Latest / Talkin' Tech / Joey McGuire's Baylor Beatdown
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- 0:39SPEAKER_05: Welcome in, everybody, to the Talk and Tech Podcast, powered by the Nation, part of the Nation Podcast Network.
- 0:44SPEAKER_05: I'm your host, Steven Rodriguez, my co-host Tristan McGonagall.
- 0:47SPEAKER_05: Tristan.
- 0:48SPEAKER_05: Two wins in a row.
- 0:50SPEAKER_05: That's a win streak, baby.
- 0:51SPEAKER_04: Steven, I implore you, for the love of all that is holy, please, I beg you to play the song.
- 1:00SPEAKER_05: This time, there will not be 40 seconds of straight silence to start off the episode.
- 1:06SPEAKER_05: I will, in fact, play the song.
- 1:30SPEAKER_04: How many of the treasure listeners just stopped listening?
- 1:34SPEAKER_04: I've been thinking like this is okay.
- 1:36SPEAKER_05: I was I was so pissed.
- 1:38SPEAKER_05: I was so pissed because I put it like immediately I went to go get breakfast after I uploaded it, and I like just listened to this.
- 1:45SPEAKER_05: I just put on the podcast, and I'm like, shit.
- 1:50SPEAKER_05: It was totally for dramatic effects.
- 1:53SPEAKER_05: It was.
- 1:53SPEAKER_05: It was just a little dramatic effect.
- 1:55SPEAKER_05: I just needed everybody to like pay attention for a second.
- 1:58SPEAKER_05: They just throw on the podcast, and then all of a sudden there's nothing going on and they only have their thoughts.
- 2:02SPEAKER_05: And it's like, I don't like this.
- 2:03SPEAKER_05: I don't like being there.
- 2:05SPEAKER_04: I don't like it at all.
- 2:06SPEAKER_04: That's why I had to have constant stimulation at all times, like podcasts.
- 2:11SPEAKER_05: No, we're actually playing the song, and we're double winners this time around.
- 2:16SPEAKER_05: And we had a great time in Waco this weekend.
- 2:19SPEAKER_04: Absolutely, man.
- 2:21SPEAKER_04: It was a killer time, dude.
- 2:23SPEAKER_04: Shout out to Waco and the Bear fans, and especially our two favorite ones, Joe Goodman and Mac Matt Workman.
- 2:32SPEAKER_04: How have we not made a joke about their names being blank M man?
- 2:36SPEAKER_04: But um, Workmen.
- 2:39SPEAKER_04: Yeah, they're the good workmen.
- 2:41SPEAKER_04: Exactly.
- 2:41SPEAKER_04: Yes.
- 2:41SPEAKER_04: But dude, that that that tailgate was excellent, as was the podcast before.
- 2:46SPEAKER_04: So here is our spiritual thanks to them and Igmand.
- 2:50SPEAKER_04: So it was just such a great time down there.
- 2:51SPEAKER_05: Yeah, Baylor Mafia Tailgate were extremely welcoming to 12 Red Raiders, plus a few more that came in here and there.
- 3:00SPEAKER_05: Um, good people.
- 3:01SPEAKER_05: I mean, just really, really good people, awesome time.
- 3:04SPEAKER_05: Uh, you know, welcomed us with shots of whiskey.
- 3:07SPEAKER_05: They had Jimmy Johns there.
- 3:09SPEAKER_05: Uh, they said, go crazy, Red Raiders, and then they did the ritual.
- 3:12SPEAKER_05: And the ritual was great.
- 3:14SPEAKER_05: Talked a little shit.
- 3:15SPEAKER_05: That's fine.
- 3:16SPEAKER_05: We love it.
- 3:17SPEAKER_05: We we love a little uh back and forth, but overall, just an awesome time with a bunch of good people.
- 3:22SPEAKER_04: Well, I was saying, man, it could it really could have been better.
- 3:25SPEAKER_04: The only thing that was better was the results on the field.
- 3:27SPEAKER_05: That is true.
- 3:28SPEAKER_05: Not for them, but for us, it was just like the ultimate weekend.
- 3:31SPEAKER_05: I mean, not only just seeing like 12 of our best friends all in one place.
- 3:36SPEAKER_05: So uh what didn't you think though?
- 3:38SPEAKER_05: McLean Stadium, Waco, the whole you know, game day atmosphere.
- 3:42SPEAKER_05: What were your thoughts?
- 3:44SPEAKER_04: I think Joe nailed it.
- 3:45SPEAKER_04: I think small but nice.
- 3:46SPEAKER_04: Honestly, I think that's the the perfect way to describe it.
- 3:50SPEAKER_04: Is it's small but nice.
- 3:51SPEAKER_04: You know, it's it's obviously it's not it's not your blowouts like your huge state schools that you know you'd be used to um in other in other college towns, but you know, it's just like it everything's pretty top of the line with you know, just everything's just good to go, and you're gonna you're gonna be very satisfied being there.
- 4:07SPEAKER_04: I don't know that made any sense, but no, yeah.
- 4:09SPEAKER_05: The the area is beautiful, I will say.
- 4:11SPEAKER_05: The stadium looks very nice, it's right on the river, the bridge looks great.
- 4:14SPEAKER_05: Uh good views, good views, and the Brazos parking lot where they have all the tailgating.
- 4:19SPEAKER_05: That is the place.
- 4:20SPEAKER_05: That was nice.
- 4:20SPEAKER_05: That was very nice.
- 4:21SPEAKER_05: It's awesome.
- 4:22SPEAKER_05: We did, we did, or I don't know if you did, but I almost witnessed uh Kyle from the Gambling Gauchos and Maddie Nomeo get into it uh with another Baylor tailgate.
- 4:32SPEAKER_05: And uh Joe Goodman came in and actually was the guy who wanted to like throw some fists.
- 4:38SPEAKER_05: It was insane.
- 4:39SPEAKER_05: Oh my god, no, I didn't catch that.
- 4:42SPEAKER_05: It was a nutty time.
- 4:43SPEAKER_05: We were trying to find Maddie and Kyle, and they couldn't like find us in the tailgating area.
- 4:48SPEAKER_05: And I guess they tried to pass through one of the other tailgates, and these like 50-year-old dudes were having none of it, and they were like, You can't, you can't just pass through here whenever you want.
- 4:58SPEAKER_05: And it's like, dude, we're just trying to pass through.
- 5:00SPEAKER_05: And then Joe came in, fire in his eyes.
- 5:03SPEAKER_05: Oh my god, started talking to this guy, telling him, dude, he's just passing through, he's just trying to get over to my tailgate.
- 5:10SPEAKER_05: What the hell?
- 5:11SPEAKER_05: And then, you know, there was some there was some words and some back and forth, and I was like, I was I was thinking, oh my god, we got some bailer on bailer going on right here.
- 5:19SPEAKER_05: But uh, it was a heck of a time.
- 5:21SPEAKER_04: Yeah, the other I I I didn't notice that perhaps those little two soda popped.
- 5:24SPEAKER_04: Um, but um it was like I said, dude, I I I only I was I had such a chill time, so I was having a great, great, great time in my world world, I guess.
- 5:34SPEAKER_05: No, it was just for it was for a second because it I think we actually went away from our area to go try to find them.
- 5:40SPEAKER_05: But okay, yeah.
- 5:42SPEAKER_05: Prior to this, because game was at seven, prior to this, we go to the crickets, uh, the Waco location, which I did not know they had, but uh obviously much bigger than the one in Lubbock, a little cleaner, a little less smoky.
- 5:54SPEAKER_05: But hey, it was a fun time.
- 5:56SPEAKER_05: They sat down, they sat down what 12 of us immediately at a big table.
- 6:00SPEAKER_05: We were watching UT lose at the last second, the place goes crazy.
- 6:04SPEAKER_05: Uh, crickets, great time.
- 6:06SPEAKER_04: Oh, for sure, dude.
- 6:07SPEAKER_04: It's it's always cool like stopping by your college bars in different places as well.
- 6:10SPEAKER_04: Like, if the if I was ever in another college town with the chimmies, I obviously had to stop by the chimmies.
- 6:14SPEAKER_04: So you know, it's just gonna be like a satellite red raider stop in.
- 6:17SPEAKER_05: So absolutely the chimmies in Fort Worth rules, so shout out them.
- 6:22SPEAKER_05: Um, and then obviously the game.
- 6:23SPEAKER_05: What inside the stadium?
- 6:25SPEAKER_05: So what it was probably 85% full at the start, maybe 90.
- 6:30SPEAKER_05: They I mean they had a pretty good crowd there.
- 6:32SPEAKER_05: It wasn't it wasn't weak, but I think the Baylor crowd in general is just not very rowdy.
- 6:38SPEAKER_05: They just don't.
- 6:39SPEAKER_05: It's I I compared it to a WNBA game.
- 6:42SPEAKER_05: And if you've ever been to a WNBA game, it's like you know, they need a lot of help.
- 6:46SPEAKER_05: It's more of a like a family-friendly atmosphere.
- 6:50SPEAKER_05: They have like a hype guy that comes on in between you know, quarters and downs and all that kind of stuff to kind of hype up the crowd, but there's not a lot of uh not a lot of swearing, not a lot of this or that.
- 7:00SPEAKER_05: It's just kind of you know, a family fun atmosphere.
- 7:03SPEAKER_04: No, I I I think I've I think we've talked to Baylor fans that have the similar criticisms that they'll usually say, you know, it's it's usually an older crowd that they have.
