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I hate to rag on [tag]Texas Tech[/tag], but this audio is hilarious. Wasn’t this done by 1310 The Ticket? Sounds like Corby and Danny.

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Here is some video proof of how annoying Texas Tech fans can be.

[tag]Oklahoma[/tag] Sooners fans were furious with the officiating at the end of their matchup with [tag]Texas Tech[/tag] back in November. Several questionable calls in the final minute went against the Sooners, including the final play where Tech’s Taurean Henderson barely did/didn’t cross the goal line.

Well the Red Raiders aren’t going to let the opportunity to rub it in the Sooners’ faces one more time pass them by, and they’ll happily sell a few extra season tickets in the process. They’ve put a great billboard up in Lubbock with a photo of Henderson stretching the football across the goal line that says, “He’s in. Are you?” Of course they used a photo from his second effort that came after he was down, but it’s still amusing.

That billboard sure would look good here in Dallas or maybe smack in the middle of Norman.

Other than a three-point win at Ohio State, Texas’ average margin of victory has been 37 points, and Texas proved that yet again with a blow out win against in-state rival [tag]Texas Tech[/tag]. I have to admit, I was pretty nervous going into this game, and through most of the first quarter, but once Texas and Vince Young settled down, it seemed like the game was on cruise control. The game definitely had its good and bad points, and here is how I broke everything down.

Quarterback – Overall Grade: B

I hate to say it, but I wasn’t very impressed with Vince Young’s performance on the field against Texas Tech. He made some pretty poor decisions on a few passes and I recall him badly over-throwing his receivers at least 5 times. He did seem to improve on the second half, and at least seemed to stop making some of the poor decisions. His stats he ended up with weren’t awful, but I definitely expect more from Vince after his fast start this season.

Running Backs – Overall Grade: A

I swear, Texas has so many good running backs it just seems unfair. I mean most of our back-up running backs that play mainly special teams could probably start on most Division 1 schools. Against Tech, 6 running backs combined for 40 carries and 205 yards. Even Chris Ogbonnaya got some late playing time and scored an impressive touchdown run. Selvin looked like a changed man, I think it is due to the fact that Jamaal Charles is playing so well and was slated to have some running time this week. Overall, very impressive in my opinion.

Receivers – Overall Grade: A

Billy Pittman is just a mad man out there. Did you see that one handed grab? Ridiculous. Pittman added 2 more touchdowns to his already impressive year, giving him 5 total. Brian Carter made a couple critical receptions and Romance Taylor is proving that he may be a real threat at the wide receiver position. Once Taylor gets his route running down, big things will happen for him down the road.

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Just minutes away from probably the toughest hurdle still ahead of Texas this season. A victory over an undefeated and top ten ranked [tag]Texas Tech[/tag] Red Raiders in front of much of the nation would go a long way to securing the number two spot in the very important human polls for the rest of the year. Now that the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Harris Poll make up 66% of the BCS rankings, winning in front of national viewers and winning convincingly are more important than ever.

First Quarter

• Kick off deep to the back of the end zone for a touchback. We’ll see what the wind looks like or if it was just a great kick.
• Three and out for the Texas defense on the first series. Two great plays, a tough penalty negating a play against Tech, and then great coverage on third down. Cody Hodges had way too much time but he couldn’t find anyone open and had to run.
• Short punt gives Texas great field position.
• My stupid dog just jumped across me and tore the the Option key off and jacked up the D on my Powerbook. If I spell lots of wors wrong, you can blame the stupi og.
• Starting off in the I formation and a couple of good runs for Selvin Young.
• Vince Young looks like he has an opening on third and 8 but he gets stopped short of the first down.
• 40 yard field goal from David Pino.

Texas Tech 0, Texas 3

• Another good kick off from Greg Johnson.
• Big gain from Taurean Henderson of Tech. Looked like Michael Griffin was the only man in the middle of the field and Tech put a body on him and there was no one else around.
• Defense steps up again. Lots of guys coming from the secondary at Hodges has really kept him uncomfortable so far. He’s 0 for 4 passing so far.
• They said Quan Cosby’s name on the first punt but I wasn’t sure (they’re wrong a lot), but it’s definitely him back there. Definitely more dangerous than Aaron Ross, and I’m guessing Mack Brown trusts him now to make the right decisions and catch the football.
• Jamaal Charles in the game for the first time.
• First option from Texas. Much earlier than most games this season, it’s what we really killed Tech with in the second half last year.
• Reggie Bush is overrated.
• Interception and long run back by Texas Tech. Limas Sweed has to come back and get the ball better, but the ball was thrown behind him pretty badly. Crap.

Texas Tech 7, Texas 3

• Defense is playing fantastic the first two series and we give them the ball at the 20 freaking yard line. We really need a nice long drive to go back ahead and give them something to think about. No mistakes and ram it down their throats.
• Good return by Ramonce Taylor gets us almost out to midfield.
• That’s got to be roughing the passer. It doesn’t matter whether he knew Vince had the ball or not, he slammed him to the ground way after he had thrown the ball.
• Bad decision by Vince that time. Taylor was covered well and the safety was coming over as well. Another interception. He had all day to throw, if no one’s open after all that time he’s got to hold onto it and run with the football.
• Great defense by the Horns picks up Vince and gets the ball back quickly.
• That’s why Cobsy’s back there!! Fantastic return all the way to inside the ten yard line. First and goal Texas!
• Vince is off again. Charles was open in the flats and his missed him by a bit.
• I think Henry Melton may be better when he get a little bit of room and has some space to run than he is in true short yardage. Looked great on a handoff when it was first and goal on the 4.
• Melton punches it in for the touchdown.

Texas Tech 7, Texas 10

• I love touchbacks and I love our return game so far. Right now we’re definitely winning the special teams battle but obviously the turnovers are killing us.
• Hodges’ grip on the football is dumb. There’s no reason to do that.
• I am getting SO DAMN TIRED OF REPLAY. Huge third down touchdown calls that go against us aren’t replayed, but first quarter spots that might be half a yard off are. Plus, from the 3 replays they showed us you couldn’t tell at all when he was down. It looks like his knee was down while ball was still at 29 yard line, but they overturn the spot and give Tech the ball out past the 30 for a first down. I’m this close to losing it.

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