Even though they beat UT last week, I wasn't fully prepared to anoint Texas Tech this year's Big 12 South champs. The Horns had a lot of chances to win that game, and but for a few key drops, fortunes could easily have been reversed.
But after Tech's 56-20 shellacking of Oklahoma State, it's obvious they're the real deal. They haven't beaten anybody significant away from home yet (OU is next week), but they look pretty much unstoppable. Assuming they take out the Sooners (and Baylor), they should easily win the Big 12 and play in the title game.
Whoever they play (Alabama or Florida are the likeliest choices), I don't envy them. You can probably give Harrell the Heisman now, and Leach finally has a defense...well, as good as anything passing for a D in the Big 12, anyway. Put the over/under around 72.
I rank Red Raiders fans somewhere above Miami and below LSU in terms of obnoxiousness (HWRNMNBSOL's lovely wife excepted), but they've earned their bragging rights so far this year.
Maybe it'll make up for having live in Lubbock.
SNAITB and I teabagged your drink when you went to the bathroom. We chanted “Guns up!” the whole time.
I AM lovely.
Awesome, Pete, only I’ve stopped drinking. Guess you ‘bagged each others’ drinks. Yay buddy system, and hook ‘em!
“I’ve had this taste in my mouth before.”
“It does have a little wang to it.”
Is Hollywood Knights out on DVD?
The scene: a wedding, not too long ago. In a bid to be present for our friends, yet not wholly lose sight of events in college football, some of us menfolks take short breaks at the hotel bar to peer at the TV.
At once such break, Pete, Sir Not Appearing in This Blog and I are discussing Big 12 contenders. “You know,” I say, “I’ve been watching a lot of Texas Tech this year, and they’re pretty darned good.” Pete and SNAITB eye me coldly.
“Yeah, we know why you’re saying that,” they sneer, perhaps intimating that I would be pimping Texas Tech solely to get laid — a reasonable conclusion, but an insulting one.
Well, guess what, bitches. Texas Tech is pretty darned good. Everybody knows this now.
And I’m STILL getting laid. And it’s AWESOME.