- 7:12SPEAKER_04: They have an older, more mature, like calmer crowd that comes through.
- 7:16SPEAKER_04: Um, because you're you know, obviously you're at a college football game, so you really expect rowdy and you're you're just not gonna get it there.
- 7:21SPEAKER_04: And I mean it different flavors for different folks.
- 7:23SPEAKER_04: I think that's kind of Baylor University in general at the end of the day.
- 7:26SPEAKER_04: It's I don't think it's really it ever wants to paint itself as a more party central zone, like a like a Texas Tech and AM or you know, a Texas State or anything like that.
- 7:35SPEAKER_04: So I I think I think that's just something they should generally try to avoid, um, just just because they're clientele.
- 7:41SPEAKER_05: Yeah, and maybe it's different if Baylor's having a better season or anything like that, you know.
- 7:45SPEAKER_05: But I mean they were coming off of um an insane comeback versus UCF, sure, you know, winning, and you'd think they but it really was kind of over from the start, I thought.
- 7:56SPEAKER_05: Um you know, we can kind of talk about the game now, but um immediate first drive touchdown for Texas Tech.
- 8:03SPEAKER_05: Uh, we did the same thing versus Houston even after the kickoff return for the touchdown.
- 8:07SPEAKER_05: We went down our first offensive possession, scored a touchdown.
- 8:10SPEAKER_05: So um, same thing happened here with Baylor, and it just gets you ahead, it gets your offense rolling.
- 8:15SPEAKER_05: I really had no worries throughout any of this game.
- 8:21SPEAKER_04: Neither did I, dude.
- 8:22SPEAKER_04: I was I was calm the whole time about the the results on the field because it it just seemed like we were in it ready to go.
- 8:28SPEAKER_04: As soon as we got that first touchdown and we shut them out the whole first quarter, it looked like things were really gonna roll our way this time around.
- 8:35SPEAKER_04: And I it they as soon as we got really rolling, like it's you know, finished in the half, what 17 to 3?
- 8:40SPEAKER_04: Yeah, it felt pretty in the bag at that point with with just just because of how in control we seemed from the start.
- 8:47SPEAKER_05: Yeah, we we only gave up one touchdown, um, a couple field goals, and I think they got a two-point conversion on that touchdown, which is what made it 14.
- 8:56SPEAKER_05: And then uh final score was what 39-14.
- 8:59SPEAKER_05: So yes, uh offense didn't go nuts, but they did what they needed to do to win.
- 9:03SPEAKER_05: And the fact that they kept the ball in Taj Brooks' hands the entire time led to this win.
- 9:10SPEAKER_05: I mean, he had 31 carries for 170 yards, touchdown.
- 9:16SPEAKER_05: He did fumble one time.
- 9:17SPEAKER_05: It was only his second fumble of his career, but I mean, just another you we asked him, we said Zach Kidley, run the damn ball.
- 9:24SPEAKER_05: Yeah, and what does he do?
- 9:25SPEAKER_05: He ran the damn ball.
- 9:27SPEAKER_04: Yeah, he seems to be listening to the very annoying fans like us, like just yelling it over and over again, man.
- 9:32SPEAKER_04: Um, it was funny.
- 9:33SPEAKER_04: I remember being up in the crowd, just like saying, All right, so it's third, third and five or six, whatever.
- 9:37SPEAKER_04: We better hand it to Taj Brooks, you know.
- 9:40SPEAKER_04: He's gonna get that first down, and he did every time he'd get those yards for you every dang time, man.
- 9:44SPEAKER_04: He is solidifying himself as not just one of the best running backs in the Big 12, but one of the best running backs in the entire country.
- 9:50SPEAKER_04: He really is, man.
- 9:51SPEAKER_04: And he's got the numbers to show for it now.
- 9:53SPEAKER_05: Taj Brooks, fifth in the nation in rushing yards right now.
- 9:56SPEAKER_05: The nation, not Big 12, the nation.
- 9:59SPEAKER_05: He is that dude.
- 10:00SPEAKER_05: Four straight 100-plus yard games.
- 10:02SPEAKER_05: I think it's a record.
- 10:03SPEAKER_05: There's it seems like he breaks another record every game.
- 10:06SPEAKER_05: But you know, we we needed him, uh obviously, he's our best offensive weapon, but Barron was great.
- 10:14SPEAKER_05: And now the stats aren't really gonna pop out to you.
- 10:17SPEAKER_05: He only had like, I think, 180 total passing yards, three touchdowns, one rushing touchdown there at the very end.
- 10:25SPEAKER_05: Barron, uh I think you can kind of tell that the coaching staff he's a little dinged up.
- 10:30SPEAKER_05: He's still get kind of you know lingering with that shoulder injury that he suffered against West Virginia, but he is doing exactly what he needs to do to lead this team to wins.
- 10:40SPEAKER_04: Absolutely, man.
- 10:41SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and he's he's really kind of taking on that leader role.
- 10:43SPEAKER_04: You know, he has to, he's stepping up into that position to you know to get the job done.
- 10:47SPEAKER_04: And speaking of that, you know, you just said that offense didn't go off, but dude, I think I would take 39 points every game.
- 10:55SPEAKER_05: Oh, I would too.
- 10:56SPEAKER_05: Uh especially if your defense was as good as it was.
- 10:58SPEAKER_05: But yeah, exactly.
- 10:59SPEAKER_05: You know, it's uh but naturally when you run the ball 31 times, you're just not gonna score that many points.
- 11:05SPEAKER_05: It's yeah, it's you know, the rule of averages there.
- 11:08SPEAKER_05: Um, even if Tosh Brooks was averaging six yards a carry, you're still lingering down the field, which is great because it gives your defense time to rest, um, which was I I think a super huge part of this win.
- 11:19SPEAKER_05: We could talk about the defense in a bit, but um, yeah, it was it was very complimentary football, which is not something you normally see at a Texas Tech.
- 11:27SPEAKER_04: Exactly.
- 11:27SPEAKER_04: It was yin and yang, man.
- 11:29SPEAKER_04: Like, I don't think you needed to see a Patrick Mahomes performance out of Barron Morton wherever you have a uh running back like Taj Brooks.
- 11:34SPEAKER_04: And in fact, I don't think we want to see it.
- 11:36SPEAKER_04: I don't think we want to see that sort of reliance on a more unpredictable game, whenever you have a workhorse that can get you those yards on the ground at the end of the day, you know?
- 11:44SPEAKER_05: Yeah, totally agree, totally agree.
- 11:46SPEAKER_05: Taj, keep keep riding it, man.
- 11:48SPEAKER_05: I mean, honestly, yes, sir.
- 11:50SPEAKER_05: Agreed.
- 11:51SPEAKER_05: I he needs to get 20 plus carries a game.
- 11:54SPEAKER_05: It he's way too good.
- 11:55SPEAKER_05: There were two, I think two runs where we were fourth and one, or maybe third and one, uh, one of these times, and he just goes into the pile and goes 10 yards.
- 12:04SPEAKER_05: It's like, what?
- 12:05SPEAKER_05: How are you doing this?
- 12:06SPEAKER_04: And then he like teleports five extra yards, and you like you lose him in this in the in the scramble, and then he just pops out like a prairie dog on the other side to get even more, you know.
- 12:17SPEAKER_05: Very West Texas of him, very West Texas, Taj Brooks, the prairie dog.
- 12:21SPEAKER_05: I think that's a good uh he he keeps trying to make Brooks time happen.
- 12:24SPEAKER_05: It's just I don't know.
- 12:26SPEAKER_05: That doesn't really work.
- 12:27SPEAKER_05: Like, what's he he literally has a first name that starts with a T.
- 12:30SPEAKER_05: Why does why is it not Taj time?
- 12:33SPEAKER_05: I don't get it.
- 12:34SPEAKER_05: I don't get it.
- 12:34SPEAKER_04: But regardless, why why why is it not gonna be like Taj Mahal?
- 12:38SPEAKER_05: That's good.
- 12:39SPEAKER_05: Taj Mahal.
- 12:40SPEAKER_05: Taj Taj Ma Prairie Dog.
- 12:42SPEAKER_05: There you go.
- 12:43SPEAKER_05: There you that's let's blend it.
- 12:45SPEAKER_05: A little Mumbai, a little Lotto Escado.
- 12:48SPEAKER_05: Blend like four nicknames into one, it'll be great.
- 12:51SPEAKER_05: Uh Baylor Cup scored more touchdowns than the Baylor Bears.
- 12:55SPEAKER_05: That was another big part of this.
- 12:57SPEAKER_05: Throwing to the big funnies, throwing to the big guys in the red zone.
- 13:01SPEAKER_05: It works.
- 13:03SPEAKER_04: Well, I I've been a fan of that strategy, and for some reason, they don't reach out to me about it because they're like, who's this guy?
- 13:10SPEAKER_04: What the hell does he know about college football?
- 13:12SPEAKER_04: And I go, oh, yeah, true.
- 13:13SPEAKER_04: But I I always say, throw it to the tall guy.
- 13:16SPEAKER_04: That's what I always say.
- 13:18SPEAKER_04: As a fellow very tall guy, you know, I am all about throwing it to the tall guys.
- 13:25SPEAKER_05: As a very average human, throwing to the tall guys.
- 13:28SPEAKER_04: Stereotypically average American in every single way, in every in every conceivable way, including high.
- 13:35SPEAKER_05: There's a lot of there's a lot of parts about you that are below average.
