View image | gettyimages.com Quarterbacks can transfer from other schools, too? It’s not just us! Plus a look at what to expect from Big 12 quarterbacks, conference spring ball predictions, and a rundown of what recruits are in Lubbock for the weekend.
The Morning Stake: Mahomes to Miss Practice with Baseball; Smith Talks Defensive Ends
A news packed Morning Stake, including Patrick Mahomes is set to travel to California with the baseball team and will miss practice on Saturday. Davis Webb is fully practicing with the team and Mike Smith says that Gary Moore has been the most productive player thus far this spring.
Five Spring Thoughts on the Receivers
Five Spring Thoughts on the Receivers With spring practice underway, we have five thoughts on the receivers, who only have to replace one senior in Bradley Marquez, but he’s an incredibly important receiver. The emergence of Ian Sadler and Devin Lauderdale created a dynamic receiving corps that made the offense good to great.
The Morning Stake: Kingsbury and Gibbs Talk Spring Practice
Surprise! Surprise! Yesterday was the first day that the coaches were made available to the media and defensive coordinator David Gibbs says he’s building a base defense, where the players will know where they need to be or they won’t play, and the players are eager to learn.
Texas Tech Continues to Recruit Louisiana
View image | gettyimages.com In 2015, Texas Tech was shut out of the state of Louisiana as they attempted to recruit a handful of players that didn’t commit Texas Tech, but that hasn’t deterred Kliff Kingsbury and Kevin Curtis continue to recruit the heck out of the state.
Morning Stakes: Not A Peep From Practice; Kingsbury Makes A Soldier’s Day
There have been three spring practices and there’s been no media availability of any of the coaches and players . . . and we wonder what to think about that. Plus, head coach Kliff Kingsbury makes a soldier’s day.
Fehoko, Family & Foundation
Most often the arc of a college football program’s trajectory is altered with the splashing hire of a high profile head coach, or the moment a certain future NFL quarterback sets foot on campus. For Texas Tech though, that arc might have changed because of a single, amazing family that lives 3,406 miles from Lubbock, […]
Emmett Jones and Kliff Kingsbury: Building One Relationship at a Time
In all of the pre-National Signing Day work, we all took note of Emmett Jones being hired away from South Oak Cliff to be a part of the player personnel department for Texas Tech. The result was the commitment of Jamile Johnson and J.F. Thomas and that’s about all we know. There’s actually quite a bit more […]
Notebook: Spring Roster Released; Keys for David Gibbs
The official site has released the spring roster and we need you to help look for any updates in the comments. Robert Hall is returning to Lubbock and the ESPN Big 12 Blog Bros opine on the keys for David Gibbs as the new defensive coordinator.
David Gibbs on Making Plays on a Bad Defense and Entitlement
Texas Tech defensive coordinator David Gibbs discusses Justis Nelson in a recent article from the Avalanche Journal, and where he will play, but at the end of the article Gibbs talks about player entitlement and making plays is fine, but you made plays on a bad defense, so what exactly have you done?