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Gene Chizik to Auburn

jwhitettu — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:03:28 -0000

Gene Chizik to Auburn

Interesting. Thoughts?

Myers 'Ok' with 'losing' Leach. (Reputable source)

jwhitettu — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:32:41 -0000

wtf?

NewsChannel 11 has obtained documents that show, as of April 2008, Texas Tech Athletic Director Gerald Myers seemed to be okay with losing Mike Leach as head coach.

Leach's agent tried to start negotiations in the spring. But in an April 29th, 2008 e-mail, at 4 p.m., Myers wrote back to the agent saying that the athletic department's financial condition would not allow Leach to make more money. Myers writes, "We have reached the limits of what we can pay our coach and still maintain the rest of the department."

Myers complimented Leach as a fine coach and said it was perfectly logical for Leach to seek more money. And then, "If better opportunities occur for him somewhere else we will fully understand."

Separately, NewsChannel 11 has obtained a July 2008 letter from the agent to Chancellor Kent Hance. They are asking Hance to overrule Myers and come up with a better deal. Recent public statements by Hance and Myers both seem to indicate the university is now willing to come up with a contract extension and higher salary.

Leach has a base salary of $300,000 per year, but he is also guaranteed outside income of $1.5 million.

NewsChannel 11 has attempted to contact Myers and other Texas Tech officials. We will follow up if they choose to comment.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=9462407&nav=3w6y

Also.......DMN.......>

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/documents-show-that-texas-tech-ad-myers.html

Harrell thinks Crab and Leach are both gone....

jwhitettu — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:53:59 -0000

Harrell thinks Crab and Leach are both gone....

He's leaving us.

jwhitettu — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:19:30 -0000

He's not answering his phone, even when Myers calls.... He's interviewing.... (sigh) I never thought that I'd say this... He's leaving. When it happens, I'll be beset with dissapointment. This sucks. But yeah, it's a business. For whatever naive reason, I just thought Leach would always stay at Tech because Tech and Leach are special together. Tech is special. In ways that only true Techsans know. The same reason Spike stayed for so long. If Mike leaves, I'll be crushed, because he still has so much to do! However, he has a family to think about, and one can't blame him for that. I just hate to think that this is the peak. Thoughts Raiders?

Cotton Bowl Rematch?

jwhitettu — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:27:13 -0000

I know somebody mentioned this once before.... but things are different now. If Bama loses to Florida, does anyone know if they will drop to the Cotton Bowl? The only reason I want to know is because I watched that game in '05, and have never been more pissed, or felt more robbed, for whatever reason than I was after that game. Maybe it was the wobbly dead duck of a kick that the ghost of Bear Bryant willed over the crossbar. Or was it the flat performance of our offense in that game? Or was it the bad calls I remember? Whatever, we lost. I would love to redeem that loss. Revenge is sweet. Maybe we get some? Anybody looked into this?

OU dominates the stats.

jwhitettu — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:07:11 -0000

Here's how we all stack up against one another. For what it's worth.

By the way, the BCS still sucks. Let's dominate missy in the Cotton Bowl! Go Tech.

Oklahoma

Points Scored: 100
Points Against: 66
Net Points: 34
Total Yards: 1060
Total Yards Against: 844
Net Yards: 216

Texas

Points Scored: 78
Points Against: 74
Net Points: 4
Total Yards: 812
Total Yards Against: 1014
Net Yards: -202

Texas Tech

Points Scored: 60
Points Against: 98
Net Points: -38
Total Yards: 985
Total Yards Against: 999
Net Yards: -14

The Graduation Rates.... WOW!

jwhitettu — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:51:54 -0000

That deal about graduation rates got me thinking.... where does Texas Tech stand? And boy am I impressed. Honor and Integrity. Way to go Coaching staff!!

Source: FanBlogs.com

The Graduation Success Rate measures how many players earned a four-year degree within a six-year window, accounting for both transfers into the footabll program as well as transfers out of the football program.

So how do the BCS schools stack up against one another? I'm glad you asked.

2008 NCAA Graduation Success Rate for BCS Football Programs

1. Notre Dame 94%
2. Stanford 93
T3. BC 92
T3. Duke 92
T3. Northwestern 92
6. Vanderbilt 91
7. Wake Forest 83
8. Texas Tech 79
T9. Baylor 78
T9. Nebraska 78
T9. UNC 78
T9. Penn State 78
T13. UConn 77
T13. Indiana 77
T15. Colorado 75
T15. Iowa 75
T15. Syracuse 75
T15. Virginia Tech 75
19. Cincinnati 73
T20. Illinois 70
T20. Michigan 70
T20. Miami 70
T20. Rutgers 70
24. Florida State 69
T25. Clemson 68
T25. Florida 68
T25. Maryland 68
T25. Wash State 68
.........................................
T29. Kansas State 67
T29. Pitt 67
31. Virginia 66
T32. South Carolina 65
T32. Washington 65
T34. Oregon State 64
T34. Ole Miss 63
T34. Miss State 63
T34. Purdue 63
T34. West Virginia 63
T34. Wisconsin 63
T40. Okla State 62
T40. UCLA 62
42. Arizona State 60
T43. N.C. State 59
T43. Missouri 59
45. Louisville 58
46. Auburn 57
T47. Kentucky 56
T47. Texas A&M 56
T47. South Florida 56
T50. Alabama 55
T50. Iowa State 55
T52. LSU 54
T52. Tennessee 54
T52. USC 54
T55. Cal 53
T55. Oregon 53
T55. Kansas 53
58. Ohio State 52
T58. Arkansas 52
T60. Minnesota 51
T60. Michigan State 51
62. Texas 50
T63. Georgia 48
T63. Georgia Tech 48
65. Oklahoma 46
66. Arizona 41

Be proud Red Raiders.

Game signs for Okie st. ???

jwhitettu — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:38:37 -0000

I thought that the gameday sign ideas for Texas were brilliant, well, most of them anyway. So, even though gameday is not coming, I thought we could still toss around game sign ideas. Furthermore, no field storming at the game this week!! Please!! It would just be idiotic.

So I'll start - - You can't spell C_CK_ _CKER without OSU!!

Over the line??? Aw screw it, it's funny. Ideas Raiders?

I also liked: Crabtree, he's not 40, but he's a man.

Now that we have been there.....

jwhitettu — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:08:45 -0000

Lets act like it. Lets not storm the field if we beat OK state. I agree. I am so proud of the display this football team put on Saturday. As alumni, I give thanks to the players and coaches who made it happen. Now let's finish this thing!!! Also, lets not trash talk the Horns. Thay played a great game and deserve to not be kicked when they're down. Wreck em!

We are not underdogs anymore.

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Gene Chizik to Auburn

Gene Chizik to Auburn

Myers 'Ok' with 'losing' Leach. (Reputable source)

Harrell thinks Crab and Leach are both gone....

Harrell thinks Crab and Leach are both gone....

More on Mike Leach....

More on Mike Leach....

He's leaving us.

Cotton Bowl Rematch?

OU dominates the stats.

The Graduation Rates.... WOW!

2008 NCAA Graduation Success Rate for BCS Football Programs

Game signs for Okie st. ???

Now that we have been there.....