Texas Tech Fans Chant "No More Potts"

[lwjr]

Went home for lunch and caught the Tech/A&M replay on "Big 12 No huddle". Potts looked awful, very mechanical, very uncomfortable in the pocket. I am not really sure why the Tech defense, even took the time to show up, made A&M Offense look all world. The third string Tech QB looked pretty good, but it was the Aggies D he was playing against, not OU's.

[redraidersweetheart]

Let me start with...you are completely right, the student section shouldn't ever be putting down their team or any individual player. It isn't the way things should be dealt with, it's not like the students have control over the team anyways...

On to the football side of things..... As a person who LOVES my Red Raider Football, I would be just fine if I don't ever see Taylor Potts start another game in a Tech uniform. He has had ample opportunity against good & bad opponents to show that he can be a good starting quarterback. He has the size & he supposedly has the arm, but he is yet to look comfortable back there & he doesn't seem to be the kind of fire-starter that this team needs.

You can criticize Graham Harrell all you want to but he could fire the team up...help them play above their level & keep the tempo up. Potts has yet to do that. Sheffield came in in an uncomfortable situation, fired the team up, picked up the tempo, & has always looked comfortable. He walked into one of the hardest stadiums in all of football to win at & played with amazing poise. I agree with people that say that no one should lose their job just because they were injured, but Potts had his chance to reclaim his job against the ags & he didn't do it.

I for one would rather see Seth Doege this weekend against Kansas, let Sticks get better during the bye week & let him start again against Oklahoma State. Taylor Potts should be done as the Tech starting quarterback....period.

[Stallion]

It is interesting that Tech fans have had enough of Potts in his first starting season yet he has significantly outperformed BLM in every category-even though he has played 1 less game:

Passing Efficiency: 146.2 to 117.86
Completion/Attempts: 184 of 271 to 149 of 266
Completion %: 67.9 to 56
Ints: 8 to 10
TDs: 15 to 12
Yards Passing: 2127 to 1725

Guess BLM would be 4th string at Texas Tech

[redraidersweetheart]

I didn't mean for my reply to put down Bo Levi..... but beyond numbers I think there is alot to the chemistry of the players on the field. This team plays harder for Sticks & I don't necessarily think that it is because they 'like' him better, I just think he is a better motivator on the field. I do not know for sure, but I think that in his few starts Sticks numbers have also been pretty impressive. Now I know that most people will say you can plug any quarterback into our 'system' and they will look great, but there is just a difference in tempo & attitude when they play with him. It's one of those intangibles that the numbers just don't show. There aren't any easy games left on our schedule....I still think there is a chance this team can get fired up & beat any of the teams left. Kansas, Ok. State, OU & Baylor(in Arlington).........but I think that the only way they fire up & beat them is with Sticks at the helm, not Potts.

Again, I didn't mean at all to be putting down Bo Levi, I think that he has amazing talent & I think that there is a good chance he would be much higher than 4th on our depth chart. I will admit that when it comes to quarterbacks, I've been very spoiled as a Tech fan....

Also, as far as the numbers go.... Sticks is holding up pretty well to Potts & he hasn't played as many games...
Completion %: 74.5 to 67.9
Ints: 2 to 8
TDs: 12 to 15
Yards Passing: 1014 to 2127

Please don't think that I was trying to put down BLM, I'm sorry if it came across that way.....