The Morning Stake: Baseball Wins; Texas Tech a Cinderella
In The Morning Stake: Baseball splits series with Oral Roberts; Texas Tech football may be a Cinderella in 2015; Blayne Beal resigns yesterday and so much more.
Five Spring Thoughts on the Defensive Backs
Trial by fire. That was the mantra for the cornerbacks, and maybe most of the defensive backs last year, as they all appeared to be young and inexperienced, but they received that experience and they *should* be better. At least theoretically. We discuss those cornerbacks, the safeties and the idea of injecting a ton of […]
Dominguez Prepares for the Masters
Cover photo via Creative Commons on Torrey Wiley @ Flickr. View image | gettyimages.com Via ESPN, Texas Tech golfer Matias Dominguez is getting ready for the Masters and he talks about how it can be difficult to play golf in Chile, but is preparing: “I’m just trying to get used to that environment,” he said. “To […]
The Morning Stake: Introducing Land Grant Gauntlet; Baseball Loses to ORU; Top Players
In this morning’s The Morning Stake, we introduce a new Big 12 blog, baseball loses to Oral Roberts in extra innings and ESPN considers Texas Tech’s best players. The cover photo is from Staking The Plains reader Chad of the Roy Furr Ranch, taken in 1985.
VIDEO: Via the Double T Insider Texas Tech Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury Talks Upcoming Season, Spring
Interesting that Kingsbury mentions Jamile Johnson, Breiden Fehoko, D’Vonta Hinton and Christian Taylor by name in improving the defense.
Preview and Open Thread: Oral Roberts vs. Texas Tech
Texas Tech is back in action for a mid-week series against Oral Roberts. We’ve got a short preview, probable starters for the series and how to follow along.
Gridiron on the Plains: Darrin Chiaverini Tells Receivers to Embrace Being Uncomfortable
In another really informative interview, Double-T 104.3’s Chris Level interviewed wide receivers and special teams coach Darrin Chiaverini, who is stressing to the receivers that they need to embrace the pressure of being receivers and embrace being uncomfortable as receivers. Really great stuff.
The Morning Stake: Results from the Pro-Day; Smith Named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
In the Morning Stake: A deputy AD is to be named AD at Colorado State; Bradley Marquez and Kenny Williams pro-day results; Flora honored; Cameron Smith named pitcher of the week; Crabtree gaining interest.
Weekly Conversation: What the hell happened?
Seth and Travis discuss some of the behind the scenes conversations and thought processes that led to Seth’s creation of Staking the Plains.
2016 Quarterback Options
With 2016 quarterback from DeSoto, Tristen Wallace, backing out of his commitment to Texas Tech, but still naming Texas Tech to his top five, there are still a handful of quarterbacks that Texas Tech has on their radar. We’ve got video and details after the jump.