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 THIS WEEK (September 4th) from 10a-12p
    • Listen in Lubbock on Talk 103.9 FM/1340 AM, AM 960 in San Angelo, or online at kkam.com 

Football

• • TTU Athletics Kickoff Party Quick Recap (Thurs, Aug 26th)
  • Realignment Update
    • Big 12 shooting to expand – Kirby Hocutt on committee
      • Hocutt said Baylor AD Mack Rhoades, Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod and Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen are the others on the subcommittee. The Big 12 in the past few days has enlisted Oliver Luck, the former West Virginia AD and XFL commissioner, as a consultant to aide in working through realignment.
    • BYU is a possible target along with Cincy, Memphis, UCF, Houston
    • Basically, same thing we’ve heard for years
  • Texas Tech v. Houston Preview
    • NRG Stadium, Houston, TX – 6pm – ESPN
    • Tech depth chart
      • h/t Rob Breaux: Tech OL: avg 6’6”; 312 lbs; 99 collegiate starts
    • Week 1 Press Conference
      • Tony Bradford 
        • Can’t let them run the ball through the heart of the defense
        • No difference in playing in NFL stadium vs college – “ same goal – go 1-0”
        • have to be ready for UH to show something new that they havent put on film yet; need to be ready to make adjustments on the fly
    • Historical Stats
    • CFN Preview
      • 1st Quarter Scoring: Opponents 72 – Houston 37
    • Houston depth chart
    • Offense
      • QB Clayton Tune, (6-3, 215, Jr – Carrollton, TX)
        • 3rd year starter, sort of (all 2020 games, final 7 2019 games)
        • 2020 Passing: 60%, 256 yd/gm, 10 interceptions out of 285 attempts, 15 TDs
        • 2020 Rushing: 72 att/253 yds, 5 TDs, 32 yd/gm
      • Only returning 8 starters, with 4 on the line, but several transfers
      • Receivers
        • Nathanial Dell (2020 leading receiver) 5-10, 155 lb, So
          • 29 rec, 428 yds, 14.8 ypc, 3 TDs
        • KeSean Carter (TTU)
          • Career: 83 passes 831 yds in 3 seasons
          • 2020: 30 rec/290 yds, 4 TDs before shoulder injury
        • Seth Green (Minnesota), listed as TE, 6-4, 240, Sr
          • Former QB who played RB and backup QB (Wildcat in 2018) and WR at Minnesota?
        • Jaylen Erwin (UCLA)
      • Runningbacks
        • Mulbah Car (5-11, 215 lbs, 6th yr Sr)
          • 2020: 52a,192yds – 2tds
        • Chandler Smith (5-6, 184 lbs, Sr)
          • 2020: 25a/119 yds
        • Ta’Zawn Henry (5-7, 170 lbs, Jr); not listed on initial depth chart
          • Sat out 2020
          • Best performance in 2018 against UofH
            • 24 carries, 111 yards, 4 TDs
            • 7 rec, 42 rec yds
        • Alton McCaskell (true freshman)
    • Defense
      • 11 returning starters
      • 2019-2020 DB coach Doug Belk promoted to DC
      • 3rd in AAC in sacks, 4th in Total Defense
      • Allowed 32 points per game (yikes)
      • From watching highlights; poor tackling team
      • CB Marcus Jones
      • DL David Anenih (4.5 sacks/6.5 tfl)
      • DL/FB Derek Parish
      • CB Alex Hogan (TTU)
      • LB Donavan Mutin is back (61 tackles in 2019, injured 2020)
    • Score predictions
      • Spencer – TTU 38 – 31
      • Michael – TTU 35 – 31

• The Picks are In (Lines from BetOnline 8/28)

• • Stanford vs Kansas State (-2.5) – Arlington, TX
  • OU (-26.5) at Tulane
  • WVU (-3) at Maryland
  • UL Lafayette at Texas (-9)
  • Baylor (-13.5) at Texas State
  • South Dakota at Kansas (-15.5) Line from ActionNetwork
  • University of Northern Iowa at Iowa State (no line – oddshark predicted 39.6-13.4 score – set line at ISU -26?)
  • Duquesne at TCU (oddshark TCU wins 42-0, TCU -42?)
  • Texas Tech (-1; O/U 64) vs Houston – NRG Stadium, Houston, TX – updated from -1.5 on 8/31

Questions

https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1432730345279995915?s=20 

What did we learn?

Michael: Oven-made brisket can be good (and my wife can also make dad jokes)