Leading Off
500-Year Experiment. This is totally off-topic, but from The Atlantic we some scientists from the University of Edinburgh in 2014 who want future scientists to open a wooden box in 500 years to see if bacteria will grow when added in water. The experiment wasn’t necessarily interesting to me ($20 says the bacteria grows), but the idea of planning for something 500 years from now caught my attention. Where do you write instructions (USB stick, paper or engrave it on metal)? Will English be a language still spoken (the scientists are asking that every 25 years the instructions be re-written so the meaning remains intact)?
Lamesa Food Suggestions. Quick ultramarathon update, everything is going well other than being a bit behind training because of a strained IT band about 3 weeks ago. I think I’m past the injury (knocks on wood) and am looking forward to 20 miles this weekend. Anyway, this ultramarathon is basically running around Colorado Bend State Park, and I booked a hotel room in Lamesa Lampasas for Friday and Saturday night. If anyone has any food suggestions hollar at me. I think on Friday night, maybe just some Italian food, nothing too crazy or heavy, and Saturday night after the race I’m looking for a chicken fried steak. I’ll leave a comment below and you can respond if you have any suggestions.
EDIT: I’m actually staying in Lampasas. This is the bad part about writing at 4 in the morning, making mistakes with towns that start with the letter “L”. So, any Lampasas suggestions or places near Lampasas would be great.
Texas Tech Soccer
Week βοΈ of spring practice β
Hear from @TomStone9 on how the squad is looking after regrouping for spring ball!#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/OVNgPjZwSh
β Texas Tech Soccer (@TexasTechSoccer) January 30, 2019
Texas Tech Track and Field
Welcoming more good programs to the SPC this weekend! Be there as we get the second half of our home indoor schedule underway.
πβ‘οΈ https://t.co/JWlVBA0KZG#WreckEm pic.twitter.com/XfkDo6jiBg
β Texas Tech T&F/XC (@TexasTechTF) January 30, 2019
Texas Tech Golf
We’re only a week from the start of the spring season! Hear from coach @Sandsman14 on expectations for the year and our season-opening tournament in Hawaii. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/qWcvlEFXhY
β Texas Tech Menβs Golf (@TexasTechMGolf) January 31, 2019
Texas Tech Tennis
Lady Raiders Win! Tech improves to 3-0 with a 4-1 win over Georgia Tech. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/4p66V3OOpj
β Texas Tech Womenβs Tennis (@TexasTechWTEN) January 30, 2019
Texas Tech Softball
π¨THIS JUST INπ¨ Jessica Hartwell was one of 50 student-athletes across the nation named to the 2019 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List!
Yeah, you definitely want to keep π on her this season!
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈhttps://t.co/exZELR61hx
β Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) January 31, 2019
Lady Raider Basketball
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Lady Raiders head to Waco to take on the No. 1 team in the nation. #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/VEkzMZKeYyβ Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) January 30, 2019
Texas Tech Baseball
Preseason All-Big 12. The Big 12 announced the preseason All-Big 12 team and you could say that Texas Tech was all over this list. Josh Jung is the preseason Player of the Year, freshman Max Marusak is the preseason Freshman of the Year, and Arkansas transfer Bryce Bonnin is the preseason Newcomer of the Year. Jung, Cam Warren, Gabe Holt, Caleb Kilian, and Caleb Freeman were named to the preseason All-Big 12 Team.
Unanimous Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year π
π Preseason Newcomer of the Year
π Preseason Freshman of the Year
π Led the league with 5 on the All-Big 12 Preseason Teamπ΄#WreckEmβ«οΈhttps://t.co/M8ykIGsONI
β Texas Tech Baseball (@TTU_Baseball) January 30, 2019
TV Schedule. Texas Tech announced their television schedule, which includes 5 conference games and 12 home games that will be broadcast through its third-tier agreement with FOX Sports. Details at the link.
Texas Tech Basketball
Fireside Chat. The latest fireside chat features a student, Michael, who is the CEO of ttuRaiderRiot. Another entertaining episode and of all things Michael is from Rockwall and he says that Braum’s is his favorite restaurant back home. We have this internal debate among the staff that Braum’s is meh (this includes me who is lactose intolerant), the ice cream treats are fine, but the food is meh. Anyway, I know that you all won’t have any opinions on this and Michael was a really good guest, his advice at the end is really good and Beard was impressed.
Oh, and Beard said that an hour before the game on Monday, Texas Tech football coach Matt Wells will meet with the students before the game. Fill us in if anyone goes.
We were honored to have @ttuRaiderRiot join us by the π₯ where @CoachBeardTTU and @TheMikeDB talked about the importance of having a great USA student section! #FiresideChat #4To1
π΅@2pac @ybncordae @drdre @tracy_lawrence pic.twitter.com/k4nMf6czQa
β Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) January 31, 2019
Texas Tech Football
Rico. Another official site video tweeted out by one of the players, which is great, and this time it is linebacker Rico Jeffers. Interesting how it’s coming from the players rather than the official site, which I like.
The decision is simple…#COMMITTOTEXASTECHUNIVERSITY
π΄#WreckEmβ«οΈ pic.twitter.com/B5GRPSumYn
β 6GΓD (@riko_jeffers) January 30, 2019
Workout Things. This is Joey Bergles and he’s an associate S&C coach and here are some workout videos.
Small Glimpse Of Our Optional QB Extra Needs Workout This Morning.
π΄β«οΈ#GunsUp #Wreckem #QBsWork@alanbowman_ @McLaneC4 @Thexaviermartin @coachscholz @SCCoachHoward @owingsderek @Coach_Wooding pic.twitter.com/MmOpkBsmRHβ Joey Bergles (@JoeyBergles) January 31, 2019
90/90 IsoMPβs. One of the movements we utilize, within our program, to improve hip mobility.
Freshman All-American Cornerback @frye_adrian doing a great job demonstrating how it should be done. DBβs Work!#GunsUp #WreckEm@coachscholz @SCCoachHoward @owingsderek @Coach_Wooding pic.twitter.com/OzrLlibHYc
β Joey Bergles (@JoeyBergles) January 30, 2019
Miscellaneous . . . CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodds reported that current Liberty AD and former Baylor AD Ian McCaw thinks that Art Briles will be “largely exonerated” this time next season. Don’t ever forget that Baylor settled a case in which 8 football players gang-raped a volleyball player and that this same lawsuit alleged that gang rapes among the football team were so common that it was considered a bonding experience . . .