Gotta love those Tech girls

Tech sorority girl auctioning off hot photos taken by her sorority sisters (yeah, right). She doesn't look like a Tech sorority chick to me. Probably a project for a business class at Tech.

Sounds like post-game in Lubbock

Fun article to read: LINK

Here's my favorite exerpt, which is legend at A&M:

Legend has it that some (A&M cadets) commandeered a howitzer, loaded it on a flatbed rail car and were headed to Waco to shell the Baylor campus when Texas Rangers felled trees across the tracks to stop them.

Norm's rant on the Tech Schedule

Norm's take on the Texas Tech schedule/ranking.

I have to say I agree for the most part, except that I have no problem with Tech being in the Top 25. Their ascent to 13/16 is a little silly based on their conquests of Texas Women's, et al.

Link: Norm Hitzges rant on Tech

Bongs, et al, Part II

A&M:
Baylor: Will it be a "scrimmage" like last week's game against in-state powerhouse Central Texas, or will it be a blowout? Ags win, pulling away late and running up the score so Coach Fraud gets laid that night (by his wife).
@Colorado: Wow, could be real tough and low-scoring (sort of like trying to find a hot chick in Collie Station). Ags lose solely because of the venue, and complain afterwards of having batteries thrown at them by the Buffs band.
OSU: Gundy sucks in his first year. Ags win.
@K-State: Manhattan is not an easy place to win, and this should be a tough game. Ags win.
ISU: I told Joe to circle this one 2 months ago. ISU is tough. Ags lose and Torborgush is virtually assured of losing his job (it's Aggie tradition to fire the coordinator - ala pass the buck)
@Tech: Yeah, right. The only good news is that after this smack-down, Torborgush receives a call from Burt Reynolds to play Sheriff Bufford T Justice in "Smokey and the Bandit IV" He accepts and immediately begins a steady diet of 3 Death Burgers per day.
@OU: The Sooners get up for their last game, and instead of taking a knee on the Aggie 5 yard line this time around, Stoops goes for 6, and scores. Ags lose.
UT: Shocker! The Ags come to play after Dan Campbell gives an emotional pre-game "A&M is a school where men love women" plea. Ags win to save Coach Fraud's job and give the rest of us more fodder for next year and donations come pouring in for the new Andy Slocum weight training facility.

Bongs, Bloviating, Beef Jerky, and Beer

(Again, seeing how this site is family-friendly, I have refrained from using the obligatory "boobs" reference)

I guess this is my opportunity to post my picks for the rest of the season, and for the most part I agree with Joe, except for a few **notable** games.

Tech:
Kansas: Well, it is Mangino; but conversely, it's also Kansas, and it's the the Hub too. Big win.
@Nebraska: Agreed - good year to travel to Lincoln, and a fantastic venue to make a statement. Win.
K-State: Snyder's boys will come to play (at least for a quarter, depending on how hard Tech smacks them in the mouth early on), but the game is also in the Hub. Win.
@Texas: Hmm. It's already being billed as the game to decide the South, and everyone expects Texas to win (which is exactly what I like). Tech will have to play a flawless, smart game to win, and it's possible - if not plausible.
@Baylor: The Bears could wear pink hats and still wouldn't have a chance. Big win.
A&M: Commander Cody could give Jaxson every play, point to every receiver before he throws the ball, and the Wrecked Crew would still give up 500 yards passing, along with 6 or 7 scores. I won't even get into what Hendo will do. Big win.
@OSU: Gundy sucks in his first year - a truly pathetic bunch of underachievers. (actually, the truth is they were always overrated and now they're just playing up to par) Win.
OU: The Sooners will come to play and play tough - for a while. The fact that this game is in the Hub gives me hope that Tech can pile it on in the end and make the whole state happy.

I still don't know what will happen in Austin on the 22nd, although I will say that I really like Tech's opportunity. The true test will see how this team continues to play the next 3 weeks, and how much maturity and professionalism they bring to the table.

