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Open Game Day Thread: Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss

 

 

 

vs.

 

The Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1, 7-1)
vs.
The Mississippi Rebels (8-4, 5-3)

2008 Cotton Bowl

January 2, 2009 @ 1:00 p.m.
Television: Fox
Radio: Texas Tech Affiliates
Weather: Dallas, Texas

 

Mystery, yelling, face-painted girl, bring us home.

 


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Mississippi Rebels
@ Texas Tech Red Raiders

Friday, Jan 2, 2009, 1:00 PM CST
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I'm pumped

Let’s get it on one last time, oh blessed mystery, yelling, face-painted girl.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 11:34 AM CST reply actions  

Good Luck!

Hope you have a great game in the Cotton Bowl!

by UMass744 on Jan 2, 2009 11:46 AM CST reply actions  

Best of luck today, gents

Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Missouri didn’t exactly do the conference proud by either A) losing or B) winning in ugly, maddening, frustrating fashion.

Last year’s Cotton Bowl remains one of my finest memories. Hopefully yall have some of your own in store today.

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by RPT on Jan 2, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions  

Hopefully, we’ll do the Big XII proud and shut up, at least for a few days, all the SEC defensive stuff.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 12:50 PM CST up reply actions  

Pregame roll call…who’s here today?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 12:51 PM CST reply actions  

present

from northern virginia

-john

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 12:55 PM CST up reply actions  

I'll be in and out

The laptop is acting funny and I can’t see the TV from the desktop.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:00 PM CST up reply actions  

i have a terrible feeling tech will lose

i was at the awful cotton bowl against Alabama…

some differences, some similarities

by Freneau on Jan 2, 2009 12:55 PM CST reply actions  

I'm hoping that terrible feeling is just gas

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions  

Pat Summerall…represent, old boy.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:00 PM CST reply actions  

Would much rather have Summerall that Mussberger

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:02 PM CST up reply actions  

It all comes down to this

let’s come out strong and emotional and put it to these Mississippi boys.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:01 PM CST reply actions  

Ahh, the lovely lasses from Kilgore.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions  

Got a Vizio 42" LCD 1080 pi for Christmas. I am really looking forward to watching my first TTU game in HD!

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:05 PM CST reply actions  

Looks like a lot of our DTNers were able to make the game. I had access to tickets from different sources, but decided to pass on the in-person experience to enjoy it in the media room.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:05 PM CST reply actions  

Me, too. I'm addicted to instant replay....

although I sometimes miss that big crowd experience. If there had been any good seats left by the time the general public got access, it might have been different. HD beats the hell out of the nose-bleed end zone view.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:11 PM CST up reply actions  

Frankly, I hate the Cotton Bowl facility for an experience and Fair Park in general. That’s more the reason than anything else.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:12 PM CST up reply actions  

I was at the Cotton Bowl when we played USC. Realized the better seats were at home.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:13 PM CST up reply actions  

Don't know how it is now

but that used to be a seriously high crime area

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions  

poor production so far…crowd noise seems a bit dampered…wish this was on ABC or ESPN. Fox doesn’t do a great job with college football for some reason. They use their NFL production teams for these games, but there always seems to be glitches.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:11 PM CST reply actions  

WOOO!

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 1:17 PM CST reply actions  

is it me or is the camera jerking all over the place?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:21 PM CST reply actions  

need more pressure…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:22 PM CST reply actions  

now let's

make this a full on assault.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:23 PM CST reply actions  

I agree

Need to get out to a quick start if possible

by jeffinhouston on Jan 2, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions  

“Snead misses because he’s high.”

HA!

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:24 PM CST reply actions  

Agree we need to get more pressure

That offense looks pretty good, but they didn’t try to run much. Trying to loosen us up?

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:25 PM CST reply actions  

Those red shoes are pretty ugly

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions  

Over or under on plays for a TD at 6

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions  

massive push up front

this is the key…keep them at a stalemate

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions  

harrell is keyed up

had plenty of time there and just gunned it

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:27 PM CST reply actions  

good oline

play for that series. Good sign.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:28 PM CST reply actions  

Their speacial teams caoch was certainly excited!

