How are they paid? Monthly, quarterly, Simi-annually, annually? If a player decides to sit out to enter the transfer portal, how should it affect his NIL payment? If a player decides to transfer at the end of a season, and he was told he would get $25,000 through the Matador NIL program, does he get all $25,000? Or does he get 3/12ths or 4/12ths of it? Will it be prorated based on monthly participation?

Saw this on twitter. Not sure on the validity, but it's a story that's for sure. it was the first time I'd heard this. To think I was amused Jett Duffey's name had two T's in it like TTU...

Amusing happening at church yesterday. The priest, a diehard Texas Tech fan, was marveling at the play of Tech's new quarterback Behren Morton. Then he asked, "Behren is a unique name, wonder how he got that name?" Since Behren is named after one of my best friends, I felt quite qualified to explain the whole heartening story.

Behren's father is James Morton, who was a great player at West Texas State. James married a girl named Megan Kinen, one of the best basketball players they ever had at West Texas State. Tragically, Megan died in her sleep of a stroke a few years later. It not only left James devastated but he had an infant daughter to raise. This is when Jerry Behrens, a former coach at Odessa Permian and West Texas State, stepped up to the plate for James in a way that is just about unheard of. He not only offered financial aide and emotional support, moreover, needed a head coaching job in the worst way, and Jerry, using limitless connections he had in the Texas Panhandle, helped find him one. James was so touched by Jerry's overt kindness he vowed to name his first son after Jerry. Thus the name "Behren" Morton, Tech's next Mahomes!

**Reminder that FCS games and garbage-time possessions are not included in these numbers***


Offensive Points Per Drive:

Texas Tech - 2.29 points per offensive possession. 63rd in the country.
(conf only) - 2.71 points per drive. 6th in the conference.

Baylor - 2.91 points per offensive possession. 22nd in the country.
(conf only) - 2.98 points per drive. 2nd in the conference.


Offensive TD Percentage:

Texas Tech - 27.8% of possessions end with a TD play. 66th in the country.
(conf only) - 32.7% of conference possessions result in TDs. 6th in the conference.

Baylor - 40% of possessions end with a TD play. 18th in the country.
(conf only) - 38.6% of drives have been TDs. 3rd -- behind only TCU & Kansas.


Offensive Turnover Percentage:

Texas Tech - 13.9% of possessions end with a turnover. 87th in the country.
(conf only) - 10.2% of possessions end with a turnover. 4th best in the conference.

Baylor - 13.8% of possessions end with a turnover. 86th in the country.
(conf only) - 18.2% of conf possessions are turned over. Dead last by a wide margin. Bad luck or is there something to that?


Offensive Yards Per Play:

Texas Tech - 5.25 yards per play. 93rd in the country.

Baylor - 6.36 yards per play. 32nd in the country.


Baylor's offense has been really good this year -- especially when you think about all the (unlucky?) turnovers its had the last few games. That said, they have not played a particularly tough schedule from a defenses-faced standpoint. The best defense that they faced by far is Iowa State, and they did move the ball really well against them on the road and in a tough environment. Their offensive performance against BYU, though, is now a real stinker -- although I will admit that the environment in Provo (and likely Ames) will be harder to play in than what they will face in Lubbock (assuming the Tech student section from the last 10+ years shows up).

The Tech offense is entering a weird territory where the numbers are not a good representation of what our potential is on that side of the ball. We've played a top 10 schedule to this point from a defenses-faced standpoint. It was tough sledding through the first half of our schedule.

We have a different QB.

We've played 1/3rd of our games without our most game-breaking skill player (Myles Price), and he will return this week.

And our tempo is on a different planet right now compared to anyone else in the country and what we were doing at the beginning of the year with Donovan.

The numbers listed above have not caught up to Tech's offense, but the betting market has. Tech's team total will be 31.5 or so, which will be the highest projected points to be scored against Baylor all season. In other words, this is arguably the toughest test that Baylor's defense will have faced to this point.


Defensive Points Per Drive:

Texas Tech - 2.23 points allowed per possession. 69th in the country.
(conf only) - 2.51 points allowed per drive. 6th in the conference.

Baylor - 2.24 points allowed per possession. 71st in the country.
(conf only) - 2.7 points allowed per drive. 7th in the conference.


Defensive TD Percentage:

Texas Tech - 23% of possessions end with opponents running a TD play. 39th in the country. On pace to be one of the best in the Ben Golan Era of Tech football.
(conf only) - 27.7% of conf. opponents' possessions are TDs. 5th in the league.

Baylor - 27% of possessions end with opponents running a TD play. 63rd in the country.
(conf only) - 32.6% of drives end with opponent TD. 7th in the conference.

Defensive Turnover Percentage:

Texas Tech - 13.5% of opponents' possessions end with a turnover. 50th in the country. Watch out Big 12 opponents, if this number keeps increasing.
(conf. only) - 12.8% -- 4th in the conference.