For the record, I'm not a groomsman in a wedding on the day of the UT game - I wouldn't choose to be friends with any dude who would schedule a wedding during football season. I will, in fact, be "giving away" the bride instead - and even though the wedding falls on a bad day for me, it is still an incredible honor. (the bride has degrees from both schools) Here's hoping both teams continue to win, and ABC picks it up for an 11:00 or 2:30 kickoff!

Joe's Tech predictions

It wasn't too hard to predict Tech's starting at 3-0. I would insert a joke here, but what's the point.

So, here are my predictions and commentary for the conference schedule for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football squad:

10/1 KANSAS: Carry on my wayward son....Tech rings up 70 on these clowns from the North
10/8 @ Nebraska: Perfect year to visit Lincoln....Tech puts on a spread offense clinic for the cornholers....another W here.
10/15 K-STATE: Could be a trap game for the Red Raiders, but it's a night game in Lubbock, so Tech pulls out a close one here.
10/22 @ Texas: The Longhorns are too fast for Tech, and will control the clock, keeping the Red Raider scoring machine on the bench. TECH's FIRST LOSS is today, with Blake spared the pain since he will be a groomsman at a wedding.
10/29 @ Baylor...big win
11/5 TEXAS A&M: The Rooster is enjoying Dallas, and wants to stay another year. The Ags have a rare upset in Lubbock today
11/12 @ Okie Lite: Big win over a team that is made up entirely of the Woods family.
11/19 OKLAHOMA: The Sooners will have some of their defensive woes fixed by now, but not enough to stop the Red Tide: Tech rolls in Lubbock for Leach's first victory over his old school.

This will put Tech finishing the season at 9-2, with losses only to the two teams ahead of them in the South: UT and A&M. Will this put Tech in the Alamo Bowl? I can't remember the pecking order for Big 12 bowls.

Joe's A&M predictions

Well, if Ted wants predictions, here they are. I am not too far behind, and will be honest about what my predictions were on the games that have already been played. I had both teams at 3-0 at this point, so that field goal at the end of the Clemson game is my only blemish.

Remaining Aggie games:
10/1 BAYLOR WIN: Big revenge game here for last years OT upset by Baylor. Aggies are hitting on all cylinders here on both sides of the ball (3-1)
10/8 @ Colorado WIN: This is a tough place to play, but the Ags will win, in spite of making the inconsistent Joel Klatt look like Johnny Unitas (4-1)
10/15 OKIE LITE WIN: Woods brothers not enough for the Orange Aggies (5-1)
10/22 @ K-State WIN: The Ags will make this one look close, but come away with another big win here (6-1)
10/29 IOWA ST. WIN: No team from the North can come in and win at Kyle this year. Cyclones go down big in front of 85,000 (7-1)
11/5 @ Texas Tech WIN: I know, it's a bold place to predict a victory, especially after the pathetic pass defense displayed by Ags so far, but the will patch up the defense enough to win a shootout in Lubbock. Another cardiac game for Roosterbowl VIII (8-1)
11/12 @ OU WIN: Peterson is all they've got. Ags force many turnovers and win big (9-1)
11/25 TEXAS LOSS: I hate to predict a loss here, but UT will have only been challenged by Tech up to this point, and will be 10-0 and smelling roses. Probably too much for the Ags this year unless the spoiler factor combines with a big Kyle Field advantage. (9-2)

Final prediction: 9-2, which should put A&M in the 1st bowl slot for the Big 12, since UT will be in the BCS Championship Rose Bowl.

I have to go to work. I will do my Tech predictions later today.

Leach-ism of the Day

From the Austin Soviet-Statesman:

Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach has been photographed and interviewed for a story that should appear this fall in The New York Times Magazine, which is published each Sunday. A Tech official said he believes the story will focus on Leach's unique approach to coaching and his quirky personality. Leach says he's in the dark -- literally -- about why he's the subject of a story in the prestigious publication.

"I sit in a dark room filled with coffee cups and watch film all the time," he said. "The difference between me and Mr. Magoo is significantly less than you might think."

