It looks like the season's failure is catching up to some of those on staff.

@BFeldmanCBS Bruce Feldman Hearing Tommy Tuberville canned three assistants today at Texas Tech: OL coach Matt Moore, Otis Mounds & Sam McElroy.

I'm not sure if these are good moves or not. I don't like change just for the sake of change. But I am somewhat pleased that SOMETHING is being done. Are these the right moves? Time will tell.

I know, I know...it's wikipedia. But it's still interesting. This is their opening paragraph on the Mike Sherman page. I'm copying directly from the site as it's an open source site.

"Michael Francis "Mike" Sherman (born December 19, 1954) is the former head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies football team. He was relieved of his Head Coaching position on December 1st, 2011..."

Very interesting. Not that it matters what the Fish Bait choose to do, but I like the coaching carousel each year. Fascinates me. Their fans seem to think Kevin Sumlin is the next man to lead them.

CRAP!! This kid has a great future. But apparently it won't be with Texas Tech. Per Chris Level who spoke directly to him about it. Hot off the Twitter press...

@ChrisLevelChris Level Just confirmed with #TexasTechquarterback Jacob Karam that he is transferring. Kid is a class act. He will be missed.

Some have asked, "How far have we REALLY fallen?" Well, here's another key indicator of our recent futility: Baylor has opened as a fairly sizable favorite for Saturday. Depending on which line you prefer to follow and bet by, Baylor is favored by anywhere from 9.5 to 11.5 points.

I think this about right. And it's stunning to say that. Even when Tech struggled in the 90s, I don't think Baylor was ever favored to beat us by two scores. What a fall from grace we've had. Not that we were ever really week-in, week-out world beaters, but this is quite a tumble.

Bob Costas interview with Jerry Sandusky on the air now...you gotta hear his response to if he's sexually attracted to young boys.

Tech AD Kirby Hocutt essentially just fired cTT tonight. Well, not literally. But when an AD feels compelled to say something like the things he says in this article during a season, you know the writing is on the wall. Actually, no. I don't know, but I do hope.

Story here

Board of Trustees at PSU fire Joe Paterno effective immediately. It's about damn time. They finally, finally did the right thing. About 15 years too late, it turns out. But right none the less.

These are the games on in DFW tonight. After what we saw today, we could use a diversion. We can hope the coaches and players watch some of the more high-profile games to see what good football looks like.

If only we could have punched in a TD on the first drive it would have been...ah, who am I kidding. We were in this for all of 17 minutes. What an absolutely humiliating two weeks we've had...

Yeah, last week was as bad as two weeks ago was grand. But for perspective, and nothing more, take a gander. I saw this on another TTU board, but thought it was interesting.

2000 = 5-3
2001 = 5-3 (L to 3-8 Kansas)
2002 = 5-3 (L to Iowa State)
2003 = 5-3
2004 = 5-3 (L to New Mexico)
2005 = 7-1
2006 = 5-3 (L to 2-10 Colorado)
2007 = 6-2
2008 = 8-0
2009 = 5-3 (L to Houston)
2010 = 4-4 (L to Iowa State)
2011 = 5-3 (L to Iowa State)

Seems like 5-3 is about where we live after 8 games. I obviously make no prediction on where we end up, but think about it. If things had held to form and we had been beat at OU (like about 90% of us predicted) and beat ISU (like about 99% of us predicted), we'd still be at 5-3. I would love 8-0 or 7-1 like the rest of you.

But to this point in a season, we are pretty much on track. This team has some obvious upside with all the good young offensive talent. But this defense ... wow. We could easily be 5-7 at the end. We could also end up 8-4 (though at this point I don't see that as being likely.)

I like to think I'm a fairly high-minded fan and person. I like to think that I rarely stoop to name calling or insults. And for the majority of the time, I am.

However...

Due to the wild overreaction and inflammatory tweets regarding the "vandalism" of team buses by the AD down south, Mr. Byrne, I have made a command decision that I have no other option but following through on.

From this point forward, I will no longer refer to Texas A&M as the Aggies. I will now term their school, their players, coaches, administration and most of all, their fans, Fish Bait. I think it fits. Plus, it just sort of rolls off the tongue nicely. You can say quickly and easily whether sober or drunk. Your wife will like it. Your kids will like it. You will like it.

That is all.

Morning, boys

Seth has some game threads scheduled to go up this evening and I'll be around in case we need more.

Enjoy the early starts. Tuck Fexas, so BOOOOMER!!!!

Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years!

OSU at aTm on ABC

Arky at Alabama on CBS

FlaState at Clemson on ESPN

...among others. Seth has an open thread for the Nevada game set to go up at 5 p.m. CST. I don't see any others scheduled, so I'll throw up a second half thread tonight after halftime.

Game is scheduled for Feb. 4 in Austin. Fuss and discuss.

I'm a little surprised by this move, but Graham Harrell was released by Green Bay today. Thought he showed something in pre-season.

Jamar Wall, Brandon Carter and Colby Whitlock were all released today. Hope they latch on elsewhere.