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I'm just gonna put this out there and see where it goes.....


Will the loss of Cody Hodges and the use of a new quarterback weaken Tech enough to make SMU competitive against the Red Raiders?

OR

Will SMU have the same QB problem considering that Chris Phillips (who's allegedly now a tight end) is the only quarterback who has taken an NCAA snap?

OR

Does SMU have enough returning starters and redshirt freshmen to overcome the weakness in the QB position?

I don't know if I know the answer to any of these questions, I'm just throwing it out there....

Nice. 226 days before the game, and the Official PonyFans.com Texas Tech Game Thread has begun. Sveet.

Ponies win by a furlong.

Already started?! I was going to do a whole big thing for it too . O well I guess I could post it here.



Where: Jones SBC Stadium in Lubbock, Texas
Date: Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Time: TBA
Television: TBA
Radio: 1310 The Ticket - Dallas/Fort Worth

SMU's 2006 Schedule - 0-0 (0-0) - Conference USA (West)
9/02 @ Texas Tech
9/09 @ North Texas
9/16 vs Sam Houston State
9/23 vs Arkansas State
9/30 @ Tulane*
10/07 vs Marshall*
10/14 vs UAB*
10/21 @ ECU*
10/28 vs Tulsa*
11/04 @ Rice*
11/11 vs Houston*
11/18 @ UTEP*

Texas Tech's 2006 Schedule - 0-0 (0-0) - Big 12 (South)
9/02 vs SMU
9/09 @ UTEP
9/16 @ TCU
9/23 vs Southeastern Louisiana
9/30 @ Texas A&M*
10/07 vs Missouri*
10/14 @ Colorado*
10/21 @ Iowa State*
10/28 vs Texas*
11/04 vs Baylor*
11/11 @ Oklahoma*
11/18 vs Oklahoma State*

Texas Tech Information
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Mascot: Red Raiders
Stadium: Jones SBC Stadium
2005 Record: 9-3 (6-2)
Finished: 2nd In Big 12 South
2005 Bowl: Cotton Bowl-L vs Alabama 13-10

Note
SMU: 0-0 on the Road this season | SMU is on a 3 game winning streak
Texas Tech: 0-0 at Home this season | Texas Tech is on a 1 game losing streak

Last Game
SMU: 40
UTEP: 27

Alabama: 13
Texas Tech: 10
Cotton Bowl 2006

This is the 35th meeting between SMU and Texas Tech.
Overall: Texas Tech 28-16-0
At SMU: Texas Tech 15-9-0
At Texas Tech: Texas Tech 13-7-0
Conference Games:: Texas Tech 22-12-0
Non-Conference Games: Texas Tech 6-4-0

