Open Game Day Thread #5 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders

To say we suck!

Ummm…I had a golf outing today but followed a bit on my iPhone. What in the world happened?? Why did we run it almost as much as we passed? I seriously have no idea what happened…did we just suck from the get go?

I’ll copy and paste this here for my thoughts from the game. I’m just glad I wasn’t at a computer during the game as I know I would have typed some things I would regret later, but then again, I really wish I wasn’t sitting at the game getting sunburned for what I got in return. I feel kinda like I was bent over a barrel.

A couple of things…. The stadium felt dead. DEAD. There were times when I could hear people talking in an entirely different section. Even before the crappiness of what was the game started, I felt like I was at a grade school powder puff football game, except with less enthusiasm. I’ll admit, I didn’t help the enthusiasm any, but I typically don’t stand and cheer when the Nazi’s are rolling their tanks down the street just for the sake of being positive.

Our play calling and effort matched the apathy of the stands for sure, and maybe pink was an appropriate color, because our guys played like pink lady parts and I think our coaches are pink lady parts. We were freaking down at the end of the first half with TWO timeouts left and nearly a minute on the clock. Hell, I remember when a minute was enough to drive 90 yards for a score. WHAT THE HELL!?!? You can’t redeem your timeouts for a hot dog at the concession stand. They don’t freaking roll over to the next half. CALL FREAKING TIMEOUT and make an attempt to score. Instead, they run the freaking clock out and walk off the field. Same thing at the end of the quarters. With 20 seconds left, instead of runing a play and trying to gaing ground, they just stood there waiting for our pink lady parts coaches to call something, only to walk lazily off the field when the whistle blew. If you’re up by 17, sure, that’s fine. It is NOT fine with me when you’re down. There, I feel better. Ok, no I don’t.

I think I saw a total of 3 or 4 plays that were intended to get more than 4 yards through the air. The rest were all dinks and dunks, and the passes were poorly thrown, poorly caught, and quickly covered. In order to make yards with dinks and dunks, you’ve gotta hit people in stride to let them make YAC. Potts was way off target the entire game.

As for the pink, being at the game I can tell you, I hated it. I know, I know. I shouldn’t talk about fashion and football, but pink and football go together like peaches and chocolate milk. I’m all for finding a cure for breast cancer. Really, I am. I have had family touched by it. But pink and football? It’s hard to get all rowdy and riled up when you’re dressed like cotton candy.

As for the team, lots of work to do for this team. I just don’t know if anything else can be made of this season. I think the coaches have lost this team. Was just a very piss poor performance out of coaches and players, and nothing there to excite the fans.

I’m not looking forward to this stretch of games. It feels like Tubby took a look at OSU and said, “well, they’re rankes so they’ll probably beat us…better just try and keep it close.” That’s what it felt like. I remember days when we could beat the number 1 and 2 team in the country when we weren’t anywhere near the top 25. Ah well, so long so long, ye glory days.

Is hot painted face girl starting to piss anyone else off? I think I’m conditioned to hate her now. I really hope I don’t run into her on the street.

Soooo, I take it this place is gonna suck to be around this week, huh. Man, I’m glad I didn’t watch the game. I’m at a loss…just read several game recaps and it sounds like we tried to become a running team a week after showing what this team is capable of on offense. I’m stunned…and no longer willing to see what Tuberville will do. I guess most of the folks were right. Tuberville doesn’t want a spread offense.

I’m not a conspiracy guy but what if it’s part of his master plan…to run tech into the ground and then build it back up in his image. So he can take credit. Nah. Too far fetched.

Chew on this…Mizzou has allowed 65 points. All season.

The crazy thing is if we beat A&M this year I might end up thinking this season is a success.

Don’t let Tubs read this quote: “If you can run it, it will allow you to throw the ball down the field,” Gundy said. “A balanced attack gives us the best chance to score points.”

Think we’ll hear anything like this again soon?
Weeden went to his top receiver often and successfully. He found Blackmon four times for 74 yards in the first quarter alone.

He was in Lubbock in 2008 when the Red Raiders beat the Cowboys 56-20 when both teams were in the top 10.

“We came in here … and everybody just, they beat the crap out of us,” Weeden said. “It’s just a big feat for us, because this is not an easy place to play.”

I am sick of this whole team. Every part of the game sucked today. Also I’m tired of the post game responses. STOP making excuses and fix them. These are the same mistakes we have made week in and week out, fix it already. Open the offense up try new players make something work. I’ve seen troy play this year. Their offense is way different than ours. I don’t see why we are using a watered down version of the spread. Sure we can run the ball and have some good backs, but we are also extremely efficient at passing the ball too. My advice to Tubbs is fix it, stop making stinking excuses and just fix it.

