I am going out on a limb and saying that Texas Tech is the only team playing this weekend:
SMU +38 at Tech
June Jones was an excellent hire for the Mustangs and eventually he will do great things for the program. He is biting the bullet and going with a true freshman starting at QB this year over 2 year starter Justin Willis. Long term this will really pay off for him.
Graham Harrell has had 2 sub-par games so far. Michael Crabtree had a great game against Nevada highlighted by an 82 yard catch and run for a touchdown. They will hook up a lot as Tech will cover the spread 65-21.
Season 2-4 (.333)
Showing posts with label Michael Crabtree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Crabtree. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
less than a week away
I have been looking forward to the 2008 Texas Tech football season since the day Graham Harrell committed to Tech in the fall of 2003. All signs pointed then that this was to be the season that everything came together. A highly recruited quarterback who would be a senior sets the stage for high hopes when Mike Leach is your QB coach. Anyway, I went and saw Graham play in the Texas HS football playoffs for Ennis the day after Thanksgiving 2003. Ennis played Highland Park at Texas Stadium that day. HP was QB'ed by someone you may have heard of, Matthew Stafford who was a sophomore that season. Anyway, I left that game impressed with Graham but thinking with should be recruiting that guy.
While QB is an important position, I have come to believe that it is the second most important position on the field behind the Offensive Line. That is why I have such high hopes for this season in that we return all 5 starters from last year and 2 of them should be NFL draft picks in Rylan Reed and Louis Vasquez. Good story on Reed if you haven't read it.
Finally, offensively you need to have good receivers to catch if you throw the ball a lot. Which brings us to Michael Crabtree. I am an eternal Tech skeptic and often don't believe the hype until I see it on the scoreboard or the field. I had heard the reports about this kid who we redshirted in 2006 just dominating practice. I thought sure, our defense is not that great anyway, so whats the big deal. Also, Jarrett Hicks, Joel Filiani (6th round NFL pick), and Robert Johnson were all returning receivers for the 2006 season so he wouldn't get to play anyway. Labor Day 2007 made me a believer. 3 TDs in your college debut is pretty good, but the fact he made it look so easy. Then he did it the next week, and the next. Pretty amazing stuff. I am really bummed this will be his last year in a Tech uniform as thanks to that redshirt, he will be playing in the NFL in 2009.
Enough of my rambling on Tech football today. I am ready for the season can't you tell? I will try to write some of my opinions on the defense later this week. I think that will be the true test of can we break through or are we just going to have a good season?
While QB is an important position, I have come to believe that it is the second most important position on the field behind the Offensive Line. That is why I have such high hopes for this season in that we return all 5 starters from last year and 2 of them should be NFL draft picks in Rylan Reed and Louis Vasquez. Good story on Reed if you haven't read it.
Finally, offensively you need to have good receivers to catch if you throw the ball a lot. Which brings us to Michael Crabtree. I am an eternal Tech skeptic and often don't believe the hype until I see it on the scoreboard or the field. I had heard the reports about this kid who we redshirted in 2006 just dominating practice. I thought sure, our defense is not that great anyway, so whats the big deal. Also, Jarrett Hicks, Joel Filiani (6th round NFL pick), and Robert Johnson were all returning receivers for the 2006 season so he wouldn't get to play anyway. Labor Day 2007 made me a believer. 3 TDs in your college debut is pretty good, but the fact he made it look so easy. Then he did it the next week, and the next. Pretty amazing stuff. I am really bummed this will be his last year in a Tech uniform as thanks to that redshirt, he will be playing in the NFL in 2009.
Enough of my rambling on Tech football today. I am ready for the season can't you tell? I will try to write some of my opinions on the defense later this week. I think that will be the true test of can we break through or are we just going to have a good season?
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Michael Crabtree is Unanimous Consensus
Michael Crabtree was named to all 5 All American teams today. He is one of only 4 players to be on all 5 lists. Too bad the Dallas Morning News could not see fit to name him Freshman of the Year for the Big 12. Jeremy Maclin of Missouri was named by Dallas' only daily instead. Now Maclin is a terrific player and a former Tech target, but for him to win this honor over Crabtree was a complete farce. Not only that, but Crabtree is a former high school star at Carter High School in Dallas. Unbelievable.
I cringe when I hear fellow Tech fans complain about media bias and a conspiracy to keep Tech down, but I have a hard time not believing it this time. The Big 12 sports staff of the Dallas Morning News should be ashamed. You can rest assured if a unanimous consensus player from Texas or Texas A&M was in the same situation, there would be no doubt who would have been Freshman of the Year.
I cringe when I hear fellow Tech fans complain about media bias and a conspiracy to keep Tech down, but I have a hard time not believing it this time. The Big 12 sports staff of the Dallas Morning News should be ashamed. You can rest assured if a unanimous consensus player from Texas or Texas A&M was in the same situation, there would be no doubt who would have been Freshman of the Year.
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