DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TUBERVILLE MADE THE, "I'LL COME UP IN THE STANDS MYSELF THE NEXT TIME I HEAR SOMEONE BOO ADAM JAMES..." COMMENTS? 

I need to find the exact quote and source to send to the alumni association & have not been able to track them down.  Any local Lubbock folks know?

Thought it was on 104.3 Tech Talk on Thursday but I just listened to the full two hours & it wasn't mentioned.  Read the pressers for the last two weeks & the comments aren't there.  Did massive web searches & couldn't find anything.

I've heard from enough Lubbock people they heard the comments on the radio.  I just need help locating the source ASAP. 

Appreciate any help anyone can offer!

DTN Happy Hour, Raider Ruckus, Tailgating/Game Watching & possible mischief making this weekend in Austin

Any DTNers in Austin Friday & Saturday you have three TWO - COUNT THEM THREE TWO - opportunities to meet some fellow DTNers, hang out with Red Raiders & get fired up to kick some Longhorn butt!

We didn't end up with a quorum given the early start time so instead to build the anticipation of meeting your fellow DTNers by having to wait until the Raider Ruckus or TTU Alum tailgate tomorrow morning!

It may be harder for folks to find each other tonight.  Tomorrow I'll have something DTN and/or Austin related with me to make it easy to find each other.  I'll also have access to my email if you have any questions (dfarmer@austin.rr.com).

Look forward to seeing y'all this weekend!  Wreck 'em!!

First, a few of us will be at the Mean-Eyed Cat at 1621 West 5th Street (512-472-6326) from 5pm to 7pm on Friday:  

Btech, Ibleedredandblack & I will be there & hope to see a few others!  The Mean-Eyed Cat is a great dive bar in Austin (picture below).  It’s across the street from El Arroyo on West 5th Street, close to MoPac.  They have their own parking lot (important in Austin).  When you enter you’ll see the bar, get a drink & head to the back patio where the picnic tables are.  I’ll make sure there is something with Texas Tech on it at the table.

3615499128_45da5e698f (via Mean Eyed Cat)

Next is Raider Ruckus from 7pm to 10pm, details below:

Serranos @ Symphony Square (1111 Red River)
Featuring: The Luke Olson Band (Tech Alumnus)  
Raffle prizes, appearances by Raider Red and the Texas Tech Cheerleaders
Tickets (includes food!): $10 in advance or $15 at the door
Purchase your advance tickets online by 12pm this Friday at www.AustinTTU.com
This will be THE place to be if you're a Red Raider in Austin on Friday evening. 

Finally, the Austin Tech Alumni Association Tailgate / Game Watching Saturday from 9:00am to end of game:

15th St, between Trinity & San Jacinto (only blocks from Darrell K Royal Stadium)
Party starts at 9:00am, game kickoff is 11:00am but we’ll have TV’s and a great sound system to watch the game if you don’t have game tickets. Please bring your own chair.  
Plenty of beer on hand for donations to Austin Alumni Chapter Scholarship fund.

We'll need to figure out some way to identify ourselves as DTNers at Raider Ruckus & the tailgate - it will be easier at the tailgate.  Maybe we should take a page out of SARR's book & all wear some kind of donkey accessory....suggestions welcome!

If you have any questions, email me at dfarmer@austin.rr.com.

Look forward to meeting everyone (I think...  ;-)!

For any DTNers going to the UT game on Saturday, the Texas Tech Austin Alumni Association is having a tailgate.  Here is the information:

TEXAS TECH TAILGATE
Saturday, November 5th
9:00am - 5:00pm
Corner of 15th & San Jacinto
We'll have a large TV on site if you don't have game tix.

They will be accepting "donations" for beer & ask that you bring your own chair.

See the website below for more information.

http://www.austinttu.com/

Many may already have pre-game plans or don't feel like getting up early to tailgate.  But if folks are interested in meeting up, please post here & we can make a plan.  If not at the TTU tailgate, somewhere else.  Would be fun to put names with faces!