All-Time Scores vs Texas Tech
*=Conference Game
10/01/1932 - @ Texas Tech - L 6-0
09/29/1933 - vs Texas Tech - W 14-0
11/20/1943 - vs Texas Tech - L 7-6
11/25/1944 - @ Texas Tech - W 7-6
10/05/1946 - vs Texas Tech - L 7-0
10/02/1948 - vs Texas Tech - W 41-6
10/24/1959 - vs Texas Tech - W 21-13
10/22/1960 - @ Texas Tech* - L 28-7
10/28/1961 - vs Texas Tech* - W 8-7
10/27/1962 - @ Texas Tech* - W 14-0
10/26/1963 - vs Texas Tech* - L 13-6
10/26/1964 - @ Texas Tech* - L 12-0
10/23/1965 - vs Texas Tech* - L 26-24
10/22/1966 - @ Texas Tech* - W 24-7
10/28/1967 - vs Texas Tech* - L 21-7
10/26/1968 - @ Texas Tech* - W 39-18
10/15/1969 - vs Texas Tech* - L 27-24
10/24/1970 - @ Texas Tech* - L 14-10
10/23/1971 - vs Texas Tech* - W 18-17
10/28/1972 - vs Texas Tech* - L 17-3
10/27/1973 - @ Texas Tech* - L 31-14
10/26/1974 - vs Texas Tech* - L 20-17
10/25/1975 - @ Texas Tech* - L 37-20
11/13/1976 - @ Texas Tech* - L 34-7
11/12/1977 - vs Texas Tech* - L 45-7
11/18/1978 - @ Texas Tech* - L 19-16
11/17/1979 - vs Texas Tech* - W 35-10
11/15/1980 - @ Texas Tech* - L 14-0
11/14/1981 - vs Texas Tech* - W 30-6
11/13/1982 - @ Texas Tech* - W 34-27
11/12/1983 - vs Texas Tech* - W 33-7
11/17/1984 - @ Texas Tech* - W 31-0
11/16/1985 - vs Texas Tech* - W 9-7
11/15/1986 - @ Texas Tech* - W 13-7
11/18/1989 - vs Texas Tech* - L 48-24
11/17/1990 - @ Texas Tech* - L 62-7
10/12/1991 - vs Texas Tech* - L 38-14
10/24/1992 - @ Texas Tech* - L 39-25
11/13/1993 - vs Texas Tech* - L 41-24
09/24/1994 - @ Texas Tech* - L 35-7
11/18/1995 - vs Texas Tech* - L 45-14
09/07/2002 - vs Texas Tech - L 24-14
08/30/2003 - @ Texas Tech - L 58-10
09/04/2004 - vs Texas Tech - L 24-13
09/02/2006 - @ Texas Tech - ?-?

Conference USA Western Division Standings
1st. Tulsa, 0-0 (0-0)
2nd. UTEP, 0-0 (0-0)
3rd. Houston, 0-0 (0-0)
4th. SMU, 0-0 (0-0)
5th. Rice, 0-0 (0-0)
6th. Tulane, 0-0 (0-0)

Conference USA - Western Division Games Today
Your SMU Mustangs @ The Texas Tech Red Raiders
Other Games Coming Soon

I don't know if I would equate inexperience at qb with weakness.

Terry Webster wrote:I don't know if I would equate inexperience at qb with weakness.

Good point. With SMU it is the position itself which has equated to weakness over recent history, without regard to experience.

Plus, the Red Raiders have a pretty dang good QB in Graham Harrell.
Because Tech blew a lot of people out, he got a fair amount of playing time in 2005.
Threw a pretty 30-yard fade for a completion to Jarrett Hicks in the Cotton Bowl, while Hodges was getting his knee taped.
Led Ennis HS to a state title, and his dad is the coach.
When they announced Hodges got the job last August, Leach was on record as saying it was an incredibly tight race, and that Harrell is hands-down the best freshman QB he's ever had.
And that includes Kingsbury.

Any idea what our payoutt is for playing them?

It's not a home-and-home?

It's 'The Rumble - Part II' !!!!

Bennett v Leach at Jones SBC (soon to be AT&T) Stadium !!!

Get your ringside seats now !!!

I'll take Bennett in a SMACKDOWN !!!

They graduate some good OLs and WRs, and do not forget TAUREAN.

Dirty Bird wrote:It's not a home-and-home?

Nope. We play there again in 07 and 09. Then we're home in 08 and 10. Basically it's a 3-2 deal with Tech having 3 home games, and we're having 2. Same deal with the Texas A&M where we'll go there twice and they only come here once.

Ok I'm confused...posters on this thread are saying the game is in Lubbock, but the pf.com projected schedule has the game Tech at SMU...can anybody clear this up?

No need to be confused. It's at Tech. As I said before, PF.com is incorrect. The schedules haven't been updated in a while. When it was announced that we were playing tech again in '06 - they were put on the future schedule. Whether in error, or because the location hadn't been abbounced yet.

Rest assured we are at Tech to begin the '06 campaign.

And Mustangs35SMU I liked all your info. - sorry to steal your thunder, it was just a little message board humor, but heck, if we cna keep this thread going, it'll be nice and long when the day arrives.

Go Ponies. Beat the hell out of Tech!

Is the 2006 schedule shown here "official"?

Yeah - I'm curious about the schedule posted here being official as well? Where did you get your info?