Tech Smech
by Robertpz on Oct 27, 2008 5:36 PM CDT
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Print1) TT doesn't have a physical pass-catching TE like the previous 3 Top Ten teams did, thus easing some of the burden on the LB corp and secondary.
2) Regardless of yards per carry, the fact remains that they run for an average of 134 yards per game as a team. We won't have to stack 8 in the box. Yes, they have a great batch of WRs, but I think it is better than opposing TE you could plant a flag on top of his head.
3) Texas Tech's stats have easily been bolstered by the fact that they played not one, but two Division I-AA teams early in the season. The fact they got a pass on being in the Top Ten is more of an argument than USC being ranked ahead of them.
4) Kansas had zero quality wins (FIU and Sam Houston State?) and were probably the most overrated team in the top 20 until they finally were removed. Texas Tech threw up 63 against Kansas? Stop the presses! Texas throws up almost 60 against Mizzou and it's what else can you show me?
5) Tech runs the same wide-gap offense line splits that Mizzou does. We saw how much difficulty Mizzou had stopping our speedy defense shooting the gaps.
6) Tech had to beat Nebraska in OT and UT had to squeeze by the #8 team in the country? Why does UT get questioned and Texas Tech get a short memory?
7) Texas gets to wrap up its "Orange October" tour by playing Tech (okay it's on Nov 1st) whereas TT, OSU, and OU still have to beat the hell out of each other before the end of the season.
8) Oh...and we have Colt McCoy!
Texas wins by 10 only because it is Lubbock! Hook 'em!
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cocky.much?
look we all love our horns and would love to think that our collective horn poo doesn’t stink
but truth is any team can lose on any day
the games aren’t won on the boards, or on stats, they’re won on the field
tech can score, tech can score fast
good or not we have to be able to control this
the best teams can lose and the worst teams can win
it’s not about the past, it can be slightly indicative of future results
but saturday is saturday and we’ll see what happens saturday.
Interesting points, but...
1. Very true, but they also have a good collection of receivers led by Crabtree. Crabtree torched us last year.
2. Again, true, but compared to past Tech teams, they’re running the ball much better. Last year, they put up a laughable ten yards total rushing. I hope we can replicate that this year, but it will be much harder to, and that’s not just because it’s in Lubbock.
3. Tech has whipped bad schools, but at least they did what they were supposed to. I think we can all agree Tech’s schedule has been less than stellar, but that doesn’t mean they’re not good. Inflated stats aside, they have a very good offense that we’ll have to deal with.
4. Kansas barely lost to South Florida and they put up a decent fight against OU. I was as surprised as anyone that Tech walloped them like that, but Kansas is not a bad team. I happen to still think that game in Lawrence is dangerous for us.
5. Perhaps so, but they’re not Missouri, and they’re not playing in Austin. Nor are they coming off a letdown game. They’re coming off a thrashing of Kansas and they’ll be ready to go, although I believe we do have the advantage in the trenches.
6. Tech should have beat Nebraska by more and then struggled against A&M for a bit, but we should be careful not to read too much into this. They always seem to play us tough in Lubbock.
7. We still have a potential trap game against Kansas and a Big 12 title game, if we make it there, against either Mizzou or Kansas who would love nothing more than to spoil our title run.
I sincerely hope we come out, impose our will, and coast easily. However, I’m not expecting it. I expect a highly motivated Tech team to give everything they have to knock us off our #1 perch.
by TheElusiveShadow on Oct 27, 2008 6:05 PM CDT reply actions
agreed
this is too big a game for them, and whether or not Kansas is a great team that win has surely given them a lot of confidence. Also, the “easy schedule/no adversity” argument could have been (and was) made about Oklahoma State, and that game went down to the wire in Austin.
by longhornglory on Oct 27, 2008 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
From your keyboard to the Ears of God!
Go Horns. Great point about the TE. Those 3 TEs scared the chit out of me. I still do not know which was the best one. All will be playing on Sundays.
a lot of reading way too far into things
As a tech fan i find some of your arguments flawed however read my whole post
1. yeah no tight end, but 5 legitimate receivers, any 4 of which will be on the field at any given time, add in Baron Batch, the most underrated running back (not necessarily for running purposes) and you have a little trouble in the secondary
2. see above
3. yep our stats are inflated, but we got baled on in march by tulsa and got stuck with eastern washington. But in all honesty compare stats of techs conference games to non conference games, and the conference stats are much better… therefore argument nullified
4. kansas was slightly overrated, but not a bad team, however i love that kansas is texas tech’s first real test until they beat the crap out of them, then KU are overrated. were they overrated when they pushed OU to the limit?
