DTN Daily Diatribe | Texas Tech News, Notes and Links | 2011-08-01
by Seth C on Aug 1, 2011 6:14 AM CDT
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REMEMBERING JACK DALE
# Texas Tech greats remember, honor Jack Dale|myFOXlubbock | FOX 34 News KJTV Lubbock, Texas
# Remembering Texas Tech Legend Jack Dale - EverythingLubbock.com
# Services set for former Texas Tech broadcaster Jack Dale | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
# AUDIO: Texas Tech greats remember, honor Jack Dale|myFOXlubbock | FOX 34 News KJTV Lubbock, Texas
The last link, with the audio, are some Texas Tech greats, talking for three hours about Dale ("Kelly Robinson, Spike Dykes, Joe Hornaday, Dr. Jerry Hudson and Craig Wells were among the contributors on Sportstalk with Thetford & Ashby on Double T 104-3"). A touching tribute to a man that meant so much to the broadcast world in Lubbock. I also recommend the article from RP.com's Steve Pitts. Good stuff.
TEXAS TECH FOOTBALL
# Meet The Two-Deep: Eric Ward - Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site (watch on YouTube)
# Meet The Two-Deep: Cqulin Hubert - Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site (watch on YouTube)
# Meet The Two-Deep: Marcus Kennard - Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site (watch on YouTube)
# Meet The Two-Deep: Alex Chester - Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site (watch on YouTube)
The most interesting thing to come out of these four conversations with players was Eric Ward, who had this to say about hidden talent and who
Do you have any hidden talents?
"I guess I am a barber. I am like the team barber, I cut the hair and stuff. I guess that is the only hidden talent I have."
Who is the biggest influence for you both on and off the field?
"I would say my son and my wife."
It's always good to know who the team barber is and who else knew that Ward was married and had a kiddo? This is going to sound like I'm joking, but I'm not. Maybe that's why its taken Ward some time to figure things out on the field. I'm rooting for Ward and I still think he's going to make a significant impact.
Red Raiders due to report for preseason football camp on Friday | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Some good stuff here, including DC Chad Glasgow giving his opinion of what happened last year:
"There were a ton of guys that have played and they had a ton of injuries," Glasgow said. "There were some guys that were probably thrown into some situations before they were ready to go do it because of those injuries and those things that happened. But we’ve got some good players and we’re going to continue to try to recruit players better than the ones we have."
Snip.
"I think our kids are thick-skinned with it," Glasgow said. "I think the one thing that’s really stood out about the kids throughout the spring and throughout the summer, they are extremely hungry. They want to be successful as a football team, but they want to be successful defensively as well. I think that’s the kind of attitude they have. They’ve been busting their tails, and they’ve been working."
I like the fact that Glasgow either noticed that the defense has thick skin, which is good or a short memory and are ready to do something this year. Forget last year. I've also noticed that the players talk quite a bit about strength and conditioning coach Joe Walker, who seem to all say that he's done a great job of getting the team in shape for the fall practices and that the coaching staff won't have to spend any time on conditioning. We'll see if that's true this year, but a lot of players are saying that he's done an excellent job.
Ranking the Big 12's top 10 running backs - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
RB Eric Stephens gets the #5 spot.
BIG 12 REALIGNMENT AND THE LONGHORN NETWORK
# Scout.com: Is Realignment Coming to a Conclusion?
# Texas A&M reaches out to NCAA for backup, asks for high school broadcast ban | CollegeFootballTalk
# Pac-12 Expansion Rumors: Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Looking West? - California Golden Blogs
# Could a decision on Longhorn Network controversy come on Monday? | Dallas-Fort Worth College Sports News - Sports News for Dallas, Texas - SportsDayDFW
On Saturday morning, when I try and get a lot of my writing done, I first saw the link to the Pac-12 expansion rumors from California Golden Blogs, which referenced the first Scout.com article. In any event, its being reported that Texas Tech is still in contact with officials from the Pac-12:
Texas Tech is also putting out feelers with the PAC-12 and Kansas has been in contact with the Big East for quite some time and there’s talk that Kansas State could also be in the discussions. And of course, that would leave Texas free to pursue independence and cement its partnership with ESPN with a more comprehensive TV contract. Unless the PAC-12, Big 10, or SEC reverses its stance on not wanting a new partner with an exclusive network, the Longhorns must go independent. That appears to be the end game for Texas anyway.