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:29 PM CST reply actions  

two sacks already. VERY good sign.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions  

Defense looks very good so far.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions  

fake and it was

about as advertised as could be and they screwed it up

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:33 PM CST reply actions  

What is with all this “Wild (insert term here)”?

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:33 PM CST reply actions  

Now let’s drive it down their throats and score

by jeffinhouston on Jan 2, 2009 1:34 PM CST reply actions  

WOOO

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 1:35 PM CST reply actions  

settling into the groove now. Ole Miss is in a bit of trouble if you ask me.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:35 PM CST reply actions  

Line is STOUT so far.

Where is the vaunted Ole Miss rush???

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:36 PM CST reply actions  

If you had over on 6 plays, you won by one play!!!!!!

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:36 PM CST reply actions  

Now we're cooking

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:37 PM CST reply actions  

confidence

That’s the name of the Tech game. When they get a little, they are unstoppable. Ole Miss is going to learn a very tough lesson today. If we can get up by 14 – game over.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:38 PM CST reply actions  

I’ve got a feeling GH is gonna get that 235 he needs to break 5,000. One more TD and he ties the all-time record, too

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:38 PM CST reply actions  

break, not tie

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions  

Our secondary…ehhhh…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:40 PM CST reply actions  

WOOT!!!!

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:42 PM CST reply actions  

I know it's too early to say

but this could get ugly

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:42 PM CST reply actions  

While we are looking great, lets not forget the last two bowl games where we looked like crap at halftime and came back to win.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 1:44 PM CST reply actions  

Oher’s adopted sister is SMOKING HOT

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:45 PM CST reply actions  

can't let them

keep converting third and long…Ruffin needs to dial in a blitz for grins.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions  

geez….at least McBath was there on the play.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:51 PM CST reply actions  

Is this their game plan – 80% pass? Looks like us

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:53 PM CST reply actions  

I don’t like how long the defense has been on the field already….need a quick stop.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions  

Okay

time to take momentum back. We had them stopped and couldn’t execute. Need to tighten up tackling. The fake punt was massive.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions  

good news is that it took two trick plays to go down the field.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:56 PM CST reply actions  

I feel like we’re playing Boise State with all the trickery. They’ll run out of that stuff soon enough….or start screwing it up.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions  

We let Ole Miss get a little emotion back. Time to snuff it out.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions  

Batch should

never, ever, ever come out of the game. Toughest guy on the team.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 1:58 PM CST reply actions  

Ole Miss has had the ball for 11 of the first 15…and Snead is sharp. 7-10 for 106. The drops can’t continue, either. This is not what we are used to…bad execution so far.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:01 PM CST reply actions  

Our short passing game/ball control is missing in action so far

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:06 PM CST up reply actions  

disregard my dominating comments…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:02 PM CST reply actions  

we had momentum in a big way…and let them snatch it back.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:03 PM CST reply actions  

We need to settle down for sure. That long pass coulda been bad mojo.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:04 PM CST reply actions  

Harrell
4-10 for 66 yds

Snead
7-11 for 102 yds

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:06 PM CST reply actions  

We have got to get them off the field or we’ll be mush in the 4th.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:08 PM CST reply actions  

that pass would have fallen about 10 yds short even if it wasn’t tipped.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:09 PM CST reply actions  

This is beginning to look like the Nebraska game

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 2:11 PM CST reply actions  

….terrible…our dbacks can really suck ass sometimes.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:11 PM CST reply actions  

Ruffin? Calling Ruffin…your defense needs you to be slightly creative moving forward. This is not working.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:12 PM CST reply actions  

should have been an INT

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:12 PM CST reply actions  

for that to happen, the receivers need to remember to squeeze the ball when trying to catch it…and Graham has to ease up on the overthrows.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:14 PM CST up reply actions  

Well…nice job Tech. Let them hang around if you choose…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:13 PM CST reply actions  

Time for Harrell to earn it…enough with this cute crap. Drive it like you own the field.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:13 PM CST reply actions  

That was real lucky for them

but it looks like pure skill on the scoreboard.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:14 PM CST reply actions  

