Published on: 11th November, 2010
Week Ten in college football bore witness to potential underdogs and favorites falling apart or coming back from the dead in the fourth quarter. Virginia Tech scored 21 fourth quarter points to come back against Georgia Tech, Iowa scored nine in the final period to rally against Indiana while Virginia ...Published on: 8th November, 2010
What was the most important statistic in the Red Raiders' staggering defeat of the No. 12 Missouri Tigers in Lubbock on Saturday night? 101 offensive plays? 39:41 time of possession? 198 yards rushing? Zero points scored by Missouri in the second half? Converting 10-of-23 third downs, or 43.5 percent? Missouri converting just 1-for-12 third downs, or ...Published on: 3rd November, 2010
Welcome to this edition of “Fantasy Land,” where we discuss topics relating to Texas Tech winning football games in Weeks 9-11 of its 2010 gridiron campaign. This week, after an ugly loss to the Aggies in College Station, we look skeptically ahead to a Week 10 visit to Lubbock by ...Published on: 31st October, 2010
It doesn’t really matter how beautiful of a fall morning it is when you wake up to the reality of an ugly loss to Texas A&M. Yes, the fall foliage set against a deep clear blue sky does nothing to mask the stark actuality that Texas Tech dropped a game to ...Published on: 28th October, 2010
You could foresee Navy knocking off Notre Dame . . . that wasn’t a stretch at all. Mizzou beating the Sooners in Oklahoma was thrilling but not truly shocking. The Tigers are for real. Syracuse over West Virginia was definitely a surprise as was the fact that Michigan State was ...Published on: 13th October, 2010
If Baylor (who ranks second in the nation in total passing yards) wasn’t enough to send a chill down your spine, next up the Red Raiders face No. 20 Oklahoma State (who ranks fourth in total passing yards). But wait, statistically it gets even worse; when you calculate passing yards gained ...Published on: 13th October, 2010
Week 6 upon the sacred gridiron bore witness to the flood gates opening upon the landscape of college football deluging it with glorious upsets. Illinois’ defense led the fighting Illini to their first ever win in Not So Happy Valley, Michigan State visited the Big House and left with its perfect record ...Published on: 21st September, 2010
Texas Tech’s 24-14 loss to Texas Saturday night is difficult to define in concrete terms. Did Texas struggle so mightily that it gave Tech a chance to win based solely on their poor play? Or, did Tech’s sparks of defensive brilliance against No. 6 Texas truly keep the Red Raiders ...Published on: 16th September, 2010
Next Wednesday September 22nd 2010 just so happens to be the 76th anniversary of the first football game played between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Texas Longhorns. The initial contest was played in Lubbock with the Longhorns winning 12-6. After this historic match-up in 1934 the two would ...Published on: 15th September, 2010
Week 3 in college football features 58 FBS games involving 111 FBS teams. After Weeks 1 and 2 featured 39 and then 25 FBS teams playing FCS foes respectively, Week 3’s slate of games includes a mere five FBS vs. FCS games.This should just about end the FCS over FBS ...