In other news, TAMU is trying to claim that the LHN is an "university publication" to halt any sort of involvement with high school football.
RED RAIDERS IN THE PROS
Steven Sheffield, QB, Texas Tech, CES Atlanta Workout - YouTube
I came across this video over the weekend. It's not exciting, but if you know any NFL scouts, Sheffield would appreciate it if you could forward it to them.
Steelers' new Batch makes impression - Timesonline.com: Football / Steelers:
Baron Batch is making a name for himself, against James "Dabo" Harrison!
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great quote
Great quote from Cq…“I’m not a play maker, I’m a game changer” Lets hope he lives up to his quote
Batch
Glad to read some stuff on batch!
The best part of waking up is DTN my cup.
by I bleed Red and Black on Aug 1, 2011 8:04 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
"Seth will practice with the ones and Jacob will practice with the twos most of the time early, but we’ll alternate them," Tuberville said. "Jacob’s going to get that opportunity. It’s been four months since we practiced. Kids grow up. They get better. Jacob’s worked hard. I’m going to give him every opportunity to see what he can do.
I cannot remember prior to this quote, a response by Coach Tuberville that did not include a comment about Scotty Young. I don’t know if it means anything or not, but I did notice it.
Eric Ward needs to make some moves this season towards establishing himself as an impact player. He could be something special.
LOL ! Yes !! Cq has given us the best quote of the series !! Shades of Friday Night Lights !
Kennard looked like he was distant from the team…being a transfer, it may be difficult to establish a bond with guys who have been working together 3, 4, 5 years.
Chester did not have a lot to say, but I like what he said.
Only Baron Batch can tell a story about moths and make it interesting.
Living large in Texas...Texas forever.
Great to hear Baron is making an impact at Steelers camp. Keep up the good work and solidify that spot.
The realignment talk makes my head spin. I’m starting to feel better knowing we are being proactive with talks versus sitting idle and waiting for UT to decide our fate. It may be just talk but at least the lines of communication are there. In the end I think Tech heads west for the PAC. IMO Tech may be the only benefactor among UT and A&M when the dust settles. I can see A&M hurting themselves by playing in a more difficult conference (SEC) when they’ve had marginal success in football in the Big 12. I think the greed will eventually catch up to UT. The success as an independent may prove to be a more difficult task. I hope OU hangs with Tech and OSU if the opportunity presents itself. In the end the sad fact is the traditional rivalries won’t mean as much as they used to.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
"We started too late" - Neal Brown
Happy for Batch.
And it looks like sheffield put on some needed weight.
I found this video of him as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnPQ91bQ62k&feature=related
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
The 500 lbs Gorilla in the Room
No one wants to talk about it, but not only may we see the end of the Big 12 thanks to ut, but college football as we know it. Of course, we have known money rules all and has for years. But the ESPN/ut network will also destroy the NCAA rulebook for good. Say hello to JIm Tressel again, and those like him, only this time it will not be cheating. I just don’t know where my beloved Red Raiders will end up in all this. I do know the new networks name will never pass my lips, or be written by me, or never, ever, be on my subscription TV package with anyone at any location I reside, till death do me part.
ut is "The Evil Empire"
The Red Baron is the man!
I love hearing stories like this. Batch is going to will himself into a Steeler. Love CQ’s quote.
"Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck." Don Shula
This
“Texas A&M reaches out to NCAA for backup, asks for high school broadcast ban”
This will hurt A&M’s chances of being looked upon favorably by any conference. Just like no football program wants a coach that falls out of line, no conference wants a school that likes to step out of its reach and make their laundry public. If I were Aggy and wanting to go to SEC, I would not do this but the damage may already have been done. I have said it here.
TAMU may be leading the field in doing what is right for NCAA football.
Does anyone expect anything to come out of the Big12 organization ?
Living large in Texas...Texas forever.
Either that or..
TAMU may be doing this just as a sort of blackmail to become enough of an irritation for Texas so that Texas is forced to make it an LH-Farmer Network and sort of include A&M in the spoils as a junior partner. I am possibly over analyzing this but at the root of A&M’s concern is not the fight for righteousness but envy that they were not made an equal partner in this network and were blindsighted by Texas in all this.
Serves them right - If they hadn't taken the $20 million bribe from the wee schools to save the Big 12 we'd be in the Pac 16 today
Aggies have only themselves to blame.
If you're talking to Coach Rainman, whatever you do don't bring up the subject of weather.
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