So, I'm hosting a meeting at a hotel in Portland, OR.  A conference for, "PAC 12 Officials" will begin meeting in the conference room next to us in about an hour.  Hmmm...what to do, what to do???  I do have a Texas Tech t-shirt back in my hotel room.  I do know how to lobby...  Should they decide to expand and extend an invitation to Tech, we could suggest they make it a requirement that we oust Hance so as not to embarrass the PAC 16...  Any advice?

Hi all (& thank you MatadorProud & FriscoRaider for helping me get my dates right!),

My former college roomate wants to take six kids from the South Plains Children's Shelter on to the field to watch pre-game practice & warm-up NEXT weekend for the Nevada game on September 24th (she's the one that bakes cookies & takes them to the coaches before each game so she has connections for field access... :-).  The catch is the kids still need tickets in order to get on the field.  I gave her my two tickets - so she just needs four.  If any of y'all aren't using your tickets for the Nevada game & are interested in donating them for a good cause, please let me know, my personal email address is dfarmer@austin.rr.com. 

Hope it's okay to post this type of email, Seth.  No worries if no one replies, just thought it was worth a shot!  Thanks for your consideration!!

Austin, TX

Wanted to pass along an excellent experience I had with Kirby Hocutt's office recently...

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 Here is his tweet:

Ryan Hyatt

@doubletnation Oh, and be sure and tell your loyal followers to go easy on us! That and to do another cruise post. Don loved it and wanted to know why Kathie Lee wasn't there....

He exchanged several tweets with Seth giving him well deserved accolades for having the best Texas Tech blog out there, so we know he's got some smarts! ;-)

Between Seth and now SARR DTN is becoming World famous!

After a handful of emails to Chancellor Hance over the past year expressing my angst over the Leach termination, I received an email from one of his staff people asking for my phone number so the Chancellor could call.  I have to admit to having an, "oh sh*t" moment. 

The main points in my emails/phone call were:

1.  Unite the divided alumni base with your messages.  Make statements like, "this was an unfortunate situation for everyone, we all wish it would have ended differently, we are grateful to Coach Leach for what he brought to the university..." blah, blah, blah...  Public statements like, "Texas Tech was right" are not helpful.

2. Publicly thank Coach Leach for his contributions during his tenure - do so in an alumni newsletter, hold townhall meetings at alumni chapters across the state (not just on the Leach matter but on all issues important to Tech, @Pier 1@, etc.)

3. It is your job as Chancellor to restore integrity and honor to the university, and to lead the divided fan base back together, personal feelings must be put aside.  If Tech wins the legal battle, do so graciously.

Well, it turned out that the Chancellor's staffer called me back because the Chancellor was already busy and wanted someone to  respond to me "right away".  I'll admit that at the beginning of the call I thought I was being fed a bunch of BS.  But I ended up talking ot the guy for almost an hour and we had a good talk.  Have to give him credit for being patient.

Didn't intend to rehash the whole Leach termination, just to talk about how to go from here, but when he asked me why I disagreed with how the admin handled the situation I told him and he defended their position.  He didn't change my mind, but I appreciated his time and willingness to discuss the situation.  Here are the highlights:

1. The admin had to act with urgency (timing wise, couldn't wait until after the bowl game) bc Leach admitted to making Adam stand in the dark shed for two hours.  According to Drs. this could have been harmful if Adam became disoriented and fell down. I argued if this was so potentially harmful, then why didn't any of the trainers or other coaches intervene on behalf of Adam? He said it was bc Leach ran the kind of operation where  you didn't disagree with him. I told him that when you are talking about the health and well-being of a young lady man, that wasn't a good enough answer. He brought up the famous Leach quote with the p word and the d  word.  What was really funny is that he spelled the words out over the phone.  I interrupted him to tell him I could spell so I knew what he was saying. :-)

2. It was also an urgent issue from a liability standpoint for the university.  They had to take action quickly on a serious medical issue, thus the immediate suspension. And of course, as we've heard many times, had Leach merely signed that piece of paper, they would have put it in his file, and it would not have been public.

