Tuesday Before Oklahoma
Tim MacMahon of the DMN and John Miller of the FWST both note that Jarrius Jackson has be reinstated to the team. This is great news for all, but please pay attention to the detail of both articles. The DMN article doesn't have near the detail that the FWST has. So if I had to click on one or the other, then click on the FWST article. by the way, I especially like this quote from Coach (Pat) Knight: "We just decided we had to do something drastic," Knight said. "He loves basketball so much. We thought taking that away from him would get his attention. He could have [reacted negatively], but he took care of business." It's nice to see Jay react positively to a potentially bad situation.
On to football, for two straight days, there are no football articles from the DMN. I guess there's no news.
Wait, hold on, the FWST has a notebook by John Miller with a couple of interesting notes, especially this quote about Harrell and his past three week performance: "During that span, Harrell has thrown for 1,370 yards on 108-of-154 passing with 13 touchdowns and only two interceptions. He's rebounded nicely from a mid-season slump to move up in the record books." Think about this, that's a season for some quarterbacks and as I said after the Baylor game it seems like things are slowing down for him the game is coming to him. Obviously, it will be a huge test for him against OU as he probably hasn't seen a defense like theirs all year. It will be an incredibly interesting match-up.
What's the perfect motivation for the other Tech wide receivers to step it up these last two games? How about being mentioned in USA Today yesterday and in SI today. Filani, Johnson and Hicks are all auditioning for jobs next year and right now, despite my displeasure with a number of Filani's drops earlier in the year, he's leading the pack.
Don Williams of the LAJ wrote a notebook with some good quotes from Coach Leach, but this one is my favorite. When asked about the fact that the last few opponents against OU haven't thrown the ball he had this to say: "They slam into one another,'' Tech coach Mike Leach said. "I'm not going to lie to you: I said, "Geez, I wish somebody would throw the ball so I could see how this looks, so I could draw some comparisons or something."
He's right, it would be nice to see how OU might play a team like Tech, but the best they'll have to go on is from last year. The problem with that is there is entirely new personnel, which means that a team can do different things.
The LAJ notebook also mentions that the OSU v. Texas Tech game will not be televised. Road trip to Lubbock?
Don also has a really nice write-up about OU being very motivated to play this year.
On to football, for two straight days, there are no football articles from the DMN. I guess there's no news.
Wait, hold on, the FWST has a notebook by John Miller with a couple of interesting notes, especially this quote about Harrell and his past three week performance: "During that span, Harrell has thrown for 1,370 yards on 108-of-154 passing with 13 touchdowns and only two interceptions. He's rebounded nicely from a mid-season slump to move up in the record books." Think about this, that's a season for some quarterbacks and as I said after the Baylor game it seems like things are slowing down for him the game is coming to him. Obviously, it will be a huge test for him against OU as he probably hasn't seen a defense like theirs all year. It will be an incredibly interesting match-up.
What's the perfect motivation for the other Tech wide receivers to step it up these last two games? How about being mentioned in USA Today yesterday and in SI today. Filani, Johnson and Hicks are all auditioning for jobs next year and right now, despite my displeasure with a number of Filani's drops earlier in the year, he's leading the pack.
Don Williams of the LAJ wrote a notebook with some good quotes from Coach Leach, but this one is my favorite. When asked about the fact that the last few opponents against OU haven't thrown the ball he had this to say: "They slam into one another,'' Tech coach Mike Leach said. "I'm not going to lie to you: I said, "Geez, I wish somebody would throw the ball so I could see how this looks, so I could draw some comparisons or something."
He's right, it would be nice to see how OU might play a team like Tech, but the best they'll have to go on is from last year. The problem with that is there is entirely new personnel, which means that a team can do different things.
The LAJ notebook also mentions that the OSU v. Texas Tech game will not be televised. Road trip to Lubbock?
Don also has a really nice write-up about OU being very motivated to play this year.
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