Tech fans are delusional

[DallasDiehard]

Went to lunch today, and sat down at a table next to some guys who clearly were Texas Tech fans. While waiting for my friends to arrive, I overheard some fascinating jibberish. Some of the highlights:


* Apparently Craig James is the cause of all of the world's problems. Apparently one of them (or more) is an alum of the Texas Tech chapter of Adam Jones' fraternity, which I gather was nailed recently on some kind of a hazing charge. "You know it was Craig James who turned us in." One of the others said he'd heard it was someone else, but the first guy reiterated that it just had to be Craig James.


** One guy asked another: "If you were the AD, who would you want to get to replace Leach?" The second guy said he didn't know who would be interested because of the negative publicity, or something, and the first guy said "no, if you could go after anyone, who would you hire?"

"Chris Peterson (Boise State)."

First guy: "(Blank) him. We're Texas Tech, dammit." (Note to delusional "first guy" — Peterson was in a BCS bowl game.)

Followed by this: "I'd call Urban Meyer. Can you imagine what he could do with our receivers?"

OK, seriously — what Meyer could do with TECH's receivers? How many of them would even make the roster at Florida? (This all starts assuming Meyer would want to leave Gainesville and the SEC for Lubbock and the Big 12? Riiiiiiiiiiiight...)


*** One of these geniuses suggested Art Briles, under the theory that "Leach was screwed because we (Tech) didn't want to pay him, so Briles would be cheaper."

Response (I think from the "first guy" above): "Nah, I think Briles is a little bit nuts."

So ... Leach got a raw deal, but you'd want to keep him — but Briles is too crazy?


**** Later in the conversation, I overheard one of them asking who "we" (Tech) are going to play next year in the Big 12 title game. No coach, no idea what system will be run, no reason to believe they'll unseat the Horns and Sooners from the top of the Big 12 South? Brilliant.

[Dooby]

One of the threads over at the scout forum is about how they should announce today so that the HC can be interviewed at half-time during the game tonight.

Newsflash: Texas Tech hiring an assistant or an out of work coach will not merit a primetime conversation on network television.

[DallasDiehard]

I bet they go with a relatively low-key (read: "INEXPENSIVE") replacement for Leach.

[PK]

I bet they go with a relatively low-key (read: "INEXPENSIVE") replacement for Leach.

aka...the SMU pre-June Jones era coaching scheme.

[Topper]

Yes they are delusional. I was in Lubbock on business last year before the bowl season. Listened to one of the local sports call in radio shows. To hear their fans tell it, TTU is one of the top football programs of all time, surpassing the likes of Michigan, Alabama and OU. One caller after another seemed to be under the impression that Tech has a glorious football past. It is beyond me where they get this idea, but the radio host, who was probably not more than 25 years of age, actually called TTU "a perrenial power."

It is also interesting that Dallas and SMU had a lot to do with getting Tech in the SWC. For years the SWC ignored Tech, but in the late 50s Stanley Marcus, Dallas, and SMU pushed for inclusion. There was a lot of oil money in West Texas at the time, and some of the well off Tech boosters threatened stop flying to Dallas to shop at NM if they didnt get Dallas' support to get into the SWC. As usual, when Dallas gets behind something wholeheartedly, it happens. And it did.

[PonyPower]

That guy really thought Urban Meyer would answer a phone call from Tech? HA!