Baylor- 11.1% of opponents' possessions end with a turnover. 78th in the country.
(conf. only) - 14% -- 3rd in the conference.

Defensive Yards Per Play:

Texas Tech - 5.48 yards allowed per play. 44th in the country.

Baylor - 5.52 yards allowed per play. 50th in the country.


I don't think many people know Baylor's team and personnel better than Joey McGuire, and he explained yesterday that losing a lot of NFL guys and having a really young secondary has made Baylor's defense take a big step backwards this year. The numbers reflect that. Baylor's defense is trending the wrong direction, while ours is trending upward.

I always wondered what it would be like to play defense with an NFL edge rusher, two bonafide cover corners with length and speed, and one Muddy Waters. It was a mystery as I watched Big 12 opponents score TDs on about 40% of their possessions against Tech's defense. Now I know what it looks like. And I like the way it looks.

Our opponents' starting drives average 63 yards away from the end zone. That is the worst in the country. Stated differently, our opponents have the best field position against our defense. And that's okay. There's a risk and reward to going for it on 4th down as much as we do, and the net effect has been positive for Tech football. Our defense is a big boy and can take it. But the short field position explains why our points per drive allowed is on par with Baylor.

Right now, Tech's defense is allowing Big 12 opponents to gain just 33 yards per drive. That's 2nd best in the conference. It makes me want to be even more aggressive on 4th down.



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Tyler Shough is cleared as of this morning. Myles Price, JJ Sparkman, Cam'Ron Valdez and Tyler Owens are back as well. Monroe Mills will be decided later this week.

1. We win out.
2. Morton takes every remaining snap other than trick plays or mop-up duty.
3. Graham Harrell loses his job before Neal Brown loses his.

Per TTU Athletics:

"Texas Tech senior Fardaws Aimaq suffered a foot injury during a workout earlier this week. He is expected to make a full recovery and return for the season. There is no timetable on how long he will be out of practice."

Texas Tech is hosting Monday Night Madness tonight! Chase and I will be here and will be posting anything interesting that happens!

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So I never go back and watch games again, but when you have your best non-Kansas Big 12 win since I last lived in Lubbock, it is worth it.

First, special teams. They've been dogged on a lot this year, they showed up in spades Saturday. Made FGs. Best punt of the year. Coverage was great. I don't know if something was changed during the bye or if it all came together, but more of that please.

Second, we had some snaps that Thompson and Brooks were both on the field at the same time. I'm surprised we haven't done that more this year but I was glad to see it.

Third, turnover margin...I think we were -6 on the year, now we are -2. Hopefully that was more a sign of things clicking in the new defense than just level of competition. But either way, if we can be +2 every week I think we have a great shot to win out. But that's tough to do 5 weeks in a row.

Fourth, 5 games left and this has been the most fun season since Patrick Mahomes was running QB for us. That's a really good feeling, because so often watching Tech football has seemed like a chore the past 5 years.

Finally, Donnell looked legit in his snaps. I look forward to seeing more of that guy.

Remind me when they set the start times for that week’s games.

Steve Masiello formerly the head coach of Manhattan, (apparently) tried strong arming his 1 year deal into an extension before the season and the school fired him. They were number 2 in the preseason rankings for their conference, had the preseason conference player of the year, and he's now in the portal. Apparently their entire time is heading to the portal to show unity I've read. Wild if (portal bound) true.

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We canned him a year ago

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Hey guys, I am looking for a career change and thought this might be a place to start. I have 15 years experience in outside sales as both a sales consultant and area sales manager. Any leads or help would be appreciated.

I was in line at the gate yesterday during the national anthem, flyover, and what I thought would be the team entrance. Got in/to our seats and the band was off the field, horse had run before the team came out with no intro, smoke, or anything. Anyone who was in the stadium know what happened?

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In everyway imaginable, gets it, he does.

Watched the first two episodes last night. Thought it was good and curious to see where it goes.

I was browsing this week's slate of NCAA games on ESPN and found it interesting that our game is currently the 3rd most expensive ticket to get into the stadium at $95. I find that impressive considering a non-ranked opponent. McGuire and the the Mahomes induction has created a real buzz for this game. https://www.espn.com/college-football/schedule

Can't Wait.

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haven’t seen a thread on this but but SIAP.

Anybody on here go? Doesn’t look well attended and looks kinda lame. I did see one tweet about it yesterday with time and location but that’s it. I always wished TTU did something like this and I’m glad to see us trying to get it going.

That's one way to put it lol.

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What helps us more?

We have a lot of Seniors on Defense this year. Which seniors will have an extra year (if they choose) dure to the covid year? Would be nice to have a few back next year. Obviously Tyree is NFL bound. Two deep below:

Dang man! This tornado hit about 10 miles from Georgetown about an hour ago. No idea how bad it is yet but definitely some funky weather tonight Login to view embedded media