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1st Day in Pads Practice - San Antonio Talons, Sticks Sheffield
Keep your guns up, Muchacho!
Roster | San Antonio Talons
Sticks Sheffield, EJ Whitley, and Derrik Mays all on San Antonio Talons AFL Roster!
Guns Up!
Tortilla Pirate's Altar of Sacrifice: Texas A&M at Texas Tech Edition
by Tortilla Pirate on Oct 5, 2011 4:23 PM EDT
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Dear Football Gods
We invoke NItchke, Grange, and Rockne. As well as our Patron Saints, Holub, Anderson, Thomas, & Welker. We come here to lay out our sacrifices at your altar to garner a victory Saturday night...
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Home Game tickets request!
by Tortilla Pirate on Aug 26, 2011 6:52 PM EDT
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From our Tech brother RdrPwr.....
If any of you have tickets for homegames after the opener that you won’t be using, please let me know if you would like to sell them cheap or give them away.
I would really like to surprise my brother with a ticket to a Tech game, but hate to pay the full price for it. I would just need to know early on so I can give him an advance warning because of work and 3 young children. He’s the one that convinced me to go to Tech, and is in Corsicana on the front lines of the battle against UT T shirt fans right beside me. He proudly wears Tech gear everywhere, but has never been to a game at the Jones. He would absolutely love it.
Thanks in advance!
Please see his first response to get in touch with him
Preseason Recap: Packers Defeat Cardinals, 28-20 - Acme Packing Company
From Acme Packing Co. Harrell moving up and solidifying his way up the depth chart. Would this make him the #2 and tempt the Packers into getting high trade value for Flynn?
Tortilla Pirate's STILL a bit Early WR Depth Chart
by Tortilla Pirate on Aug 11, 2011 11:47 AM EDT
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Alright! The Red Raider beat writers have already chimed in with their assesment of how our depth chart stands as of now. This depth chart represents who I would like to see step up and claim a starting job and becoming big time contributors to this offense. Feel free to discuss.
Former Texas Tech James Willis assistant coach pleads guilty to domestic assault - ESPN
Don't Know if this is a repost, but....OUCH
Tortilla Pirate's WAY too early WR Depth Chart
by Tortilla Pirate on Feb 23, 2011 1:10 PM EST
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It seems spring has just sprung and its time to jump the gun an predict how our stable of WR's will shake itself out. The Red Black game is still weeks away but here we go anyway...
For Discussion: "Tech" Men
OK, fellow DTN'ers. Here is an idea. Im not calling for Tubbs' head or anything. I actually like him as our coach. However. At some point in the distant (hopefully) future we may need a new coach. We as a university have a lot of brilliant football minds out there. This means, former players and coaches and guys who were both. What do you guys think would constitute the term "Texas Tech Man" (yes, like the term Michigan Man) and should this be something any AD should look for. What would constitute the embodiment of such a term?
Historic class a sign of change at Tech? - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Some Props and Bright outlook for Catfish Jesus
BREAKING: Bill Stewart Apparently Has Change Of Heart, Will Remain At WVU One More Year - The Smoking Musket
Dana Holgorsen to take over after that year and serving as OC in the interim
The new Big Ten Logo. In one word? LAAAAAAME
Urban Meyer stepping down at Florida Gators - ESPN
Man, this has blown up over the last 90 minutes
Breaking: Davis resigning, Tolleson and McWhorter retiring | Bevo Beat
Those are some impressive resumés theyre dumping in the interest of politics. I think its a bad move for them. Good move for the Old Pirates of the Plains.
Wreck em, Tech!
Tortilla Pirate's Post Game Musings
by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 12, 2010 12:40 PM EDT
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Offense
- Potts: Looked good, looked confident, looked in control of our offense. You could see him calmly going through his progressions and dumping off to the back when nothing was there. The vertical game is gelling nicely as guys (qb&wrs) are getting more comfortable throwing those slants, posts, and deep outs.
- O-Line: Pass blocking was there. It surprised me when Sticks bailed from the pocket so quickly as a perfect pocket was forming, but hey. He scored. Its Sticks. For the most part, I felt that our run blockling improved but has ton more improvement to do. More on this later.
- Receivers: SO MANY LESS dropped passes. I think I remember Tramain dropping one and Baron dropping one out of the backfield on a screen/swing pass. That's it. Yes, the third stringers (ward, mays, etc...) dropped a few, but hey. Theyre 3rd stringers.