Agreed, 92

we need a drive

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:15 PM CST reply actions  

huh? nice pass, Graham.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:16 PM CST reply actions  

wow….snead’s numbers are huge.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:18 PM CST reply actions  

Summerall keeps calling him Bryan Batch…jeez, I loved him in the 80s and 90s, but he’s shameful today with his butchering of names and stumbling speech.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:21 PM CST reply actions  

Other than clubbing harrell in the face and taking Britton’s legs out before the ball got there, that was a clean play.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:23 PM CST reply actions  

lol

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 2:23 PM CST up reply actions  

jeez summerall can’t even say Tech right.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:24 PM CST reply actions  

Fox uses him because he lives in Big D. They don’t have to fly someone in.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions  

but…he’s dead.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions  

I’m not impressed with Ole Miss defense…Tech’s offense has just been sketchy through their own fault.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:25 PM CST reply actions  

There's the TD record

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

I’m thinking we need to run the ball a bit more. They are selling out for the pass.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

I agreee. I think we can gash them for 10-15 at least every third run.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions  

Anyone else less than impressed with the D-line of Ole Miss? Or am I being a completely blind homer….

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:26 PM CST reply actions  

They’ve been getting pretty consistent pressure on GH, but it’s sure not that smothering D we always hear about. I think if we forced them to pay more attention to the run, even that pressure would have to ease up. But then, what the hell do I know. I haven’t touched a football in 20 years.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:31 PM CST up reply actions  

Please. Just once all year, blitz. Just for fun…c’mon…try it!

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:35 PM CST reply actions  

I was thinking the same thing

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:37 PM CST up reply actions  

 Tech should of never let them back into this game. Typical no adjustment defense,,,Techs def secondary looks like jv

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 2:38 PM CST reply actions  

wall sucks worse

did you see that??? Why he didn’t attack the play I’ll never know

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:38 PM CST reply actions  

this camera lighting fading in and out is killing my eyes. Terrible production…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions  

Our defense has been a joke all season and it’s just become more apparent today when it matters.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:40 PM CST reply actions  

shockingly, some people seem to think this defense was “much improved” this year. We still sucked…about 20 places from dead last in passing defense….

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:41 PM CST up reply actions  

 Charbonet has been terrible today missed tackles all day

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 2:42 PM CST reply actions  

We need to score and wrap up the half…we get the ball to start the third.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:42 PM CST reply actions  

Man, it looks like Harrell is in half speed sometimes.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:43 PM CST reply actions  

just out of synch all game long on offense.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:43 PM CST reply actions  

Ole Miss has over 300 yds in a half.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:44 PM CST reply actions  

didn't get it

jeez…can he telegraph that anymore???

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

wow…lucky spot

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions  

wow….terrible, terrible pass.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

we just don’t look very excited to be playing right now. Just get to halftime….

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:46 PM CST reply actions  

Again,

I blame the lack of excitement and execution on Leach…he does this every big game (except UT this year).

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:47 PM CST reply actions  

This is pissing me off to no end…we look uninspired and over matched in every aspect so far.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:49 PM CST reply actions  

   Ole Miss just wants this game more,,,plain and simple

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 2:50 PM CST reply actions  

Okay, you can say nice play…but why didn’t he try to catch that????

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:52 PM CST reply actions  

some spare named Nickerson

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:53 PM CST reply actions  

 should have took it 98 yards

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 2:53 PM CST reply actions  

Tech has not even tried. Can’t they see that if they just put the effort in that they’d roll these guys? I just want to jump in the screen and yell at them to TRY…effort looks lacking and that’s terrible.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions  

Summerall called him “ditron”

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions  

The D needs to try a new concept. It’s called wrapping up.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions  

Are you effing serious?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions  

harrell is right at 50%

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions  

see how lazy they look on the plays?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:55 PM CST reply actions  

Snead is having a monster day

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:56 PM CST reply actions  

Scrap the fade. A big bucket of fail today. Looks like the Alabama game.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:57 PM CST reply actions  

Geez, Harrell looks like GARBAGE today. No pressure to worry about and he’s just firing ducks all over the field.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions  

Drinking (or sitting by Madden all those years) will do that to you.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 2:58 PM CST reply actions  

VERY unimpressed by Tech this half.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:59 PM CST reply actions  

maybe that last play will give them some sort of spark.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 2:59 PM CST reply actions  

Okay

I’m back off the ledge. Here’s the only good news…Tech’s offense, without a ton of pressure, has kept the game close. If, and only if, Harrell can pull his head out, we can roll. The defense just needs to tackle. They are in position almost every play, but they can’t make the tackle.