- 13:38SPEAKER_04: That's true, especially IQ.
- 13:40SPEAKER_04: But anyways.
- 13:41SPEAKER_05: Anyways.
- 13:59SPEAKER_05: But this is a guy that uh I know Joey and the staff have hyped up a lot of guys, but they've hyped up this guy as well as being a cornerstone for the future of Texas Tech football at the receiving position.
- 14:11SPEAKER_05: And he finally got one, which is great for his confidence.
- 14:14SPEAKER_05: Um, and it was it was good, it was nice to see.
- 14:16SPEAKER_04: And uh, he's only a freshman, red shirt freshman.
- 14:21SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah, still good for him, man.
- 14:23SPEAKER_04: Love seeing that.
- 14:24SPEAKER_04: Love seeing, yeah, like you said, the future, especially when we start pairing up with our future weapons that are coming in.
- 14:28SPEAKER_04: Good lord, with Darren Morton and uh the fellow gunslingers.
- 14:31SPEAKER_04: So, yeah, I mean, I'm sure you got more to say about the receiving core, but just one note before I forget it like a dummy.
- 14:36SPEAKER_04: Um, whenever I look at this, whenever I look at this receiving stat, it really looks like looks like we spread the ball around.
- 14:42SPEAKER_04: I mean, yes, he really honed in on one dude, but it got into the hands of a lot of people.
- 14:47SPEAKER_05: Yeah, no doubt.
- 14:48SPEAKER_05: I mean, he he always kind of spreads the love a little bit.
- 14:51SPEAKER_05: Barron Morton doesn't, you know, we have you could we could complain here or there about like Jaron Bradley not getting enough or whatever.
- 14:59SPEAKER_05: He had one big catch that did end up getting uh reversed because of an offensive PI.
- 15:04SPEAKER_05: But you know, Miles Price has been awesome.
- 15:06SPEAKER_05: 13 targets in this one.
- 15:08SPEAKER_05: Uh, you know, Baylor Cup, obviously, his only two catches were two touchdowns.
- 15:12SPEAKER_05: Uh Koy Akin caught one in the corner, Dre had one.
- 15:16SPEAKER_05: But yeah, he loves spreading the ball.
- 15:18SPEAKER_05: He loves to get everybody open, keep everybody involved.
- 15:21SPEAKER_05: And even by doing that, just by giving them a target, keeps their head mentally in the game.
- 15:25SPEAKER_05: I mean, especially when you're in a way environment and you can easily get down on yourself, it's good to spread the love.
- 15:30SPEAKER_04: 100%.
- 15:31SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that's that's the way it really sticks out to me with Baron this today on this game.
- 15:35SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I thought the offense was was exactly what you needed to win.
- 15:38SPEAKER_05: Um, it's crazy that we didn't start with the defense because holy moly, what a coming out party for the pass rush.
- 15:46SPEAKER_05: It only took five games, but hey, they did it, and they were out here and they were present and they made their uh their presence known.
- 15:53SPEAKER_05: Steve Linton, how about you?
- 15:55SPEAKER_05: Welcome to the show, Steve Linton.
- 15:58SPEAKER_05: It took you a little bit, but hey, you're here now, baby.
- 16:01SPEAKER_05: We had six sacks, and Steve Linton got, I think, a couple player of the week honors, senior bowl stuff, and he deserved it.
- 16:08SPEAKER_05: He played fantastic.
- 16:09SPEAKER_04: Steven, all those emails to Tim DeRuder have really paid off.
- 16:12SPEAKER_04: I'm telling you, I it only took daily spam mails.
- 16:15SPEAKER_05: It only took 90.
- 16:17SPEAKER_05: It was great.
- 16:18SPEAKER_05: Tim finally listened.
- 16:19SPEAKER_05: He said, Hey, Steve Linden, be better.
- 16:22SPEAKER_05: And it's it's hard to like, it's hard to like tell pass rush, like the the position, just the guys to be better because honestly, it's more of an effort thing than anything.
- 16:33SPEAKER_05: Like with those guys, you're just charging, you're going for the quarterback.
- 16:36SPEAKER_05: There's not much that goes with it.
- 16:38SPEAKER_05: Sure, you can have a move here or there, a spin, a juke, or whatever.
- 16:41SPEAKER_05: But honestly, pass rushing is about effort, and they showed a ton.
- 16:46SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I mean, I really feel like our team's really starting to pull it together.
- 16:50SPEAKER_04: You know, I think it was scared to just watch us, you know, sink down.
- 16:53SPEAKER_04: You know, we were what one and three at one point.
- 16:55SPEAKER_04: Was it one and three or one and two at its worst?
- 16:57SPEAKER_04: I think it was one and three.
- 16:58SPEAKER_05: We were one and three, yeah.
- 16:59SPEAKER_04: Yeah, so we we've clawed our way back to 500, and that's definitely you know on the back of the effort of our players, dude.
- 17:04SPEAKER_04: And I mean, you know, it you you've you've criticized the pass rush, and rightfully so.
- 17:08SPEAKER_04: Um, and this was absolutely the best game by far our defense has played this this season, but I've been impressed all year, man.
- 17:15SPEAKER_04: I feel like this is a unit that has all been a lot that has had a lot to give, and they've definitely been given it.
- 17:20SPEAKER_04: And I'm just like I keep saying, you know, if I've if if our offense can do this every game, I have every faith in the world that our defense can hold them below that.
- 17:28SPEAKER_04: So I I like you said, man, I I've really enjoyed watching our defense evolve and get better with each passing game, it seems yeah.
- 17:35SPEAKER_05: It the pass rush has not been there.
- 17:37SPEAKER_05: They were there against Baylor.
- 17:39SPEAKER_05: I hope they carry this momentum on.
- 17:41SPEAKER_05: The run defense has been there all year, and that's been a fact.
- 17:45SPEAKER_05: I mean, we've kept these guys to under five, four yards a carry pretty much every game.
- 17:50SPEAKER_05: Uh, this was no different.
- 17:52SPEAKER_05: This was the best performance, though, by far.
- 17:54SPEAKER_05: Baylor had 17 rushing yards this entire game.
- 17:57SPEAKER_05: 17.
- 17:58SPEAKER_05: That's 0.6 yards a rush for Baylor.
- 18:02SPEAKER_05: And I mean, you're gonna win every game if you do that.
- 18:05SPEAKER_05: I'm not saying you're gonna do that, but the Baylor's got some talented backs too, man.
- 18:09SPEAKER_05: And we held them, which was awesome.
- 18:12SPEAKER_04: Yeah, no, absolutely, man.
- 18:14SPEAKER_04: And that's because that was what um that was uh what the the workmen, the good workmen, were really raving on with their offenses.
- 18:19SPEAKER_04: You know, they had they have they have a solid running back room, and I I thankfully that's the good thing we can counter.
- 18:24SPEAKER_04: So I'm glad we were able to not let their running game get going while ours was this whole time.
- 18:29SPEAKER_04: It was really the tale of two stories here with with Tex Tech and Baylor, and we were truly the better team at the end of the day.
- 18:34SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah, definitely.
- 18:35SPEAKER_05: You you kind of saw what this team can be.
- 18:38SPEAKER_05: Um, now Baylor does look pretty bad.
- 18:40SPEAKER_05: I'm gonna be honest.
- 18:41SPEAKER_05: Yeah, they really they don't look great.
- 18:44SPEAKER_05: It's it's a rough season.
- 18:45SPEAKER_05: Dave Miranda, uh, it's hot.
- 18:48SPEAKER_05: It's hot right now.
- 18:49SPEAKER_05: That's yeah.
- 18:51SPEAKER_04: I'm not saying this is the last year, no matter what happens.
- 18:53SPEAKER_04: I really think they they give him another at least, but yeah, it's getting warm.
- 18:57SPEAKER_04: I mean, even even you know, like like I keep referencing last episode, but it was great seeing it hearing a Baylor's input, a Baylor fans input on it, and they they are they are they are asking questions already.
- 19:06SPEAKER_04: Um, so it's it's gonna be interesting to see how the season unfolds for them.
- 19:10SPEAKER_04: I mean, whenever you're whenever you're comparing our season to from Texas Tech to Baylor, and it it it was different.
- 19:15SPEAKER_04: Like, yes, yes, we dropped some some bad games, but we weren't blown out at home for Texas to Texas State, and that's that's just what keeps sticking out in my head.
- 19:23SPEAKER_04: And you can really see it between these two teams when they got on the field.
- 19:26SPEAKER_05: Well, and anybody can imagine.
- 19:27SPEAKER_05: I mean, imagine in two years, Joey McGuire will be his fourth year as the head coach, just like Dave Aranda is.
- 19:33SPEAKER_05: And imagine that Texas Tech team going like three and nine for sure.
- 19:36SPEAKER_05: That would be awful.
- 19:37SPEAKER_05: That would be you never want to see digression from where you are as a head coach, and um, it's looking like a lot of digression.
- 19:44SPEAKER_05: And man, I can't tell you how annoyed I would be if I'm a Baylor fan and I'm listening to his press conferences.
- 19:51SPEAKER_05: They're the worst when I no press conference, no coach sounds good when you're losing, like you're always a little pissed in the back of your mind as a fan.
- 19:59SPEAKER_05: But this guy, it's brutal.
- 20:02SPEAKER_05: I was pissed off, and I'm not even a Baylor fan.
- 20:05SPEAKER_05: And I was like, why are you the way that you are right now?
- 20:08SPEAKER_05: There's no fire in you.
