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If I had been given one wish for this recruiting class, it would have been for Ruff to dart and bag the country's #1 rated Juco DE. Scott Smith is that guy per Rivals and has signed with Tech as a spring enrollee proving what most of us knew already, that Jesus is a Red Raider. Former Tennessee DT Donald Langley signed as well and will enter the mix with Pearlie Graves to replace Richard Jones. Not

Four practices in, and from all accounts our Red Raiders are focused and fired up. Here are some storylines I am most interested as Fall Camp continues:

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Admit it. You’re a Tech fan, and you’ve taken grief for it. People talk trash about your school, your city, your football team, and your football coach. And somewhere underneath those jabs is an implicit insult directed at you, the poor guy who couldn’t get into Texas or A&M, had to inhale cow stench for four (or maybe six) years, and is sadly scarred with the curse of having to root for a football

I was extremely busy the week after the Red & Black Game and had to serve a stint in Paterson, NJ. I love Paterson, and it's not just because I get to fly into Newark to get there. Paterson is an interesting melting pot of diversity, which over the years has served as a landing pad for a large immigrant population as real estate prices soared in New York City. Driving through downtown Paterson, you'll notice

We're going to do this a little different than the media in that we'll try to fill out a depth chart versus 5 left tackles and 7 safeties. It's hard to beat someone that way, and our goal is to put together an all star team to play the SEC, Pac 2, and Big 2. We'll assume a left tackle could play right tackle, a NG could play a 3 technique, and safeties are of

I botched the DVRing of the Baylor game, and the future seems to be intriguing me more. Great game by the Bears, and the Art Briles/Robert Griffin duo will have Baylor bowl eligible within the next 2 seasons, if not next year. The Tech team won't fall off the face of the Earth as predicted in 2009, and how the turnover battle plays out, will determine whether an 8-4 or 10-2 season is in store. Let's take a

I don't like to put things like this off, so despite my state upon return last night, I woke up early, watched the game until Joey Hazle came in, and am ready to get this thing out of the way. First off, my hats off to Bob Stoops, Kevin Wilson and Brent Venables along with all the OU players. Within 2 weeks, you assembled and executed the perfect gameplan to properly dismantle this Texas Tech

As most of you are aware, I have some kind of strange fixation on line play due primarily to my background as a lineman, and my therefore, deeply imbedded distrust of the consistency in skill players. Both Tech and OU recruit their players from the same talent pool in Texas, a place where quality D-I skill players reside like fire ants. There are plenty to go around, and in most cases, Texas, OU, OSU and Tech will be

Big Picture

It becomes very difficult to secure a victory against Texas Tech, if you can’t maintain your rhythm at the Red Raider offense’s scoring pace. The game plays out like a drum-off between Neil Peart and Rick Allen. Allen can hang for a while, but when Peart gets to his solo, Rick’s going to need that extra arm.

I've seen OSU play a couple of times and also did the state of the union on them for Barking Carnival. Here's the guys I know can play and some comments by each. For you folks in Stillwater, I haven't seen as much as you, so I am aware, I don't know as much as you do about your personnel and would love to hear your commentary, if I've missed anyone or you disagree. Most of

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