We’re out of the gates after Week 1 and off to a great start for the season! My picks went 22-10 and Rob’s went 19-11 for a combined profit of 24 units. We recap Texas Tech’s thrilling comeback over Houston, including analysis of the defense, Erik Ezukanma, and Tyler Shough’s debut as a Red Raider. […]
Gamblin’ Gauchos: S1 E4 Texas Tech-UH Preview with BJ Symons
Former Texas Tech quarterback BJ Symons joined the podcast this week to preview the Red Raiders’ season opener, make some Week 1 picks, and talk about his playing days in Lubbock. Gamblin’ Gauchos is now available on Apple and Spotify, we’d be honored if you subscribed! We’re also doing a giveaway from one of our […]
Sunday Stat Recap: Texas Tech 27, Houston 24
Texas Tech is 3-0 and looking forward to hosting an Oklahoma State team that faltered at home against TCU. This was far from a perfect game, but we’re starting to see potential of certain aspects of this team. – 5 – The Texas Tech defense was able to force 5 turnovers. While the offense was […]
Five Post Game Thoughts: Texas Tech 27, Houston 24
Tech won a game where defense was primarily on display for both teams. Houston was favored to win by 6, so a Tech win is big, especially on the road. Defense improved. Through the first three weeks, I think we were all wanting to believe what we were seeing was improvement and I think after […]
Quote Board: Kingsbury, Shimonek & Johnson Talk Houston Cougars
The usual suspects step up to the mic this week with head coach Kliff Kingsbury, QB Nic Shimonek and DB Jah’Shawn Johnson appearing before the media. You can read the transcripts here, or watch the video here. Kingsbury First up, he’s asked several questions about the Houston defense and specifically Ed Oliver. Q. When you look […]
Dispatch: Kingsbury Talks Houston and Hurricane Harvey
I wanted to pull this out separately from the press conference post to highlight how this team, the players, the coaches, are absorbing and dealing with the devastation in the Texas Gulf Coast. Q. You have several players in Houston in that area, any update on their families? KLIFF KINGSBURY: Yeah, we keep asking. Some are […]
Staking The Plains goes to NASA
About a month ago my stepson Nathan Kyer sent me a message urging me to apply to the following link… We’re drafting social media users for our Feb. 1 #NASASocial. Apply for all things football, social media & space! https://t.co/OJI1ZcvkhN pic.twitter.com/te7Y455n1w — NASA (@NASA) January 8, 2017 I followed the link to the official NASA […]
Eats & Bounds: Houston
This week, I leaned on the locals to shine some light on what Houston has to offer. You will not be disappointed. Also, you’re all invited to Dan’s place.