- 20:10SPEAKER_05: This is it.
- 20:11SPEAKER_05: He's never been that way.
- 20:12SPEAKER_04: That's always been his style.
- 20:14SPEAKER_05: I know, but it's always been Mr.
- 20:15SPEAKER_05: Hitman.
- 20:16SPEAKER_05: When you're not winning, it's like that looks even worse.
- 20:20SPEAKER_05: I mean, he's like, Thank you, thank you for the question.
- 20:22SPEAKER_05: I really appreciate you telling me that my team sucks.
- 20:24SPEAKER_05: Um, but uh, yeah, you know, we just we couldn't move the ball.
- 20:28SPEAKER_05: We played well in practice, but we just didn't do it.
- 20:31SPEAKER_03: Well, it's it's unfortunate wherever you meet the uh the future uh national champions um on the field within the next two years, book it.
- 20:39SPEAKER_05: Um and they they definitely hired the wrong guy when it was between me and Joey.
- 20:44SPEAKER_05: I think that's clear, you know, after this performance.
- 20:47SPEAKER_03: And I sent him a I send him a text every night, and yeah, I think he's blocked.
- 20:50SPEAKER_03: I think he's blocked me at this point.
- 20:52SPEAKER_03: Um he's definitely blocked me.
- 20:54SPEAKER_03: He's he's definitely blocked me.
- 20:55SPEAKER_03: Thank you for the question.
- 20:58SPEAKER_04: We didn't ask, but um didn't ask him.
- 21:00SPEAKER_04: All right, Dave, go off, King.
- 21:02SPEAKER_04: You know, it's interesting that you said you know you never want to see regression in a coach.
- 21:05SPEAKER_04: And look, obviously, yeah, that's that's 100% true.
- 21:09SPEAKER_04: Um, but there's gonna be hills and valleys in every coaching career, but it shouldn't get like this.
- 21:14SPEAKER_05: Um, and it makes the hills and valleys for Baylor are immense.
- 21:18SPEAKER_04: They're immense.
- 21:19SPEAKER_05: They are top dog or they are bottom of the barrel.
- 21:22SPEAKER_05: There's no in between.
- 21:23SPEAKER_04: Not at all, man.
- 21:24SPEAKER_04: It's it's it's really crazy.
- 21:25SPEAKER_04: I think it's just they they keep striking when it's hot, like they get really lucky, lightning in the bottle, all bets, you know, and and they got a good squad and that that.
- 21:33SPEAKER_04: But you're right, man.
- 21:34SPEAKER_04: This is this might be a little too far to forgive.
- 21:36SPEAKER_04: So we'll see how it unfolds for them.
- 21:37SPEAKER_04: But dude, I'm I'm just glad we came out on the other side.
- 21:39SPEAKER_04: We we we knocked the uh monkey off of off of Joey's Joey McGuire's back.
- 21:44SPEAKER_04: I'm sure obviously I'm sure he wants to get out there and beat UT because you know that's that's probably the you know the highest priority from everybody else.
- 21:50SPEAKER_04: But you know, this game means a lot to him, and it's especially emotionally, knowing that he probably looked in the mirror at night and saw himself hello, Mr.
- 21:59SPEAKER_04: Baylor.
- 22:00SPEAKER_04: Head coach, future Baylor head coach, you know, in waiting um before we we hired him.
- 22:04SPEAKER_04: And they the call didn't come.
- 22:06SPEAKER_04: In fact, he went to a whole nother guy outside the program.
- 22:09SPEAKER_04: So you know he's been jaded about this and went out there and got it done.
- 22:13SPEAKER_04: And I think he's obviously much happier in the position he's in.
- 22:15SPEAKER_04: And I'm glad to have him.
- 22:17SPEAKER_05: Yeah, you feel good for Joey.
- 22:18SPEAKER_05: You feel good for a couple other guys that uh some of the recruiting staff.
- 22:21SPEAKER_05: I think Blanchard used to be at Baylor.
- 22:24SPEAKER_05: Um, you know, uh a lot of guys from Texas Tech came from that program.
- 22:28SPEAKER_05: So uh good for them.
- 22:30SPEAKER_05: That that's a good segue, though, because I want to talk about how Texas Tech fans should feel because naturally, what we do after a couple wins, we get a little too crazy and we start thinking we could beat everybody.
- 22:42SPEAKER_05: Now, I'm not saying we can't continue this because this is the momentum that you needed, but also you might have just played the two worst teams in the Big 12.
- 22:51SPEAKER_05: So let's think about that for a second and not get too, too high off of a couple wins against Baylor in Houston.
- 23:00SPEAKER_04: I think that's fair.
- 23:01SPEAKER_04: And especially when we start looking at West Virginia, actually looks mad beast.
- 23:04SPEAKER_04: You know, they're actually looking like they've got they put they put it together here.
- 23:07SPEAKER_04: Um, obviously you hate dropping that game, but yeah, no, I feel you.
- 23:11SPEAKER_04: I my my idea for the season has not changed, you know, from a couple weeks ago now that we've demolished Baylor.
- 23:17SPEAKER_04: I feel much better about us walking into each game and being competitive, but that final record for me is still, I still just want to get to six and uh I mean six wins first and see where we go from there.
- 23:26SPEAKER_04: Um, but no, I'm with you, man.
- 23:28SPEAKER_04: I I I I I know it's I feel like it's kind of being meme to like, oh wow, it's it's nuts that tech's gonna wear and win nine games now.
- 23:35SPEAKER_04: I mean, I that'd be great.
- 23:36SPEAKER_04: Don't get me wrong, but I'm not in that boat of saying that's happening right now.
- 23:40SPEAKER_05: What I will say is that this game against Kansas State being at home is crucial at this point.
- 23:46SPEAKER_05: This could not have come at a better time for us to play at home coming off of a two-game win streak against a good team.
- 23:53SPEAKER_05: I mean, I know Kansas State just had a rough uh last week in a Friday night game where they blew it to Oklahoma State and Alan Bowman, the showman.
- 24:00SPEAKER_05: Tough one.
- 24:01SPEAKER_05: That's that's tough.
- 24:02SPEAKER_05: Will Howard played bad.
- 24:03SPEAKER_05: Uh, Kansas State, you know, they're three and two.
- 24:06SPEAKER_05: They've been okay.
- 24:07SPEAKER_05: Um, haven't really played anybody besides Missouri and Oklahoma State, I guess.
- 24:12SPEAKER_05: Uh, Missouri won on a 62-yard field goal.
- 24:15SPEAKER_05: Oklahoma State just kind of beat them.
- 24:17SPEAKER_05: I mean, they just kind of beat them.
- 24:18SPEAKER_05: That Kansas State played bad that game.
- 24:20SPEAKER_05: Will Howard was bad.
- 24:22SPEAKER_05: Uh, the team as a whole was just not very good.
- 24:24SPEAKER_05: But overall, I think Kansas State is a still a pretty good team, and you shouldn't take them lightly.
- 24:30SPEAKER_04: No, not at all.
- 24:31SPEAKER_04: I really hope no one out there is.
- 24:33SPEAKER_04: I still think they're one of the most solid teams in the Big 12, like just flat lines.
- 24:37SPEAKER_04: You know, their their highs and lows aren't too drastic.
- 24:40SPEAKER_01: Yep.
- 24:40SPEAKER_04: And I think you could probably play into your favor with that one where we have them at home.
- 24:44SPEAKER_04: Um, they seem to really be struggling uh on the road right now.
- 24:46SPEAKER_04: I don't think Kansas State has won on the road yet.
- 24:48SPEAKER_04: So getting a getting a scary environment at night, blacking out the cats here in the Jones.
- 24:54SPEAKER_04: Um, and it's really great to have this win against Baylor to kind of get the fans re-engaged, make sure you get that Jones packed again.
- 25:01SPEAKER_04: Because you get that scary, you could turn that into what Boone Pickens did to K-State, except you're the better team than the Pokes.
- 25:07SPEAKER_04: So just recreate that kind of magic.
- 25:09SPEAKER_04: And I hope to see a similar result to what we just did to Baylor.
- 25:11SPEAKER_05: Yeah, no doubt.
- 25:12SPEAKER_05: Uh Kansas State's interesting because they have held every team to under 31 points in wins and losses.
- 25:22SPEAKER_05: So pretty solid defense overall.
- 25:24SPEAKER_05: But the difference is they've held teams to 93.4 rushing yards a game.
- 25:29SPEAKER_05: That's first in the Big 12.
- 25:30SPEAKER_05: So they're obviously a very good run defense.
- 25:32SPEAKER_05: What they are bad at is the pass defense, where they are last in the current Big 12 in passing yards a game they give up to opponents.
- 25:41SPEAKER_05: So, you know, it's it, and you know, you'd think with how Texas Tech has been these last two weeks, that's the perfect kind of defense because hey, Taj Brooks is the guy with the ball in his hands.
- 25:51SPEAKER_05: So it's going to be interesting to see what Kidley does here.
- 25:54SPEAKER_05: Does he stick with Taj Brooks going forward of you know, really running the ball 20 to 30 times a game with him, or does he try to take advantage of a poor pass defense?
- 26:06SPEAKER_04: That's a good question, dude.
- 26:08SPEAKER_04: Uh, you're saying that, you know, K State has done a really good job uh blocking the run.
- 26:11SPEAKER_04: And it kind of makes you a question yes, they've probably done a great job with that, but have they played a guy like Taj Brooks yet?
