Bobby Burton

It's sad that it has come to this. But it has. Texas Tech is doing anything to be relevant. They're desperate, so desperate in fact that it's embarrassing to watch grown men grovel. Cody Campbell and Joey McGuire are the faces of desperation. So butthurt are the Red Raiders about getting left in the Big 12 that their administration at every level, from the board of regents, to the president's office, even to the football coach's office, they're all willing to do anything to get anyone to listen to them and regard them as more relevant than they are. In a flash of showmanship and false bravado, their football coach today asked for Texas to move its game with Texas State from Austin on Sept. 5, and schedule Texas Tech in Dallas instead. Yet just minutes later, that very same coach tried to convince reporters that his quarterback who gambled on his own team should not incur significant penalties. "Maybe he should get a few games but not a whole year [I am paraphrasing here]," McGuire told reporters. A sane man's response to such words? Joey McGuire will say anything to anybody if it helps him win a football game. He's a man who knows no bounds. McGuire is only following the lead of his president at Texas Tech, who days earlier penned a letter to all students and alumni asking for the same thing. The whole thing is preposterous. They know it. You know it. We all know it. If you gamble on your team, you're toast. As for Campbell, his thumbprints are all over the latest senate legislation. And that legislation attempts to box in Texas and the SEC. Why is Campbell so worried about what's going on in Austin? Does he feel threatened? Again, it's the move of desperate people. And McGuire and Campbell are the faces of desperation. Texas Tech is embarrassing itself over and over again. View full news story

I specifically asked someone at Texas about this and they had actually already looked in on this sort of thing as it relates to another player. Their understanding is the guy can transfer for track but he wouldn’t be eligible for football this season.

I was at the media scrum when he said that. He is clearly still seeing some ghosts about last season. It almost felt like he was grieving during the media availability. At the same time, he gets the women back in the gym in the next month and I think it’s going to be just fine. He definitely is going to play more freshman more minutes than typical.

Thanks for the kind words! I’ve heard a lot of stories in my life, but I’d never heard the one about Shearer being asked to play goal line defense with one armed taped to his chest.

+1 on all accounts.

He was a one-armed DL on a goal-line drill. Absolutely amazing.

That’s not true. There is an option to opt in.

Texas would agree with you, at least on the part about sharing revenue.

Welcome to OTF!

Some of us are too old to do a mini Murph, others have never heard of what it is, and some of us are both.

Remember when I said the House Settlement didn’t address the real issues? All it did was a) kick the can down the road, and b) give the NCAA safe harbor from further suits. Well, it sounds like there’s some folks finally coming up with similar thoughts one year in. ”The House Settlement has been nothing short of a disaster.”

A certain field goal against a certain team in a certain stadium as a fond farewell.

LFG!

For those of you who are Busch fans, this is a good post from Dale Jr.

Yep it's already been posted. It's a good listen for those who want some real insight on how Texas attempts to operate.

I give up. The world is lost.

Buckeyes wish they had the same historical record as Texas against the Wolverines. I believe the Horns are undefeated all time. 🙂

And it will be more than just 8 high profile guys fwiw.

Folks, the Aggies and Sooners are about out of ammo. Texas is just starting. Let this play out. Sark and Brandon Harris, Chris Gilbert, etc., are going to have some of you chasing your tail later this summer and into the fall. At some point, you guys need to trust me and/or Gerry when we say Texas has a plan and we believe in that plan. It’s proven to work for 6 consecutive years with slight tweaks every year. Again, give it time. This next month really kick starts it.

Classic. Wonder where that ref is today?!?

The description of chasing that feeling is appropriate. I literally stayed at the stadium until about two hours after the game when the media was done, and then I got back my hotel that night and did not want to go to sleep. I think I finally fell asleep around 9am the next morning,.

Interesting pick. I like it.

Him and Leach. Priceless in their own ways.

This is good!