Texas Tech Thursday Morning Notes - No Longer The Media Darlings Edition
by Seth C
on Jul 17, 2008 5:57 AM CDT
Double-T Nation News:
ESPN's new Big 12 blogger Tim Griffin agreed to an interview with DTN and he emailed me the answers last night. Make sure and check back around lunch time for that interview.
[Note by Seth C, 07/17/08 5:58 AM CDT ] I meant to mention this when I posted, but DTN reader Boarder posted a FanPost on what Facebook is and how to join. DTN is up to 22 friends, I can always use some more and don't forget about the DTN Facebook Group (again, thanks to Boarder for getting this done).
Glad to see Flags Over Raiderland back in the saddle and now all we need is Classless Clowns to get back into the blogging groove. Keep in mind, no blogging-pressure, I just like for Texas Tech to be well represented in the blogosphere.
Texas Tech Football:
So perhaps Texas Tech really has come full circle. With yesterday's release of the Big 12 Media Preseason Poll and as Corn Nation pointed out, the media was predictably predictable (first place votes in parentheses):
2008 Big 12 Preseason Football Poll (Media Vote)
North
1. Missouri (51) 306
2. Kansas 234
3. Nebraska 183
4. Colorado 181
5. Kansas State 108
6. Iowa State 59
South
1. Oklahoma (49) 304
2. Texas (2) 230
3. Texas Tech 227
4. Oklahoma State 140
5. Texas A&M 118
6. Baylor 52
It's official. The Texas Tech Red Raiders are no longer the media darlings they were just 2 months ago.
If I'm the Captain this morning, I gather my team together, and let them very quietly know that despite returning a ridiculous number of starters, two Heisman candidates and a much improved defense, the media certainly doesn't think they are going to be any better than they were last year. I'm not sure how much a media poll will motivate players, but it's certainly something that should be tucked away.
Per ESPN's Griffin, Texas Tech is to start fall practices on August 4th.
I don't know who this guys is, but sounds good (hat-tip DT!)
In somewhat related news, Tulsa's Clark Harrell, younger brother to Graham Harrell, will transfer to an FCS school, while former UT quarterback G.J. Kinne will transfer to Tulsa.
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I would almost prefer Tech to take a step back from the lime light and possibly go back to our “underdog” status until we are truely able to prove ourselves. I have read about the improved defense and how the D dominated the offense in the Red and Black game just as much as anyone else has, but if Tech continues to get blown up to new heights in the media before the season starts then we (oh god would this be horrible) don’t do well this year it will end any hype for Tech in the future (quite a nice run on sentence there). So maybe this is a good thing for the team. Just my two cents.
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by Boarder on Jul 17, 2008 9:16 AM CDT 0 recs
I Like It!
I agree with Boarder.
AND I just don’t want us ranked in the top 10 to begin the season. How on earth did we move from the 20’s to #8 (according to Schlabach) just after spring ball? I just don’t see how we could have leap-frogged that many good teams in the offseason. I would much rather us be in the Top 15-20, heck even #12 is ok with me as long as we earn our way up from there. I think a lot of these new rankings from misc. papers and sports analysts are feeding each other the hype and it’s kind of like a slingshot effect – once more than one person has us high, then it becomes the hot pick, instead of an underdog pick.
We Tech fans always have higher expectations and hopes, but I don’t want this team to have that big of a target on our back to begin the season. It may be too late, because the hype is already out there. But until this team proves it on the field, I have no problem with the media thinking we are #3 in the South.
P.S. It’s interesting to see that TT was only 3 votes behind UT in the media poll.
by djollie111 on Jul 17, 2008 11:33 AM CDT 0 recs
Yea,
but I’d like to stay ranked in the top 15, just in case.
Wes Welker can't be stopped.
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Jul 17, 2008 6:36 PM CDT
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