Random Sunday Morning Texas Tech News

• The Lubbock Avalanche Journal has a story this morning on how the Red Raider receivers stepped up their game after Michael Crabtree was forced to leave in the second quarter of the Baylor game with Texas Tech trailing against the Bears. Tech quarterback Graham Harrell on the team missing one of its star players.
  

(From the Lubbock Avalanche Journal) "It always hurts not to have Crab out there, but everyone else stepped up," said Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, who shook off two early turnovers to throw for 309 yards and two touchdowns. "The guys that came in for him did a good job, and we came out with a win."

• The Lubbock A-J also reports that the Red Raiders are on the outside, looking in, when the BCS comes into play because of the three-way tie in the Big 12 South. However, Tech head coach Mike Leach, as usual, has his own opinion about how the tie should be broken.
  

(From the Lubbock Avalanche Journal) "The Big 12 Conference should have an executive session tonight," Leach began, "and just say, Are we about the student-athlete? Are we trying to edify America and make this a better place? Are we actually doing the proper thing and balancing the dual role of both being an athlete and being a student?' When they do that, I think they will find that no one's more deserving than the Red Raiders to win the Big 12 South."

• Sunday's Red Raider Notebook from the Lubbock A-J.
  
• The Red Raider men's basketball team bounced back after Friday night's loss to a ranked-Pittsburgh team and knocked off Mississippi State 77-73 in the third place game of the Legend's Classic in New Jersey. John Roberson led the Red Raiders with 13 points as Tech improved to 6-1 on the year.
  
• The Lady Raiders dropped a 71-61 decision to the University of South Florida on Saturday on last day of the Paradise Jam Tournament in the Virgin Islands. The Lady Raiders, who dropped all three games in the tournament, were led by Keisha Walker's 15 points.

Baylor – Texas Tech Wrap Up

Texas Texas scored 21 straight points to erase a 28-14 halftime lead by Baylor as the Red Raiders improved to 11-1 on the year with a 35-28 win over the Bears at Jones AT&T Stadium Saturday afternoon. The win gave the Raiders a share of the Big 12 South title and kept Tech's hopes of a possible BCS Bowl berth alive.

Game stories from around the nation:

Baylor Athletics – Official Site

Texas Tech Athletics – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Associated Press

ESPN

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

I grouped the pictures from today's game taken from CBS Sportsline and the Associated Press in a thread at Raider Power. The Lubbock Avalanche Journal also has a group in their Spotted section.

The Dallas Morning News has a story that Texas Tech and Baylor are a number of teams are being considered for a Big 12-SEC match up at the Cotton Bowl in late September to kick off the Texas state fair.

(From the Dallas Morning News) Stadium representatives have spoken to several top BCS schools over the last two weeks, working to schedule a game for the first week of the State Fair, which begins Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. The possibilities include a potential SEC-Big 12 matchup between Tech, Baylor or Oklahoma State against LSU, Alabama or Tennessee. But other BCS programs are in the mix as well.

Texas Tech broke ground on the new east side expansion project at Jones AT&T Stadium Saturday morning. KCBD-TV has the story on the expansion that will be completed by the 2010 season.

Pre-Game Notes – Baylor/Texas Tech

Game notes for the Baylor/Texas Tech game from Big 12 Conference and official school websites.

Baylor Bears – Official Site

Texas Tech – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Getting Ready for Baylor

The Texas Tech football team will wrap up the regular season Saturday afternoon against Baylor at Jones AT&T Stadium. It will be the last time that the seniors on the 2008 Red Raider team will play in front of the home crowd on Senior Day. It could also be the last time that wide receiver Michael Crabtree plays on the Jones AT&T turf as well as the red shirt sophomore will be eligible for the 2009 NFL draft if he so choses.

Baylor – Texas A&M Post Game Stories

Baylor – Official Site

Texas A&M – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

ESPN

Baylor – Texas Tech Series (Courtesy of Texas Tech.com)

Texas Tech took its first series lead, 33-32-1, with the 2007 win in Waco since 1946 ... Red Raiders are winners of 12 straight against the Bears.

