In this morning’s news, we get caught up on a pretty big unofficial recruiting weekend, ranking the best quarterback situations in the state of Texas and so much more.
The Morning Stake: Women’s Tennis Advances to Sweet 16; Women’s Golf Advances to NCAA Championships
The title for this post says it all. Huge congrats to both programs! Details after the the jump.
The Morning Stake: Men’s and Women’s Tennis Advance; Women’s Golf Makes a Move
Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams advance in their respective NCAA Championship brackets, while the women’s golf team makes a move in their NCAA Regional. Plus, a bit more on the new deputy athletic director.
Reflection on the Plains: Fatal Flaws; Offensive vs. Defensive Coaches; Be Nice
Fatal Flaws. A week or so ago, I read this article from NFL Philosophy’s Joe Bussell about the fatal flaws of players. This is something that is true, which is we tend to focus with potential recruits or players, which is the idea that everyone looks good and we tend to overlook those flaws that […]
Gridiron on the Plains: NFL Draft Prospects; Standout Freshmen
In Texas Tech football news: Le’Raven Clark is a highly thought of candidate for the NFL Draft in 2016; Breiden Fehoko is a freshman standout after the spring and a possible new walk-on kicker from Salado.
The Morning Stake: Tennis to Start NCAA’s; Men’s Basketball Has Big Visitors
In this Morning’s Stake: men and women’s tennis are set to start their NCAA Championship runs; the men’s basketball team is hosting some big visitors; the Lady Raiders sign a JUCO post player and so much more.
VIDEO:Emoree Giddens Stays Home
Texas Tech offensive lineman commit Emoree Giddens spoke with KLBK’s Gene Dumont (@meangene413) about staying close to home and why he chose to commit to Texas Tech: And here is Giddens’ Staking The Plains player profile.
Texas Tech Offers A Quarterback From the Hills of Capistrano
Texas Tech and head coach Kliff Kingsbury has offered another quarterback after Terry Wilson Jr. chose the Cornhuskers yesterday. Kingsbury has offered Patrick O’Brien, 6-4/225, from San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano, California. O’Brien was thought to be a Nebraska lean, but after Wilson’s commitment, this would seem to change a bit. […]
The Morning Stake: Tennis Receives All-Big 12 Honors; TECHspy’s Awarded; Ramirez Returns to Detroit
A handful of men’s and women’s tennis players received all Big 12 honors. Texas Tech held their TECHspy awards ceremony, where student-athletes are recognized for their accomplishments and Manny Ramirez returns to Detroit.
The Big 12’s One True Champion . . . For Real
The big 12 announced yesterday that they will actually have “one true champion” starting in 2015 and new rules will take affect that will determine the champion of the Big 12 by head-to-head and then a bunch of other stuff if it gets past that. CBS Sports Jon Solomon breaks down the tie-breakers after the […]