with a real man.

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jason55 is earning his wife some dough as Hance’s paid poster!

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who went to SMU and is a anouncer for espn and when was this schedule made up?

When was the last time a college team was playing on sunday before the nfl started their schedule?

How much publicity will this game generate considering the back ground? How many times will Leach be compared to Tuberville?

who has the monoply of college football games televised?

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Poor Jason, he never hurt nobody.

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I like how everyone jumps Jason A**.

But you can not dispute the facts as I have stated them. You Leecher’s are a Joke, just like your God “Mike”. I feel sorry for you.

Please go watch him help coach Key West High.

Oh, Jason never did hurt anyone, but Mike did, himself for being a big headed Jack A** and Clown for a coach. I’m glad Tech will no longer be called a system pragram that can’t win the big games. Maybe the kid will come here now that they know they have a chance to play in the Pro’s. I know West Welker, one out of a thousand players made it.

Check the record to see which coach sent the most players in the draft in a single season. You will find it’s Tommy at UA.

That’s what brings in recruits.

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One more thing don’t tell me it was easier to recruit at UA. He had to recruit against UF, FSU, Tenn, Ala, GA. Recruiting in Texas is a cake walk compared to UA.

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First of all..to what ever idiot misquoted me..I said that Hance was “the only one trying to help him at the time.” That is completely different from “he was only trying to help.”

You Team Leach people moan and complain CONSTANTLY about how no one respects your opinion. Listen to yourselves. Someone like me comes on here and dares to disagree, and you jump on my tail? Hypocrites of the highest order. Just like your football coach, you clearly feel like you deserve special treatment.

And the statement that Hance hasn’t “acted according to the book” is yet another preposterous statement from a blind Leach supporter. First of all..you haven’t read the book. You don’t know what’s in it. Second of all, Hance is an actual veteran, seasoned, and respected lawyer. He knows what he’s doing. Even more so than Leach’s baboon Liggett.

We shall see what happens in a court, but if Leach is smart, he will accept a settlement before it gets much further. Shame we already know he won’t do that.

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Rob R,

Arrogance will keep you in the common company of those you seem to support as will your rudeness and name calling.

Most people know Chancellor Hance is a lawyer and that he specializes in administrative law. That is why some of us who have read the “book” are puzzled about the procedural errors that have been made in this case. Procedures established over time create best practices that when followed assure fairness, integrity, and keep the university out of litigation. That didn’t happen here, did it.

If a trial comes to pass, it likely won’t serve anyone well, which is something we seem to both agree on. You must know now that I’m not a member of “team leach”. I respect the 60,000 members and their sincere interest to get to the truth which is why they want this case to go to trial. However, all I see coming from a prolonged legal battle is a split base and a divided university for a long, long time. Truth doesn’t come easily and a trial doesn’t guarantee that you will ever learn the truth.

I know Chancellor Hance cares deeply about TTU and its future. That actually goes without saying. In the best interest of Tech though, he should consider making his resignation part of the settlement arrangements. This may be the only thing that can move us forward and out of this sad state of affairs we are in.

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Some Facts we KNOW WITHOUT DOUBT!!!!

1. Hance and Sowell, a year earlier, discussed firing Leach before Dec 31st in order to save money!
2. Hance fired Leach Dec 30 !
3. Craig James contacted a PR firm before he filed the complaint about his grown son he was so terribly worried about!
4. Craig james and Tuberville were colleagues at ESPN at the time James filed his complaint!

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The Sunday game will provide great exposure for Tommy T and the new look of the Red Raiders. (Thank you Gerald for helping to bring this about.) This move by ESPN and Tech has nothing to do with Craig James.

“Fat girlfriend” jokes and locking injured student athletes in a shed are a thing of the past. It will become obvious to all that Tommy is a true professional, who will bring back pride in being a TTU fan.

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There will be a settlement relatively soon. It’s in the works ….. and is in the best interests of both parties.

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There are some ridiculous ppl on here, seriously. I love Coach Leach and will miss him being around but nothing will keep me from seeing the Red Raiders in 2010. Yes Leach made us what we are but it’s time to move on and give this new staff and team all of the support and respect we showed Leach and his players! Wreck ‘Em and Give ‘Em Hell!!!