2008 Baylor Bear Football Schedule

08/28/08 vs. Wake Forest Waco, Texas L, 41-13

09/06/08 vs. Northwestern State Waco, Texas W, 51-6

09/12/08 vs. Washington State Waco, Texas W, 45-17

09/19/08 at Connecticut Hartford, Conn. L, 31-28

10/04/08 vs. Oklahoma Waco, Texas L, 49-17

10/11/08 vs. Iowa State Waco, Texas W, 38-10

10/18/08 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. L, 34-6

10/25/08 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. L, 32-20

11/01/08 vs. Missouri Waco, Texas L, 31-28

11/08/08 at Texas Austin, Texas L, 45-21

11/15/08 vs. Texas A&M Waco, Texas W, 41-21

11/29/08 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 2:30 p.m.

2008 Baylor Bear Football Roster

Baylor Blogs and Message Boards

Baylor Fans – Message Board

Bears Illustrated (Scout) – Message Board

Sic Em' Sports (Rivals) – Message board

Game Day Weather

Lubbock, Texas

Pre-Game Notes – Texas Tech/Oklahoma

Game notes for the Texas Tech/Oklahoma game from Big 12 Conference and official school websites.

Texas Tech Red Raiders – Official Site

Oklahoma Sooners – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Random Saturday Morning Texas Tech News

• Don Williams has a great piece on Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter and his game day attire. Carter on his different look is to draw his teammates together.
  

(From the Lubbock A-J) "I think (some) thought that I was just kind of being an individual," Carter said. "They thought it showed individualism and not much as a team player, which was the total opposite of what I was trying to do. It gets me hyped, and it gets other players hyped. That's why I do it. I don't do it to stand out above others or keep the focus on me."

• The Lubbock A-J also reports that despite the Red Raiders knocking the Sooners out of the National Championship hunt last season, OU is simply looking for a win Saturday and not looking for revenge.
  
• The New York Times has an article on the tandem of Texas Tech's Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree.
  
• Kate Hairopoulos of the Dallas Morning News writes on the road that Texas Tech Matt Williams has traveled to make it as the kicker on the second-ranked team in the country.
  
• USA Today has a story on how Oklahoma stands in the way of Texas Tech being number-one in the country.
  
• The Lubbock A-J has the story on the Lady Raider basketball team's win over Lamar last night at the United Spirit Arena.

Getting Ready for Oklahoma

I ended up taking some time off from the blog after the big wins over Texas and Oklahoma State just to recharge the batteries, but it's time to get fired up as once again Tech will play the biggest game in school history, this time on the road in Norman against the Sooners with the Big 12 south division title on the line. The game will air on ABC Saturday night at 7:00 and ESPN Game Day will be on location as well.

Both the Sooners and Tech are coming off bye weeks and wins. Oklahoma routed Texas A&M 66-28 and Texas Tech rolled over Oklahoma State 56-20.

Oklahoma – Texas A&M Post Game Stories

Oklahoma – Official Site

Texas A&M – Official Site

Big 12 – Official Site

ESPN

Kansas City.com

Texas Tech – Oklahoma Series (Courtesy of Texas Tech.com)

The Red Raiders have won two of the last three ...Texas Tech defeated the third-ranked Sooners, 34-27, in 2007 ... despite five-hour distance from each other, the school's first met in 1992 in Lubbock ... OU won the first three, before the Red Raiders hit the win column in 1996 ... OU leads series 11-4.

2008 Oklahoma Sooner Football Schedule

08/30/08 vs. Chattanooga Norman W, 57-2

09/06/08 vs. Cincinnati Norman W, 52-26

09/13/08 at Washington Seattle, Wash. W, 55-14

09/27/08 vs. TCU Norman W, 35-10

10/04/08 at Baylor Waco, Texas W, 49-17

10/11/08 vs. Texas Dallas, Texas L, 45-35

10/18/08 vs. Kansas Norman W, 45-31

10/25/08 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. W, 58-35

11/01/08 vs. Nebraska Norman W, 62-28

11/08/08 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas W, 66-28

11/22/08 vs. Texas Tech Norman 7:00 PM CT

11/29/08 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla.

12/06/08 Big 12 Championship Kansas City, Mo.

