I’m going to start tracking my pick record. Each week I’ll list it here and in the wrap-up descriptions I’ll include a or depending on how I did. KEITH’S PICK RECORD Week 1: 7 – 2 Week 2: 9 – 1 SEASON: 16 – 3 My Week 2 Game of the Week was Iowa State @ […]
Week 2 Awards: Dare We Hope?
I appreciate your general acceptance of my awards last week in what was obviously a difficult game to find positives. This week there are a ton of positives to talk about in a dominant performance. Beating FCS Lamar 77-0 at home doesn’t cure the woes of this team, but it dang sure helps ease the […]
Are Big Plays Really a Big Deal?
Like everyone else with a pulse beating for Texas Tech, I felt the struggle of watching the Red Raiders drop their season opener to Ole Miss. There is a lot to unpack from that game ranging from abhorrent special teams play to frustrating no-calls by officials. For me, it was the kind of game I […]
Born to Run: Week 2 in the Big 12
My Week 1 Game of the Week was the South Dakota State Jackrabbits @ the Iowa State Cyclones and it was a serious FLASH of a game. Deshauntae Jones started and ended the action, firing through the SDSU defense to grab a 55-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Kempt giving the Cyclones a 7 point lead. […]
Week 1 Awards: It’s Fine.
If there’s a reasonable way to be a cynical optimist then I think that’s a fair description of me as a Texas Tech fan. I can be cynical in my language, liberally sprinkling in sarcasm and a dash of facetiousness on occasion. Despite my ongoing smart mouth (subject to the eternal disapproval of my Granny), […]
On the Road Again: Week 1 in the Big 12
They say that road trips are a metaphor for the journey of life. [Cue “Against the Wind”] Well, this season it’s going to be a metaphor for Big 12 teams’ journeys through the 2018 college football season. Each week I’ll be taking a quick trip around the conference, briefly recapping Big 12 games and looking […]
The Stark Reality of Tech’s Red Zone Offense
Someday when I look back at my first post on Staking the Plains I may wish that I’d made a triumphant entrance proclaiming all that is amazing and wonderful in Texas Tech football. I may long for a post slinging mid-August Kool-Aid at all of you loyal readers, bursting onto the scene like the great […]