Ole Miss is exactly what an 8-4 team looks like. Good on some plays, ordinary on others. It’s time for Tech to start looking like an 11-1 team. Excellent on many plays, very good on most.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:01 PM CST reply actions  

We are flat getting out-played. Take away those two early turnovers, and we’d be getting out butts kicked.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:02 PM CST reply actions  

Thats the difference between McCoy Bradford Tebow,,,,,,,, and Harrell,,, although it was good for him

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 3:02 PM CST reply actions  

What I want to know

is why Batch has exactly one carry today.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions  

That's what I've been saying.

They are pinning their ears back on every play. Is Leach afraid of the SEC defense?

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:07 PM CST up reply actions  

Leach’s biggest flaw is his belief in his brain. He thinks he’s smarter than everyone else. He will try to force our offense to be successful – even when it’s obvious the guys are off. Just like today. He’s a terrible in-game admininstrator and tactician.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:09 PM CST up reply actions  

that’s okay, it’s just my opinion. But as you know, I’ve never been a really big Leach fan from day one.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions  

Fox is showing itself to be a second rate sports network. Either that or the are letting their interns train on today’s game.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions  

    Have to leave for San Angelo, I will be praying over the radio, good look guys, we need this game. I,m so pissed at our team right now.

by DR.MARK on Jan 2, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions  

The only thing we can hope for at this point is that this is a typical bowl game for us – coast for 2+ quarters before getting serious. But that is wishful thinking in the extreme.

I’m not giving up, but I’m getting myself mentally prepared for a huge letdown, a “Typical Tech”. Oh God, I can just hear the Horns and the SEC and just about the whole country.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:07 PM CST reply actions  

If Tech doesn’t come back, I can promise you my support will not change. But which department I direct my financial donations to Tech will.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions  

I’ll say this…if Leach can’t get this one turned around for a win, we should yank that extension right off the table ; )

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions  

Maybe he will go to OU when Stoops goes to Denver.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 3:10 PM CST up reply actions  

Man, Fox sure can f-up a college football production.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:12 PM CST reply actions  

Good On Ya, Sir!

Nice to see a lifetime Raider!

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions  

…and we will start the second half with only one starter returning in the secondary. Wall, McBath are out…Reed never got in the game. Very solid.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:23 PM CST reply actions  

Let’s go Graham…be the man.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:26 PM CST reply actions  

Last attempt at being hopeful

- McNeil makes some adjustments that makes them at least struggle a little on offense (although making tackles is hardly an adjustment).

- Leach makes their D play honest by running the ball occasionally, getting outside to stop that blitzing up the middle.

- The team wakes up like against Baylor. Remember we actually did better on O when Crabs left that game. That’s what killed Ok St the other day, sticking with starters that were hurt instead of someone else at 100%.

- Harrel has to wake up.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions  

nice…decent start…let’s be methodical in the second half. Controlled chaos.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:29 PM CST reply actions  

I’ve never seen Harrell misfire by as far as he’s off today. Just like he’s drunk or something. I wish I was.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:33 PM CST up reply actions  

Graham just isn’t giving the receiver a chance to run.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:29 PM CST reply actions  

Crabs fell

We’re in deep trouble now.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:30 PM CST reply actions  

Terrible pass even if he doesn’t fall. Three yards behind Crabs. Pull Graham for a series.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions  

Here come the SEC chants.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions  

F^^$

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:33 PM CST reply actions  

Well,

At least our D should be rested.