2008 Oklahoma Sooner Football Roster

Oklahoma Sooner Blogs and Message Boards

Crimson and Crème Machine - Blog

GNEXTINC.com Oklahoma Sooners Football – Blog

Sooner Scoop.com (Rivals) – Message Board

Sooners Illustrated (Scout) – Message Board

OU Insider (Free Registration Required) – Message Board

Sooner Fans.com – Message Board

Game Day Weather

Norman, Oklahoma

New TTU Campus Pictures - 11/18/2008 Edition

The latest edition of TTU Campus Pictures has been posted over at Raider Power. This group includes shots of the new leisure pool construction, the Fuller Track and Field renovation, the Livermore Auditorium renovation, the Thompson/Gaston Hall demolition, plus various shots of campus that includes a group of black and white photos.

The leisure pool is starting to take shape. The path of the lazy river can clearly been seen at this stage of the construction.

Since the women's soccer team is now playing at it's own complex west of the Health Science Center, the Fuller track and field complex is under going a complete renovation. The area for most of the field events have been moved to the infield area while the entire track is being redone as well.

The demolition of Thompson/Gaston Hall continues as one wing of the Gaston side of the building has been torn down and the other wing gutted.

The Livermore Auditorium renovation is nearing completion. Sidewalks are being poured around the new entrance to the building.

There will be a lot more construction on campus in the very near future as work will begin on November 29th of the east side of Jones AT&T Stadium.

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions.

Random Wednesday Texas Tech News

• The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reports that the Texas Tech College of Engineering will receive a $25 million gift from AT&T and will name the school after former alumnus Edward Whitacre. There is also a related story from the Dallas Morning News.
  
• The Chicago Tribune has run a story asking, "How well do you know Graham Harrell?"
  
• The Lubbock A-J also reports that Texas Tech head football coach is closing in on the school's all-time record for victories by a Red Raider coach.
  
• Don Williams of the Lubbock A-J has his Wednesday edition of the Red Raider Notebook.
  
• ESPN reports that former Texas Tech men's basketball coach Bob Knight will have an expanded roll with the network during the upcoming college basketball season.
  

More Monday Evening Texas Tech News

• KCBD-TV reports talks are still on-going about moving the Oklahoma State-Texas Tech to Dallas in the near future.
  
• Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News reports that wide receiver Michael Crabtree is thankful for the bye and that it will provide a chance for his injured ankle to heal.
  
• The Minneapolis Star-Tribune says that the Red Raiders comeback win over the Texas Longhorns this season had its roots in Texas Tech's 31 point comeback in the Insight Bowl over Minnesota two years ago.
  
• Betsy Blaney of the Dallas Morning News writes in an article that Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach is not interested in talking about other jobs.

Random Monday Evening Texas Tech News

• The Baltimore Business Journal reports that Under Armour has signed an $11 million dollar deal with Texas Tech to outfit all of the 17 Red Raider varsity teams.
  
• Gene Menez of Sports Illustrated keeps Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell at the top of his Heisman Watch list. See story to see who is chasing Harrell this week.
  

(From Sports Illustrated) 1. Graham Harrell, Texas Tech, QB, Sr. Last week: 40-of-50 passing, 456 yards, 6 TDs; 5 rushes, minus-2 yards in a 56-20 victory over No. 8 Oklahoma State. Season: 332-of-463 passing, 4,077 yards, 36 TDs, 5 INTs; 28 rushes, minus-5 yards, 6 TDs. Heisman-o-meter: Harrell and the Red Raiders didn't have any letdowns this weekend, though the Heisman frontrunner got off to a rough start when he fumbled a snap on Tech's opening possession, setting up an Oklahoma State touchdown. Harrell recovered and threw six touchdowns, though his first touchdown pass on a fade pattern to Edward Britton may have been the prettiest of them all (or perhaps it was his fifth, another fade, to Michael Crabtree). The whole night, Harrell took the short stuff against the Cowboys' defense (his longest pass was 28 yards), which allowed Tech to score touchdowns on seven-consecutive possessions. Now he gets two weeks to prepare for an epic showdown in Norman, where a good performance and a win would just about nail down the top spot on this list. Up next: Nov. 22 at Oklahoma.

• The Daily Toreador, the university newspaper, has its version of Saturday night's win over Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State – Texas Tech Wrap Up

Texas Tech remained unbeaten on the year as the second-ranked Red Raiders rolled over 9^th-ranked Oklahoma State Saturday night 56-20 at Jones AT&T Stadium. The Cowboys have not won in Lubbock since 1944. Tech is now off until November 22^nd, when the Red Raiders will take on the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman with the Big 12 south title on the line.

