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Thursday, January 20, 2011
TCU has already gone through a scare with co-offensive coordinator Justin Fuente, but he is staying in place for now. Unfortunately, a different Horned Frog coach has decided to leave Ft. Worth. TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow is leaving the Frog family to become the new defensive coordinator for Texas Tech.
According to ESPNDallas.com and multiple other sources, “TCU safeties coach Chad Glasgow, a member of Gary Patterson's first staff, has been tabbed as Texas Tech's new defensive coordinator, a source confirmed Thursday night.”
Glasgow has been a great coach and recruiter for TCU, so I hate to see him go, but he has to take the opportunity to further his career. I am interested to see what kind of system he will run at Tech.
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.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
What a surprise. Texas Tech continues to duck and dodge TCU at all costs. The Red Raiders dropped the Frogs from their schedule last season, and apparently now, they are dropping TCU from their schedule for 2011 as well.
For a second consecutive season, Texas Tech and TCU won't play its scheduled football game, sources at both schools confirmed Wednesday.
The Red Raiders were to visit the Rose Bowl champion Horned Frogs on Sept. 10 in Fort Worth. Texas Tech, however, needed to drop one nonconference game in order to fit in a ninth Big 12 game and opted to keep its games vs. New Mexico and Nevada and drop TCU.
Hmmm…I wonder why Texas Tech wanted to keep New Mexico and Nevada instead of TCU? The only explanation is because they are scared. There really is no logical explanation besides that. Last season they had ESPN as their excuse, this year, not so much. Don’t forget, last season instead of playing TCU, they played New Mexico, SMU, Weber State, and Houston. Wow, there is a killer out of conference schedule. You know those BCS teams have it so hard week in and week out….
This is pathetic.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
I have posted a few things over the last month or so about possible college football expansion and what might go down. Obviously there have been rumors about the Big Ten expanding, then came whispers about the Pac-10 following suit, and also the possibility of Boise State joining the Mountain West Conference. Well, it looks as if the first shots might have just been fired by the Pac-10.
According to Chip Brown of Rivals.com and Orangebloods.com, the Pac-10 is looking to invite six teams from the Big XII.
Because it appears the Pac-10, which has its meetings in San Francisco starting this weekend, is prepared to make a bold move and invite Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Colorado to join its league, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
It looks like Mike Leach, his football team, and their fat little girlfriends have backed out of their game with TCU next season. Wow, what a shock.
It says they had to drop it to accommodate the TV schedule, but we all know Tech doesn’t want to get beat by TCU again. Their powerful offense put up just 3 measly points the last time these teams faced off.
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.
September 4 - SMU
September 11 - at New Mexico
September 18 - Texas (ABC or ESPN)
September 25 - Bye
October 2 - at Iowa State
October 9 - Baylor (in Dallas)
October 16 - Oklahoma State
October 23 - at Colorado
October 30 - at Texas A&M
November 6 - Missouri
November 13 - at Oklahoma
November 20 - Weber State
November 27 – Houston
It looks like Mike Leach, his football team, and their fat little girlfriends have backed out of their game with TCU next season. Wow, what a shock.
It says they had to drop it to accommodate the TV schedule, but we all know Tech doesn’t want to get beat by TCU again. Their powerful offense put up just 3 measly points the last time these teams faced off.
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.
September 4 - SMU
September 11 - at New Mexico
September 18 - Texas (ABC or ESPN)
September 25 - Bye
October 2 - at Iowa State
October 9 - Baylor (in Dallas)
October 16 - Oklahoma State
October 23 - at Colorado
October 30 - at Texas A&M
November 6 - Missouri
November 13 - at Oklahoma
November 20 - Weber State
November 27 – Houston