- 26:18SPEAKER_04: You know, have they met that sort of running back so far?
- 26:21SPEAKER_04: Um, you know, if it was me, if you're just flat out asking me, I would go in and go into it with the same game plan you had against, say, Baylor, and you really try to, you know, get into Taj's hands and play more balanced attack and see where that takes you.
- 26:34SPEAKER_04: And you have to adjust, you have to adjust.
- 26:36SPEAKER_04: But I don't think you would put yourself at a detriment starting out that way, you know, even if you're not boat racing them immediately.
- 26:41SPEAKER_04: So that's that's if you're asking me, if I was offensive coordinator for you know a day or whatever, I would stick with the current balance attack first.
- 26:48SPEAKER_05: Yep, no, totally agree.
- 26:50SPEAKER_05: You stick with your guys, you played exactly put the ball in your belt.
- 26:53SPEAKER_05: Don't get weird hands.
- 26:54SPEAKER_05: Don't get weird.
- 26:55SPEAKER_05: This is this is one of those games where I can see Zach Kittley trying to get cute and doing some doing some crazy Baron Morton stuff out here and then totally not working out for one or two, one or two, one or two.
- 27:06SPEAKER_05: Hey, he threw a pick against Baylor, they tried it, didn't work.
- 27:10SPEAKER_05: But overall, I mean, Baron Morton has been so solid.
- 27:13SPEAKER_05: Like he has not tried to do too much, which in the past he has tried to do too much at times.
- 27:19SPEAKER_05: So it's good to see that he's kind of more leveled at this point.
- 27:22SPEAKER_05: That's him being a year older, that's him having uh, you know, a little more experience under his belt, and so and just being in line with the game plan, you know, he's not checking out at too many runs, he's just when he's throwing the ball, uh, you know, it's solid, but when he needs to give it to Taj, he's going to give it to Taj.
- 27:39SPEAKER_05: And so I'm I'm excited.
- 27:41SPEAKER_05: I I hope they come in with the same a similar game plan.
- 27:44SPEAKER_05: Now, I don't think you need to run it 31 times necessarily, but I do I would like to see 20 plus carries for Taj.
- 27:51SPEAKER_05: For sure.
- 27:52SPEAKER_05: Um, it's just again, he's your best player.
- 27:54SPEAKER_05: You need to get full agreement.
- 27:56SPEAKER_04: Full agreement.
- 27:57SPEAKER_04: This this game obviously scares me.
- 27:59SPEAKER_04: Um, Kansas State is a team we just have not been able to get over.
- 28:03SPEAKER_04: Um it's unbelievable.
- 28:08SPEAKER_04: And there's just there's just no reason why either.
- 28:11SPEAKER_04: Because it's not like Kansas State has been Big 12 champion all those years, either, to not be able to get some more over them.
- 28:16SPEAKER_04: So I really this this game scares me.
- 28:19SPEAKER_04: Um, but I do feel better than than past years about it now.
- 28:22SPEAKER_04: But man, it's it's it's gonna be a tricky game.
- 28:25SPEAKER_04: I think I think unlike this last one, I do think it's gonna be much closer at the end of the day.
- 28:29SPEAKER_04: Because I think Kansas State's gonna come back with a refocused look in the game.
- 28:32SPEAKER_04: Um, but dude, it's gonna be a good one, though.
- 28:35SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and no news in no deuce Vaughn.
- 28:39SPEAKER_05: Thank God.
- 28:40SPEAKER_05: Oh my god.
- 28:41SPEAKER_05: You talk about the most frustrating player uh that tech has played against in the last 10 years.
- 28:46SPEAKER_05: It's Deuce Vaughn is like number one for me.
- 28:49SPEAKER_05: I all I've wanted was Jalen Hutchings or Tony Bradford to pick him up and throw him into the stance.
- 28:56SPEAKER_05: That's all I wanted.
- 28:57SPEAKER_05: And now I know he's he's on the Cowboys now.
- 28:59SPEAKER_05: A lot of tech fans are cowboy fans, so I guess we like Deuce Vaughn, but no.
- 29:03SPEAKER_05: Throw a fade.
- 29:04SPEAKER_05: Throw a fade to Deuce Vaughn.
- 29:06SPEAKER_05: Zach Kidley, throw a fade to Deuce Vaughn.
- 29:08SPEAKER_05: He would love to do that.
- 29:09SPEAKER_05: Uh no, no more Deuce Vaughn, who has replaced him, guy named DJ Giddens, who I think was on the team last year.
- 29:17SPEAKER_05: He's leading the team in rushing so far.
- 29:19SPEAKER_05: Six yards a carry for the season, which is good.
- 29:23SPEAKER_05: Um, they clearly Kansas State's always loved to run the ball.
- 29:27SPEAKER_05: So, you know, they're gonna utilize those running backs.
- 29:30SPEAKER_05: Will Howard as well, six yards, six yards a carry for Will Howard as well on the year, six rushing touchdowns for Will Howard.
- 29:39SPEAKER_05: That upsets me.
- 29:40SPEAKER_04: That upsets that upsets me.
- 29:42SPEAKER_04: I didn't realize that until I just turned the page right now.
- 29:44SPEAKER_04: That that scares the shit out of me.
- 29:46SPEAKER_04: That upsets me big time.
- 29:48SPEAKER_04: Okay.
- 29:48SPEAKER_04: Wait, the quarterback run is Satan.
- 29:52SPEAKER_04: I hate the quarterback run.
- 29:53SPEAKER_04: Holy shit.
- 29:55SPEAKER_05: Now, when you force him to throw, he's not that great.
- 29:57SPEAKER_05: He has he has nine throwing touchdowns, he's got seven interceptions on the year.
- 30:02SPEAKER_05: So three of those came against Oklahoma State.
- 30:04SPEAKER_05: So he had a he clearly just had a really bad game against Oklahoma State.
- 30:07SPEAKER_05: I don't think he's that bad of a quarterback.
- 30:09SPEAKER_05: He obviously did what he did last year, you know.
- 30:11SPEAKER_05: When Adrian Martinez was hurt, he took over and you know, led them to a Big 12 championship.
- 30:17SPEAKER_05: So he's clearly got the talent to do it.
- 30:20SPEAKER_05: It's just you have to stop him when he gets in scrambling situations and gets away uh from the the pocket there.
- 30:28SPEAKER_05: And you know, uh that's not what Texas Tech's been great at so far this year.
- 30:33SPEAKER_04: You think he's the biggest threat in the locker room right now with DeRooter?
- 30:36SPEAKER_04: Oh, yeah.
- 30:37SPEAKER_05: There's not there's not any crazy weapons.
- 30:40SPEAKER_05: I mean, Ben Sinat, who's their tight end, he kind of he's leading them in receiving yards and touchdowns right now, but they're not a big throwing team.
- 30:48SPEAKER_05: I mean, they're gonna try to run it down your gullet, and uh, and Will Howard's a big part of that.
- 30:53SPEAKER_05: So um, yeah, and and he's huge too.
- 30:55SPEAKER_05: I mean, he's like six five, he's he's got a big body, he can take contact.
- 30:59SPEAKER_05: So um, yeah, he's he's a guy to watch, obviously, for Kansas State, and uh got to be your number one priority if you're Deroter.
- 31:07SPEAKER_04: Spend much time admiring that body.
- 31:10SPEAKER_04: No, it's quite large.
- 31:13SPEAKER_05: He's a big guy.
- 31:14SPEAKER_05: What do you want?
- 31:17SPEAKER_05: He's a big boy.
- 31:19SPEAKER_05: They also have one of the most skilled offensive lines in the Big 12.
- 31:22SPEAKER_05: Um, Cooper V is back.
- 31:24SPEAKER_05: The corn boys, all they do is just get big white guys from Kansas to go and play offensive line.
- 31:30SPEAKER_05: And hey, it works out every single time for them.
- 31:32SPEAKER_05: I don't get it.
- 31:33SPEAKER_05: Why don't we go to Kansas and go recruit some of those big corn boys?
- 31:39SPEAKER_04: That might be that that might be an untapped recruiting round.
- 31:43SPEAKER_05: Yes, I'm saying go to the Midwest if you want linemen.
- 31:47SPEAKER_05: Go get them.
- 31:48SPEAKER_05: Um, no, I this will be a fun game.
- 31:51SPEAKER_05: I don't think it's gonna be a blowout on either end.
- 31:54SPEAKER_05: Um, I would be surprised if Texas Tech goes and just goes crazy here on that defense.
- 31:59SPEAKER_07: Yes, please, though.
- 32:00SPEAKER_05: I would love it.
- 32:01SPEAKER_05: I'd be surprised.
- 32:02SPEAKER_05: I'd also be surprised on the other end if Kansas State just goes crazy on the offensive end.
- 32:06SPEAKER_05: So uh this will be a tight one.
- 32:08SPEAKER_05: I imagine a little more low scoring.
- 32:10SPEAKER_05: Uh, I'd imagine some in the 20s or 30s.
- 32:13SPEAKER_05: Agreed.
- 32:14SPEAKER_05: So, all right, man.
- 32:15SPEAKER_04: Anything else on K-State?
- 32:17SPEAKER_04: Dude, I think they'll do it.
- 32:18SPEAKER_04: I'm ready to play the song again.
- 32:20SPEAKER_05: I am ready to play the song for hopefully the third time in a row.
- 32:23SPEAKER_05: That would be fantastic.
- 32:25SPEAKER_05: We're we're back to 500, man.
