Getting Ready for Kansas State

A fake punt helped Kansas State hold off Louisiana-Lafayette 45-37 on Saturday as the Wildcats improved to 3-1 on the year. Texas Tech will open Big 12 Conference play this Saturday afternoon in Manhattan, Kansas against KSU after being idle this week.

KSU-Louisiana Lafayette post game stories

• Kansas State Official Website
  
• Louisiana-Lafayette Official Website
  
• The Topeka Capital-Journal
  
• The Kansas City Star
  
• The Daily Advertiser
  
• ESPN
  

Texas Tech-Kansas State Football Series – (Courtesy of Texas Tech.com)

Texas Tech leads the series 6-3, dating back to the 1933 season ... the Red Raiders have won three straight against the Wildcats, including a 59-20 win in Lubbock in 2005 ... KSU last picked up a win in 2000, when the 10th-ranked Wildcats narrowly escaped Tech, 28-23, in Manhattan in Mike Leach's first season as head coach.

2008 Kansas State Football Schedule

Sat, Aug 30 North Texas Manhattan, Kan. 6:05 p.m. 45 - 6 (W)

Sat, Sep 06 Montana State Manhattan, Kan. 6:05 p.m. 69 - 10 (W)

Wed, Sep 17 Louisville at Louisville, Ky. 7 p.m. 29 - 38 (L)

Sat, Sep 27 Louisiana-Lafayette Manhattan, Kan. 2:35 p.m. 45 - 37 (W)

Sat, Oct 04 Texas Tech * Manhattan, Kan. 2:30 p.m.

Sat, Oct 11 Texas A&M * at College Station, Texas

Sat, Oct 18 Colorado * at Boulder, Colo.

Sat, Oct 25 Oklahoma * Manhattan, Kan.

Sat, Nov 01 Kansas * at Lawrence, Kan.

Sat, Nov 08 Missouri * at Columbia, Mo.

Sat, Nov 15 Nebraska * Manhattan, Kan.

Sat, Nov 22 Iowa State * Manhattan, Kan.

2008 Kansas State Football Roster

Official Kansas State Website

Kansas State Blogs and Message Boards

Bring on the Cats - Blog

KSFans.com - Message Board

Manhattan, Kansas Weather

Random Sunday Morning Texas Tech News

• The Lubbock A-J ran a story this morning on how the Goin' Band, Guns up sign, and Masked Rider all play an important role in creating spirit at Tech and across the country.
  
• The Texas Tech hockey team and the City of Lubbock have not resolved their issues with the team playing at City Bank coliseum. KCBD has the story on the latest developments.
  
• The Lubbock A-J also reports that a Texas Tech duo placed high at the Boat-U.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship held at Lake Lewisville.

Tech Athletics Website Promoting BIG Announcement on Monday

According to the official Texas Tech website, there is a "Big Announcement" of some sort that will be revealed on Monday. Other than that, there is nothing else on the website about this matter.

My guess is, they have reached the fund-raising goal for the east side expansion. My hope is that the athletic department has raised enough to start both the east and north side at the same time. I guess we'll have to wait for Monday to roll around.

Random Sunday Morning Texas Tech News

• The demolition of Thompson and Gaston Halls has begun to make way for construction of the new Business Administration Building. The building, to be located on the north side of campus, will be the first "green" building to be constructed by Tech.
  
• The Texas Tech football team had its best outing of the season with a 56-14 rout of the University of Massachusetts. There are plenty of game stories on the contest, both locally and from back in the Boston area.
  

  Lubbock Avalanche Journal
  

  The Associated Press
  

  The Boston Globe
  

  Boston Herald
  

• Did you know Texas Tech has a bass fishing team? It must be a good one as the Red Raiders finished third at the recently held National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship held in Lewisville, Texas.
  

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• The Lubbock A-J has a story on Ruffin McNeill and his close relationship with his father.

Back to the Blog/Campus Update

It's been a while since any updates to the blog was made. Hopefully, my life has settled down a bit and I can be a little more consistent with posts.

There are a couple of noticeable changes going on around the Texas Tech campus. The leisure pool near the Rec Center now has some visible construction going on above ground. Most of the work so far has been below ground level.

Demolition of Thompson Hall has begun to make room for the new Business Administration building on the north side of campus. The new BA will be the first "green" building on campus.

I hope to have a new batch of campus pictures sometime early in the week.

Random Sunday Morning Texas Tech News

Here are a number of stories from last night Texas Tech win over Nevada. The Red Raider defense pulled this one out by holding Nevada to four field goals and one touchdown outside the red zone. I apologize for the lack of content the last couple of weeks as I've had some things take place that have kept me off the internet. Hopefully, I can return to a normal routine here in the near future.

Game Stories:

• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
  
• Associated Press
  
• Reno Gazette-Journal
  

Getting Ready for Nevada

Nevada won its opening game of the season this past weekend with a 49-13 rout of Grambling State on Saturday night. The Wolf Pack plays host to Texas Tech Saturday night in Reno.

• The Reno Gazette-Journal has a recap of the Wolf Pack's first win of the season.
  
• The same website also has some notes from Saturday's Nevada win and this week's game with Texas Tech.
  
• Meanwhile, the Lubbock A-J reports Red Raider players and coaches were not happy with Saturday's win over Eastern Washington.
  
• Nevada-Grambling State game story from the official University of Nevada website.
  
• Notes and quotes from the official Wolf Pack website.
  

Nevada 2008 Football Schedule

Sat, Aug 30 Grambling State Reno 6:05 p.m. 49 - 13 (W)

Sat, Sep 06 Texas Tech Reno 6:05 p.m.

Sat, Sep 13 Missouri at Columbia, Mo. TBA Fox Sports PPV

Sat, Sep 27 UNLV at Las Vegas 7:00 p.m. The mtn.

Sat, Oct 04 Idaho * at Moscow, Idaho 2:00 p.m. KAME

Sat, Oct 11 New Mexico State * Reno 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Oct 18 Utah State (Homecoming/Hall of Fame Game) * Reno 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Oct 25 Hawai`i * at Honolulu 9:05 p.m. KAME

Fri, Nov 07 Fresno State * at Fresno, Calif. 6:00 p.m. ESPN2

Sat, Nov 15 San Jose State * Reno 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Nov 22 Boise State * Reno 1:05 p.m.

Sat, Nov 29 Louisiana Tech * at Ruston, La. 11:30 a.m. ESPN GamePlan

2008 Nevada Wolf Pack Roster