Game stories from around the nation:

Oklahoma State Athletics – Official Site

Texas Tech Athletics – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Associated Press

ESPN

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

There are a great group of pictures from Saturday's game from CBS Sportsline and the Associated Press. I put them all in a thread over at Raider Power.

Wide receiver Eric Morris had a big night for the Red Raiders, catching a career-high ten passes in the win over OSU. The Lubbock A-J has a story on the Elf's big night for Tech. Morris on his team's success and well as his own success:

(From the Lubbock Avalanche Journal) Morris attributes his success - and that of the team - to a conversation he had after last year's Gator Bowl. Morris and Harrell discussed the possibilities of having a special season this year and the rest of the team has followed suit. "We put in a lot of work, a lot of work that people don't see when the cameras aren't around, when no people are around," Morris said. "The team has done a great job responding and we're playing really well right now."

The Lubbock A-J also has stories on the Tech safeties playing a big part in the win and a story on how the team continues to meet its own expectations.

Sunday's Red Raider Notebook from Don Williams of the Lubbock A-J.

Random Friday Evening Texas Tech News

• The media outlets that cover the Washington Huskies continue to write about Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach and the chances of luring him away from Lubbock for the great northwest, with the latest article coming from John Berkowitz of the Washington Huskies Examiner. It's amusing that these guys can predict the future and know for a fact that Leach will be somewhere else next season. If these guys are that good, shouldn't they be telling us what the stock market and the economy is going to be doing in the next year?
  

(From the Washington Huskies Examiner) Leach won't be at Tech next year. He is going to use this season as a springboard to get out of Lubbock. He is rumored to be a top candidate for the Tennessee job if Phil Fulmer is fired. Leach would prefer to live West of the Rockies and he still covets the Washington job according to insiders. He feels Washington is one of the two programs in the West that can annually compete for a national championship.

• Meanwhile, Sports Illustrated's Austin Murphy has a positive story on the Red Raider football team and says Texas Tech is the feel good story of the 2008 college football season. Murphy's defining moment of the season? Last Saturday night in Lubbock, Texas of course:
  

(From Sports Illustrated) Every year we see a handful of indelible, season-defining moments. The latest came in Lubbock last Saturday night, when Texas Tech's Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree slid a shiv between the ribs of the Texas Longhorns.

• The Dallas Morning News has a great story on the creator of the Raider Red costume, Jim Gaspard.

• The Lubbock Avalanche Journal reports that Lubbock is working hard to capitalize on the Red Raiders big win over Texas and the recognition it has brought to the city.

Pre-Game Notes – Oklahoma State/Texas Tech

Game notes for the Oklahoma State/Texas Tech game from the Big 12 Conference and official school websites.

Oklahoma State Cowboys – Official Site

Texas Tech Red Raiders – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Mike Leach Wants Blackout for OSU Game

Pass the word. Mike Leach wants fans to blackout the stadium again this Saturday night as the Red Raiders host Oklahoma State at Jones AT&T Stadium. Leach made the comments tonight on his coach's show that aired on News Talk 950 in Lubbock.

Random Thursday Texas Tech News

• Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports says Texas Tech should be ticked off at other schools for thinking they can hire head football coach Mike Leach away from Lubbock. Doyel, like many people in west Texas already know, says that Leach has it pretty good in the Hub City:
  

(From CBS Sportline.com) But that's the thinking in Washington. A recent column in the Seattle Times noted: "Word on the street is Leach is ready to get out of Texas Tech and would be highly interested in the UW. The bigger issue is whether Washington would be interested in him." Look, there's nothing wrong with the Seattle Times. That's a paragraph that has been, or will be, written in various places over the next few months. Just substitute Clemson or Tennessee or (name a school) for Washington, and you've got the general idea. But I've got three problems with it. One, somebody tell me why Leach should be "ready to get out of Texas Tech." The Red Raiders are No. 2 in the country, and if pollsters had a backbone, they'd have voted Texas Tech No. 1 over Alabama. Tell me why a coach would be dying to leave such a program, especially when you consider this little factoid: When he arrived in Lubbock in 2000, Leach inherited a team coming off four consecutive five-loss seasons. From those modest twigs, he started recruiting and built a palace. So imagine what sort of structure he can erect now that he's recruiting to a place that just beat No. 1 Texas.