- 32:26SPEAKER_05: We're okay.
- 32:28SPEAKER_05: We're feeling all right.
- 32:29SPEAKER_05: Like I said, when we were talking about this when we were one and three after the West Virginia loss, it's like you got to take every game just by week.
- 32:37SPEAKER_05: You can't look at the season overall.
- 32:40SPEAKER_05: Yes, if you looked at the season overall and said three and three, you're disappointed.
- 32:44SPEAKER_05: But if you look at each game, game by game, have we improved?
- 32:48SPEAKER_05: Yes.
- 32:48SPEAKER_05: Are we starting to do the right thing on offense?
- 32:50SPEAKER_05: Yes.
- 32:51SPEAKER_05: Is our defense holding up?
- 32:52SPEAKER_05: Yes.
- 32:53SPEAKER_05: So going into this one, I'm feeling pretty good.
- 32:56SPEAKER_04: Steven, I mean, I we can so we can look at we can look at some silver linings here, man.
- 32:59SPEAKER_04: We are two and oh against our in-state rivals, and that's that's pretty saucy.
- 33:04SPEAKER_04: I I I'm I'm happy with that.
- 33:07SPEAKER_05: That is true.
- 33:08SPEAKER_05: That is true.
- 33:08SPEAKER_05: We got TCU, we got Texas left, and you know, we're feeling okay.
- 33:14SPEAKER_05: This was also we didn't mention, we didn't mention this was the perfect football weekend for Texas Tech.
- 33:19SPEAKER_05: You get a longhorn loss, you get an Aggie loss, you get a Hornfrog loss, you get a bear loss, and Houston was on bye weight.
- 33:26SPEAKER_05: So, hey, you're you're killing it right now.
- 33:30SPEAKER_04: That that that that was pretty awesome.
- 33:31SPEAKER_04: That that felt pretty dang good.
- 33:33SPEAKER_05: It was the it was the best weekend, honestly.
- 33:35SPEAKER_05: It really was.
- 33:36SPEAKER_05: We couldn't have picked a better week.
- 33:37SPEAKER_04: The weather was perfect too, and man, it could have been better.
- 33:40SPEAKER_04: I'm ready to get to Lubbock.
- 33:41SPEAKER_04: Gonna be there very soon.
- 33:43SPEAKER_04: Very excited.
- 33:44SPEAKER_05: I am very jealous of you.
- 33:46SPEAKER_05: Uh excited for you.
- 33:47SPEAKER_05: U next year.
- 33:48SPEAKER_05: Next year will be my my famed return to Lubbock.
- 33:53SPEAKER_05: Roll out the red card.
- 33:54SPEAKER_05: Has it been like three years?
- 33:56SPEAKER_05: 2020?
- 33:57SPEAKER_05: You're a clown.
- 33:58SPEAKER_05: COVID year.
- 33:59SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I know.
- 34:00SPEAKER_05: It's the worst.
- 34:01SPEAKER_05: Living in Louisiana, not great.
- 34:03SPEAKER_05: I wouldn't recommend.
- 34:04SPEAKER_05: That's what I'll say.
- 34:05SPEAKER_05: Uh, would not recommend starting next year.
- 34:08SPEAKER_05: We'll be driving distance from the Holy Land.
- 34:11SPEAKER_05: So excited for that.
- 34:13SPEAKER_05: Texas Tech Soccer.
- 34:14SPEAKER_05: How about you?
- 34:16SPEAKER_05: Still haven't lost.
- 34:18SPEAKER_04: Rank a rank road.
- 34:20SPEAKER_04: Oh, we're not gonna lose, baby.
- 34:21SPEAKER_04: We're gonna draw.
- 34:22SPEAKER_04: But we're not gonna lose.
- 34:23SPEAKER_04: But we're not gonna lose.
- 34:25SPEAKER_04: We're not gonna lose Texas Tech Soccer.
- 34:27SPEAKER_04: We're not gonna lose.
- 34:29SPEAKER_04: Put it in the locker room right now.
- 34:30SPEAKER_05: Now, granted, you just played probably the two other best teams in the conference, NBYU and TCU.
- 34:38SPEAKER_05: You go into Provo, you tie a great team.
- 34:42SPEAKER_05: I mean, I think they were also they were like a top 15 team in the country.
- 34:46SPEAKER_05: You go in there, 2-2, gritty tie.
- 34:49SPEAKER_05: I'll take it all day against another really good team.
- 34:52SPEAKER_05: Then you go play TCU back in Lubbock, back in the Holy Land.
- 34:56SPEAKER_05: You beat them, one-nothing.
- 34:58SPEAKER_05: That's another great team.
- 34:59SPEAKER_05: TCU always has a good soccer team.
- 35:00unknown: Yeah.
- 35:01SPEAKER_05: You are still, you haven't lost.
- 35:03SPEAKER_05: Yeah, you've tied a few times, but you have not lost.
- 35:06SPEAKER_05: Texas Tech Soccer is rolling, dude.
- 35:08SPEAKER_04: It's really turning into an amazing season right now, man.
- 35:11SPEAKER_04: I I there's no way we don't have Big 12 hopes at this point.
- 35:14SPEAKER_04: And then obviously looking beyond that, looking to the to the postseason there, because dude, it doesn't it does it?
- 35:19SPEAKER_04: I truly believe that soccer is one of the programs on campus that can absolutely go up and get a natty.
- 35:24SPEAKER_04: Um, so this this year's really shaping up to be uh a pretty magical year.
- 35:29SPEAKER_04: And whenever we're looking at a zero in the loss call you column, you you lose in soccer.
- 35:33SPEAKER_04: It's it's it's kind of like baseball with that, where you're just gonna have an off night and the other team's just gonna be better than you that night.
- 35:38SPEAKER_04: But yeah, if they somehow have just been able to be, at worst, a draw, and it's been pretty awesome to see.
- 35:44SPEAKER_05: There is some bad news.
- 35:45SPEAKER_05: Macy Blackburn, who has been a catalyst for Texas Tech Soccer this year, a real leader, tour ACL against TCU.
- 35:54SPEAKER_05: Uh, she's gonna be out for the rest of the year.
- 35:56SPEAKER_05: Unfortunately, she was, I think she was like second in the nation in assists, uh, something crazy like that.
- 36:02SPEAKER_05: So obviously, you can't have all good, but um hey, you just hope the team kind of rally around her.
- 36:08SPEAKER_05: Hopefully, Macy gets back and and you know gets back to her normal self next year.
- 36:12SPEAKER_05: But uh, you know, obviously a downer.
- 36:14SPEAKER_04: Absolutely, man.
- 36:15SPEAKER_04: But injuries in sports, man.
- 36:17SPEAKER_05: Injuries in sports, ban injuries, ban injuries.
- 36:21SPEAKER_04: Why is nobody why is nobody banned injuries?
- 36:24SPEAKER_05: This is why the NCAA is useless.
- 36:26SPEAKER_05: Unbelievable.
- 36:26SPEAKER_05: They've even banned injuries.
- 36:28SPEAKER_05: NCAA, get out of my face, get out of my life.
- 36:32SPEAKER_05: Just do that.
- 36:33SPEAKER_05: Um did you see the new basketball uniforms?
- 36:37SPEAKER_05: I did.
- 36:38SPEAKER_05: What are your thoughts?
- 36:41SPEAKER_03: I'm not loving them, honestly.
- 36:42SPEAKER_05: Very meh.
- 36:44SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I'm they I feel like they tried to kind of go a little old school, but it just didn't really work.
- 36:49SPEAKER_05: Under Armour really just wanted to put their logo right there in the middle of it.
- 36:53SPEAKER_05: And it's obviously.
- 36:54SPEAKER_05: Is that the worst part for you?
- 36:56SPEAKER_04: I didn't really love I didn't I really did not love the circular font with Texas Tech.
- 37:00SPEAKER_04: I didn't love that around the next one.
- 37:02SPEAKER_05: It's not really circular, is it?
- 37:03SPEAKER_05: I thought it was a good thing.
- 37:03SPEAKER_05: Yeah, it's just above the number and then under the number.
- 37:06SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I know it's curves over them.
- 37:08SPEAKER_04: It's like it's like curve, does it?
- 37:10SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I think it curves whenever I saw it.
- 37:12SPEAKER_04: Maybe I'll miss maybe I'm misremembering it.
- 37:14SPEAKER_04: But hold on.
- 37:15SPEAKER_04: I I didn't love them, man.
- 37:17SPEAKER_04: Not gonna lie.
- 37:17SPEAKER_04: I why don't we change it?
- 37:19SPEAKER_05: It kind of curves.
- 37:21SPEAKER_04: I I liked our uniforms last year.
- 37:23SPEAKER_04: Did we need an update?
- 37:24SPEAKER_04: I didn't think so.
- 37:25SPEAKER_04: Was it some time?
- 37:26SPEAKER_05: I mean, sometimes coaches do this when it's a new regime, okay.
- 37:30SPEAKER_05: You want to just start over.
- 37:31SPEAKER_05: Sometimes you do a uniform change and it's like a big team change.
- 37:34SPEAKER_05: You know, we're not gonna be what we were last year because we're wearing different jerseys.
- 37:38SPEAKER_05: Uh, but but no, I the white and the red ones look good to me.
- 37:43SPEAKER_05: See, you and me might differ here because I actually like the Texas and the tech surrounding the number there.
- 37:52SPEAKER_05: What I hate the most is that freaking UA logo right there, smack dab in the middle where everybody can see it.
