Double-T Nation Daily Diatribe // 06.12.09
by Seth C on Jun 12, 2009 6:38 AM CDT
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That's Cute . . .
Nothing spectacular here, but I did enjoy the David Letterman segment where Steve Nash was Letterman's NBA Finals correspondent. I laughed/chuckled out-loud a couple of times and I thought you might enjoy it.
Texas Tech Football
2005 Cotton Bowl Champs
A bit delayed, but I guess a win is a win. As I'm sure you've heard, Alabama has had to vacate a number of wins due to a textbook scandal and the good news for Texas Tech fans is that now, the Red Raiders are your 2005 Cotton Bowl champions. Ehhhh. A win is a win, but this doesn't make anyone feel any better, right? It's a loss for both teams, everyone wins.
Bennie Wylie on Tech Talk
Bennie Wylie was on the 2nd hour of Tech Talk with Drew Dougherty (sp?), who as you know is the strength and conditioning coach for Texas Tech. Wylie talked that the defensive freshmen have been very impressive, but didn't name any names. I know that Wylie works his guys incredibly hard, but this morning I read this excellent story from the Columbia Tribune's Dave Matter on the dangers of sickle cell. If Texas Tech hasn't considered doing this, I think this sounds like a helluva idea.
Mike Leach is Different, Earth Continues to Spin
gosanangelo.com's Mike Whitson talked with Mike Leach during a coaching clinic in San Angelo and as we all should, Leach doesn't worry about the "system" or gimmick references to his offense:
“I don’t worry about it very much,” Leach said. “I think they need to ask themselves why they aren’t moving the ball as effectively and maybe they ought to address their own problems and worry about their deficiencies instead of criticizing our success.
“The point is to move the ball, the point is to score and get first downs and if we figure out a better way to do it then we are going to try and do it that way.”
Recruiting News I'm Too Lazy to Research
Apparently, Leach, McNeill & Co. have handed out offers to two Florida players, S/LB Mark Joyce and C Trey Pettis. Who's got time to find out a little bit more about these guys? Also, there seems to be some effort to get into Florida, which seems a bit strange, although the connection with Shawn Corker and his high school coach, Matt DuBuc, a former Red Raider, makes much more sense.
Fantasy Non-Conference Matchups
ESPN's Tim Griffin and Ivan Maisel both posted some fantasy matchups and I think I like Maisel's better:
No two coaches live further apart on the offensive spectrum than the Red Raiders' Mike Leach and the Yellow Jackets' Paul Johnson. Leach lives to throw. Johnson remains unconvinced that the forward pass is legal. Would either defense have any idea what to do with the other offense?
That would be a pretty fun game, especially with the way the Texas Tech defense tends to struggle against the run.
Track Results and Success on the Field
ESPN's Bruce Feldman has an interesting take in that some college recruiters have taken a very close look at track results (particularly offensive and defensive linemen and the shot-put and discus) and that those athletes that excel, tend to excel on the football field as well. And wouldn't you know it, 2009 commit OL LaAdrian Waddle finished second in state last weekend in the discus. This might be one of those guys that flew under the recruiting radar, but could turn out to be a true player for your Red Raiders.
Texas Tech Baseball
Two More Commits Selected in MLB Draft
DT's Jon Arnold writes that Bobby Doran, who apparently just signed with Texas Tech, and Stephen Hagen were chose in the final day of the MLB Draft. Cross your fingers that Hagen still comes to Texas Tech as he's going to be an excellent offensive force for your Red Raiders as he batted .315/.715/.424 last year with 29 HR and 89 RBI for E. Oklahoma . Doran was 10-3 last year for Seward County C.C. with a 2.58 ERA.
Cross your fingers.
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Alabama only has to vacate the wins, not forfeit them, which means Tech doesn’t get the win.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
well damn
it’s like kissing your sister, but worse, both teams get the loss.
Go Raiders . . .
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Bama
Found out the hard way how the little things really do matter. Tech has dealt with crazy stuff before, too, and has done what was necessary to try to prevent the same things from happening again. But this ‘Bama thing just goes to show how really naeve students are sometimes, and simply cannot grasp how much those little things could hurt a program. No doubt, administrators across the nation have taken note and will check into their records to ensure it does not happen to them. It is a shame, too, for such a storied program as Alabama football. None of the other 16 out of 17 sports organizations in the university will be as severely reprimended as will be football, since the worst offenders were on the football team. I don’t see this happening at Tech, but they hopefully have enough internal checks in place to catch any wierd goings-on before it can have an effect on the team. There have been several posts here concerning the cleanness of the Tech sporting mindset. I am sure they will do some doublechecking on some of the mundane possibilities of misconduct in the future. Even if the staff and school are clean, one never knows where any particular student’s head may be. Better safe than sorry down the road. Just ask Alabama. Oh, and about us not getting the Cotton Bowl win because of something so stupid, I don’t think Tech would want it to happen that they would receive a win in place of a loss because of those idiotic reasons anyhow. Bottom line is to win on the field with ‘known elligible’ players. Then, something like this will never be addressed.
TTpilk
This is Alabama's 4th case of major violations in 14 years
The cheating at ’Bama, and in the rest of the SEC, is systemic.
As for them getting caught on a minor issue, SMU players exploited the free books for athletes loophole some years ago as a way to make extra money, and you would think that if ‘Bama was really serious about NCAA compliance, they would have taken the steps back then to make sure this didn’t happen.
‘Bama isn’t interested in being clean or winning within the rules; they just don’t want to get caught, which is similar to the attitude of the rest of the SEC.
‘Bama isn’t interested in being clean or winning within the rules; they just don’t want to get caught, which is similar to the attitude of the rest of the SEC.
Which is why the entire thing was self-reported and they basically entered a no contest guilty plea and likely aren’t even going to appeal the decision.
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