Intro

• • Find us on Twitter (@23Personnel, @puntssuck, @Michael_LBK)
  • Find us on The Gram! 
  • Year 3 of Rob Breaux’s College Tailgate
    • Every Saturday starting September 4th from 10a-12p
    • Listen in Lubbock on Talk 103.9 FM/1340 AM or online at kkam.com 

Football

• Realignment update?
  • Possible alliance of Big 10, ACC & PAC 12 reported by The Athletic
    • Don William’s with Hocutt’s Response: “not please” & “not happy”
    • Interesting tidbit from the LAJ article I did not know: “On top of that (the share exit fees OU & UT would owe), the grant-of-rights agreements give the Big 12 dibs on television revenue from any SEC home games the Longhorns and Sooners play before 2025.”
  • The Four Million Club (games with 4 million plus viewers during 2015-2019 seasons)
    • Staples main point in the B10, ACC, & P12 scheduling alliance was to combat the many more 4 million-viewer games the SEC was about to get. 
    • Big 12 only had 2 games in 2020 with 4+ million viewers
      • Texas v Oklahoma; 4.81M
      • Oklahoma v Ok State; 4.1M

• Tech game numbers; 10.726M total; avg 1.34M/gm
  • Texas (Fox) 2.72M; 8th in Big12 (42 total B12 games)
  • OU (Fox) 2.12M; 12th
  • OSU (Fox) 2.12M; 13th
  • ISU (ABC) 1.38M; 22nd
  • WVU (ESPN2) 685K; 28th
  • BU (FS1) 585K; 32nd
  • TCU (FS1) 559K; 33rd
  • KSU (FS1) 557K); 34th
  • KU (FS2) no data

• TTU Fandemonium Scrimmage Announced
  • This Saturday, Aug 21
  • Festivities start at 12:30
  • Scrimmage begins at 2pm
• TTU Athletics Kickoff Party Announced at the Sports Performance Center
  • Thursday, Aug 26 from 5-7pm
  • Matt Wells and Kirby Hocutt Speaking
  • Music by Jack Ingram
  • Complimentary Beverages
  • Must RSVP at https://redraiderclub.com/events/ 

• Preseason/Fall Camp Continues
  • Any big updates? Starters named?
    • Mason Tharp is listed at 6-9/255 (can he hoop?)
• Three Things We Want to See This Season
  • Spencer
    • 1.Defense allowing fewer than 30 points per game
      • 2020 (4-6) – 37.1
      • 2019 (4-8) – 32.2
      • 2018 (5-7) – 31.1
      • 2017 (6-7) – 32.2
      • 2016 (5-7) – 43.5
      • 2015 (7-6) – 43.6
      • 2014 (4-8) – 41.3
      • 2013 (8-5) – 30.5
      • 2012 (8-5) – 31.8
      • 2011 (5-7) – 39.3
      • 2010 (8-5) – 30.9
      • 2009 (9-4) – 22.5
      • 2008 (11-2) – 27.8
    • 2. Improve 3rd Down Offense
      • Converted 33.6%; 106th in country (still 7th in Big 12)
    • 3. More takeaways per game
      • Averaged 1.0 in 2020 (104th); 1.7 in 2019 (29th)
  • Michael
    • 1. Increased TE production
      • 2020 TTU TE’s – 20 rec (7.7% of team) 1 TD (out of 18 total)
      • 2020 TCU TE’s – 23 rec (14% of team) 5 TDs (out of 11 total)
    • 2. More pressure on the QB
      • 2020 – TTU tied for 93rd in team sacks (17 total, 1.7/gm – same as UT) 
      • 2020 OU #6 in the country (39 total, 3.6/gm)
    • 3. Red Zone Improvement
      • Offense
        • 2020 TTU Offense – T105th with Miss State, 33 attempts, 9 rush TDs, 11 pass TDs, 5 Made FG, 25 scores (.758)
        • 2020 TCU Offense – 57th, 32 attempts, 14 rush tds, 3 pass tds, 10 fg made, 27 scores (0.844)
        • 2020 KSU Offense – 4th, 33 attempts, 13 rush tds, 8 pass tds, 12 FG made, 31 scores (0.941)
        • 2020 OU Offense – 13th, 59 attempts!, 25 rush tds, 15 pass tds, 14 fg made, 54 scores (0.915)
      • Defense
        • 2020 TTU Defense, T78th, 49 attempts, 22 rush tds, 10 pass tds, 10 fg, 42 scores (0.857)
        • 2020 ISU Defense, 17th, 35 attempts, 10 rush tds, 7 pass tds, 9 fg made, 26 scores (0.743)

Questions

https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1427690555094470656?s=20 

What did we learn?

Michael – The Dad Hat is my only option

Spencer – the boomer email/call combo