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 3:34 PM CST reply actions  

Quit trying the screen. It’s sucking all day.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:34 PM CST reply actions  

body language can tell you a lot…any idea what it’s saying to me?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:35 PM CST reply actions  

This ain’t AM or Baylor.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:37 PM CST reply actions  

This is laughable.

by TTU '04 on Jan 2, 2009 3:37 PM CST reply actions  

Sooo, who is all aboard the Leach gravy train? He worth all that extra money when we can only win one big game in 10 years?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:38 PM CST reply actions  

the 9 and 2/3 yard line. That is perfection.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:39 PM CST reply actions  

That’s PAC 10 officiating

by Red Raider in South GA on Jan 2, 2009 3:40 PM CST up reply actions  

And to think we had a 14-0 lead.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:40 PM CST reply actions  

Just to brighten everyone’s day…the phrase “typical Tech” is all over the other game day threads…we lose this game and we lose every little bit of respect we won this season. Period.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:42 PM CST reply actions  

hard pill to swallow

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions  

With all that blitzing, we ought to be able to burn them outside the tackles. Of course, we’d have to actually complete a pass or, god forbid, run the ball.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:43 PM CST reply actions  

Very solid defensive stand. That keeps us in it. Watch the fake!!!!!

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:43 PM CST reply actions  

lol

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:44 PM CST reply actions  

I’m shocked they didn’t score on the first play…….

by TTU '04 on Jan 2, 2009 3:45 PM CST reply actions  

we haven't seen what adjustments the D might have made

but it won’t matter if the o keeps sucking

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions  

Wow…Crabs looked very slow on that play. He’s hurting.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:46 PM CST reply actions  

That is no doubt the very worst fourth down call I believe I’ve ever seen…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:49 PM CST reply actions  

thats brutal

i was confident they would get the first. but not like that

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 3:49 PM CST reply actions  

all that series accomplished was taking two minutes off the clock for Ole Miss. Fail.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:50 PM CST up reply actions  

Tech clearly

isn’t focused on the game. Coaching…preparation…focus…attention to detail. All miserable.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:51 PM CST reply actions  

tech has to get a turnover or a defensive touchdown, something

to breath life back into this team

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 3:52 PM CST reply actions  

halfway through the third…no progress made…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:52 PM CST reply actions  

Well, that may be the game right there. Epic failure on a grand scale. They have 22 minutes to make up 17 points…and keep Ole Miss off the board. Not gonna happen this time, I don’t think.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:53 PM CST reply actions  

well, shit

insight bowl… maybe… think its possible?

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 3:54 PM CST reply actions  

not the way the defense can’t stop the run and the offense can’t seem to do anything right

by jeffinhouston on Jan 2, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions  

…and this is exactly why the rest of the football world refuses to take Tech seriously…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 3:55 PM CST reply actions  

i know what you mean

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 3:56 PM CST up reply actions  

Can somebody explain to me Leach's call on fourth down?

I’m still scratching my head. He should have punted anyway, and then the call was horrible.

That’s not even a gamble. That was a suicide call.

by TheElusiveShadow on Jan 2, 2009 3:56 PM CST reply actions  

EmO

got pwned

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions  

The good news is our defense is fresh for the fourth…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

huge play

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:00 PM CST reply actions  

ball game

if tech was going to come back, it was going to be on that play.

its over

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:01 PM CST reply actions  

Yep…I’m inclined to agree…they just have no heart in them today.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions  

I think most tech players and coaches are so used to playing underdog

that when they are the going away favorites, they dont know how to handle themselves…

idk, just what im thinking

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:04 PM CST up reply actions  

GH – 2 INTs and that ridiculous 4-yard sneak attempt = 21 points

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 4:03 PM CST reply actions  

He may get his personal records

but it’s gonna cost everything the team worked for all season

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 4:04 PM CST reply actions  

This game, to me, was the true measure of our year. To lose, and to lose in this fashion, pretty much makes me think that the Nov 1 and Nov 8 games were smoke and mirrors…Maybe the reality is that the real Tech team was the one we saw vs. Nevada, Baylor, A&M, Nebraska…tough to tell.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:06 PM CST up reply actions  

tech had a five game run where they where playing at a higher level then anyone in the country (imo).

