This one felt good. You saw a Texas Tech team come out and strike early and often. There was no sleep walking; which we’ve seen in 11 a.m. starts, especially in Lawrence. Tech put up the third most points in the week, second most in games that didn’t go to 7 OTs. 344 Texas Tech […]
Sunday Stat Recap: Texas Tech 34, Oklahoma State 41
This one wasn’t fun. Give me a little anxiety, which I guess could be a good thing considering most of us were chalking this up to an automatic loss in the preseason and Tech was right in it until the end. 221 Texas Tech surrendered 221 rushing yards. The old rush defense reared its head […]
Sunday Stat Recap: Texas Tech 27, Houston 24
Texas Tech is 3-0 and looking forward to hosting an Oklahoma State team that faltered at home against TCU. This was far from a perfect game, but we’re starting to see potential of certain aspects of this team. – 5 – The Texas Tech defense was able to force 5 turnovers. While the offense was […]
Five Post Game Thoughts: Texas Tech 27, Houston 24
Tech won a game where defense was primarily on display for both teams. Houston was favored to win by 6, so a Tech win is big, especially on the road. Defense improved. Through the first three weeks, I think we were all wanting to believe what we were seeing was improvement and I think after […]
Quote Board: Kingsbury, Shimonek & Johnson Talk Houston Cougars
The usual suspects step up to the mic this week with head coach Kliff Kingsbury, QB Nic Shimonek and DB Jah’Shawn Johnson appearing before the media. You can read the transcripts here, or watch the video here. Kingsbury First up, he’s asked several questions about the Houston defense and specifically Ed Oliver. Q. When you look […]
Arizona State Stat Recap
My STP compatriots can attest to my general sense of negativity in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter. It really had the feeling that ASU had taken control of the game and that they were going to win. The second to last defensive stop really turned the game as it was tied at […]
Quote Board: Kingsbury, Shimonek and Johnson Discuss ASU Sun Devils
Confidence in the fanbase seems to be growing after a sound victory over the Eastern Washington Eagles in week one. Paired with the stumbling start to the season for Arizona State, narrowly defeating New Mexico State and falling to San Diego State, expectations for this game are growing for Texas Tech. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury, […]
Eastern Washington Stat Recap
I won’t lie, I was a little nervous going into this game. I was not sure what to expect and I’ve been trying to temper my expectations for this season. I have found that if I let myself get too wrapped up into believing in something that ultimately fails, I have such a harder crash […]
Quote Board: Kingsbury, Stawarz and Washington Discuss EWU Eagles
The weekly press conferences are back! The season is only days away from kick off, and this week, we have Coach Kingsbury, DT Broderick Washington, and OL Paul Stawarz in front of the mic. Let’s get to it. Coach Kingsbury After the media availability Kingsbury held throughout fall camp, the media jump right into game […]
Dispatch: Kingsbury Talks Houston and Hurricane Harvey
I wanted to pull this out separately from the press conference post to highlight how this team, the players, the coaches, are absorbing and dealing with the devastation in the Texas Gulf Coast. Q. You have several players in Houston in that area, any update on their families? KLIFF KINGSBURY: Yeah, we keep asking. Some are […]