Oh, and I’ve become a T-shirt fan of Boise. I need something to get excited about on Saturday’s.

Mark my words, on this crappy 30-something comment on double t…you, me, we are watching an interim year. Need a year or two for the leach suit to blow over. People who pay big bucks to have access to program, and didn’t under leach, want Art Briles. Couldn’t hire him last year, and this year will pave the road. Art Briles will be our next head coach. Guaranteed.

Of course, we could be Florida…they got beat at home by Miss St.

Anyone get the feeling losing doesn’t really bother Tuberville?

I think Aggie destroys us next week…and it will be so painful…so, so painful…The only two games I pick us to win for sure are the last two.

But I am pretty excited to see Oregon St v. Wash. That stadium is too cool…went to a few games there in the late 90s. Awesome.

I can already here his post presser at the end of the season,“Well, I guess we didn’t win any chamionships. We will be better next year. Got to get my kids in here. Got to run the ball. Don’t forget the YMCA youth fund raiser next week, see you there.”

So, since I didn’t watch or listen to the game I feel a bit odd complaining about this one. But I did read the play by play chart on ESPN. Was Potts just way off or did the receivers have no space, or what? And why, down so much, did we continue to run the ball every other play?

Ohio state and Florida lose….

There is no way this guy can be a head football coach. Our media is afraid to ask the tough questions. We need to demand that our media gets tougher on our HC and holds him accountable.

When he got hurt they asked Tubby if he thought about putting in Sticks and he said no, they waned Potts to stay in the pocket so he could pass down the field. Which is really strange because, all we did was hand the ball off to Bath and Stephens all day.

Here’s where I think many of us see this thing heading…Tuberville continues to struggle with the idea of a spread and likely continues to muffle Brown. I do think he’s guiding Brown in a lot of instances. He may let Brown pick the specific play, but I have no doubt he’s saying, “Run” or “Pass” to him.

We get really solid recruiting classes, but underperform for the next two to three years. Tuberville does the right thing and walks away. Then, we’ll probably hire a good young guy who gets things headed back in the right direction, only to see him get snatched up by a bigger better program inside of five years. We go back to being a stepping stone job…I mean, truly a stepping stone. We basically become Louisville. We’ll have a revolving door of coaches…some decent, some not. And we’ll have a decent team from time to time. But we’ll never be anything more than an ocassional threat to beat a favored team.

Or we can dump Tubs as soon as a new AD is hired in May. And go get Holgorson. As much as anyone, I hate admitting when I’m wrong. I was wrong about Tuberville. I really did think he’d be just what the doctor ordered.

In other news, Jake Locker is shredding Oregon State…21-0

Tuberville and his fake ass sunshine can go on and take his ass. Oh, and as for our “Jeep”, there’s a reason he was only alabama’s linebacker coach. More of an effing Kia Sportage if you ask me. Coaching sucked today. Pink shirts sucked today. Potts sucked AGAIN today. Bront Bird sucked AGAIN today. Ok St fans can kiss my ass. There’s my post game thoughts.

I am watching the news here in San Antonio and our top Tight End Jace Amaro caught a really nice pass for a TD and helped MacArhur beat Reagan. He has really strong hands and looks good.

What makes today even worse is I shot a 94 on the links. I suck as bad as Tech.

I want to make sure that I am overly prepared

Blackmon just had another reception.

So I guess THIS is every season’s Upset Saturday…

I lied. Oregon State has come back.

We need this kind of emotion and self-analysis.

“We should take out everybody, including myself. We just didn’t function well on offense at any position that I can recall. We could have fired everybody today."

But who would have thought that came from the pie hole of Mike Sherman?

Yes

Was busy with the whole Chilean miner thing…..didn’t have much time for an Osu gameplan

All I have left is soda

Have officially traded places.
They stole our offense and we are trying to impersonate their crappy old offense.
Awesome, just awesome…

Unfortunately whoever is uploading the PDFs uploaded Oklahoma State’s post-game twice, and there are no Tech post-game quotes.

Everyone complains that Tubs wants to play SEC football. Well, crap. Look at the scores of some of those SEC games this year. Yeah, a few 10-7 stinkers. But much more games where teams light it up. I only wish we had Auburn’s offense…and QB…

If I’m the coach I’m pulling out all stops next week to make sure I have a job next year. I start sticks, I shuffle the o line, I shuffle the d line, I’m finding some guys who want to get out there and play. I pick out about ten plays that work, and run em. I agree….its time to stop being prideful and do something different because the recipe ain’t working….

I could go read every game day thread and find out, but I don’t feel like it.

Was it smarter to kick on 4th with 2 to go? My dad and brothers think it was.
I disagree, but then again- my strategy is pretty basic.