- Running Backs: Sigh!!! Where to start. Mostly good news, so I will sadly start with the bad news. Baron looked bad. Last week, I blamed the O-Line but this week he still looked tentative and lacking explosiveness. My heart aches. On the very positive side Eric Stephens, Ben McRoy and even the returned Harrison Jeffers are all producing like madmen. Stephens is a freakin bottle rocket and Jeffers looked great in the 4th Qtr. McRabbit continues to show flashes much like Jeffers did last year. I cant wait till THAT kid gets goin.
Overall Impression? I know Tubbs wants a commitment to the running game. Or should I say a commitment to "not abandoning the run game if we get stuffed a few times at the beginning of the game". and thats good. BUT. He needs to be aware as we all are now after watching last nights game if it wasnt clear before...what makes our offense go IS THE SCREEN GAME. Its not just a platitude when the Pirate Captain said that screens and swings count as handoffs in the Air Raid offense. I think Offensive Coordinator Young Frankenstein rediscovered this. Some more of this next week will help a lot. The screen game continuing to click will help the run and the vertical passing game immensely.
Seth @ RaiderDoc's Tailgate!!!
by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 9, 2010 5:56 PM EDT
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Id like to take the liberty of posting my own pics of RaiderDoc's AWESOME Tailgate....We were late for the migas, but arrived hungry for brats, chili, and RaiderDoc had plenty of Jalapeño sausages, and bbq. My wife (henceforth...Mrs Pirate) and I enjoyed meeting all of the DTN Faithful. GUNS UP EVERY ONE!!!
ARRIBA SUS PISTOLAS MUCHACHOS!!!
Just a quick projection (mine only) as to our starters on offense and defense
Rule of 26-27-60 predicts NFL quarterback success, failure - John P. Lopez - SI.com
Anyone know what Harrell scored on his wonderlic? Tthe starts and comp % are in the bag. I dont even have to look those up
Oklahoma president: SEC invited Sooners, Texas A&M during conference expansion frenzy - ESPN
Hmmm.! Maybe Tech and UT to the Pac10 under these circumstances might NOT have been so bad.
USA Advances In Dramatic Fashion, 1-0 - ESPN Video - ESPN Soccernet
Euro style Commie "futbol" but thought it warranted a shoutout!
USA USA USA!!!
Losing The Right Two Schools Saved The Big XII - CNBC
Just heard the jist of this on the Doug Gottlieb Show
This Just In...
Team USA has just announced that it has left Group C in the FIFA World Cup Tournament to join the PAC-10. Team USA will be taking the place of Texas A&M who at last report was seen some 550 east of College Station on Interstate 10 between Biloxi Mississippi and Mobile Alabama muttering to themselves, "I just KNOW someone is gonna pick me up"
Chip Brown (ChipBrownOB) on Twitter
Is this Armageddon?
The Rumormill: The Big XII to Pac-10 Expansion Rumors Take Us Back to High School - Maize n Brew
If you like BOTC's "Adventures of the Big XII" you're gonna love the BigXII as high school cheerleaders.
HILARIOUS!!!
Mountain West opting for status quo, patience - ESPN
Apparently Boise St. will NOT be going to the Mountain West Conference.
Is this an opportunity? Is this a chance for Dan Beebe to redeem himself and say," We will have a contingency plan in place that includes Boise St."?
Or is this a first glimpse of sanity? Is this the triumph of the thought that expansion for the sake of expansion is maybe not the answer.
For Discussion: What all this "Realignment" Talk/Action really EXPOSES
It exposes the FRAUD that is the BCS Bowl System. Ive been saying it for years and said it (in a roundabout way) in a post last month. For Discussion: What Precipitated all this "Realignment" Talk/Action?) All the BCS' and Bowls' talk of "tradition" is a bunch of hooey. Its only meant to protect their little system of fat little Chambers of Commerce money. Someone is making a WHOLE lotta money off of that system and is protecting it. The situation has unfortunately come to a head and it has been proven that TOO much money can be made from realignment and renegotiated TV contracts and yes EVEN a playoff system to ignore. And all the last arrow in their quiver is their talk of "tradition"....Horse$h¡t!!! How can they honestly cry tradition when the likely doomsday scenario of 4 megaconferences throw out ALL of those traditional bowl affilitations?
Commissioner 'comfortable' Big 12 to stay intact - ESPN
Why do I get the feeling Commissioner Beebe is the guy playing the Cello while the ship hits the iceberg?
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