- 37:59SPEAKER_05: Put it on the shoulder like every other uniform.
- 38:02SPEAKER_05: Don't put it right there.
- 38:04SPEAKER_05: The jersey never looks good when you put the logo right smack dab in the middle for whoever makes it.
- 38:10SPEAKER_05: And the red one, or the uh the black one, I should say, it why it you're trying to fit too much, and and it looks bad, it looks kind of plain, but also a little too crowded.
- 38:21SPEAKER_05: It just it the black one's bad.
- 38:23SPEAKER_04: Uh yeah, I'm not gonna lie, man.
- 38:25SPEAKER_04: I don't love these, and honestly, out of all of them, the red's my favorite.
- 38:28SPEAKER_05: I mean, the red and the red and the white one are fine.
- 38:30SPEAKER_05: I think they're fine.
- 38:31SPEAKER_04: Yeah, they're bad.
- 38:32SPEAKER_05: Yeah, they're fine.
- 38:33SPEAKER_05: They I liked I liked what we had previously, but hey, sometimes we just don't like change.
- 38:38SPEAKER_04: Okay, so the bottom tech part isn't circular.
- 38:40SPEAKER_04: I guess uh I was just thinking of the photo where they're lifting them up and it curves the shirt, but yeah, yeah.
- 38:45SPEAKER_04: No, you're right.
- 38:45SPEAKER_04: The black ones, no.
- 38:47SPEAKER_05: The black ones, the red raiders doesn't look good.
- 38:49SPEAKER_03: No, it doesn't like it.
- 38:50SPEAKER_05: It doesn't, and why would you say red raiders on the black one?
- 38:53SPEAKER_05: Yeah, like why I don't get I don't know.
- 38:57SPEAKER_05: I don't get it.
- 38:57SPEAKER_05: Maybe go the rate, maybe go like what you did with the white and the red one and do red above the number and raiders below the number.
- 39:03SPEAKER_05: I don't know.
- 39:04SPEAKER_05: It might have looked I don't know.
- 39:06SPEAKER_04: Let's just do lots of sexy throwbacks again.
- 39:09SPEAKER_05: Well, we're gonna do throwbacks, and that's what Texas Tech has kind of stayed true to, but they're also like meshing a little bit of the throwback uniforms into like a new age one.
- 39:18SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
- 39:19SPEAKER_04: That's why that's what I opened up with.
- 39:20SPEAKER_05: Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't.
- 39:23SPEAKER_05: In this case, probably more so it doesn't.
- 39:25SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I'm I'm not in love, to be honest.
- 39:28SPEAKER_04: Sorry, it's all right.
- 39:29SPEAKER_04: I basketball rules, though.
- 39:30SPEAKER_05: How about how about be the 60-year-old on Facebook saying it doesn't matter what they wear, damn it, as long as they could be wearing cowl khaki stuff as long as they win the basketball game, all right?
- 39:41SPEAKER_05: Hell yeah, agreed, old crazy old man, you old coot.
- 39:46SPEAKER_04: Um, but uh speaking of basketball, man, uh you recently were a guest on a Big Swell preview show of college basketball on our friends Beers and Buckets.
- 39:56SPEAKER_04: How'd that go?
- 39:58SPEAKER_05: It's always good to talk to those guys.
- 39:59SPEAKER_05: Beers and Buckets, another great podcast.
- 40:01SPEAKER_05: If you haven't listened to them, uh they're college basketball specifically.
- 40:04SPEAKER_05: They also give some beer reviews and all that good stuff.
- 40:06SPEAKER_05: I talked to them uh yesterday, kind of like 11 a.m.
- 40:10SPEAKER_05: So we didn't do a beer review.
- 40:12SPEAKER_05: But yeah, we did do a beer review.
- 40:13SPEAKER_05: It's 11 a.m.
- 40:14SPEAKER_05: in the middle of the work week.
- 40:15SPEAKER_05: No, we're not gonna do a beer review, but no, the Connor and Dell are great guys.
- 40:21SPEAKER_05: Uh, they know they know ball.
- 40:22SPEAKER_05: Who would have thought on a college basketball podcast?
- 40:25SPEAKER_05: But I'm kind of the Big 12 correspondent per se for beers and buckets.
- 40:31SPEAKER_05: Um, and and it kind of got me starting to deep dive into the Big 12 and some of the uh upcoming teams.
- 40:37SPEAKER_05: And dude, I tell you what, Grant McCasslin and the boys have it cut out for them in in year one.
- 40:43SPEAKER_04: It's is this just not a default statement in this league for the past five or six years at least?
- 40:49SPEAKER_05: It is, but then you continually look down and you're like, oh, we added Houston, oh Kansas, oh Baylor, oh Texas.
- 40:59SPEAKER_05: Oh, I forgot about Kansas.
- 41:01SPEAKER_05: Oh my god, West Virginia got some talent.
- 41:05SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I mean, they got you know the whole Huggins situation, but they're still gonna be good.
- 41:09SPEAKER_05: Iowa State might be the ninth best team, and they are gonna grind you out uh for a win.
- 41:15SPEAKER_05: TCU, they returned, they have so much depth on their team.
- 41:19SPEAKER_05: So, yeah, we're gonna do a basketball preview for Texas deck, and it's gonna be a lot of fun because I actually, the more I looked into it, uh, I did some I did some I grinded on the tape.
- 41:29SPEAKER_05: I uh I watched the boys, the Arizona State transfers, I watched a lot of Darion Williams, Nevada tape, uh got some chance McMilly in there.
- 41:39SPEAKER_05: We got we got some dudes, we got a good team.
- 41:42SPEAKER_05: It's just this league constantly, this league.
- 41:46SPEAKER_04: So did you feel pretty gross?
- 41:47SPEAKER_04: Like I saw I saw your all big 12 list.
- 41:50SPEAKER_04: I did.
- 41:51SPEAKER_04: It felt pretty gross.
- 41:52SPEAKER_04: It looks pretty gross.
- 41:54SPEAKER_05: I said Hunter Dickinson's name so many more times than I ever wanted to.
- 41:58SPEAKER_05: I hate that guy.
- 41:59SPEAKER_05: He is the least likable dude in all of college basketball, and he's gonna do very well this year for Kansas, and I hate it.
- 42:07SPEAKER_05: Uh, I also hate looking at some of UT's players, and I'm like, hey, that guy was pretty good last year.
- 42:12SPEAKER_05: I hate this.
- 42:14SPEAKER_05: Uh yeah, so I didn't have anybody from Texas Tech on the all Big 12 team.
- 42:18SPEAKER_05: Not saying it can't happen, not saying it's probably pretty fair.
- 42:22SPEAKER_05: Not saying, yeah, I just you thought you I beg of you, look at look down the rosters of the Big 12 teams and tell me that this conference isn't loaded and that you know you wouldn't feel too bad keeping off a red raider.
- 42:35SPEAKER_04: No, absolutely, man.
- 42:36SPEAKER_04: And it's it's funny, it's funny now.
- 42:38SPEAKER_04: We uh asked us a week or two week or two ago and would have been very excited to talk about college college basketball.
- 42:44SPEAKER_04: But thankfully, we've been brought up from the depths with these uh past couple football dubs.
- 42:49SPEAKER_04: So, but it's just it was just cool to see you uh break spread your wings and check out the other sports that apparently exist as well.
- 42:55SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah.
- 42:56SPEAKER_05: I mean, we're not too far away.
- 42:57SPEAKER_05: I think we're a little over 30 days at this point.
- 42:59SPEAKER_05: So very excited.
- 43:01SPEAKER_05: We got basketball coming up, and they're starting off good.
- 43:03SPEAKER_05: I mean, the non-conference, you're gonna see some good games for tech.
- 43:06SPEAKER_05: So we'll figure out early what this team's made of.
- 43:08SPEAKER_05: But uh Gonzaga.
- 43:12SPEAKER_05: Gonzaga.
- 43:13SPEAKER_05: Zaga 12.
- 43:14SPEAKER_05: Is it happening?
- 43:15SPEAKER_05: What's your thoughts?
- 43:17SPEAKER_04: Dude, I it there's so much smoke around this again, and it's it's trusted people.
- 43:21SPEAKER_04: It's it's like Brett McMurphy.
- 43:23SPEAKER_04: All right, he's like a big 12 man, where if he says so, it's happening.
- 43:28SPEAKER_04: Yeah, so dude, I think it's I bet it happens.
- 43:31SPEAKER_04: Uh with the with the way this realignment cycle has gone, it's been so stupid that adding in Zaga wouldn't not even would not even be the dumbest thing about the cycle.
- 43:41SPEAKER_04: But it would I feel it coming.
- 43:44SPEAKER_04: I really do.
- 43:44SPEAKER_04: What about you?
- 43:46SPEAKER_05: It's it's gonna happen.
- 43:47SPEAKER_05: I think it's gonna happen.
- 43:49SPEAKER_05: Um I'm on board.
- 43:50SPEAKER_05: I'm in.
- 43:51SPEAKER_05: I'm I'm in too.
- 43:52SPEAKER_05: I've been in on uh the basketball only members for a while now.
- 43:56SPEAKER_05: I I knew it was gonna get interesting when they started talking about the other sports, but if we're just doing better.
- 44:00SPEAKER_05: Basketball only.
- 44:01SPEAKER_05: Absolutely.
- 44:02SPEAKER_05: Come on in, Gonzaga.
