We catch you up on all of the Texas Tech news, including a member of the men’s basketball staff leaving, a basketball walk-on arrives, ranking the Big 12 running backs.
2016 WR Antoine Cox-Wesley Commits to Texas Tech
2016 wide receiver Antoine Cox-Wesley from Steele High School in Cibolo, Texas. Cox-Wesley is 6-3/170 and he has no offers and doesn’t appear to have any additional interest at all. Steele is the high school where Mike Jinks coached before arriving at Texas Tech, so there’s a connection there. You can see a post-game interview of […]
Gridiron on the Plains: Depth Chartin’ the Secondary
Texas Tech’s secondary may be the most loaded position group on the team (second to running back) as there is a ton of depth and competition at every spot.
Kliff Kingsbury Spreads His Wings, Offers Another Quarterback in Jett Duffey
Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury has offered Jett Duffey (6-1/175) from Lake Ridge HS in Mansfield. We’ve got details and video after the jump.
Gridiron on the Plains: More QB Rankings; Kenny Williams Impresses; Bowlsby Doesn’t Get It
We discuss some additional quarterback rankings, Kenny Williams is impressing in the Dallas Cowboys training camp and Bob Bowlsby doesn’t get it.
Announcing the Jimmy Jay Scholarship Endowment
The family of Staking The Plains is very proud to announce the Jimmy Jay Football Scholarship Endowment. For those of you who don’t know, blackbeard, Paul Jay, has been a member of DTN, VTM and now, Staking The Plains, and his father, Jimmy Jay, played football for Texas Tech from 1939 through 1942. Jimmy passed […]
Gridiron on the Plains: Weekend Recruiting Updates; Ranking the Quarterbacks in Texas
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 […]