I think this years team was a little bit of both, and frankly, maybe teams are just beginging to figure out leaches games

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:09 PM CST up reply actions  

We’ll drop to the low teens in the rankings after this, by the way.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:07 PM CST reply actions  

Harrell will need a big 4th qtr to break 300 yds passing…for what it’s worth…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:08 PM CST reply actions  

Update…Harrell’s passing at an anemic 4.9 yds per attempt. That’s on par with Air Force or Georgia Tech.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:09 PM CST reply actions  

sorry

I’m just exceedingly bummed out and disappointed in what looks to be a half assed effort at preparation and execution across the board. I’m not trying to be a beyotch, though. Just comes natural, I guess.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:11 PM CST up reply actions  

a tech TD here, would make it more interesting

although im sticking by my previous statement

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:13 PM CST reply actions  

time is the problem

duh…sorry for the obivousness of that.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:14 PM CST reply actions  

ha,

time is also a problem for pat summeral.

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions  

we're down 17...

remember the gator bow… 17 pts in 4 min.

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions  

good point

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions  

EDDy Britton has to play huge

to make up for the lose of crab

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:16 PM CST reply actions  

no, but he is clearly a couple steps slow

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:17 PM CST up reply actions  

there goes that…crap…well, we made it interesting. For a minute.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:21 PM CST reply actions  

how does that guy just bust off a nine yrd rush

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:22 PM CST reply actions  

simple…a combination of Texas Tech fail and Ole Miss want to.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions  

So…is it too early to recap the season? Is it a failure? Is it successful? Is Leach worth more money? Are we REALLY at the doorstep of elite? Or was this an abberation 11-1?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:24 PM CST reply actions  

oh my god

oh my god, thats incredible

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:25 PM CST reply actions  

I was about to say

You guys still have hope if you hold for a FG. Well, then that happened. Hahaha.

by TheElusiveShadow on Jan 2, 2009 4:25 PM CST reply actions  

here it goes

no safety
thats ball game.

fuck. the worst thing that could have happened

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:26 PM CST reply actions  

never mind…I’ll be the first…typical Tech….

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions  

Terrible playcall

Leach is really killing you guys. You don’t run playaction that deep in your endzone when you know all Ole Miss has done is gun for Harrell. You either run directly or pass quickly.

by TheElusiveShadow on Jan 2, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions  

never in 5,000 yrs did I think Ole Miss would have 40 points…no matter how they scored them.

The guys have pretty much given up on that return.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:29 PM CST reply actions  

god, how much longer do i watch this game

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:29 PM CST reply actions  

This game is totally on Leach…the guys looked perplexed on offense, scared on defense. No discernable gameplan to speak of…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:31 PM CST reply actions  

Sure? How about 85% : )

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:33 PM CST reply actions  

hahahahahahaha,

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:33 PM CST up reply actions  

That was a great pass by Snead, by the way.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:33 PM CST reply actions  

They are absolutely wiping the turf with Tech. This is worse than the OU loss – these guys are not going to play for a national title.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:34 PM CST reply actions  

ill watch them score, then im out.

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by kmacsm on Jan 2, 2009 4:36 PM CST up reply actions  

For only the third time, I agree with something Beergut say’s….

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:38 PM CST up reply actions  

kiss my ass, you miserable aggie

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 4:41 PM CST up reply actions  

It just goes to show

You can lose to anyone if you don’t bring your game. It is clear Ole Miss’ coaches were more prepared and had their players more motivated. Texas Tech might be better on paper, but they didn’t play like they were better today. Kind of unfortunate. Leach is going to have to take a lot of heat for this one, to be fair.

by TheElusiveShadow on Jan 2, 2009 4:41 PM CST reply actions  

11-2

And completely humiliated in both losses. This was a paper lion. I’m pissed at myself for being sucked into this team more than I am the performance. The performance tonight could almost be predicted, couldn’t it? I mean, highly ranked (uh-oh), highly publicized (uh-oh), coach won’t sign extension (uh-oh), Harrell and Crabtree do the awards show circuit (uh-oh)….against a well coached (uh-oh) and fired up (uh-oh) team. Disaster in waiting becomes disaster in reality. Leach, kiss my ass.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:42 PM CST reply actions  

did you see the stat where it said Mississippi averages 399 yds a game in total offense?

and they’ve over 500 yds for the game so far?

just goes to show that all of the media hype over Ruffin McNeill was just that, hype, and the defense is still average.

by Beergut on Jan 2, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions  

did you hear me - kiss my ass

you talk good smack when the game is over. Win 5 games yourself before you come over here

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 4:45 PM CST up reply actions  

what’s he freaking out about?

