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Don’t let the Texas Tech fans, writers, and bloggers fool you. They are trying their best to spin the latest news that the Red Raiders dropped the Frogs from their 2011 football schedule. Spin away, but you still look spineless to everyone who follows college football. Not only did Tech drop TCU for 2011, the yellow bellies, along with ESPN were responsible for the game not being played in 2010 either. If you want the truth, read below. If you want made up rumors and excuses, go visit Raider Power or listen to some of the hacks on Double T 104.3…There is a reason those guys work in Lubbock.

Let’s start on November 11th, 2009. That was the day Texas Tech announced their 2010 football schedule. It is still on their website if you want to see it. That was the first formal announcement that Texas Tech would not be playing TCU in Lubbock in 2010. “To accommodate the ABC or ESPN broadcast of the Texas game, a previously scheduled game against TCU will be moved back to a future schedule.” Now, as you see, Texas Tech and ESPN were responsible for that game not being played, not TCU.

Texas Tech fans then point to the Oregon State game as another excuse. The fact of the matter is, the Oregon State game at Cowboys Stadium came about as a result of Tech backing out of the original date. The Oregon State/TCU matchup didn’t start developing until January of 2010. TCU would have never played Oregon State and Tennessee Tech in 2010 had Texas Tech and ESPN not messed with the original date. TCU would have preferred to play Texas Tech. I have been told that from multiple sources. What do the Frogs get out of beating Oregon State? A win over Tech, no matter how bad they are, helps TCU’s recruiting in Texas.

Now, onto to the matchup that was supposed to take place in Ft. Worth this season. The Tech fans have thrown out every excuse they can think of, but none of them are sticking. Here is a prime example from Casey Cowan, the hack at 104.3 Double T in Lubbock, “Under this college football format there is exactly zero incentive for Texas Tech to open up on the road with the Horned Frogs next year.” How about pride? How about to show that your program isn’t spineless? How about making your fans and other college football fans happy? Or…how about the situation Oklahoma was in back in 2008? They got the nod over Texas in the BCS title game because their out of conference schedule was much stronger than the Longhorns. If you continue to read Cowan’s posting, you will come across the real reason they don’t want to play this game, “I think we'd all love nothing more than to see Tech and TCU square off to open 2011, but it's nothing more than a bloodlust. Not to mention the fact that Tech could very well get beaten in Fort Worth. Then you'll find yourselves in Team Leach Hell one week into the season. Joy.” That line should have read “Tech will be beaten in Ft. Worth, which will drastically hurt the Red Raiders chance at making a bowl game.”

Stop with the stadium excuses also. Amon G. Carter under construction would have been just fine, but to be nice, the Frogs even offered to move it to Cowboys Stadium. The Red Raiders still declined though. Here is something funny, an under construction Amon Carter will be able to hold around 33,000-35,000 fans, New Mexico’s University Stadium where Tech decided to visit in 2011 instead of Ft. Worth, holds 38,000. Huge difference…

As I mentioned above, Texas Tech will be playing at New Mexico and against Nevada and Texas State in 2011. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Texas Tech dropped their hardest out of conference game and possibly their hardest game of the season. You will travel to New Mexico but not Ft. Worth? How does that make sense?

Finally, the latest and greatest made up story being circulated by the Tech people is that there really wasn’t a contract for the 2011 game. Really? I know you don’t honestly believe that. If there wasn’t a contract then why will Texas Tech have to pay a forfeiture fee if the game is not played?

One thing I did read was that “Tech has actually reached out to TCU to work on a new contract, a home and home, to be scheduled for a couple of years down the road, but those overtures have so far been met with no response.” I wonder why? Why would TCU even pick up the phone? Texas Tech hasn’t played the previous two games, what makes anyone think they wouldn’t cancel at the last minute in the future? It is a move to try and save face but it’s not working.

If you want the truth, listen to people who know what they are talking about. If you want made up rumors and lies, go check out a Texas Tech website, they have plenty. It all boils down to the fact that Texas Tech simply doesn’t want to play TCU because there is a greater than 50% chance they would lose. End of story.