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This is honestly incredibly stupid. They can't even return a kickoff to the 25 without a penalty, and he thinks they're "one guy away" from breaking a big return off? Give me a break.

Whoever is doing their special teams #analytics needs to be fired.

>Well, shit. That sucked. I'm not going to say the McGuire honeymoon is over, but we're definitely packed up and headed to the airport. I'd venture to guess that 99.6% of our fans are still on board (including me), but there's now something on film for people to latch on to and criticize. It was going to happen eventually. I'm just glad it didn't start last week.

>I thought our defense played up to my expectations. And those are pretty high expectations right now. Go read the 3 Keys to the Game post from earlier this week. The defense showing up is the only key to the game that came through. We have a respectable Power 5 defense. They played like one tonight. They hit us on occasion in the run game. But the defense was put in terrible spots and they really came through. That's probably going to be NC State's worst game of the year from a total yards / yards per play perspective. I bet they have more production in a couple weeks at Clemson. Some of that is the short field position we gifted them, but most of that is because Texas Tech has a legitimate, respectable Power 5 defense. It's a really good thing that we have one and I hope Muddy Waters is okay.

>The muffed punt return was brutal. It blows my mind that our student enrollment is over 32,000 and the best (healthy) punt returner on campus is the athletic director's son. But since he's out there, we can assume that he's the best we got. Catching the football is something that needs to occur on every punt from here on out. It just has to happen.

>I'm officially concerned about the QB position. I like Donovan. He's got great physical tools. But he does not process things very quickly. A below-average offensive line highlights that weakness in a bad way. And I'm not sure it's that big of a weakness for him as a QB. It might just be a characteristic that is typical of someone with his age and experience. He's got a long ways to go. Even considering the time and score of the game, I think it's fair to say he was "benched" tonight. The same thing occurred in the Oklahoma State game last year. There is a reason Shough won the job in fall camp by such a wide margin that Kittley and McGuire didn't even discuss who would be the starting QB. There's a reason Cumbie elected last year to have Donovan run to the sideline before every play against Iowa State. There's a reason why Morton was given snaps tonight and against Oklahoma State last year when the game was, technically, still in the balance. It's because Donovan has a ways to go, and he needs to get a lot better if we're going to play meaningful football games in November.

>We need an outside receiver to take the next step and become a serious factor. Loic and Jerand have the tools to do it. It's also maybe expecting too much for it happen this quickly in their careers. But the team needs it. They combined for 4 catches and 42 yards tonight, and that's just not going to be enough to win a game on the road against a really good team.

> I'm really not sure how our OL played just yet and will need to make that determination on the rewatch. There were times when I thought Donovan had plenty of time to throw. But we also could not run the ball at all. Some of the first down run calls were frustrating considering how little success we had running the ball on that down. But I understand why you do it if you don't have a ton of faith in your QB or you don't think you can protect in obvious passing situations. Something tells me that Kittley ran the ball on first down tonight much more than he wanted to.

> NC State is probably pretty good. They have good players. They are old. They have a lot of continuity at the HC spot. And they have a favorable schedule playing in the ACC. They will probably finish the year as a top 10 team.

>We are 2-1. Right where most thought we'd be. A really tough game next week. Winning could more than erase any feelings about tonight's game. That part is exciting. It's going to take some really good QB play to win next Saturday because good QB play is the only way I can envision us scoring points against P5 football teams. We cannot run the ball traditionally -- 13 handoffs for 43 yards tonight. That part sucks because our RB room is solid but we can't really leverage their abilities.

- Zach Kittley said Donovan Smith has things to work on. Against NC State, the Wolfpack took advantage in getting pressure on Smith. One sack was because of a complete missed block by one of the running backs. Another sack was because NC State read Texas Tech's pass protection very well. He said they're turning the ball over two-three times a game and that's his position so that's the most important thing moving forward on offense.

- Kittley said Behren Morton came into the game and did exactly what he was supposed to do. He moved the ball and handled the late-game scenarios well. Donovan took a few hits up to that point so Behren came in and got some experience.

- Tight end Mason Tharp is earning more reps. He's getting better and back into shape after missing some time in fall camp. They're trying to get him involved and progress moving forward.

- Gary Patterson has put his DNA into the Texas defense and it's noticeable, Kittley said. Their personnel is one of the best so the game plan has to be at its best.

- Kittley said they had some hard running this past week, which is one positive. Toughing the ball once in the third quarter though forced them to get away from the running game. They have to clean up on holding and the kids kept fighting throughout the game.

- They'll have to schematically get the ball out quick against Texas. Kittley will look at different pass protections, max protections, moving the pocket around to get the ball out. They have ti figure out what formations work best for them.

- Kittley said this is not a true air raid offense. It has concepts in there but it's more multiple than anything. Some traditional air raid limbs form though through their 11 personnel and gap scheme runs.