Ode to Mama Moonbat

I love the way your sandy hair
Floats in the air.
To me it's like a lullaby,
I'm just flying by
Oh so high,
Like a kite tied to a stake.

Who's your Datty?

Once again, the Cowboys won a close game sealed by the stellar play of a Fightin' Texas Aggie. In the San Diego game, Aaron Glenn sealed the game with an interception. Today, Dat Nguyen closed out the Niner's by picking off a Tim Rattay pass in the final minute.

Austin City Limits Festival, Day II

While Day I was totally alcohol free, we made up for it yesterday. After all, nothing goes better with a 95 degree day better than a bunch of adult bevies... Anyway, Day II did bring a few surprises.

The HIGHlights:

Deathcab For Cutie is a pretty hip Seattle band - I checked them out a few years ago at Emo's solely because of their name, and walked away semi-unimpressed. The band's latest effort, however, is its best and I recommend it.

The John Butler Trio hails from Australia, and there were more dreadlocks at this show per capita than anywhere else at any given time yesterday - dig those stand up basses.

The real shows were still to come, however, and 2 of the 3 didn't disappoint - although the one that did was a little surprising to me. At this point Cody Hodges had thrown his first INT of the year.

Jet opened up their show loudly reminiscent of those 70's bands we all loved and just kept cranking it out the whole time it was on stage with no BS in between songs - a great rock and roll band.

We were backstage (Stubb's plug here) for the last 2 shows of the night and Bloc Party, as it turned out, stole the whole day's worth of music. They were the darlings of SXSW and these guys just don't know how good they really are. At one point, the lead singer gushed that the crowd was the largest they had ever played for. Go buy this album right now.

Finally, the big disappointment was Oasis. The guys just didn't appear that they even cared to be there, which was too bad considering how good of a band they used to be. Yawn.

The night wound down at Stubb's where Wilco was playing, but at that point we were more interested in paying Jack in the Box a visit for the second night in a row.

Time for round 3 - the Tivo is set for 3pm.

Austin City Limits Festival, Day I

It turned out to be a beautiful day at Zilker - no rain whatsoever. The freaks were definitely out on patrol yesterday as well, which always makes for good eye candy.

Particularly amusing were the guys standing around whispering "mushrooms, mushrooms" as you walked by. Even more amusing was the fact that they discriminated who they would speak to, apparently judging people by their appearance.

Lucinda's show was my favorite, and other highlights were Spoon, Thievery Corporation, and Keane. They wheeled out the Allman Brothers for about an hour, but you didn't miss anything if you have their greatest hits album. The Black Crows closed it out last night, and every song they played was about 15 minutes long, which surprised me because I didn't think anyone who smoked that much ganga could possibly have an attention span that long....

Tonight, Oasis rocks the house. I last caught them at the Bronco Bowl in 1996, and it is easily the best live ROCK show I've ever seen.

Stay tuned.

(this report courtesy of Bob Scratchit of Waxahachie and Billy Bong Thornton)

what to do?

I am struggling to get into my college football groove. The Aggies have already played (barely), UT is off.....I usually watch the Tech game, but I just can't get into the Indiana State matchup, and it's not on TV anyway.

So, today, I am a Florida Gator fan. The Gators play at Kentucky at 2:30 today, and should roll to 5-0.

GO GATORS!

I'm going on a diet!

Hidden benefits of agave?

I think I finally found a diet plan I can stick to. (Wait, I think I have tried this before)

Thursday night Rita bowl

The defense was a total no show last night. I am not quite sure how we made a D2 offense look like they were being led by Michael Vick. But, it's not quite time to panic.

If we hadn't already shown we could manhandle a supposedly overmatched team in the SMU game, I would be more worried. I do wish we had repeated that effort last night, but it was an odd scenario in every aspect of last night's game, so I guess it's a little easier to shrug it off.

The offense, on the other hand, put up huge numbers last night: >300 passing and just under 100 rushing for Reggie; >100 rushing for Lewis; and >200 receiving for Carter. Carter is turning into a star. The offense still looked out of sync somehow. Reggie made several bad throws, and they stalled out in the red zone. I really think they were experimenting with some playcalling or something.

