Tech Game Review
by Beergut on Oct 25, 2009 5:02 PM CDT
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Christine Michael had 22 carries for 121 yards and 2 TDs against Tech
I think many people expected A&M to get blown off the field Saturday. I hoped our team would show up and play hard. I figured if they gave a good effort, we'd get a decent game and have a shot at upsetting Tech in Lubbock. After playing well against them last season in College Station and leading them at halftime, with a less-talented team than what we field this season, I figured we'd have a shot. The alternative was that we would show up, sleepwalk through a blowout, and lose in embarrassing fashion. I think many would admit that one of these two alternatives was the expectation on Saturday. I don't think any of us predicted a blowout win by A&M over Tech.
The dominance began and ended with the ground game, where we were able to run the ball with impunity. 59 rushes for 321 yards is pure domination on the ground.
Looks at those two box scores; we're not even including the 10 carries for 71 yards and 1 TD for Jerrod Johnson. Three backs combined for over 300 yards rushing on Tech. That is one way to ensure you'll win a game; beat them to death with the running game. We also did well passing the ball, with Johnson going an efficient 19-28 for 238 yards and 1 TD. Johnson spread the ball around to seven different receivers, and managed the game effectively. He was sacked only once, so while I haven't watched the game film yet, I have to surmise he moved well in the pocket, and that the offensive line did a good job giving him time to make his reads.
The defense was efficient, yielding yards while not yielding points. It seemed we would let them move somewhat inbetween the twenties, but we tightened up whenever they got inside our 30 yard line. I will never complain about a defense that forces five turnovers and holds one of the most explosive offenses in the nation to 14 points in a half, and 22 points in three quarters (Tech's final TD and two point conversion were scored while we had a 3 TD lead and were trying to run out the clock, i.e. garbage time). We held Tech to 63 yards rushing, and held backup QB Seth Doege, brought in to replace starter Taylor Potts, without a passing TD. Our defense made the plays when they had to; it was as simple as that.
Offensive player of the game would have to be Cyrus Gray; he ran hard, and rushed for 3 TDs, with one TD receiving.
Defensive player of the game is Von Miller, who had 3 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles. That is simply outstanding.
Next up, we face an Iowa State team coming off a big upset of Nebraska in Lincoln. We'll be at home, and it should be a good game.
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Wow
There are some utterly classless fans over on DTN.
http://www.doubletnation.com/2009/10/24/1099417/open-2nd-half-thread-texas-a-m#comments
“The good thing is, a lot of aggies aren’t going to make it out of town alive or with their car when this is over……” (KWashburn)
“maybe they’ll build a celebratory bonfire and they whole team will die. then they’ll have to forfeit the win.” (techfan5730)
“I still think the bench should build a bonfire and maybe atm will perish in the flames. then we can win by at least 300” (techfan5730 again – at least someone admonished him for this one)
Of course, the best reply to these juveniles is 52-30.
They have already proven they are classless.
Best reply is to stay off DTN and not reply at all. They are jerks; we don’t need to respond in kind.
by FuturePants on Oct 25, 2009 8:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
KWashburn got on and apologized today
said he was drunk.
A lot of people say dumb things in the heat of the moment, and regret them later.
Thanks for understanding
Some of the stuff people were saying really was unacceptable, even if they were frustrated. In the end, it is just a football game and nothing worth getting that upset about. I give credit to A&M, they deserved that win and Jerrod Johnson is a stud…I really like him. Hopefully A&M is on the way back up…if performances like the one last night become regular the rest of this year they will be for sure.
I do apologize guys, I was cross eyed upset about the loss.
But, it is a game and I should have taken that into consideration.
Good luck with the rest of your season.
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Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Look
People get upset, sure, but these are the same users that were on here all last week being jerks. It’s not surprising that they said some way too over the top stuff after the loss – we already knew their quality as fans before the game was even played.
I am not an aggie, obviously, but to throw an entire student body, fan base and alumni segement into the same pot and stir it up and say “we knew the quality of their fans before the game was even played…” is silly. Do you ever go read Texags? You certainly can’t use class and Aggie fan in the same sentence reading the large percentage of posts over there. Drop the whole, “Tech fans have no class,” bit. It’s tired, innacurate and lazy. Tech fans have passion. Mix that with loads of beer in a student section and it gets rowdy. Mix beer with an alumni who is fired up in the heat of the moment and you have silly comments. Nobody in their right mind would say any of the nastiness to your face and you know it…these boards allow people to vent in a way they never would in a social setting, so let it go. Y’all do it to, just not on this particular board.
That said…good win, y’all.
Your post is the absolute height of irony.
You ridicule me for painting Tech fans with too broad a brush, then you immediately go on to paint the same group of fans with an equally broad of brush.
Do Tech fans have more passion than other fanbases? Do they drink more beer? Are they just more into their school than any of the other fans at other college games I have visited?
More importantly, even if they are, does this excuse the Tech fans’ awful behavior?
