Texas Tech got the 17 year-old monkey off of their back in Stillwater and opened up a proverbial can in the process. I was surprised, to say the least. In our weekly prediction post, I even picked OSU to cover the now ridiculous looking 14 point spread.

It’s hard to remain a level-headed fan after such a dominating victory against a team and a mullet that has had your number for a decade. Part of me is ready to explode and declare that Texas Tech will play for the Big 12 Championship, but then I remember WVU is headed to town on Saturday. This game will tell us all a lot and I’m warning you right now: if Tech comes away with a sound victory, I’m bound to become the annoying sunshine pumping guy until it all comes crashing down. I haven’t been that guy since Tech went 7-0 in 2013, so I’m due.

THE MENU

Three of my best buds are coming to town and we are going to disown John Denver for those four hours at the game on Saturday.

Since I like to be a good host, I’ve decided to have a brisket ready on Friday evening when they get in to town. I tried a new method a few months ago that I learned from a Costco Traeger rep who happened to be seated next to us at Evie Mae’s on July Fourth (USA!).

What you gotta do is trim the brisket (I keep typing briskey by mistake – brisket whiskey? whiskey brisket? who knows). Render enough of the trimmings so that it will coat the meat side. Then, season the brisket (I use 50/50 salt & pepper) and allow about four hours for it to come to room temp before placing on the smoker.

I had some solid success with this method over the summer, so here’s hoping that it’ll work out one more again.

THE HIGHLIGHTS

Checkout this weekend’s sights and sounds:

• I’m very interested in the Thur-Sun Oktoberfest celebration at the BierHaus. You might catch us there after the game.
• Gatorfest is at Charley B’s on Friday featuring Kyle Park, Drake Hayes Band, and The Britt Kerr Band
• Clay Hollis and Charley Crockett are in town.
• The South Plains Fair wraps up on Sunday. Only a few more chances to get that corn dog.
• West Texas Wine Tours means you’ll need to listen to the WVU game on the radio
• TTU Volleyball is in action this weekend.
• The Nightmare on 19th Street is rolling along with the At’l Do Corn Maze
• Our friends at The Plains Brew Co. will be open Saturday from 2-9pm.
• Visit the fine folks at Lubbock in the Loop for more Lubbock info.