September 08 Texas Monthly Magazine article by Bryan Curtis

by centexraider on Aug 24, 2008 10:52 AM CDT

I've redacted a part of it (I tend to get emails when the entire article is copy and pasted), but here's the link to the article.

Fellow Pirates found this in September 08Texas Monthly Mag.

Enjoy

Texas Tech? Really? I thought only Oklahoma and Texas were allowed to take home the Big 12 title. There was an ugly rumor last season about a couple of teams from Kansas and Missouri. And even old A&M might be due for a resurgence, provided new head coach Mike Sherman can recruit Brett Favre. But Tech?

It’s not a High Plains blizzard, a message-board fantasy, or a Mike Leach fever dream. There, plastered on the front of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, the state’s fall agenda-setter, are the grinning mugs of three Red Raiders: Coach Leach, quarterback Graham Harrell, and wide receiver Michael Crabtree. In a May power ranking on Sports Illustrated’s Web site, Tech climbed to eighth in the nation, ahead of Texas and Texas A&M. And in July, ESPN commentators Mark May and Desmond Howard picked Harrell and Crabtree as favorites to win the Heisman Trophy. "Those are the expectations Oklahoma has, not the kind Texas Tech has," says Chris Level, who publishes redraidersports.com and co-hosts Leach’s radio show.

Of course, Tech has been pinballing between mere respectability and near excellence for years; the Red Raiders reached number seven in the BCS standings in 2005. So how, it must be asked, did the preseason party get shifted to Lubbock? And can Tech finally put together a dream season that causes long-term annoyance for the rest of the Big 12?

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Correction on source its the Sep 08 Edition

Sorry the Aug 08 Texas Monthly Magazine piece by Bryan Curtis is really a September 08 Article.
Still I think the “Tech’s massive inferiority complex” comment is a bit over the top.
Wreck em!

by centexraider on Aug 24, 2008 11:14 AM CDT reply actions

Tech's inferiority Complex

I think is has taken a new generation of Raiders to believe. The oldtimers had every right to worry because if something could go wrong it did. Our moto was’" Wait until nest Year." I believe this year is the year. However, if this is not the year the loyal Tech fans have finally traversed the abyss. WE NOW BELIEVE IN THE PIRATE. Please sign him to a contract extension. I think the wait is worth it for Leach. HIs market value will only go up. He will end up with an even better contract from Tech than we could ever imagine.

by texastechfan78 on Aug 24, 2008 1:31 PM CDT reply actions

Great Article

I have some friends who are annoyed as they are Texas or A&M exs. I need a bragging year for my Texas friend. But this is the kind of exposure our program needs.

I agree that Leach needs a contract extension. Given the restraints that he has been under since he has been here, he has done very well. I see Tech getting into the next revenue bracket over the next few years and that always helps.

Leach has also done well recruiting to the point kids are banging down the door. So the the Air Raid begin and Wreck em

by Pablo M on Aug 29, 2008 11:05 AM CDT reply actions