Intro
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- Find us on Twitter (@23Personnel, @puntssuck, @Michael_LBK)
- Year 3 of Rob Breaux’s College Tailgate
- Every Saturday from 10a-12p
- Listen in Lubbock on Talk 103.9 FM/1340 AM, AM 960 in San Angelo, or online at kkam.com
Football
- Final points from TTU 41 – KU 14
- Offense
- Defense
- Overall
- Score Prediction – Texas Tech -16.5, o/u 67; ESPN FPI Tech 88.2%
- Spencer – Texas Tech 42-17
- Michael – Texas Tech 41-24
- Kansas State Wildcats, 3-3 (0-3); 11am FS1
- Farmageddon (L 33-20 at home)
- Rough Start
- Gave up 75 yd rushing touchdown on first play
- 3 and out on first offensive possession
- Force ISU to punt then threw interception (only Thompson’s 3rd of the year) leading to ISU FG – down 10-0.
- ISU had a 10 min TD drive in the 3rd quarter to go up 27-7
- KSU defense 0/5 on 3rd downs that drive
- On an 8-game Big 12 losing streak (Last win vs Kansas 1 yr ago)
- Rough Start
- Boscoe’s Boys Primer (@scottwildcat on Twitter)
- Texas Tech has not won consecutive Big 12 games since 2018 (TCU-KU)
- Offense
- QB Skylar Thompson (6-2/220), 6yr Senior – 68% comp, 766 yards, 5 TD, 3 int (only logged time in 4 games due to knee injury)
- RB Deuce Vaughn (5-6/173) 108 car, 579 yards, 5.0 ypc, 5 TD
- Also #2 receiver – 23 rec, 234 yards, 10.2 ypc, 2 TD
- RB Joe Ervin (5-8/178) 40 car, 228 yards, 5.4 ypc, 1 TD
- WR Phillip Brooks (5-7/167) 20 rec, 279 yards 14.0 ypc, 2 TD
- WR Malik Knowles (6-3/195) 17 rec, 218 yards, 12.8 ypc, 1 TD
- Defense
- 8th in Big 12 pass defense
- 5th in Big 12 rush defense
- Special Teams
- Kicking woes? Missed FG & PAT against ISU
- 6/8 on FG on the year
- First missed PAT against ISU
- Maybe best onside kicking in the country?
- Big topic in today’s press conference with Wells
- Malik Knowles, returner
- 2 KO return TDs this year (two-way tie for 1st in nation)
- 36 yds/kickoff return (2nd)
- Kicking woes? Missed FG & PAT against ISU
- Penalties
- 35 for 269 yds in 6 gm (TTU = 35 for 301 in 7 gm)
- 44.8 yds/gm (TTU = 43)
- Farmageddon (L 33-20 at home)
| Teams | Pass yds/gm | Pass yds/att | Rush yds/gm | Rush ypc | 3rd down conv |
| TTU Off | 285.7 | 9.13 | 168.3 | 5.01 | 49.4 |
| KSU Def | 248.2 | 8.01 | 107 | 3.29 | 45.1 |
| Teams | Pass yds/gm | Pass yds/att | Rush yds/gm | Rush ypc | 3rd down cov |
| TTU Def | 224.7 | 7.12 | 161.7 | 4.47 | 43.3 |
| KSU Off | 194.8 | 8.17 | 162.5 | 4.56 | 42.2 |
- Score Prediction – Texas Tech -1, o/u 60.5; ESPN FPI Tech 58.8% (KSU #66 in FPI vs Tech #78)
- Spencer – Tech 31-27
- Michael – Tech 28-26 (missed PAT)
- The Picks are In (Lines from Action App 10/19)
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- WVU @ TCU (-4.5)
- OU (-38.5) @ KU
- OSU @ ISU (-7)
- Off – UT & Baylor
Questions
https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1450522605534994438?s=20
What did we learn?
Michael – Evie Mae’s is still damn good and we have No Time to Die