Texas Tech News, Notes and Links | 16 Things
by Seth C on Apr 20, 2011 5:31 AM CDT
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Print1. Football Coaches Media Spring Teleconference - Big 12 Conference - Official Athletic Site | You can listen to Tuberville, and all of the other Big 12 coaches, talk about their springs. I am having spotty internet access, so I had trouble listening to the whole thing.
2. Source: Gillispie Getting It Done Already with Staff Hire - Yardbarker and Player Bio: Chris Walker - VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE and Villanova Basketball Assistant Chris Walker Takes Texas Tech Associate Head Coaching Job - The Nova Blog | It appears that head coach Billy Gillispie will hire Villanova assistant coach, Chris Walker. According to his Villanova biography, Walker did coach some AAU squads and would imagine that he has a handful of connections in the Houston area, which is his hometown. And SB Nations' Villanova blog writes that Walker's Houston connections never panned out for Villanova.
3. Scout.com: Spring 2011 - Ranking The Big 12 Coaches | CFN ranks the Big 12 coaches and head coach Tommy Tuberville is the #7 according to CFN. The strange thing for me is that a lot of the write-up on Tuberville is about the Stanley McGlover allegations (I had to Google who that was and he's the guy that says he got paid while at Auburn on HBO's Real Sports). I didn't think it was appropriate to base or discuss the fact that a booster may have paid McGlover while Tuberville was at Auburn in regards to Tuberville's coaching ability, especially since McGlover's accusations are just that . . . accusations.
4. Lady Raiders hope to make history - The Daily Toreador: Sports | The Lady Raider tennis team is 7-2 in conference play and is hoping to compete for a conference championship in the first time of the program's history.
5. Tech horse team wins national championship - The Daily Toreador: Home | Any national championship is worth linking and I thought the picture on this story was pretty cool.
6. Recruit’s Friend, Team’s Fan and Colleges’ Headache - NYTimes.com | Really interesting article about how fans and social media are having an impact on recruiting.
7. Still lots of unanswered questions for Big 12 - Big 12 Blog - ESPN | Pretty good Q&A with Ubben who talked with the attorney for the Big 12 who negotiated the new television deal. Really enjoyed his work here.
8. 3-point stance: A common sense tragedy - College Football Nation Blog - ESPN | Maisel somewhat blames Tuberville for the current situation that Auburn finds themselves in because of some of Tuberville's recruiting classes. This is akin to blaming Leach for the 2008 recruiting class. You can't be 100% on talent evaluation and sometimes, scholarship numbers are limited, which can limit the numbers on a class. Those classes at Auburn didn't appear to be completely devoid of talent (2008 and 2007).
8 more spectacular things are after the jump, including a picture of me and the tree that fell at my house 2 weeks ago. OMG!
9. Courtney Linehan of the AJ on the Williams & Hyatt Show [AUDIO] - SportsRadio 1340 The Fan | You can listen to Linehan talk a bit about new signee, Midland College PG Ty Nurse. Nurse told Linehan that he thinks he is a cross between Steve Nash and Chauncey Billups.
10. TexasHSFootball.com - 2011 THSCA All-Star Football Classic Rosters | From what I can tell, Texas Tech has 3 players on this roster, OL Matt Wilson, DE Kindred Evans and RB Kenny Williams. Am I missing anyone?
11. Tech pitching hits stride against UT, embraces road trip - The Daily Toreador: Sports | The pitching staff better be good and going into Manhattan, KS this weekend, this team really needs to win a series. Would love a sweep.
12. Gillispie To Sign Autographs, Throw Out First Pitch on Friday - TEXAS TECH OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE | Go stalk Gillispie at Friday's softball game.
13. UMass To MAC: How Will The Football Divisions Look? - Hustle Belt | Who else knew that UMass was now in the MAC?
14. PHOTO: Vince Vaughn Has A Laugh At Roberto Luongo's Expense - From Our Editors - SBNation.com | This made me giggle.
15. A look at the Big 12’s quarterback battles | NewsOK.com | Meh. If you need to find out what's going on around the conference, then take a look.
