SB Nation User Blog: TracySaulRulz

Sign of the times?

TracySaulRulz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:51:00 -0000

I decided to sort draftees by team to see exactly what guys got drafted from Tech and had an idea. I went through and pulled down every Big 12 team to see how many each had drafted this year. Here's the breakdown:

Missouri - 5
Oklahoma - 4
Tech - 4
UT - 2
A&M - 2
Nebraska - 1
Oklahoma State - 1
Kansas St - 1
Baylor - 1
Kansas - 0
Colorado - 0
Iowa St - 0

Not really surprised at the bottom teams aside from the spectacular fall from greatness Nebraska has suffered. More interesting is the top 5. Tech having twice as many draftees as UT and the same number of OU? Unheard of. Although these never predict success in the NFL, it is a nice indication of the upward trend of Tech football. Let's keep it going.

RAIDER POWER!!

Shrine Report: Props for Louis Vasquez

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:38:21 -0000

Shrine Report: Props for Louis Vasquez

Excerpt:
"OG Louis Vasquez, Texas Tech: When you talk about line play in coach Mike Leach's Texas Tech offense, people think of wide splits and pass protection. But Vasquez is not a finesse player by any stretch of the imagination. He proved to scouts that he can fire off the ball from a three-point stance (which he didn't do much in Tech's pass- and draw-happy offense) and dominate tackles in the power running game..."

Curious Ranking System

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:45:46 -0000

I was having a conversation with my brother on the phone today about how the last Coaches Poll shook out and something hit me. Why is Oklahoma ranked #5 and not #2? Here's my reasoning based on logic (put aside your subjective hatred for the time being). If the BCS title game is TRULY between the best two teams in the nation, as defined by the hallowed BCS ranking system, AND the coaches are forced to vote the winner as #1, why are they also not compelled to rank the loser #2? Does logic not dictate this?

Dr Saturday gives Tech some shout-outs after polls are released

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:27 -0000

Dr Saturday gives Tech some shout-outs after polls are released

Matt Hinton makes a couple of points asking why Tech is ranked below who they are.

Ernie: Graham Harrell didn't even get invited to New York. Charles: I know. That is a...

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:58:26 -0000

Ernie: Graham Harrell didn't even get invited to New York.
Charles: I know. That is a JOKE.
Charles: Graham Harrell, YOU GOT SCREWED!

Heisman

TracySaulRulz — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:10:26 -0000

Watching Monday Night football and they flashed a commercial for the Heisman trophy presentation show. The only people mentioned on this particular commercial were Harrell, Bradford, Tebow and McCoy. But, apparently that seems to mean that Harrell is a finalist.

GO TECH!

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OU leapfrogs UT in BCS

TracySaulRulz — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:37:22 -0000

Think OU will put together a website called www.935-922.com?

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Tech men Bball beat Miss State

TracySaulRulz — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:48:03 -0000

Tech men Bball beat Miss State

Scoring spread among many

Swirling tired head

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:42:54 -0000

After fast-forwarding through the UT/A&M game last night just to check out the train wreck, I found myself once again managing the struggle between my id and superergo. My id says we should put together the most negative, wide-spread campaign against all things UT football highlighting the appropriate 39-33 headline. My superego tells me to rise above the level of the logic-challenged brain that is the UT fan.
In case you missed it...
As I was fast-forwarding, I saw some dude in a UT t-shirt on the sideline with a headset on. I hit play and it appeared he was a (the?) UT student who either put together the 45-35.com site or put together a Facebook group of the same name. Not sure. Didn't feel like rewinding and having to tolerate the dude any more than I had to. So here is ABC, giving full coverage to this guy in the middle of the game...not a football player, not a coach...just so he could shill the whole 45-35 concept. When the guys in the booth asked him about the fact that Tech beat them he said something along the lines of (paraphrasing) "if they were as intelligent and as politically active as us maybe they could put something together that is as good"...blah, blah, blah. Don't remember the rest.
So not only do they have a completely baseless campaign going that drives my math brain crazy, ABC was nice enough to give them the biggest stage in America on Thursday night to push that agenda.
But, despite all of that, the superego again pushes aside the id as it does for so many of my level-headed brethren that share this site. Let the chips fall as they may.

GO TECH!

ESPN mouthpiece

TracySaulRulz — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:56:27 -0000

For all of the love Corso gave Tech and Tech players while he was in Lubbock, he is back to his usual Tech-hating self. Was just watching the GameDay broadcast from LSU and they were talking about the OSU-Tech game and what would be the difference-maker. Corso said it would be Dez Bryant, because he is better than Michael Crabtree. Fowler stopped him and asked if he really thought Bryant was better than Crabtree and he said yes. Herbstreit just kinda sat there and laughed.
Sports broadcasters seem to be following the mantra of the regular news media these days. It's all about the sensationalism. Throw out the craziest statement, even if you don't really believe it, so people will talk about you. Mission accomplished.
Be original.