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:48 PM CST reply actions  

Aww man….Graham’s last play as a Red Raider…smacked. Ugh.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:49 PM CST reply actions  

Where are the coaches?? Why aren’t they trying to calm these guys down? Freaking pathetic…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:51 PM CST reply actions  

as predictable as the day is long

tech had no reason to care about this game

they could have lost three more games and they would have been in the cotton bowl

by Freneau on Jan 2, 2009 4:51 PM CST reply actions  

So, full circle. A kick off from the 7-yard line…

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:54 PM CST reply actions  

And that's a wrap

Not sure how I feel about this season…we’ll see how I feel in the morning.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 4:58 PM CST reply actions  

I don't think y'all ever recovered from the Oklahoma game

the Baylor game showed signs of this, b/c y’all had to come back to win that one.

Having the media publically fellate you for the last month didn’t help the team.

by Beergut on Jan 2, 2009 5:02 PM CST up reply actions  

I think the flaws of Leach really came through the last three games. OU was more prepared, Baylor executed better, and Ole Miss was both. I’m going to take a few days to ponder this season and if we are REALLY a legit 11-2 team. There is the obvious answer, yes. We won 11. But does that make us elite? No more so than it made Hawaii a legit 12-0 last year, is where my mind is as of right now.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 5:56 PM CST up reply actions  

an 11-2 record makes you an 11 win team

Are you elite? Hell no. “Elite” teams don’t lose in the manner y’all did to Oklahoma, or in the manner you lost to Mississippi today.

That isn’t an insult, b/c very, very few teams are actually “elite”; that is why you have to strive so hard to join that group.

Some of the game you can’t blame on Leach, imo. He wasn’t out there dropping passes, he wasn’t the one failing to execute. However, some things he does need to take responsibility for, like the QB sneak call on 4th and 4.

The question Tech fans need to ask themselves is, “Can Mike Leach get us to the level where we are a consistently elite program?” I’m not sure if the answer to that question is yes. But, the flip side is that I don’t know if there is anyone else out there right now who can do a better job at Tech than Leach does.

by Beergut on Jan 2, 2009 6:00 PM CST up reply actions  

I think

You are a fag for sure. Go screw a goat!

by TTU '04 on Jan 2, 2009 8:30 PM CST up reply actions  

impressive

let me know when you graduate from high school

by Beergut on Jan 3, 2009 5:57 PM CST up reply actions  

c'mon Beergut

Please, give it a rest.

Wes Welker can't be stopped.

by 10forTech on Jan 3, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions  

Cotton Bowl: A game of two coaches

The level of preparation was the difference in the game today. While Tech looked like an ‘elite’ but rusty team, Ole’ Miss looked like an ‘average’ but well oiled machine. Sort of like comparing a rusty Lexus with may be a Toyota Corrolla. Yet in the end it comes down to the commitment of two coaches. One coach (ours) went on a holiday vacation visiting presentation ceremonies and begging for coaching jobs at schools that have performed inferior to Tech in the recent times and spent time haggling over a few million dollars of compensation for a job in which he has never taken the team to a BCS bowl or even won the Big XII ever. On the other hand was Huston Nutt, who prepared his team, got them motivated and did more with less today. Congrats to Ole’ Miss. Tech remains same old Tech. Crappy defense and an opportunistic coach ready to ditch the ship whenever his agent finds a chance. If we have to dish out the kind of money that he is asking, we can actually get a coach who will take us to a BCS bowl or win the division once in a while for that money.
May be I am griping because it was frustrating to see Tech play today and I hope I am wrong, but it just seems so obvious to me at this point.