At any rate, no I don’t go to TexAgs, that’s why I post here – I admit it sucks. Years ago they banned me for saying Franchione should be fired (in his third season). I also have seen the A&M and Tech fanbases in action on gamedays both here and there, and a few idiots on Texags do not approach the absolutely vile behavior by Tech fans – even when you guys win. Observing, and stating that “Tech fans have no class” is accurate, is not lazy, and there’s a reason why it’s your school’s reputation. Until that starts to change, you will be saddled with that.
Yes, nice win for us; thanks.
You can assume nothing about a person over the internet.....
I would probably buy you a beer if we ever met. If the topic of conversation is of the subject of football and what team you support, it’s a totally different conversation all together.
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Probably So
As long as you didn’t threaten to destroy my car in a fit of drunken rage, we’d be fine.
by FuturePants on Oct 27, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Can we not let it go?
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Sure
Until next year when all of you just do it again and reinforce every stereotype about your school and its fans. This is nothing new, and my advice is for you to actually move past it and do your very best to act in a more gracious manner when Texas Tech loses future football games.
You are a piece of work......
But I still buy you a beer…
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
by KWashburn on Oct 27, 2009 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s amazing the amount of assholes that have been assembled out in Lubbock, TX isn’t it? 30,000 people, all the exact same, that would all perform the same exact action in a given situation without giving it a second thought…shocking! To think that their could ever possibly be any Tech fans who ARE classy would be to question the very meaning of life itself, and debating such hyperbolism could only lead to one’s brain exploding.
There are always exceptions to the rule.
But by and large, until you guys can improve the overall attitude, your school will continue to have the same reputation. Getting mad at me because of it does nothing productive, and instead contributes to the “whiny younger brother” mentality Tech has.
I really hope you
really do not feel this way. I grew up in a household of Aggies. My dad and all 5 of his brothers are Aggies and I cannot count the number of cousins as well as my 2 sisters who are also Aggies, as well as 1 brother-in-law. (As Beergut has asked me before, what the hell happened to me — I guess I’m a rebel). In any event, I have the highest respect for the Aggies that I know, and I was actually given tickets to the game by a client who is also an Aggie and he’s one of the best people I know. However, the Aggies that were sitting behind me and in front of me may not be the best representatives of the TAMU fanbase.
But I truly hope you do not believe that all Texas Tech fans are representative of the few that posted here or made comments on DTN. I’ve always tried, and I think Beergut will attest to this, to not be an ass to any fanbase and be a good representative of my school. I’m not a big fan of stereotypes and I can understand how your perception of Texas Tech is the way it is, but I sincerely hope that you can separate those that may not be good representatives and those that are.
There are good and bad fans at every school. Class is a word that gets thrown around quite a bit and it’s one of my least favorite words when trying to discuss this type of issue.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
"There are good and bad fans at every school."
You are absolutely right. Unfortunately the worst ones are the most vocal. But in the end, reputations for fanbases are not created out of thin air…it’s what people experience, see, and hear the majority of the time when exposed to that group. And most of the time, the behavior of Tech fans is rude, to say the least.
Well,
if nothing else, I hope to change that perception that you have.
If I were to base my perception of Aggies sitting behind and in front of me, then I could have the same opinion about all Aggies, but I know that’s not fair. Just because someone is loud or vocal does not make them the majority or representative.
I tailgated with both Red Raiders and Aggies on Saturday and we all had a good time and shared a few beers. There was no one yelling or screaming and there were plenty of fans from each school all getting along.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
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Look, I have friends that went to Tech and who currently work for Tech. They are cool; they are my friends. We can watch and discuss these games together and it’s never a problem. What is the problem is the mob in and around the stadium on game days. The stories I can tell, the stories that I hear, and the stories that get reported are not of fans of either school sharing a beer; they are of people acting like shitheads.
It was extremely rare for me to ever see that type of behavior from any A&M fan when I have been to games (of course it is there – it’s there at any stadium in the country for any school). However, I did and do see it from Tech fans all the time. I draw my conclusions from what I see and hear, nothing more, but that does reinforce my opinion that the Tech fanbase fits right in with their bad reputation.
by FuturePants on Oct 28, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Then I guess there's
really no changing your opinion on this and I should just give it up? I still say it’s really unfortunate that you feel that way, but I walked through quite a bit of tailgating and just about everyone had a good time, but you obviously have your reasons and are dead-set on your general belief that Texas Tech fans are what you believe they are.
Go Raiders . . .
Double-T Nation
It is unfortunate I feel that way...
…fine, but it’s more unfortunate the way the crowd acts at games.
Like I have told you – it’s not every person, but there is a problem in Lubbock, especially when there is a loss. I am friends with some Tech fans, but they are the mature, adjusted ones. They aren’t the ones telling people with small children to go fuck themselves in front of those children.
I don’t know you, I don’t know anything about you. I know there were many people on this very website last week for no reason other than to rile A&M fans up. I also know that some of those very same people said some wildly inappropriate things in your game reaction thread. Then they blamed it on being drunk, or passionate, or whatever.
All I know is what I see. You seem normal. Many other Tech fans seem like dicks.
by FuturePants on Oct 28, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Man, FP, you are no better (irony)…I apologize for saying something like that on your home turf here at IA12M, but dude…your version of hate is no different than that of which you are complaining about. Rise above, bro!
