Double-T Nation Daily Diatribe // 05.13.09
by Seth C on May 13, 2009 6:30 AM CDT
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One of Those Days
Ever have one of those days? Yesterday was one of those days for me and I'm not at full strength this morning. In any event, later this morning, we'll have DTN's Best of Lubbock reader submissions for Italian food. And for those of you who haven't noticed, I created a special page for DTN's Best of Lubbock, located on the left sidebar under the Helpful Links widget, above the countdown clock. And yes, I realize I need to update.
Texas Tech Football
Ruffin McNeill Q & A
Amarillo.com's Lance Lahnert has a lengthy Q & A with Texas Tech defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill, who was in Amarillo for a Red Raider Club event. Go read the whole thing, but here are some portions of the session.
On CB Jamar Wall:
Jamar Wall of Plainview will be a senior this year for you in the secondary. What do you expect from him, and is he an NFL prospect?"I think Jamar is an NFL prospect athletically. He was not able to go through spring drills because of some rehab from surgery. We expect Jamar to be a leader for us on defense. He's been playing since he was a freshman, and we have a lot of confidence in Jamar."
On Captain Mike Leach threatening to go on vacation with his staff:
Tell us something we don't know about the intriguing world of Mike Leach?"I love working for Mike. It was a no-brainer when he asked me to work for him. I will tell you Mike is a players' coach. People saw that nationally when he defended Graham (Harrell) and Michael Crabtree during the draft. He challenged the NFL. Secondly, Mike is a family guy. I appreciate that. People don't realize it, but he's a Chevy Chase vacation-type guy. He makes every one us take a Chevy Chase vacation. And if we don't, he has us go with him. That's the truth."
On DE Daniel Howard:
Tell us a player under the radar today who Tech fans will enjoy watching next fall?"Senior (defensive end) Daniel Howard is the guy. Our fans saw him spot play a lot last year. He was used on special teams and as a pass-rush specialist last year. He's put on weight (listed at 239 pounds last year) and will be more of an in-your-face player this year."
Ranking Texas Tech's Opposing QB's
RRS.com's Joe Yeager ranks the quarterbacks Texas Tech will face next season. Am I the only one that would put Houston's Case Keenum ahead of TAMU's Jerrod Johnson? I know that Keenum plays in an offense similar to Texas Tech's and doesn't face Big 12 competition, but he had some incredible numbers last year. I'm not denying Johnson's potential, because I certainly think he's going to be a very good quarterback, but right now, based on what we know, I think Keenum is ahead of Johnson, and I don't think I would have Johnson ahead of Oklahoma State's Zac Robinson either.
Texas Tech Basketball
Ranking Big 12 Coaches
The Dagger's Eamonn Brennan is ranking every conference's coaches and yesterday it was the Big 12 coaches. There's no question who is at the head of the class, KU's Bill Self and UT's Rick Barnes, right behind Self. Here's what Brennan had to say about Pat Knight:
Pat Knight, Texas Tech: Because of the nepotistic way former Texas Tech coach Bob Knight gave his son his position in mid-season, and because Pat Knight has no college experience to draw from, it's hard to say what kind of coach he will be. He'll no doubt follow his father's principles -- man to man defense, motion offense, a dearth of three point attempts -- but will he be able to inspire and/or dominate his teams with sheer force of will the way his father could? I don't know. You don't know. Nobody really knows.
Texas Tech Baseball
Duke Von Schamann, Texas Tech Commit
NewsOK.com's Ryan Aber sits down with Texas Tech baseball commit Duke von Schamann (Edmond Santa Fe, Oklahoma). I don't follow recruiting very much and I certainly don't follow baseball recruiting, but I couldn't help myself considering the following: Duke has a sweet a$$ name and his father is Uwe von Schamann, a former OU kicker from 1975-78. Duke intended on following his father's footsteps to OU, but decided to go to Texas Tech because head coach Dan Spencer wants to let Duke play both third base and pitch:
"I’m going to get to play third base and pitch at Tech," Duke said. "I would only have been able to pitch at OU. I definitely want to keep doing both."
Here's a good story from KOCO on his Uwe and Duke:
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Pat Knight, Texas Tech: Because of the nepotistic way former Texas Tech coach Bob Knight gave his son his position in mid-season, and because Pat Knight has no college experience to draw from, it’s hard to say what kind of coach he will be. He’ll no doubt follow his father’s principles — man to man defense, motion offense, a dearth of three point attempts — but will he be able to inspire and/or dominate his teams with sheer force of will the way his father could? I don’t know. You don’t know. Nobody really knows.
The part about him “following his father’s principles” just shows how little research that writer did.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Keenum
Keenum absolutely ranks ahead of Johnson. That Houston game scares me a bit…and mostly because of Keenum. I’ve kept up with him some since I live in Houston and he is the real deal. I don’t know what kind of receiving corps returns to the coogs this year but he can certainly throw the ball and run the offense. I know Johnson had some success against us last year, and is a gifted athlete, but he isn’t as much of a threat to put up the points in my opinion.
Coogs
They return all but two of their starters on offense, they lost a lineman and I think a tight end. That game scares the crap out of me, and I think it will be a big test for Potts and the rest of the team early on. I think we win it, but it might be a lot closer than people think. Dana Holgerson is their OC, so he may know what we are trying to do on offense….but then again, the teacher (Leach) will most likely win against the pupil. Houston is going to be a very good team next year. I have them making it to the C-USA championship game, and because of that ridiculous offense they could easily win it.
Continue to steal OU'ers
Thanks Seth Littrell!!!!! I hope we can continue to get kids way from on on OSU but especially OU. Great job by this Staff( and former coaches) in recruiting outside of Texas. I would like us get back to getting the top players from New Mexico as well. Just a few(3 or 4) in football & basketball. Then we would have players from OK, TN, LA, and Texas.
Jamar Wall
It i amazing to me how much this guy has gone unnoticed by the Tech faithful….we focus on the play of Charbonnet, McBath, Dixon, Williams, Duncan, etc., but Jamr Wall has been a lockdown corner for us for now 3 seasons…his size will come into question, but there is no doubt the kid has the athletic ability to hang with the NFL ranks
Duke von Schamann
His father is THE Uwe von Schamann, the kicker who audaciously directed the Ohio State fans like an orchestra conductor in the Horseshoe as they chanted “Block that kick!!!” before nailing the field goal to win the game and break their hearts in 1977 in Columbus.
It was #2 Oklahoma versus #3 Ohio State, Barry Switzer taking on Woody Hayes, Oklahoma’s wishbone versus Ohio State’s I-veer option attack. It was a classic, punctuated by von Schamann’s winning kick, to give OU their final 1 point margin in the 29-28 victory.
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