SB Nation User Blog: pcrawttu

New JUCO DT Commit; former Tennessee player

pcrawttu — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:43:59 -0000

http://www.redraiders.com/2009/12/10/ex-vol-dt-committed-to-tech/

His name is Donald Langley. He looks like a pretty good player for Tech. The article says that he will enroll for the spring semester, so that will be good to work out with the team in the spring and be ready to possibly play next fall. He was a 4 star recruit coming out of high school (in which he played a 5th year?), was recruited by OU, Penn St., aTm, and many others, played at Tennessee for a year, did not get along with Kiffin, quit to play JUCO, and now has verbally committed to Tech, but is still taking a trip to Arkansas this weekend. Wow, what a story.

I guess we shouldn't celebrate until next week, though, until he actually says no to Arkansas, signs on the dotted line and shows up for class in January. We've had some success with JUCO DT's in the past, so hopefully he keeps up the tradition. Maybe these JUCO's like what they see at Tech and see potential after the breakout year that Brandon Sharpe had. I know there were some rumors about some other DT's they were trying to recruit also, but this one sounds ok to me. Anybody know anything else about this kid?

Double-T Nation on the brink of 1 Million visits!

pcrawttu — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:09:28 -0000

Check out the site meter at the bottom (or the link). Sometime on Monday DTN should hit visitor number 1 million!

Way to go Seth and the whole DTN community! I've been on here for a year and a half and am still amazed at how much work and quality information you are able to put into this site. I've seen multiple blogs get started and then fizzle out or update every now and then, but Seth's hard work and persistence have kept DTN growing into a great place where us Red Raiders can feed our addiction to all-things Texas Tech.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to say this and I wish we could buy you a cake or a beer or something, but thanks Seth! You're one helluva a great guy and ambassador from the Red Raider community! This Guns Up is in honor of Seth!

http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s28doubletnation

Crabtree Scores First NFL Touchdown!

pcrawttu — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:08:07 -0000

Crabtree Scores First NFL Touchdown!

On a 38 yard pass, Crabs finally sees the endzone as a 49er. This has proven to be a great weekend!

Bowl Hopes?

pcrawttu — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:27:29 -0000

So our bowl possibilities have been narrowed down considerably after the events of this week. With the win over OU and with Nebraska winning, that pretty much sealed us to be the 4th pick from the Big 12 and shut out our slim hopes of a Cotton Bowl. Our realistic possibilities (assuming a win over Baylor) are now about 90% Alamo Bowl and 10% Holiday Bowl. The only way we make it to the Holiday Bowl are 1) Nebraska beats UT in the Big12 Championship game to earn automatic BCS bid and UT also goes to the BCS as an at-large or 2) if UT wins the Big12 and OSU beats OU and manages to get picked as an at large in the BCS over some other (possibly more deserving in Boise, Iowa, or Penn St.) teams. I'm thinking Alamo Bowl, but San Diego would look pretty damn good after some of the adversities the team has faced this year.

As far as an opponent, the Alamo Bowl would see either Northwestern or Wisconsin I think. In the Holiday Bowl, I'm guessing Oregon State or Stanford are in the best position. If I'm off and you have better ideas, let me know.

Either can be a nice springboard into next year with plenty of talent returning and some new confidence in Nick, Sticks, Karam, Doege, or whoever else wants to step up and take the starting QB job. It will be sad to see some of the guys gone, especially those that have really been leaders and stepped up like Jamar Wall, Brandon Sharpe, Brandon Carter, Marlon Williams and Winn, Shawn Byrnes, Daniel Howard, and Rajon Henly, but our younger guys have really showed a lot of potential this year.

Oh, and congratulations to our new all-time winningest coach! Aaaargghh!!

Potts not the only Red Raider with concussion

pcrawttu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:01:20 -0000

Sorry to scare anybody...

Actually Danny Amendola got licked pretty hard returning a kick (against the lowly Lions of all teams) and suffered a concussion in the process. He walked off the field but did not remember doing it. Hope all is well with him! He is actually having a decent rookie season receiving kicks, punts, and making catches as a receiver. All of this considering he wasn't drafted and he's playing on the Rams. Welker, Crabtree(finally), and Amendola(unexpectedly) are all representing Texas Tech well as receivers at the next level.

There is a little video that shows it with the brief story...
http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/41431/danny_amendola_got_blown_up_real_good

21st Commit - Mississippi OL

pcrawttu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:01:28 -0000

21st Commit - Mississippi OL

Free story from Lubbock's own Don Williams.
Get your Guns Up, Eric!

Burkhead probably out with injury

pcrawttu — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:57:22 -0000

Burkhead probably out with injury

Rex Burkhead seems to have been hurt in practice and will be "out for a while" according to Pelini. This in addition to Helu having been dinged up. This should make Nebraska's running game a little less worrisome.

Polls?

pcrawttu — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:55 -0000

Let me preface this by saying that I don't think Tech should be ranked at this time. 2 losses and no major win does not earn any type of ranking. This is not why I'm writing this.

Most teams by now have played 5-6 games, so we are getting a good feel for who can do what, although there are still some certain mysteries out there with teams that haven't played much of anybody. My complaint right now is with all the polls at the moment. Surprise, surprise. The ridiculousness (is that a word?) abounds.

My main beef at the the moment is the placement of OU. First of all, in the USA coaches poll, they are ranked 1 spot higher than a team that beat them, Byu.

Let's examine their body of work. First off, they have 2 losses already. That's right, they have alread lost 40% of their games. Look at the polls and they are the only team with 2 losses. Oh, but they were so close! Only one point each. And to two ranked teams. Which two ranked teams? One in the Mountain West (in a "neutral" venue much more favorable to OU)who got BLOWN OUT at home and another to an ACC team who also has a steep loss to a top team. BYU right now is ranked 17-19 and Miami is ranked 9-12. None of these teams are considered championship material at the moment. Solid but not the greatest teams in the country. Both will probably lose one or two more games by the end of the season.

Yes, OU has some key player losses, but so does everybody. Look how many teams right now have had to deal with injuries, especially to their QB. It seems really high this year compared to normal. But that is football and you have to deal with it. A loss is still a loss. You should have prepared your backup better if that is the excuse for losing.

So, they must have some kind of strong win to keep their ranking in the top 25. Nope. 3 wins over nobody. Baylor, Tulsa, and Idaho State are the bottom of the barrell. I'm just wondering if they will really fall out of the polls if they lose to Texas next weekend. Hmmm, i'm sure pollsters will have a rationale to keep them in there.

Compare them to what Tech has done so far. 4 wins over bottom of the barrell teams. 2 road losses to ranked teams, by 10 points to the undefeated #2 team IN THE COUNTRY and by 1 point #17 Conf. USA team with a quality road win and a bad road loss. This while hurting from signifcant player losses. Guess Tech should prepared backups better.

How are these two different? I know it's from OU's name, but this is ridiculous. I"m not saying Tech should be ranked, because they haven't earned it. I am saying OU should not be ranked because they haven't earned it.

Who should take their place? How about 1 loss Wisconsin to #7 Ohio State?

Espn Crabtree article - front page

pcrawttu — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:33:08 -0000

Espn Crabtree article - front page

I'm just as tired as everyone else about the whole Crabtree contract (or lack of) saga, but here is a pretty in-depth article about Crabtree and his image as a diva.

Tech's 20th Commit - Juco DT

pcrawttu — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:56:16 -0000