• Jimmy Burch of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram writes that the Oklahoma State football team is feeling like a champion as the Cowboys head into Saturday night's game in Lubbuck.
  
• The Sporting News reports that the low expectations of this year's Texas Tech men's basketball team doesn't faze head coach Pat Knight. The Red Raiders are picked by conference coaches to finish 10^th in the Big 12 this season. Knight on the coaches picking his team at the bottom of the conference:
  

(From the Sporting News) "I don't blame them," he said. "They don't know about our players, they don't know about the coach. I'm hoping these guys step up and we prove a lot of people wrong."

• There is also a quick look at the men's basketball team at the Dallas Morning News.
  

Goin’ Band Half-Time Pirate Show via the Tuba Cam

Here's a different view of last weekend's half-time show by the Goin' Band. One of the tuba players recorded the show from the show itself. Pretty neat perspective and notice when they scramble to their spots after the first song, the guy shooting the video collides with another tuba player.

New TTU Campus Pictures – 11/6/2008 Edition

I have posted a new group of pictures from the Texas Tech campus and surrounding area at Raider Power. This group includes shots of the Gaston/Thompson Hall demolition, the Marsha Sharp Freeway, the North Overton area, the hanging of the holiday lighting for Carol of Lights, and Raiderville.

Raiderville is currently running the entire length of the east side of Jones AT&T Stadium as students and their tents line up in anticipation of this weekend's Oklahoma State – Texas Tech game.

Crews are continuing to hang the holiday lighting around the main area of campus in anticipation of the Carol of Lights on December 5^th. A Lubbock Power and Light cherry picker was used today to string the lights on the administration building bell towers.

Please feel free to leave any questions or comments.

Bell Tower Amidst the Autumn Colors

Raiderville

Random Wednesday Evening Texas Tech News

• The Houston Chronicle reports that Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach is among 20 finalists for the Bear Bryant College Coach of the Year Award. The award will be presented on January 15^th at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Houston.
  

  List of 20 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year award nominees:
  

Tim Brewster — Minnesota Mack Brown — Texas Pete Carroll — USC Mark Dantonio — Michigan State Butch Davis — North Carolina Pat Fitzgerald — Northwestern Ralph Friedgen — Maryland Todd Graham — Tulsa Mike Gundy — Oklahoma State Brady Hoke — Ball State Paul Johnson — Georgia Tech Mike Leach — Texas Tech Bronco Mendenhall — Brigham Young Urban Meyer — Florida Joe Paterno — Penn State Gary Patterson — TCU Chris Petersen — Boise State Nick Saban — Alabama Bob Stoops — Oklahoma Kyle Whittingham — Utah

• The Oklahoman says you can call Mike Leach "weird", but you can also call him a "winner."
  
• The publicity that the Texas Tech football team is receiving is also helping in attracting prospective students to campus. KCBD-TV has a report that the publicity by the football team has the phones ringing off the hook in the admissions office.
  

Goin' Band from Raiderland - Pirate Show

The Goin' Band from Raiderland added to the Texas Tech-Texas weekend with a great half-time performance. The pirate themed show was dedicated to Red Raider head coach Mike Leach and Leach himself was featured on the jumbotron at Jones AT&T stadium as the band took the field.

The band will have an encore performance of the show this weekend at the Oklahoma State game and there may be additional footage of "Captain" Leach on the scoreboard.

Getting Ready for Oklahoma State

Last weekend Texas Tech played in the biggest game of the school's history as the Red Raiders knocked off number-one Texas 39-33 and in the process leap-frogged to the number two spot in the BCS poll. Now that last week's game is history, the Red Raiders will once again be playing in the biggest game in school history as the Red Raiders entertain number-nine Oklahoma State. Kickoff is at seven Saturday evening at Jones AT&T Stadium and will be televised once again on ABC television.

Head coach Mike Leach put it best this week when he said "last week's win over Texas won't mean a thing if the team doesn't beat OSU this week."

Iowa State – Oklahoma State Post Game Stories:

Oklahoma State – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Associated Press

The Oklahoman

Des Moines Register

ESPN

Oklahoma State – Texas Tech Series (Courtesy of Texas Tech.com)

Tech leads the overall series 19-12-3 and has won the last 11 in Lubbock ... OSU's last win in Lubbock was in 1944 ... Red Raiders have won eight of the last 11 meetings.

