Texas Tech Football | 2012 Schedule

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Win vs. Northwestern St. Demons
Win @ Texas St. Bobcats
Win vs. New Mexico Lobos
September 22, 2012: BYE
Win @ Iowa St. Cyclones
Loss vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Loss vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
Win @ TCU Horned Frogs
Loss @ Kansas St. Wildcats
Loss vs. Texas Longhorns
Win vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Loss @ Oklahoma St. Cowboys
Win vs. Baylor Bears

Hey, remember when we were going to play better non-conference games? Ahh, good times, good times.

My head says 4-8. I guess my liver will have to settle it.

Assuming the Defense has improved:

New schedule – new prediction 8-5

Win vs. Northwestern St. Demons
Win @ Texas St. Bobcats
Win vs. New Mexico Lobos

Win @ Iowa St. Cyclones
Loss vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Win vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
Loss @ TCU Horned Frogs
Loss @ Kansas St. Wildcats
Loss vs. Texas Longhorns
Win vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Win @ Oklahoma St. Cowboys
Win vs. Baylor Bears

Every team in the conference gets two in-season bye weeks except Tech and ISU. Our 2nd bye is at the end of our season on December 1st.

Win vs. Northwestern St. Demons
Win @ Texas St. Bobcats
Win vs. New Mexico Lobos
September 22, 2012: BYE
Win @ Iowa St. Cyclones
Loss vs. Oklahoma Sooners
Loss vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
Win @ TCU Horned Frogs
Win @ Kansas St. Wildcats
Win vs. Texas Longhorns
Win vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Loss @ Oklahoma St. Cowboys
Win vs. Baylor Bears

Swing games are TCU, UT, OKST,

they better learn how to win on the road cause next year is gonna be rough,

@ Austin
@ Norman
@ Morgantown

It would be a hoot to see (or hear) the reception the Tech crowd would give for Chad Glasgow. We won’t know their reaction until 2013.

We won’t win a game from Sep 29 to Nov 3….
I don’t think we can beat the bobcats…..
That may be that game where the eyes get a orange glow in them and a develish chuckle moans out for an early departure for the hc….

Hopefully we can go 3-0 before we drop the next 6, then roll the dice on KU, stomped by OSU then rolling the dice once more for BU……at most it’s a 5 win season……I just dont see how it will be better…..our so called hc has had the recruits, jc transfers….blah blah, top 25 recruiting classes….there is just a disconnect and I personally don’t think the fix lies within his capabilities.

I for one will watch the first few series before the car crash when televised (because of our opponent,) but will not be going to any games other than the TCU game….well because of season tickets, but while my ring will show my pride for the university and that I’m a proud CASNR product, I’ll still wear purple…

I, for once, am happy we have a breezy non-conf schedule to go along with playing 8 teams who played in a bowl and 6 who won their bowl.

possibly 8 if we win a bowl game.

No stinking way to predict how we will be on defense. I’m hoping the conventional 4-3 fits our personnel and incoming coaches. Infusion of JUCO defensive help can’t hurt.

I thought our offense was clunky last year. We moved the ball sporadically during the first half of the season. With the exception of Missouri, the offense sputtered following the OU game.

No stinking telling.

While I am much subdued about the Raiders chances in 2012 I have to remind everyone the team lost 3 x games by 7 or less. They looked to be competitive vs aTm, lost even when they recovered an on side kick versus K-state at the tail end of the 4th period and Doege threw an interception on the 8 or 10 yard line of Mizzou At Columbia while driving to score the go ahead. Yes the ut, Iowa state and Okie-lite games were execrable. We need more defensive down linemen. Period. But look at what the opponents are going to experience Baylor is not going to have a ton of fun without RGIII, Kstate has graduated 5 seniors on defense and 3 on offense, WVU is like us they can’t play defense so whoever figures out how to create a pile on 2nd short is going to win that one. OSU graduated and sent to the draft everybody who made any of the numerous post season honors list. TCU has some momentum but they don’t field any all American QB’s or Running backs. OU …well its OU. UT I think they struggle next year. Just because they are moving to power running set I think Iowa state will be tough to beat in 2012. But the Cyclones graduated that monster Offensive tackle so maybe our defensive ends do have a shot..Kansas looks to be in disarray again with a new retread Charlie Weiss..maybe.
The bad news is it’s year three of the Tuberville hire and we have a 3rd Defensive coordinator… that D line is flakey and without a 50 position positive movement in total defense it’s not going to matter if the Raiders can average 32 plus a game- which they did in 2011. The 4-3.. hmmmm its worth a shot. I am sober and I am a bit apprehensive to see what they do in spring practice.
Distant Raider, TechCuz and Westxscrub I think you are all about right, high end is 8 wins..think Bowl Baby..