As long as we get back to form next Saturday against Baylor, I won't be too worried.

"Can Tech Score 100"

This is the question posed in today's Dallas Morning News. What a stupid question with an obvious answer: YES!

In spite of what critics have said, I think Mike Leach showed a great deal of mercy last week when he pulled his starters so early. That being said, how can he ask the 2nd and 3rd stringers to lay down, especially when it will be one of the very few chances they get to play all season. I would be a big critic of Leach for leaving in the starters and not easing up the play calling, but to put the backups in and not let them run the offense would be silly, not to mention insulting to the other team. You also have to consider that a team losing by 40 in a non-conf game will also pull their own starters. They don't want to risk injury to a key player when the outcome is decided. This pits the hungry Tech backups running a spread offense against a division 2 backup defense that has probably given up........of course there will be more scoring.

I am no Tech apologist, but Leach deserves a break here.

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Joe Terry
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Sent from my Treo Handheld

Marooned

Well, the Aggie game was moved to tomorrow night, and I have 3 tickets. I was planning to take Shannon and Madi on Saturday night, but on a Thursday night, that's not an option.

I am perfectly willing to drive down and back tomorrow night, but no one to go with me. Blake has company and Brad has to work.....Rob is in Missouri. Robert Greer could probably go, but I can't track him down. I would get Scott Hill to meet me, but he is evacuating Houston for the same reason the game was moved............

I am marooned!

This could foul up my weekend

I have 3 tickets to the A&M/Texas State game Saturday night. Looks like it might be rescheduled to get it in before Hurricane Rita.

This reminds me of the Alabama game in 1988. Bama refused to travel to College Station because of Hurricane Gilbert (which hit Mexico), because they did not want to put their players in danger. The game was rescheduled for December 4, after the UT game, and, incidentally, after the Bama quarterback was healthy. A&M was bowl ineligible that year, so we dubbed the Bama game the "Hurricane Bowl", and everyone threw parties serving hurricanes before the night game at Kyle Field.

The Aggies lost, to complete their non-conference schedule at 0-4 (LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma St, Bama). What do you think Mike Leach would do with THAT non-conf slate?

I feel compelled to add a more current picture

since you seem to be living in 2002, maybe this will bring you up to date:

Scattershooting

....while wondering if even Carl Lewis would have been able to catch Wes - probably not on this day. This return trumps (barely) Ty Thurman's electric 96 yard return against the Horns in '86.

Leach vs Metroplex's Other Paper

Does anyone else listen to the coaches' teleconferences every Monday on big12sports.com?

I think it's hilarious that Leach refuses to answer any question offered up to him by the Ft Wayne Star-Telegraph beat writer, and simply dismisses him with a simple, "next question" every week.

For those who don't know, the Star-Telegraph ran a front page "notice" a few weeks ago on its sports page informing its readers that since Leach only allows 2 members of his team to address the media weekly, it in turn would refuse to write any articles about the Tech team other than game recaps.

A politician Leach is not.

Yahoos?

Looks like we made some notoriety leading up to the game last year on 12thFan.com. Funny to see several guys, none of whom are any of us, trying to explain the Roosterbowl to someone else, then one pinhead calls us "yahoos" and makes the obvious point that we are not sanctioned by either university.

Link to 12th Fan post

At least they were talking about us. Any publicity is good, right?

Finally, a real site!!

If you are reading this, then you can see that we finally have a REAL website for your viewing pleasure. Please feel free to post your comments using our real time tag-board to the left, or as a comment to the blog post.

You will also notice that we have ROOSTERGEAR available for purchase. You can now show your Rooster pride by wearing a Roosterbowl t-shirt or hat, or even drinking your coffee from an official Roosterbowl mug. Rooster chick and chicklet gear is also available, so get a bib or jumper for your kid and a thong for your wife or girlfriend (or both!).

Contributors will be myself and Blake, with guest contributions by your pal and mine "Ted Kennedy", among others.