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.
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.
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 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 […]