Tuesday Before Colorado

The grass isn't always greener. As I said yesterday Leach was clear that Harrell isn't going anywhere. Here in the LAJ and in the FWST (you may not recognize this acronym, there's actually a decent article about the quarterback situation, including this quote.

'There's several good quarterbacks in the country, but I can't think of very many I would rather have than Graham Harrell,' Leach said. 'There's a notion that, 'Oh, I know, let's plug this guy in and it will be perfect.' Whoever your guy is that you have rolling through your head, that you think is pretty good, has already had a bad game or he's going to. Then maybe you can put Graham Harrell in for that guy when that happens.'

We tend to forget that Harrell is very young in a very complicated system. The reason Leach only started 5th year seniors is because this is a difficult offense to master. It's disappointing that Tech doesn't have immediate quarterback success, but it's also not the worst thing that could happen. The other thing to consider is that Texas Tech quarterbacks are not asked to get out of situations with their legs. We haven't seen Harrell scramble out of the pocket at all, and after reading the quotes last week about , and all of this makes a lot more sense. Leach has instilled in his quarterbacks, despite Hodges propensity to run last year, the mindset that you have to get it done in the pocket. Bottom line.

As I also said the week after the TCU loss, Leach realizes that he had one bite at the apple and he's not upset after this most recent loss. I think he's a lot smarter than we all give him credit for and he knows how to push his players.

The LAJ, notes that there's no TV for the Tech v. ISU game and Leach is wary of Colorado.