Tech v. Baylor Point Spread
by Tech92 on Nov 20, 2011 9:31 PM CST
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PrintSome have asked, "How far have we REALLY fallen?" Well, here's another key indicator of our recent futility: Baylor has opened as a fairly sizable favorite for Saturday. Depending on which line you prefer to follow and bet by, Baylor is favored by anywhere from 9.5 to 11.5 points.
I think this about right. And it's stunning to say that. Even when Tech struggled in the 90s, I don't think Baylor was ever favored to beat us by two scores. What a fall from grace we've had. Not that we were ever really week-in, week-out world beaters, but this is quite a tumble.
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We have become
the new Baylor. Thanks, Kent.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
we beat the spread... no way the bears beat us by 9 points
not to say the bears wont beat us… but tommy will keep it close enough to make it a moral victory and beat the spread. just what we were hoping for!
by SPACECITYTECHSAN on Nov 20, 2011 11:05 PM CST reply actions
are you kidding?
If I was a betting man I’d take size on Baylor -9.5.
"Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon." Spike Dykes
What a great post!
So much insight and I saved a TON of energy when I read it.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Nov 20, 2011 11:09 PM CST reply actions
Can't tell your tone there...smart ass or complement.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
A little of both, as always...
I’m always straddling the fence.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Nov 21, 2011 7:55 AM CST up reply actions
Damn, I wish I had the courage to bet.
If Baylor plays half as good as they did last night, we lose by 40. RG3 will love Tech. Remember the Texas State game when the receivers ran past our secondary. Shit, watch Baylor hit at least three 60 yard plus scoring plays.
I know it is way to early to predict, but I say 56-12.
"Oh, yeah. We don't even talk about Bowls much. We're so far away from being a team right now that can have a chance to compete in a Bowl." HC Tommy Tuberville.
They beat us in the SWC when they had Grant Teaff
Haven’t looked, but I think it was back and forth for a while.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
Tech now has absolutely no respect...
None .. Nada .. Whatsoever … Not a bit not a tiny tiny amount.. Nothing nowhere… Empty nothing… No respect… NO RESPECTTT DAMNIIIIT!!!!!!
by Raiderit on Nov 21, 2011 12:48 AM CST via mobile reply actions
we were a 29.5 dog against OU
Line makers hop on bandwagons because thats how they make money. No way in hell will we lose to the baptist assholes.(no offense to any baptist here)
Baylor has NEVER beaten Tech in B12 play (0-15)
But I’m concerned. I say TTub gets his name in the (dubious) record book once again.
This is their chance
They’ve made it a close game the last three, including the ’08 team (w/ injured Crabtree and broken fingers on Harrel). All 3 were 7 points or less. They are 7-3 with us and UT left. 9-3 sounds like a dream for us but they have a real chance.
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
That will change this week.
Our team played better against Missouri, but we were facing a Missouri team that did not even want to play until well, the second quarter when we went all SEC on them and let them know that we did not care either. I am not at all encouraged what the result might be this week against Baylor.
"Oh, yeah. We don't even talk about Bowls much. We're so far away from being a team right now that can have a chance to compete in a Bowl." HC Tommy Tuberville.
Means nothing anymore
Tech’s perfect record over Baylor is history. All your going hear all night is “RG3 to a wide open Wright.” Our defense is nonexistant and won’t be able to cover the run or pass. Could be a very ugly loss similar to OSU game IMO.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
If the spread stays below 14 points...bet the farm on Baylor
This could be ugly (56-10) or it could be interesting for awhile (42-28)….but Baylor covers the point spread. And my guess is that it gets ugly.
"When you are right no one remembers, when you are wrong no one forgets."
Unfortunately,
Baylor will likely throttle Tech on Saturday. Our only advantage is perhaps Baylor will have a letdown after their emotional win against Oklahoma. But talent and coaching wise, they are a far superior team. ( I NEVER thought I’d say those words regarding Baylor and Tech).
Next to Kansas, we are the new" University of New Mexico".
We just have cooler uniforms.
No kidding
The all whites are horrid and I now refer them as Surrender White.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
by Raider1992 on Nov 21, 2011 8:21 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
SURRENDER WHITE
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! WRECK-TOWN!
"Oh,we played about like three tons of buzzard puke this afternoon." Spike Dykes
The whites made the loss a little easier to take
That didn’t look like “my” team out there.
0-2 as far as I remember
Iowa State last year & Missouri this year, both losses
2011 Season - No excuses. Just win!
At least
The white jerseys look cool, but not with white pants and SURE not with white helmets.
Hope it doesn't get ugly
But if I was Baylor, I’d run the score up 20-30 points.
I was accused of being a sunshine pumper
as recently as OU. However…after three straight blowouts I had had enough. I don’t see improvement in this team and that is all that WOULD give me optimism. We saw two very dull 5-5 teams play on Saturday and we couldn’t hit 30 points. We are now just a run of the mill team fighting to get to .500.
I don’t see any logical reason for me to be “up” about this program at the moment. Like anything in life, I can change my mind. But I don’t see this program going in the right direction. OU was clearly a fluke. Glad it happened, but a fluke none the less.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
Me too, but let's not make the expectations too high on these kids
There will be some tough sledding in B12 play, I expect. Definitely optimistic about the program though.
I hope a lot of DTN football-only fans adopt the bball team this year. But be patient. They truly DO have a young team.
That's right
But the bball team does have a real honest-to-goodness FUCKING COACH! That’s what fball fans have starving for this season!
You can technically have him then.
