The Morning Stake: Ranking Big 12 Towns; Red Raider Encourages ISU’s Mitchell; Tennis Starts Big 12 Championship
In this Morning’s Stake: ranking the Big 12 college towns; a Red Raider sent a letter to an Iowa State player fighting cancer and tennis starts Big 12 Championship in Waco.
Five Spring Thoughts on the Defensive Line
The Texas Tech defensive line may be the most maligned position group, but with Mike Smith as the new position coach and a handful of returning players there is hope that this group is significantly better.
The Morning Stake: Quinn Carpenter Named to Watchlist; Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe Visits Abilene
In this Morning’s Stake, Quinn Carpenter is named to a two-way player watch list, Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe visits Abilene and a Red Raider helps him out, Big 12 quarterback situations and another possible target for Tubby Smith in the frontcourt for the 2015 class.
Pac-12 to Investigate Taking Back Multimedia Rights
Really terrific article in the Sports Business Journal by John Ourand and Michael Smith regarding the Pac-12’s next step in regards to how they will deal with the multimedia rights of their members.
Gridiron on the Plains: Kingsbury Talks Big 12 Championship Game and Defensive Standouts
The Big 12 coaches, including head coach Kliff Kingsbury, discuss the idea of a Big 12 Championship game, Kingsbury talked about who stood out to him this spring. Plus, Corey Dauphine is going to Oregon to run (for a track meet) and DeAndre Washington talks easy money.
The Morning Stake: Baseball Wins Against Abilene Christian; Corey Taylor Named to Reliever Watch List
In this Morning’s Stake: the baseball team wins big; Corey Taylor is named to a watch-list; Cara Custer is named the Big 12 pitcher of the week and more.
Reflection on the Plains: Writing to Write and the Consumer Wins
Last week I read something that really inspired me and I thought that I really didn’t have a place to reflect on that. I was wrong. We discuss writing and you, the consumer, having options to read about sports.
Gridiron on the Plains: Emeka Okafor to Transfer to Texas Tech; David Gibbs Preaches Fundamentals
We round up all of the football news in one spot so you don’t have to go anywhere else. Texas Tech will receive a transfer on the offensive line and David Gibbs continues to preach fundamentals on defense.
The Morning Stake: Softball Sweeps; Cameron Smith Wins Award for Third Time; Raider Reds Revealed
In this morning’s stake, the softball team sweeps Oklahoma State; Cameron Smith wins again while the baseball team will play in Midland tonight and the three Raider Reds are revealed.
Gridiron on the Plains: Let’s Talk Salaries. All of the Salaries.
On Friday, the Dallas Morning News published an interactive graphic that details the salaries of the athletic department, mainly the entire, yes entire, football and training staff. We look at some details and consider the appropriateness of releasing these salaries.