5. 3 sacks what? 0 at home. and plus there won’t be 99000 fans screaming at him
6. tech most certainly got questioned, in fact we got questioned when we beat a&m, we were hurdled by USC, Florida after NU win, and Oklahoma state and Georgia after A&M win… trust me we were questioned
7. exactly why tech should win, this is the first away game at the END OF A BRUTAL STRETCH. UT will certainly miss those new stadium upgrades when they meet the most amped up Jones stadium crowd in history.
8. colt mccoy is awesome, no argument.
should be a shootout, i give tech the nod in a lopsided series because UT just has no gas left after their brutal stretch, however UT wins Big XII south and national championship.
Point 3
I found that difficult to believe so I looked up the stats.
I don’t think your conference stats are much better, or really even better at all for that matter, but here they are so others may draw their own conclusions.
by BoddickerIsClutch on Oct 28, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
good good
Harrells numbers are up his QB rating
Non Conference: 153.62
Conference: 182.19
however if you do look at these numbers, they are pretty similar, ypg is down but ppg is up, def statistics are almost identical except for interceptions, and i don’t see fumbles, nor can i recall how many off the top of my head. Regardless having similar numbers with this big a difference of quality of play shows a remarkable improvement once conference games started.
NON CONF CONF
East Wash @KSU
@Nevada Nebraska
SMU @Texas A&M
UMASS @Kansas
Few Things
One, what happened against Nevada? By rating that was Harrell’s worst game as a starter in three years.
Two, scoring D has increased by 162%, which is significant.
Three, Fumble data has gone just about the opposite of the INTs, keeping the overall turnovers about the same against conference and non. They caused 8 fumbles on the year, 3 against non-conference, 5 against conference foes. They recovered only one non-conf fumble, but got to all 5 conference ones.
by BoddickerIsClutch on Oct 28, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Nevada was
Nevada was that one game that Harrell has every year where he just absolutely chokes. i.e. Missourri or Colorado the last 2 years. Everyone of his throws was way off, I am talking way off! If you are a Cowboys fan imagine Brad Johnson these past two weeks, if he had been allowed to throw 45 passes a game what that would look like… and then add in Graham’s emotional side and you get the picture.
That's what is great about America...
I love this blog because it gets a lot of educated and well-thought responses(well most of the time) to good posts. Again, I think Texas wins by 10 mostly due to the reasons I posted in the beginning. We will just have to wait and see who is right!
trice up
I am a red raider but think tech will be overmatched in this game especially in the trenches. And honestly, people talk about tech’s defense being improved but I have watched them all year and they still are very suspect. I look for UT’s offense to really take advantage of them. Tech does have a good offense so hopefully it will be a fun shoot out type game
more fodder for losers
Sacks
Texas #2 in the country 3.63pg
Sacks allowed
Tech #2 .38pg
Missouri #9 .88pg gave up to Texas 2
Oklahoma #14 1.00pg gave up to Texas 4
Okie st #26 1.25pg gave up to Texas 5
Texas has a pass rush even against good teams
tech has a great passing game
Passing efficiency
Texas #2
Oklahoma #3
Okie ST. #4
Missouri #5
Tech #6
Nebraska #14
Tech vs Neb
Neb. completions 37-45 ,82%
Neb. passing yards 357
Neb. Passing first downs 17
Neb 3rd down efficiency .58%
The Horns have played and beat better passing teams than Tech and the one decent team Tech has played lost in over time and gashed them in the passing game and the Horn are a much better passing team than Neb.
Done and done.
Lets not even play the game. Texas wins in a Tech forfeit, 1-0.
by pleaseplaykindle on Oct 28, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Stat this, stat that. Lovely meaningless stats.
Nobody expects Tech to win, no one ever does. If Tech loses it is just another year and they’ll be dismissed like usual. The pressure is on Texas because they have everything to lose. Let’s hope our players aren’t over confident like our fans. They don’t seem to be.
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