No bullfights. No gambling. No donkeys. No vanilla extracts. No piñatas. None of that stuff. Straight football. No switchblades.
by San Antonio Red Raider on Nov 21, 2011 8:05 PM CST up reply actions
Hard to win that is you never played for it. If by technically you mean woulda, coulda, shoulda, then you might almost have an argument, but then again no.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Nov 21, 2011 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
What-have-you-done-for-me-lately?
That was nearly 2 generations ago in terms of the length of a player’s career.
by rednblackET on Nov 21, 2011 10:43 PM CST up reply actions
Betting Spread to widen
I expect the spread to widen. This has happened several weeks this season. I have never bet with a bookmaker, but I like to look at the spread for different games. This season the spread has widened throughout the week in favor of our opponents several time this season. This is the first time I have ever seen this happen. Usually the spread narrows as the bookmakers try to lay off thier bets to hedge their risk. This just tells me that the odds makers and people placing bets are all betting on our opponents even as the bookmaker widen the spread to make the bets more risky for the favorite. Just an ovservation.
As a result of losing a bet, I have to refer to this team as "The team from Tech that lost to the Fightin' Texas Aggies" and I have to refer to our coaches as "The Tech Coach(es) that NEVER beat Texas A&M" until the end of the season.
They call that the “smart money” . The smarts bet early and cause the line to jump on Monday or Tuesday. Then the “public” comes in later in the week.
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
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Hey Tubs this is the Wild West, Good guys wear white, we wear BLACK. ....................................................................................................................................
Spread to widen
Isn’t that redundant?
by Red and Black 71 on Nov 21, 2011 8:42 PM CST up reply actions
That's what she said
So while the rest of you wrestle with your precious moral ambiguity, His feats will be memorialized by the scribes who are paid to write them (or else). - London Raider
by raider realist on Nov 21, 2011 8:47 PM CST up reply actions
Baylor = Pee Wee football at its finest
I cant believe they won. Art Briles is getting so cracked out on RGIII his long range accuracy is amazing, the chemistry he has with Wright (#1) is pure playground. they will be rebuilding for the next decade. Only once in a lifetime can you call offense like a pee wee coach and win games. Really watch them play
1. Bomb
2. Sweep Left
3. Bomb
4. Pass over the middle, cause your worried about the bomb
5. Sweep Right
6. Roll Out, QB scramble 1st Down
7. Bomb
8. Bomb
9. Sweep Right
Im not slamming it, It works and its amazing football to watch
O yea and remember their DC took the Baylor job over the Tech job
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
Hey Tubs this is the Wild West, Good guys wear white, we wear BLACK. ....................................................................................................................................
according to the "media"
the same media that claimed a backyard portable garage was a closet
College Football: "Our Traditions are now for Sale"
.....................................................................................
Hey Tubs this is the Wild West, Good guys wear white, we wear BLACK. ....................................................................................................................................
rooster.. hippogryph..
same thing
Be a team. Be the most excited to play. Be the best at doing your @#&$ing job.
We should get a gif for that saying.
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Life on the Mississippi
by LBKpiratefan on Nov 24, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
Score
baylor a lot…..texas tech a little.
Texas Tech Defense..."60% of the time it works every time."
by I bleed Red and Black on Nov 21, 2011 10:17 AM CST reply actions
Wait until the spread hits 30
and then take the points. I think Tuberville has the same retirement plan.
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
We have no answer
for the run. We certainly have no answer for the running QB. Missouri was marching the field during their 2nd half rally facing a 3rd and 11, and what play did they choose for this crucial 3rd down conversion? There was no hesitation, and not even a fake. The QB kept it and ran for 12. Missouri. Chaps my ass.
RG3 is going to have a record day. I’ll be there to see him on Jerry’s big screen.
I will buy my season tickets again next year, but I’m hoping for change.
Thank God for Kansas.
by Goin' Band Fan on Nov 21, 2011 11:31 AM CST reply actions
Tech defense vs Baylor
Tech is ranked #115 and Baylor is #114. So does this mean it will be a shoot out? Well the rankings were about the same for OSU and we all no what happened there!!!!
a year ago it was a shoot out, but now our offense is struggling.
combination of injurys, bad playcalling, receivers not getting open, Doege off etc…
Baylor will put up more points than us.
The over/under
for combined score is 102. If the combined score gets that high, I’ll be giddy. Allthough, if it turns out the score is 70-35 in favor of Baylor, maybe I won’t be so giddy.
Frankly, I'm glad we hit KU early in the slate
I don’t know that the team as it stands now could even beat the Jayhawks. Baylor eats our lunch, and RGIII goes 1-2 lifetime against Texas Tech. In other news, I’m curious to see if we have any healthy skill position players left on offense by the end of the game; they’ve been dropping like flies.
I hope we win and keep the bowl streak alive (potentially, not a guarantee)
Because if we miss a bowl, it won’t hasten Tuberville’s departure any faster. He’ll have all of 2012 to show he knows how to coach in the Big XII. Sure, he has won in the SEC, but this is the Big XII. Different animal. Thank God.
11/12/11...66-6...I once was blind, but now I see.
For $100 what is coaching
"Oh, yeah. We don't even talk about Bowls much. We're so far away from being a team right now that can have a chance to compete in a Bowl." HC Tommy Tuberville.
*bzzt*
When you have a first class ticket but go to the back of the plane anyways and take pictures of yourself slumming with the poors who have to pay for blankets
by mojavereject on Nov 21, 2011 6:29 PM CST up reply actions
Ding ding ding
Simple rule of thumb: Everything before the but is BS.
by FriscoRaider on Nov 21, 2011 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
What we need is Welker
He’s so white…..He has normal hair…..He don’t give a sh……….He looks like Opie’s brother
"I’ve established a reputation for integrity. I have maintained those high standards" - Craig James
I just have this feeling...
It’s not going to be pretty.
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Life on the Mississippi
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