3. The biggest problem with Leach's response is that he didn't think he did anything wrong with putting a player with a concussion in a dark shed to stand for two hours. Had he said something like, "the player is a punk and I wanted him away from the team", as opposed to, "I was concerned about bright light and his concussion so I put him there out of concern for him" or something to that affect it might have played out differently.

4. Apparently Leach could have cut James.

5. Apparently Leach turned over the famous Sowell emails to the DMN at the time of his contract negotiations (his agent was blind copied on them) so it was not a surprise to him as he stated that folks were "conspiring behind his back".

6. Bc Leach violated his contract he was not due his completion bonus.  When I stated that was disingenuous at best for Tech not to pay him his bonus regardless&had Tech paid him we could have avoided this, he said that Leach made it clear he would be suing no matter what to clear his name. He also brought up Leach saying eff you to your boss', boss' boss several time. Clearly that one really stung.

7. I brought up the email between Merrie Spaeth and the Tech communications department & said that was a big concern.  He said they would have shared (& did I think) the same information with Ted Liggett.  I argued that was not the same as Ted is Mike's attorney and Merrie is head of a PR firm whose sole purpose is to spin stories in the media.  He came back with saying Ted does both for Mike, but I pushed back on that one.  Also said that in the email it was not a simple information request but a discussion of which information was most helpful to release and when if I recall correctly.  He replied that people can give opinions to them but that doesn't mean they follow the adivice they receive.

8. We discussed the Sowell emails and some of the BOR emails. He said again, just because someone gives advice doesn't mean they take it.  Of course he said there was no conspiracy against Mike.  I said having read all of the depositions I believed it was clear there were folks who did have it in for him.

9. He said Mike had the opportunity to leave without all the acrimony/scandal.  Don't know the details but I did find that interesting.  Leach has said all along that he had offered to discuss an exit strategy with Tech during this time and that they weren't receptive.

10. What I just realized while typing this all out is that never once in this conversation did the names Gerald Myers, Guy Bailey or Craig James come up.  Interesting.

11. The only part of my opinion that is changed after this phone call is that Leach's ego and no one can tell me what to do attitude is probably bigger than I thought and probably played a bigger role than I thought.  But I am not convinced, and don't believe I ever will be, that the admin has clean hands.

12. I did give him a couple of examples of where the Chancellor has been publicly glib in his remarks and how harmful I think that is...he did not disagree, just listened and said he would pass it along.  I said that as the Chancellor the university I don't believe he is entitled to express personal views in the media, only views that are for the best of the university. He did appreciate that I offered some suggestions (townhall meetings, universally supportive public statements) and he would suggest those to the Chancellor.  For whatever that is worth...

I thanked him for his time and patience and suggested that season tickets on the 50 yard line might go a long way to easing my pain. ;-)

BTW, the guy who called me knows Seth, but he said he doesn't get onto DTN.  I don't think they realize how many people out there are still unhappy with them.  End of story.

I REALLY need a distraction today.  The news out of Arizona is tragic, heartbreaking and beyond disturbing.

While looking for something to take my mind off it, I came across this article by Kirk Bohls of the Austin American Statesman.  Link after the jump.

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Apparently MD wanted to go with the "safe hire".  I won't say too much because I am REALLY unhappy.  Leach deserves a shot and all these puckered up administrators...I better stop here.  Anyway, one main thought came to mind about the MD decision..."No guts, no glory."  But I wish the Terps and Edsall the best.

Numerous twitters that it looks like the new HC at Maryland will be Randy Edsall.  Mixed reactions to the news if he is hired.  Lots believe he is a solid coach but does not bring the buzz needed at Maryland.  Apparently Edsall is Kevin Anderson's choice.  Guess they were waiting for UConn to finish their bowl game.  Announcement expected soon.

Have absolutely nothing against Edsall.  Just really, really want Leach back in coaching.  For his sake and ours - those of us who support him, love watching his brand of football and don't mind the occasional politically incorrect quote.

Oh, and now that it's looking official - Kevin Anderson is meeting with the team tonight, I am blaming Kent Hance for whatever conversation he had with Anderson when he called for a reference.

Here is to hoping there is an even better job out there for you Captain!  Even if you come back as an OC for now, just please come back!