JasonB wrote:Tech will finish middle of the back in the big 12. WV, Iowa State, Kansas, K State are definitely worse.
Since Iowa St and Kansas have not played it is too early to judge them but hope you are right because it would be a bad reflection on SMU if you are wrong. But we will see as the season goes on.
Tech is not very good. I thought we played as well as they did for 2 1/2 quarters but the worst thing about the game is our defense couldn't stop a walk on freshman QB. I still have no idea why we didn't blitz more. I'd like to hear JJ's response to that question.
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LA_Mustang wrote:Tech is not very good. I thought we played as well as they did for 2 1/2 quarters but the worst thing about the game is our defense couldn't stop a walk on freshman QB. I still have no idea why we didn't blitz more. I'd like to hear JJ's response to that question.
JasonB wrote:Tech will finish middle of the back in the big 12. WV, Iowa State, Kansas, K State are definitely worse.
Since Iowa St and Kansas have not played it is too early to judge them but hope you are right because it would be a bad reflection on SMU if you are wrong. But we will see as the season goes on.
Tech will be bottom 4 (I'm sure they'll find a way to six wins...). Don't sleep on KU. With around 20 added Jucos, five star transfer QB Jake Heaps looking great in practice, and what most will argue is the best running back core in the Big 12, they're going to win some games. Many point to KU's 1-11 record last year, but most of those games were actually very close.
Texas Tech may be better than I thought they were. I knew they would be stronger. TT always has good strong off and def lines. But I didn't expect a freshman quarterback to destroy our defense. Also, one of the reasons SMU didn't score more then they did (with as much offense production) was Tech did a tremendous job on special teams. It seemed to me that SMU usually started behind their twenty five on drives...several times inside the 20. Their punter was great (however, he had one really bad punt). Tech defensive backs were strong and did a decent job on coverage - which indicated to me that Gilbert was very sharp. Speaking of Gilbert, he played magnificently. There were some dropped passes - one that probably would have gone for big yards; yet he still put big numbers on the board. Field position was the big difference in the game. Had we picked a pass or ran some punts back a few yards the score might have been in SMU's favor. It will be interesting to see how Tech does against other teams. I also think they will go to a bowl.
I think Tech might win 4 of their 6 home games and already have a road win against SMU, so they could get bowl eligible by beating either Kansas or West Virginia on the road. They will need to improve a lot