2008 Oklahoma State Cowboy Football Schedule

Sat, Aug 30 Washington State at Seattle, WA 2:30 p.m. 39 - 13 (W)

Sat, Sep 06 Houston Boone Pickens Stadium 6:05 p.m. 56 - 37 (W)

Sat, Sep 13 Missouri State Boone Pickens Stadium 12:05 p.m. 57 - 13 (W)

Sat, Sep 27 Troy Boone Pickens Stadium 6:05 p.m. 55 - 24 (W)

Sat, Oct 04 Texas A&M * 21st Boone Pickens Stadium 6:05 p.m. 56 - 28 (W)

Sat, Oct 11 Missouri * 17th 3rd at Columbia, MO 7:00 p.m. 28 - 23 (W)

Sat, Oct 18 Baylor (Homecoming) * 8th Boone Pickens Stadium 2:00 p.m. 34 - 6 (W)

Sat, Oct 25 Texas * 7th 1st at Austin, TX 2:30 p.m. 24 - 28 (L)

Sat, Nov 01 Iowa State * 9th Boone Pickens Stadium 2:30 p.m. 59 - 17 (W)

Sat, Nov 08 Texas Tech * 8th 2nd at Lubbock, TX 7:00 p.m.

Sat, Nov 15 Colorado * at Boulder, CO

Sat, Nov 29 Oklahoma * Boone Pickens Stadium

2008 Oklahoma State Cowboys Football Roster

Oklahoma State Blogs and Message Boards

Orange Power.com – Message Board

Go Pokes (Scout) – Message Board

Game Day Weather

Lubbock, Texas

Mike Leach Desktop Wallpaper

In honor of Texas Tech's 39-33 win over top-ranked Texas, here's a new Mike Leach desktop wallpaper. By clicking on the image above, it will bring up a wallpaper 800x600 resolution sized desktop. Leave a comment and and e-mail address if you would like a larger one. I have made them in the following sizes; 1024x768, 1280x1024, and a wide-screen 1440x900.

Pictures of ESPN Game Day - Saturday Morning

I was able to attend the first hour of ESPN's Game Day on Saturday morning and took a number of pictures. The entire group can be viewed in a thread over at Raider Power.

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions. Guns up!

Texas – Texas Tech Wrap Up

It was simply an amazing ending to an amazing college football game as Texas Tech toppled top-ranked Texas 39-33 Saturday night at Jones AT&T Stadium. Quarterback Graham Harrell hooked up with Michael Crabtree on a 28-yard touchdown pass with one-second left to give the Red Raiders their 500^th victory in the school's history and perhaps the biggest win of the program.

Lots of game stories from around the nation:

Texas Athletics – Official Site

Texas Tech Athletics – Official Site

Big 12 Conference – Official Site

Associated Press

ESPN

Tim Griffin – ESPN Big 12 Blog

Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Fox Sports

Kansas City Star

Dallas Morning News

Houston Chronicle

There are some great photos of the game last night from CBS Sportsline, the AP, and Getty Images. I've compiled some of the best ones in a thread over at Raider Power.

WFAA-TV reports that Harrell is a hero in his hometown of Ennis, Texas.

A local resident has his thoughts on the Red Raider quarterback:

(From WFAA-TV) Larry Wolf, a barber in the Ellis County town, says the town is keeping up with Texas Tech's star quarterback. "Lots of people switching over to Texas Tech," he said. "Used to be Longhorn fans and everything else."

Don Williams of the Lubbock A-J has his Red Raider Notebook open on this Sunday Morning.

The Lubbock A-J also has a story on how well the Tech defense played against the Horns.

Tech head coach Mike Leach on how well his defense played against Texas:

(From the Lubbock Avalanche Journal) "I think our D-line did a really good job," Tech head coach Mike Leach said. "(Texas) hit some big plays, obviously, but (McCoy's) a really good player. They have good backs and good receivers. "I felt we took a half away from (McCoy). We didn't take the whole game, but we did take a half. I thought that helped."

To top everything off, the Red Raiders will again be in the national spotlight next Saturday night as ABC Television will provide coverage of the Oklahoma State – Texas Tech game. Coverage begins at 7:00pm.