- Getting Weston Wright back will help a lot against the Texas defensive line. They have four really good down linemen and they rotate them in and out. The matchup is going to be big there. They'll have to protect their best upfront. He said you give yourself a chance by winning the trenches and protecting the QB.

- Kittley said the last thing right now he's thinking about is when Tyler Shough gets back because it's still weeks out from happening. He hasn't had to deal with losing a guy for six weeks before so he'll handled that once it gets to that time. He's confident Tyler will be ready when he returns. He could possibly start doing conditioning work maybe next week, Kittley said, but he's unsure on how solid that plan is for the trainers. He's focused on Donovan and Behren. Right now, Donovan is getting more reps in practice but Behren is getting work in as well. As far as Saturday is concerned, Donovan will trot out there as long as everything goes as planned.

Kids and absolute stud. I’d sign eem up.

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Just made a hell of an open field tackle on a punt to Reagor. Apparently he’s earning his place in Philly. Texas Tech continues to punk TCU.

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We have 4 tickets in 104 but the in-laws are thinking about coming too (I have good in-laws so that is actually cool). If anyone has 4 tickets they want to get rid of, we would be happy to buy them.

Our daughter moved to Lubbock earlier this year and needs recommendations for dog boarding specifically for the holidays. Help please. Not too pricey….
She has a 3 yr old Belgian Malanois (about 60 lbs)and a Dachshund mix (about 35 lbs).
TIA

https://texastech.rivals.com/news/timberview-qb-ath-cameron-bates-is-one-to-watch-in-2024

Saw Bates play last week, he’s a pretty impressive athlete.

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Props to Behren. I thought he did a good job coming off the bench. Absent the one pick, which was arguably not on him, he was more accurate and threw a crisper pass than Donovan.

You can argue the defense was prevent, but they also knew we had no option but to pass and dropped more pass defenders.

I’d like to see Behren get more playing time.

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Finished it last night. So freaking good. Anyone else watch?

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Can he come be our OC when he gets fired?

I will trade my UT tickets for a donation to Level 13. Section 104, Row 29 (at 40 yard line, on the aisle, two rows up from top of concourse ramp). DM me if you want to make an offer. If I do not get a decent offer I will obviously be going, just trying to help out here.

Let's get back on track people. Give me your best.

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Solid add to the class of ‘24, likely one that’ll make it.

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So my daughter and her bf are coming to town for a concert Friday nite and wanted tickets. I said wait, but they jumped on a couple of tickets a couple weeks ago. A few days ago, her company gave her two.

So, now I’m in charge of unloading her two she bought, Section 108 Row 52. $150 per…let me know!

I think Chad deserves a walk on spot.

Monday morning discussion:

Has Nebraska fallen so far from grace, that it's not even as desirable a job as Arizona State?? Even with their conference status in limbo?? If you said yes, we wouldn't fight...

Wanna hear your arguments, but YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED to say the words "smokeshows, scenery, co-eds, etc"..... Strictly football talk.

- Tony Bradford Jr. was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works team on Monday morning. DeRuyter said Tony is a guy who is constantly looking outside of himself. He wants to serve as a police officer when football is done. His attitude is always positive and he's always a teammate. This accomplishment is very much earned by him.

- Dadrian "Rabbit" Taylor-Demerson played through the whistle to get to the ball against NC State, which is what DeRuyter wants from his entire defense. One of the four P's of takeaways is purpose and Rabbit attacked the ball with purpose. The other three P's are preparedness, physicality and population.

- Steve Sarkisian has been doing this a long time and is one of the elite play callers in the game, DeRuyter said. With that said, they're expecting a balanced approach on defense to defend the run and pass game.

- DeRuyter said sometimes not creating turnovers is by circumstance. They need guys to help Tyree Wilson, for example, get to the ball. They have tight coverage but regardless they need to run to the ball and create pressure on QBs.

- Malik Dunlap returned to NC State and DeRuyter said they went after him. The length at DB for the Red Raiders showed in their defense on Saturday on how they disrupted plays.

- Tyree Wilson can collapse a pocket very well. But what surprised DeRuyter about him is his quickness off the edge when the run is going away from him. He makes tackles and runs to the ball every play. Tyree was a primary example in walkthrough on players straining to make plays. They want everyone putting in that effort.

- Bijan Robinson, in DeRuyter's eyes, is probably the best running back in the country. He has tremendous vision, jump cuts and spins. He's compact and bounces off of guys then he has speed in the open field. He thinks he'll have a tremendous career but hopes not to see that on Saturday.

- Both Quinn Ewers and Hudson Card have taken snaps for Texas. With Ewers out it'll be Card on Saturday. DeRuyter said they both have similar skill sets. They're typical highly-rated players at Texas.

- DeRuyter called coach Marcel Yates one of the premiere secondary coaches in the country. He has the DB room learning and growing. He stresses on minimizing weaknesses and capitalizing on their strengths. They're sponges and Yates is giving them the coaching they need.

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