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Tech whored itself out to espn, will you hollar for Adam when he scores a touchdown? In his own words, he thought it

was funny,willyou?

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Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar, all for Adam and espn stand up and Hollar!!!!!!!

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Well stated Chris. I completely agree.

Just remember that most of these people that say they are going to stop watching or going to football games are the same people that said they were going to go to the courthouse and support Leach. I think it is well documented by now that follow-through isn’t their strong suit.

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I Agree too, Chris, all the people that supported Leach should have showed up by the same token all the people that supported Leach when he was here and was the coach and thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread, including the press now throw him under the bus. all those same people that were raising hell are now supporting espn, the same ones that wore pirate t shirts at the game that espn never showed.

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The e- mails clearly state , Have him sign a contract that will make it easier to farrr him, Leach..

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I have to agree with Adam in a sense it is funny, people are so hyprocritical,they forget very easily, they want to move on and dont give a damn about right and wrong,hey its football season , lets forget what happened, it dont matter, we have a new coach, bring on the football season , hell well hollar for Adam and watch the gaame that espn televises, who cares, Lubbock, Texas, some things never change.

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M gruber,

All us same people, didn’t go to the games to see Leech. We went to see Tech.

Please understand Leech is not part of Tech anymore thus we don’t care about him.

I’m sorry it sounds like the only reason you watch was for Leech. In my book that means you are not a Red Raider, but a “T” shirt fan who watched because it was the in thing to do.

These are your words, not mine.

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I watched Techbecause of the exciting type of offense that Leach installed, and using your words from a earlier post of yours you saaid and these are your words, I liked Leach. I did not go to the Alamo bowl game strictly because espn televised it and not one of Leachs players stood up for him , players like Graham and Eric and Crabtree did however and Holgersen and Riley who was let go. Idid listen to it on the radio because, Iknew they would not be biased, Iam a supporter of Leach and will continue to be. All of this bs, reminds me of Buddy Holly, Lubbock never honored him until they figured out they could make money off him he was honored more in europe than in his hometown , off the subject, but shows you just how hyprotical alot of people are here, Ive lived in Lubbock all my life, too.

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mc gruber,

No sure who’s words your quoting. But I did go to the Alamo Bowl, and no one on the current team stood up for Leech.

Dude you are a “T” shirt fan. I have friends like you, they started watching the games, buying the clothes. You know what I told them, “Please find another team and jump on their band wagon”. You can be a Tech fan when we suck, then you can start wearing the TT.

I hope Leech does find another job so you can follow him there.

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mc gruber,

You make very good points. I appreciate your post and others similar to yours.

What do you want as an end result to all of this?

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Hi Bleeding Red,

Why do you show more consideration to the brown cows that post on here than to the obvious Tech supporters who even live in Lubbock?

Tech is family man. Like Jason and others. I take them a thousand times over the UT people on this blog.

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Anti Tommy and Tech Football people are not Tech supporters.

The team leech anti Tech movement of all 500 people piss me off. It’s football, what do we owe Mike, nothing he’s got millions, and caused this problem. I lost my love for mike a long time ago when he started looking for another job. He didn’t want us, I don’t want him. Thank God he’s gone, he’s worse than a cheating wife.

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Look bleeding red !! just because you liked mike leach and think that he got screwed does not mean you are not a true tech fan and honestly it doesn’t matter because nobody put you in charge of saying who the real fans are anyway!!! the way mike leach was fired just goes to show what has been ruining texas tech and lubbock for years and it is a few people that still want to live in the 1950′s and dont care about the people they are paid to represent!! Leach didn’t want another job he just wanted the fans to jump on myers and bailey for not wanting to pay him what was rightfully his and that was the third best salary in the big12 just like his record!!! i know you probably want spyke dykes back and think myers is great and honest but team leach has 50,000 fans that beg to differ and that would be about what the jones holds right?? i guess if you had your way tech games would be played in your backyard and you can invite ur four or five SMART friends and not have to listen to 50,000 fans that liked mike leach and his team!!

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What happened to that old coot, Bleeding red herring, kind of missshim and Jason the Jet.they are so fullof themselves and love to show their ignorance.

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