Do people say things – on the freaking anonymous internet, no less – that are stupid? Of course, but why let that bother you or allow that to frame your thinking? You seem a lot smarter than that. It’s all about community. You have yours and we have ours. To get bent out of shape over some frustration we were feeling Saturday night and Sunday morning is strange. Put it in context and then frame that. You can’t tell me, as passionate as you sound, you haven’t had a nasty thing or two to say during a tough and ugly game.
You also make it sound like all 20,000 students at a Tech game are just wildly out of control and itching for a fight. That’s just patently false, and you know it. Is there clusters of pricks? You bet, and you are right to call THOSE kids out. Not an entire fan base that does include some awesome and intelligent people. I stick by my comment that it’s lazy to label an entire group of people by the actions of a vocal few. For the record, I have no problem with giving fans of the other team the what-for, so long as it stays non-threatening. I don’t discount that there are some things said at every game that cross the line but those are so rare that it IS easy to write them off. Unfortunately, some people hear it once and just assume that’s the way it is with all Tech fans or students. I have been to three games at Kyle Field. Twice, I had an awesome time even on the losing end…the third was awful. But I know that the one bad time isn’t representative, so I let it go.
Shoot, even on our board, there were maybe two or three guys who said something out of line in more than 1500 comments during the game. Yet there is a problem. C’mon, man.
Is coming over here to rile up fans cool? Probably not but your own moderator did the same thing at DTN during the game. It is what it is. We all take it with a grain of salt and appreciate the passion, misplaced as it might be, and move on to better discussion. You should too.
I’m not sure why we all feel the need to plead our cases to futurepants that we have class. It is apparent that he will never change his mind, so why bother? Also, who cares if he ever changes his mind? In the grand scheme of things, what does it matter if one fan base is perceived as classless by another fan base? Will we get points deducted from the scoreboard for being “classless”? Will they get points added to the scoreboard for being “classy?” I think as Tech fans we should be comfortable enough in our own perceptions of fellow fans that we don’t need to try to appease A&M fans. I dunno, that’s just my opinion.
I just get a tad defensive when I am lumped in to a group and called classless by anyone. Aggie or not.
It’s flat lazy. Aggies can hate Tech fans. That’s probably a good thing and makes the games and banter more fun. I personally don’t hate any Aggies. I don’t hate their fans. I think they have as much passion as any fans in the country. I just hate the holier than thou and righteous indignation comments they make.
But neither side will convert the other, so you’re right. Until next year 12th Man.
the only problem I have
is with Tech fans who believe that being belligerent to opposing fans who visit Lubbock is a good thing, because it means fewer opposing fans will want to come to games, which means more supporters for Tech. They use this as justification for their boorish behavior. I don’t think there is any way you can justify being an asshole to opposing fans, whether you think it gives you a homefield advantage or not.
Given that Tech can’t sellout the stadium at the current capacity at the prices the athletic department is charging, the homefield advantage angle is a non-starter. I do think since the incident with the goalposts and Mike McKinney, the school has done a good job beefing up security for games to make sure similar incidents don’t happen again.
Where am I arguing?
The only thing I have done over here is served my duty as a Texas Tech asshole by being sarcastic and annoying and suggested that other Tech fans stop trying to gain you and other A&M fans’ approval.
?
You seem to think that I am “bent out of shape” or something because you guys spent a week being assholes on this website. I assure you, I am not.
Your people’s behavior on the “anonymous internet” only reinforces the stereotype people have about your school. It’s kind of funny that you think I should ignore the fans’ behavior both on the internet and in person and just agree that you guys are cool and concede that it’s the minority of fans who are dicks.
That is not my experience and to me, it’s the small minority of Tech fans who are normal, adjusted individuals (when it comes to football). The rest are jerks. Broad brush, maybe, but I have never said you are ALL like that; that’s my experience.
I’m totally stoked that A&M beat Tech, though I have to admit I had an overwhelming sense of dread until the Ags got past the 50 mark that the TeeTees were going to end up coming back and breaking my heart, as they’ve done to me so many times in the past.
Best of luck and hope you’re back up to the #2 in Texas soon Ags. Go Frogs!
Well Beergut
as much as it pains me, I got to say you were right. I gave you a hard time every week for putting A&M over Tech in your weekly rankings, but you held fast (except for last week) and were right in the end. Congrats on the win. Now get ready for the Cyclones.
Hell of a beating
Good Lord, who saw that result coming? (silence)
Man, what a great game by your team…congrats on a win that we will all remember for a lot of reasons. You guys needed that in a bad way, and it may be one of those wins that helps a program turn the proverbial corner. Bummed it came against us, but it was a strong showing.
Beergut
I owe you a mea culpa for snipping at you during the game…but you have know it’s coming during a game on an opponents board ; )
Keep stopping by…you were defended by a few folks even as the on-field thrashing continued.
Nice bounce back Aggies
Well done getting up of the mat and playing your butt off. Good luck and kick ut’s ass.
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