Is where I see it going. I only have two years of data points to base that on with tubs at the helm. We do not scare teams at the jones any longer.

the team returns A ton of starters and game experienced players..Hope springs eternal?

because after that all hell’s gonna break loose. I have a Mayan buddy that gave me the scoop.

We should all meet in Vegas in early December and go out winners.

Except for Baylor, all the conference games changed from the previously leaked schedule a week ago. And we get a bye at the end of the season.

Lets make a list of the Pro’s and Con’s of the 2012 season

Pros Cons
3 cupcakes TT as head coach
UT/OU/WVU at home TT as special teams coach
Senior QB NB’s offense
17 returning starters Shaky S@C program
Dennis Franchione New DC/new defense
Gundy 4 new coaches
Ronnie Daniels Low fan morale
Playing KU at home Shaky team morale
Bad ass recieving Corp Coaches we will face (Briles, Stoops, Patterson,
Snyder, Holgerson and Rhoads)
NB playcalling
Really scary lack of QB depth

Anything can happen next yr, but I just see too many Cons.

Pros and Cons to the upcoming season

Pros
3 cupcakes
UT/OU/WVU at home TT
17 returning starters
Dennis Franchione
Gundy
Ronnie Daniels
Playing KU at home
Bad ass recieving

Cons
Tubs game management
Tubs special teams coaching.
NB offense
NB playcalling
Really scary lack of QB depth
New defense and DC
4 New coaches
Low fan morale
Shaky team morale
Coaches we have to face (Holgerson, Patterson, Briles, Snyder, Rhoads, and Stoops)

Anything can happen next yr, but I just see too many Cons to win > 6-7 games
2013 schedule will be brutal with a new QB behind center.

Northwestern State W
Texas State W
New Mexico Lobos W
Iowa St. Cyclones W
Oklahoma Sooners L
West Virginia Mountaineers W
TCU Horned Frogs L
Kansas St. Wildcats W
Texas Longhorns W
Kansas Jayhawks W
Oklahoma St. Cowboys L
Baylor Bears W

OOC should be wins without explanation. Iowa St. according to my knowledge is losing some good physical defenders they had and I think we come there disciplined and ready to prove we’re different than last year. We don’t want to lose 3 straight to Iowa State, especially Tuberville. Oklahoma is pissed about letting it get away from them last season, so they come out and play good defense and give us a rout of something to the effect of 38-21. As for WVU, don’t be blindsided by their 70 point scoring affair in the Orange Bowl, they ran the same play 4 times and scored each time. They are not juggernauts by any means as they only really lighted up one Big East foe, UConn, while every other win was rather close, with wins of 3pts twice and 1 pt, and the largest being 10 pts (just once), but they even lost to teams such as Syracuse and Louisville. Plus I think playing Texas the week before wears them down a little. I think TCU comes out more disciplined, period. Kansas State could easily have been a win this year minus a pick 6 (tie game at that point) and two blocked FGs. I’m not sure they get any better, but I think we do. I call Texas a win as well. We went down the field on the first drive last season but a stupid penalty takes away a TD and gets us a FG and ultimately takes away any current and potential momentum. We actually played decent defense until midway through the 1st half Ash makes a huge run and ignites the team. I think we manage to outdo them on the scoreboard by 10 pts (yes I said it). Like what I think Texas does to WVU, I think our team is a little worn going to Okie St. They will probably simply outscore us. And finally, Baylor will probably be praying for bowl eligibility next year with RGIII, Ganaway and Kendall Wright gone. That should be a good win.

Overall, I understand that in the context of the current situation, this is a bold prediction, but I think a combination of factors help us out here that some don’t see or agree with. Tuberville’s hot seat, player’s experience/talent/depth and chemistry of the coaching staff should make this team better by a couple notches. The Big 12 net quality increases with the add on of WVU and TCU and losses of A&M and Mizzou, but I don’t think the conference actually becomes harder with the likes of Baylor, Oklahoma St and Oklahoma actually getting a little worse offensively. I also think the program makes up for last year and gets these 9 wins, in which ever way they come. Even if we win 8 games, I’m still pulling for 9 wins from a bowl game. When this team is healthy, I think they’re perfectly capable of this, so I think the biggest key here is health, even with the increase of talent, experience and depth.