16. This is me and the tree that fell at my house two weeks ago.
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How much
Firewood do you have to sell?
ut is "The Evil Empire"
it's a caption contest y'all
“Seth pleads his case in the matter of Black Socks w/ Khaki Shorts vs. Huge Fallen Tree In Suburban Yard; the jury remains out on which is more disastrous”
by mojavereject on Apr 20, 2011 7:48 AM CDT up reply actions
it was between that
and unconfirmed reports of Sergio Kindle texting while driving in your neighborhood
by mojavereject on Apr 20, 2011 8:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I think
black socks before Easter is ok.
Right?
I always wind up with white socks & loafers
So there’s several ways to screw up that look.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Tubs at 7
Is pretty generous based on last year in game coaching….this years recruiting class must be factored in. If so, he maybe should be a spot or two ahead.
"Trust your gut....mine always finds good Mexican food"
-Me
by oldschoolraider on Apr 20, 2011 7:17 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
ESPN Interview with the Big 12 Honcho about TV money
Ubben failed to ask the most important question: “Why is the Big 12 the only AQ conference without equal TV revenue sharing?” Until that is fixed, every school outside Austin will be carrying a sword under their toga waiting for Longhorn Caesar to look the wrong way.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Ask Indiana, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Illinois how much equal revenue has helped them be competitive : )
I'm not sure how that justifies imbalance in a competitive sport - MLB comes to mind
Stop funding the minor market teams & let them all act as the Washington Generals to the NY Yankees’ Harlem Globetrotters. That sounds like fun if you are a NY Yankees fan or a fan of staged Big Time Wrestling. If you like your sports competitive & balanced the NFL model of equal revenue sharing makes the most sense. And the fact that the Big 12 is the only conference to give three schools “A little more stroke” (Tuberville’s words), indicates that unequal distribution of conference revenue is generally thought to be a bad idea.
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
Logic?
If you are going to blame this years lack of talent at Auburn on Tubs then you need to blame him for last year’s BCS Championship. (Cam couldn’t have done it alone)
it doesn't sound like they're blaming Tuberville...
so much as crediting Saban. The article states that the 2006 recruiting class (Tuberville’s) was responsible for the recent NC, but that recruiting at AU went downhill fast after Saban arrived at Alabama. You can hardly blame Tuberville for that.
Well,well,well
Mike has a twitter account now….delicious
@Coach_Leach
"Trust your gut....mine always finds good Mexican food"
-Me
by oldschoolraider on Apr 20, 2011 8:29 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Seth
If mike follows dtn at any point, it should be worth a few beers….
"Trust your gut....mine always finds good Mexican food"
-Me
by oldschoolraider on Apr 20, 2011 8:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
hmmmmm
AaronDickens Aaron Dickens
But Leach is apparently on Twitter now, so I guess all of the narcissists left.
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Aaron Dickens
AaronDickens Aaron Dickens
In 2009, Mike Leach said Twitter is full of “a bunch of narcissists that want to sit and type stuff about themselves all the time.”
"A job well done is better than a job well said."
by I bleed Red and Black on Apr 20, 2011 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions
From how he talks on the radio he doesnt even know how to type
Dont buy the Espn/Disney/ABC hype ! Playoffs are just spin to hide their agenda of owning our favorite sport.
Mistake in the coaches rankings
Gundy? I’m thinking T.B. Pickens gets the nod as front man for Okie Light. I agree with the Top 3 coaches. Stoops #1 – Absolutely. Brown #2 — politician and fantastic recruiter. Pinkens #3 — Solid coach. Not sure I give Turner Gill the nod over Bill Snyder.
Tubs #7? I guess you have to rank him in there somewhere to complete the list and provide us CFB junkies something to talk about. Weighing in on him at this stage of his Tech career seems a little early. Like trying to pick the 2011 preseason top 10 teams. A little too early.
I'll have my Dad head over there and help you out with the fire wood.
Just kidding. I miss the big trees in Terrell and the surrounding area.
So Stanley McGlover got paid but Cadillac Williams didn’t? That makes sense….
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