Saturday, October 14, 2006

a few funny things from the SA paper...

...that I just couldn't resist posting:

1)Tech quarterback Graham Harrell reacted angrily after Tech fans booed him during a turnover binge last week against Missouri. But Coach Mike Leach had a jab for Tech fans when asked about it after the game.

“If anything, it’s comforting to me that we’re in the presence of a few people that are so superior at what they do that maybe some of it will rub off on me and Graham,” Leach told reporters earlier this week.

2)A&M’s gaudy No. 13 ranking in rushing belies a couple of facts. The Aggies have padded those stats against weak opponents in its first six games, including Division I-AA foe The Citadel, Army (102nd in rushing defense), Louisiana Tech (117th in rushing defense) and Texas Tech (72nd). And in two of three situations when they really needed a crucial first down running the ball this season – against Tech on the final drive and against Army on fourth down late in the fourth quarter – the Aggies’ running game bogged down. We’ll see how good the A&M running game really is on Saturday when it faces Missouri, ranked 10th nationally in rush defense.

(I found it interesting that they mentioned Texas Tech as an example of one of A&M's "weak opponents"....what the hell?, and that they failed to mention Missouri's equally padded stats in rushing defense.)


3)There was an interesting letter to the editor in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal earlier this week from Kyle Rowland, father of third-string QB Ryan Rowland.

Rowland implored Tech coaches to give his son a shot at playing time.

Ryan Rowland is best known for an altercation earlier this summer in training camp with second-string QB Chris Todd. Rowland suffered a broken nose in the exchange.

1 comment:

bake said...

Thought that quote was funny too - but in another classic one, Leach basically said the same things I was saying, and that is that Harrell should shut up and play. The only way to shut up a boo bird is to make plays, and not to throw immature tantrums.