Good News/Bad News

Great write up, that was about as level headed an assessment as I have read. I also thought that while Potts took responsibility for all incompletions, there were numerous critical receiving drops or route breakdowns. Those mistakes were usually reserved for Ed Britton. It was annoying to see the issue more wide spread among the corps.

I thought play calling looked timid and bland, but now the staff has come out and said it held back the playcalling. This make sense as I saw no defensive stunts until the final SMU possession. I saw no screens, and Potts looked like his progressions were limited (which explains his Leong bromance).

Now Tubs just said last week that there was no reason to hold anything back. So this was either coach speak to throw off SMU, or convenient back filling after an over simplified game plan. Luckily for Tubs the proof on the field yields to the first option, and lends credibility to the idea that this staff, while not looking past opponents, has circled a game 3 weeks in, and doesn’t plan to fill UT’s film room with much to go on.

That some thought this performance was an opportunity to rehash the QB battle.

Here are the stats that matter:

1- We won the game
2- Potts threw for 360yrds, 4 TDs, 0 ints

If there is anything in that stat line that deserves criticism I would love to hear it, and then immediately mock you for your bat shit crazy expectations. Potts may go throw 3 picks in a loss next week, but with won game down, he had one of the best performances in college football this weekend. The dooms dayers who have leaped on any and every mistake on Sunday, prove that there is a troubled fans who simply don’t possess the abilty to be objective. But then again, I don’t think that surprises most of us.

mock me if you like but Potts has to, yes has to complete more than 2 drives in a row for TDs, he has to consistantly get to 4 or 5 for our Offense to the best it can be…..that is my only complaint, he just disapears for 4 or 5 series….he must flip that! Just think if we had added just 2 TDs at the end of 3rd and beginning of 4 th then it is 49-17. That’s what I mean! Wreck’Em Tech

We gave up a sack on T Potts 2nd or 3rd period. DVR recording failed saw it at thegame but can’t look at it to confirm. BTW ran into Coach Bob Davies ESPN commentator for the game at the Lubbock Embassy Suites. Nice enough. He said we are 1 -and 0. SO thats nice.

have you considered that every HS in Texas is running some form of the spread now days and that O-Line men just don’t know much about run blocking? Did you watch UT’s game? Same deal, they take a great spread QB make him go under center, he is having to look back to see where to go when he drops back. Their OL did not look any better than ours at run blocking. I think it is a skill set that just is not being taught in Texas football, and you know that it is new to Tech lineman. I am not making excuses, just trying to understand why they have such difficulty with this.

I still think TT is playing his cards very close to his vest at this point, there is no reason not too.
I also think UT is doing the same thing until they come to the Jones.
Same goes for OU until the RR shoot out.

Overall Potts played okay. He was not great, but he did not stink up the place either. I still think our best QB is sitting on the sidelines. Potts just does not have THE IT FACTOR. However, I was really disappointed in our recievers. I counted five drops and I think two by Douglass. We did not have one receiver break free and accumulate any YAC (Yards after Catch). Where was Alex. I don’t think Potts even targeted him once. I know it was the first game, and I saw some bright spots, but our season will be made or lost in two weeks. I hope Tubberville can create some excitement, that was a boring game. Go Tech.

1) This weekend was the hardest I have push the envelope (alcoholically speaking) in some time. 3 days and 3 nights of debauchery have forced me to take 2 naps today, my throat sounds horrible, and I spent from 3 am to 4 am lying in the fetal position at the bottom of my shower. Bring on UT.

2)I had drinks with the SMU film maker that sold his film to ESPN on the glory days of SMU, and it’s downfall. It will be entitled “Pony Excess” , and will air in Oct or Nov. Sounds like it will be interesting.

To get too up or down about…..across the board. However you feel, I won’t call you an idiot. I can see people seeing some promise and others seeing issues in our future.

I noticed he was getting beat too much. Even plays where the action went the other way, he was just standing around because he couldn’t hold his man. He would battle for about 2-3 steps, then it’s like he would quit, maybe expecting the pass to be in the air by then, I dunno. But it was a glaring weakness on our O-line.

That is what we all can be happy about, right? Tech is one and oh, just like all the other Big-12 teams, except for KU. UNM should be the one game Tech will score 50-70 points, so I doubt we will be able to assess much from that one. SMU, on the other hand, is coming off an a pretty good year that ended in a bowl win. They are expected to at least match that, maybe get another win or two extra. I was very happy to get out of this first game with a win, as is, I am sure, all of Techdom. I do think several players need to watch the video and see where they need to improve. And Tech will improve. With a big win next week, the team will be working hard to get the whole package on “O” and “D” installed and running smoothly. When UT comes to town, Tech MUST be ready, because UT will be ready, without a doubt.

who gives a rats ass, he was not in. Neither was Harrell or Crabtree, If I had gone to class my sophamore year I would have had a grade point average higher than zero. If I had married a rich girl instead of a lovely one, I would have a suite on the East Side of the Jones……a lot of ifs in this world and none of them are worth worrying about.