by jef on Jan 2, 2009 8:59 PM CST reply actions  

Well all

I watched the game with my brother. Very disappointing. I think all the outside stuff (awards, speaches, haggling over a contract extension) pluss Harrell’s & Crab’s injuries contributed to this poor showing. I really don’t think the team was focused or properly prepared or encouraged the way they should have been. Ole Miss is a good, not great, team. Tech simply did not play up to their potential, while Ole Miss played above their’s. Again, as others have said, the coaches were to blame for this, especially Leach, who allowed his ego and greed destroy any chemistry this team had garnered during the season. As a matter of fact, I think because his contract negotiations carried on all season, he simply was not focused on driving this team to the level it should have been. They SHOULD have averaged over 50 points/game and gone undefeated, but with distracted leadership, it just did not happen.

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Jan 2, 2009 9:34 PM CST reply actions  

You are correct, also

about this type of performance losing us any praise or esteem that could be the stepping stones for achieving the level of performance and respect we desire from the rest of the football world. Personally, I don’t think Leach deserves the type raise that was offered, not until he takes us to a Big-12 title and a BCS berth and win. I say pull the offer and let him leave. I would much rather have someone coaching here that WANTS to be here and LOVES being here. Leach obviously does not. Our chances of obtaining the type recruits the big boys get just flew oveer the cuckoo’s nest….and he can take his pirate sword and stick it up his (where the sun don’t shine place).

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Jan 2, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions  

As far as perception goes, this game set Tech back a long way. We were 11-1 and many didn’t take us seriously. When is the last time a BCS conference team went 11-1 and wasn’t taken seriously? Exactly. It just doesn’t happen.

Couple that with a nasty showing in the bowl game and Tech has a mountain to climb, yet again, in the area of perceptions. We will have to go 11-1 and win a division AND a major bowl to be taken as a player on the national landscape. This game was huge. HUGE. And we completely caved in. Sure, it was a great season in our eyes. But the rest of the conference, especially the south, has no real reason to fear Tech. This was supposed to be our best season in decades. And in many ways it was. But the 1-2 finish does nothing but kill any perceived respect we’d gained over the course of the season. What makes it worse is we lost to a team we should have demolished. Our players weren’t focused. Thanks, coach Leach. Great job the first 10 weeks of the year. Truly a great run. But that stumbling, bumbling finish knocked that sweet taste right out of our mouths. Couple that with the fact that you don’t seem interested in being a Red Raider makes it even more difficult to be on your side right now. I hope you don’t sign that extension. I want you to really earn it next year. Prove to me 11 wins wasn’t a fluke. Prove you can get this team up for a day game away from home. Prove you can play for a conference championship. Prove you can get us to the BCS. You haven’t done it in 9 years.

by Tech92 on Jan 2, 2009 10:12 PM CST up reply actions  

bama...

well… if you look at what happened to bama…

they lost one game to the current national title contender… and then lost a bowl game they shouldn’t have…. pretty badly…

we lost one game to the current national title contender… and the lost a bowl game we shouldn’t have… pretty badly…

shame that people will say we were a fluke and not bama…

Wreck 'Em Tech!

J.T.H.

by redraidersax on Jan 2, 2009 10:58 PM CST reply actions  

I have been thinking the same think about the coaching. In both of our humiliating losses, I came away with the impression that we were unprepared on both sides of the ball. We may be limited in talent on the defensive side, but not as limited as we appeared. On offfense, lack of talent hardly seems an excuse at all.

Now I really understand why Houston Nutt gets so much respect. He did this to us with a team that won just three games last year. That is a telling fact.

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by TT_ on Jan 2, 2009 11:10 PM CST reply actions  

At least The Keg was cold..

My tailgate was a success.. That’s about the hightligh of this weekend. I don’t know what to say at this point. I was so pro-Leach.. I still am “I think”. What does it take to get a team back into the swing of things after a loss like Oklahoma. Harrell and the boys never looked the same after that night… Like some stupid sooner found some witch doctor and had a hex cast on our team. Did they get their omlet’s this time?
What am I going to do till next season?

by bleedredandblack on Jan 5, 2009 1:52 PM CST reply actions  

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