Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter, the day after a frustrating last-minute loss at No. 17...

Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter, the day after a frustrating last-minute loss at No. 17 Houston, told followers of his social networking account that he’d been suspended and stripped of his captaincy.

A Sunday afternoon dispatch on Carter’s Twitter account said, "I am not a captain anymore and will not be playing this week. Good luck red raiders ill still be cheering on my family from the stands!!:)"

Tech’s Carter announces suspension via Twitter | Red Raiders

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Why?

What happ?

by Red_Raider on Sep 27, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Glad I'm not the only one in an emotional tailspin after that fiasco

by mojavereject on Sep 27, 2009 8:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Linebacker Marlon Williams, in a Sunday afternoon post on his Twitter account, wrote: "Wondering why I’m still in this meeting room when the head coach can’t even be on time to his on (sic) meeting."——-

by mojavereject on Sep 27, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh boy. Are the wheels falling off?

I do not like the tone of Marlon Williams here.

I’m trying to stay positive…..I just got back from Houston and I am still trying to get over it……we are young and it was an intense (& hot / humid) crowd. We CAN learn from this and move on.

However, my positive thinking took a hit w/ the news.

I’ll sleep on it…..

by beantownraider on Sep 27, 2009 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

HMMMM...

Brandon Carter deleted his twitter account and his facebook account today… This is so weird/awkward. I am not digging this season at all right now. I really wish we knew what he did.

by johnlaf13 on Sep 27, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Me, too

I wonder if he jumped his teammates out for screwing the pooch. Or maybe the coaches. Did he act the fool out of frustration or was he trying to light a fire under some folks? Lack of leadership has been mentioned a few times around here lately. Maybe he tried but in a way Leach didn’t like.

I mentioned it elsewhere, but maybe the upside is that we get a headstart on rebuilding the rest of the O-line. We lose Byrne, Carter, and Winn after this year. I don’t want to start next year with the same issues that have hurt us this season.

by TechFirst on Sep 27, 2009 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was at the game too. i actually grew up in houston and i even consider that a very humid/hot game.

i dont think leach should blame the players here. if he would have only gone for the 3 point kick on that 4th & goal (when we only needed 3, a touchdown was not necessary) we would have won. i realize that our kicking isnt the best, but williams wont miss when we’re on the 1 yard line… seriously

sucks about carter. dont know why. maybe he smarted off to the coaches after that failed QB sneak. but at least he’s only out for the new mexico game.. i mean, i’m pretty sure A&M annihilated them this year… BUT GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER TEAM!!! there were too many dropped balls this game. thank God for Batch being back, or this game would have been at lot worse. i’ll also give potts a little slack since this was his second away game… ever, but he did play better last week. dont know what the deal was, it sure wasn’t crowd noise. they set an attendance record at this game of 32,000 something…. not a real difference maker there…

I just hope we improve by Nebraska, OK State, and OU, heck. even baylor…..

by RedRaider621 on Sep 27, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's not just one game

the suspension is ‘indefinite’.

by TechFirst on Sep 27, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Carter's suspension is indefinite - not one game

Read the link that Seth provided

by jeffinhouston on Sep 27, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Leach is a joke

I guarantee you that Carter called Leach out in the locker room. He’s not the only player who is tired of the captains play-calling, he just the only one big enough to say something

by SATownRaider on Sep 27, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Willing to put money down

that Carter called out Leach, if you read his and Marlon’s tweets, both of them mention that they are frustrated with how this year has been going, I bet that they have some issues with someone big time, whether that is Leach, or Potts or someone else altogether I don’t know… but I talked with Graham Harrell the other day on fb and he said that this Houston game will be a predictor of what the rest of the season will be like… boy was he right, we are already melting down!

by johnlaf13 on Sep 27, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs