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UPROXX’s Mike Ryan with a look back at the movie Tommy Boy 25 years later:
I think for a lot of people, Tommy Boy is the perfect encapsulation of Chris Farley, and it’s a bittersweet movie to watch knowing what happened. Do you think about it similarly?
Well, I do because it showed a couple of other sides to Chris that weren’t just screaming and falling through tables. Of course, we had that in our movie, too. I saw the potential for him to become more like John Candy in Uncle Buck, which was a different kind of movie for John Candy. And I really saw a potential for quite a big range for Chris that, of course, unfortunately, he never got a chance to fulfill. But I think that maybe why that it resonates with people, this movie, because there’s a sweetness to his character that you don’t see in a lot of the other movies that he had in his short career.
Avalanche-Journal’s Don Williams was on a conference call with Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who doesn’t have a ton of answers (none of us do so I don’t blame him) about what will happen this fall. When asked about finances if there is no football this fall, all bets are off:
“But it’s a whole new ballgame,” he said, “if we find ourselves not playing football, because it affects everything we do. It affects the largest portion of our TV contract. It affects the largest source of campus revenue, which is live gate.
“Anything I say regarding finances has to make the assumption that we’re going to be back playing football in the fall. If that doesn’t happen, then the underpinning of what we’ve known as normal goes away and we’ll have major changes to make.”
There’s also quite a bit about the Big 12’s finances, which are fine now, but would obviously be impacted quite a bit if there is no football or a reduction in the number of games played. Bowlsby also thinks that whatever happens will actually be coordinated between the Power Five conferences most likely (again, there is no precedent for this situation).
What to watch? Well, WatchStadium’s Jeff Goodman asked every coach what to watch (movie and television show) while stuck at home and Chris Beard chose Breaking Bad and the movie Miracle on Ice. Neither one of those things are a surprise.
Via PennLive, Texas Tech has ranked the richest schools in the nation and Texas Tech checks in as the 35th richest school in the country, which is down 4 spots, and has a total value of $51.1 million:
The Red Raiders made $30.3M in profit in Kliff Kingsbury’s final year, a 5-7 season after which he was fired and somehow ended up with a much better job (NFL Cardinals).
Texas Tech is right behind Iowa State at 34, and Oklahoma State at 33. Richest is defined as gross revenue so I’m guessing that it doesn’t really include things like fixed assets or things like would maybe figure into net worth.
The Lady Raiders had their season end a bit shorter than expected because of COVID-19, but they did have a number of new milestones this year:
– First time with 18 wins in seven seasons.
– First time with seven conference wins in seven seasons.
– First time with two conference sweeps in seven seasons.
– Highest conference seed in seven years.
– Reached conference play undefeated for the first time in eight seasons.
– Largest Big 12/SEC Challenge win in history and first Big 12/SEC Challenge win in program history.
– Three 100-point games for the first time in 26 seasons.
– First triple-double in 22 years.
– First tournament win in five seasons.
– First win at TCU in seven seasons.
– First win at Oklahoma and sweep of the Sooners in 15 years.
– First win at Iowa State in 18 years
TheSpun writes that Bowling Green graduate transfer guard Justin Turner (6-4/205) has narrowed his school of choice to Louisville, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Marquette, UConn, Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri. Turner averaged 19 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists per game.
Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt.
“Things will get better. We are stronger when we are together, not just in times of crisis, but each and every day.” – @KirbyHocutt
Watch Kirby’s complete address to the Red Raider Family here ➡️https://t.co/95gYz3sUrA
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— Texas Tech Red Raiders (@TechAthletics) March 26, 2020
Logo face-off (I am sure I forgot to post this yesterday, but my days are running together).
Today’s Logo Madness matchup is another good current vs. vintage matchup!
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— Texas Tech Red Raiders (@TechAthletics) March 26, 2020