- 44:03SPEAKER_05: You're one of the best programs of all time.
- 44:05SPEAKER_05: Like just make this conference even more difficult and you know make it harder on us.
- 44:09SPEAKER_05: But hey, we are even we're already guaranteed the best basketball conference, but just add another one.
- 44:15SPEAKER_05: I mean, why not?
- 44:16SPEAKER_03: Uh 100%.
- 44:18SPEAKER_05: The headline I thought was funny was that Gonzaga expected to take uh a cut in the normal revenue for the other teams.
- 44:27SPEAKER_05: It's like, no shit.
- 44:30SPEAKER_05: For just basketball, yeah.
- 44:32SPEAKER_05: They're not gonna get$30 million a year for just basketball.
- 44:35SPEAKER_05: Sorry.
- 44:36SPEAKER_05: Maybe baseball.
- 44:37SPEAKER_05: Maybe baseball.
- 44:39SPEAKER_05: Well, see, I if they only join basketball only, I mean, they don't add anything except for basketball.
- 44:45SPEAKER_05: So hey, I don't know.
- 44:47SPEAKER_05: I'd be interested, I'd be interested to see what that number actually is.
- 44:50SPEAKER_04: Uh, it's gonna be very low compared to everybody else.
- 44:52SPEAKER_04: And that's fair.
- 44:53SPEAKER_04: I mean, it's it's obviously it's gonna have to be more substantial than what they're bringing in.
- 44:57SPEAKER_04: And obviously, we're gonna be a very valuable basketball entity, and you're gonna pay them as such.
- 45:02SPEAKER_04: So I wouldn't expect it to be stupid, but it's probably more, it's probably gonna be more than anything they've ever seen as an athletic department, uh, TV contract-wise and conference affiliation-wise.
- 45:11SPEAKER_04: Well, obviously that part.
- 45:12SPEAKER_04: But um, yeah, dude, it's I I think it's great.
- 45:16SPEAKER_04: I think you solidify, like you like you already touched on, you solidify yourself as the best basketball league.
- 45:20SPEAKER_04: But you know, I I hate the sickening word when it comes to talking about this sort of thing, but matchups.
- 45:28SPEAKER_04: You get to add an immediately really fun matchup on the schedule right away.
- 45:34SPEAKER_04: Um, you hosting Gonzaga in Lubbock is a big deal, even though it's some team from Spokane.
- 45:40SPEAKER_04: Like you are just you are you seriously, every everywhere they go, it's a sellout ticket now, and they're gonna be able to sell out their stadium all the time as well.
- 45:48SPEAKER_04: Not that they weren't before, but now they'll actually have names that are kind of that are coming to town for the first time in their school history, like consistently.
- 45:53SPEAKER_05: Yeah, no, I mean we played them, uh it wasn't an I don't think it was a neutral site, but we I think it was the last year of Beard where we did play them.
- 46:01SPEAKER_05: I think we went to Spokane, and uh it was the Holmgren year.
- 46:04SPEAKER_05: It was when they had Chet Holmgren and um that really good team.
- 46:07SPEAKER_05: So uh that was the last time, and then obviously we beat them in the in the 2019 tournament run.
- 46:12SPEAKER_05: Uh so we got we got a little bit of a history with Gonzaga.
- 46:16SPEAKER_05: So love to play them again and love to try to beat them again.
- 46:19SPEAKER_05: Realignment, it doesn't sleep.
- 46:21SPEAKER_05: It doesn't sleep.
- 46:22SPEAKER_05: Brett Urmark does not sleep.
- 46:23SPEAKER_05: It's it's time.
- 46:25SPEAKER_05: He wants it so bad.
- 46:26SPEAKER_04: He wants that to happen, he wants it to happen so bad.
- 46:28SPEAKER_04: That guy's that baby.
- 46:30SPEAKER_04: Like he's uh you know, you know, with a back pocket, as soon as the the presidents are like, all right, let's sure, let's let's go ahead and bring Gonzaga in.
- 46:37SPEAKER_04: It's like, so what if we add this little cute little husky boy?
- 46:41SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 46:41SPEAKER_04: Like just kind of like pushing it on the table as well.
- 46:44SPEAKER_04: What if we do a little two for you know it's like what do we think about Duke?
- 46:50SPEAKER_05: So, anyways, you need a small private school, small private school, good oh goodness, yeah.
- 46:58SPEAKER_05: Right, you're mark unreal.
- 47:00SPEAKER_05: We'll see what happens.
- 47:01SPEAKER_05: I think it's gonna happen, but we again we may not know for the next year or two.
- 47:04SPEAKER_05: But it looks like they wanted them to join 2024-2025, so it could happen very soon.
- 47:11SPEAKER_05: Um, before we get to picks, we didn't do picks last week.
- 47:14SPEAKER_05: Uh, we were kind of rushed, we were all over the place.
- 47:16SPEAKER_05: We'll do picks again, but wanted to give a little bit of pro sports, just a little bit, just a little bit.
- 47:22SPEAKER_05: What are those?
- 47:23SPEAKER_05: A little baby bit.
- 47:24SPEAKER_05: What are those?
- 47:25SPEAKER_05: Congrats to the Rangers fans out there.
- 47:28SPEAKER_05: Look at you.
- 47:29SPEAKER_05: ALDS, that's awesome.
- 47:31SPEAKER_05: I'm hyped.
- 47:32SPEAKER_05: Normally I'm neutral when it comes to baseball.
- 47:35SPEAKER_05: MLB, don't really give a shit who wins.
- 47:37SPEAKER_05: I kind of go MLB, don't really give a shit.
- 47:40SPEAKER_05: Don't really give a shit.
- 47:41SPEAKER_05: If the Nationals win, I really don't care.
- 47:43SPEAKER_05: If the Astros win, cool.
- 47:44SPEAKER_05: If the Rangers win, cool.
- 47:46SPEAKER_05: But what the Rangers did is they started playing one of the greatest bands of all time in their stadium.
- 47:54SPEAKER_05: They started playing Creed, and they got the whole stadium to sing Creed.
- 47:58SPEAKER_05: They put higher up there on the Jumbotron, and the whole stadium started singing it.
- 48:02SPEAKER_05: I am so in on the Rangers now, and they may just play the I know the Astros play um who is it?
- 48:10SPEAKER_05: The Twins tonight.
- 48:11SPEAKER_05: If the Astros win tonight, it's gonna be Rangers Astros in the ALDS for a trick World Series.
- 48:16SPEAKER_05: Electric.
- 48:19SPEAKER_05: We're San Antonio guys, we're not biased on either one, but the Rangers did start to play Creed, so I'm I'm on board.
- 48:25SPEAKER_05: I'm on the Rangers train.
- 48:27SPEAKER_04: You know, step aside, Cowboys.
- 48:29SPEAKER_04: There's a new Americas team right now.
- 48:32SPEAKER_05: The Cowboys fans aren't loving what they're seeing right now.
- 48:35SPEAKER_04: So and that is the Texas Rangers plus Creed.
- 48:40SPEAKER_04: They're no longer the just the Texas Rangers, they're Texas Rangers plus Creed, sir.
- 48:43SPEAKER_04: Plus Creed.
- 48:44SPEAKER_04: I'm on board with that.
- 48:45SPEAKER_04: I just I I really just want a Rangers and Astros matchup just to watch the fans clash.
- 48:51SPEAKER_01: Oh my god.
- 48:53SPEAKER_04: And just to have us on the peripheral, you know, from the other cities go, oh yeah.
- 48:57SPEAKER_04: Did you hear what he said?
- 48:59SPEAKER_04: What do you think of that?
- 49:01SPEAKER_05: So about those trash cans, uh crazy.
- 49:03SPEAKER_05: No, yeah.
- 49:04SPEAKER_05: I I love the Houston-Dallas rivalry, I think it's great for sports.
- 49:08SPEAKER_05: Um, you know, obviously, us being from San Antonio, we don't really have a real dog in the fight unless it comes to the NBA.
- 49:15SPEAKER_05: Uh, which the NBA, there's no contest.
- 49:17SPEAKER_05: I mean, clearly the San Antonio Spurs are the greatest Texas franchise, it's not even close.
- 49:22SPEAKER_04: Uh, which is every fan we have, Steven.
- 49:24SPEAKER_04: Every last one.
- 49:25SPEAKER_04: Which by the way, every last listener.
- 49:27SPEAKER_05: I watched one preseason game of Victor Wimanyama, and I tell you what, he's already the greatest player I've ever seen in my life.
- 49:33SPEAKER_05: I am so happy that we have Victor to root for, the Mavericks have Kyrie Irving to root for, and the Rockets have Dylan Brooks to root for.
- 49:42SPEAKER_05: So that's what I'll just leave it on.
- 49:44SPEAKER_05: Um, congrats to Dallas and Houston for uh having clearly the worst team to root for.
- 49:50SPEAKER_04: How many times did you have to practice saying Webinana?
- 49:54SPEAKER_04: See, you can't even say it right.
- 49:55SPEAKER_04: Webinana.
- 49:56SPEAKER_05: I've been looking into Victor Wembanyama since two years ago.
- 50:01SPEAKER_05: So I you should I've been watching the tape.
- 50:04SPEAKER_05: I've been watching the fucking tape.
- 50:05SPEAKER_01: All right.
- 50:07SPEAKER_05: I am ready.
- 50:08SPEAKER_05: And now he's here and he's in a Spurs jersey and he's fucking phenomenal, and it's the greatest thing ever.
- 50:13SPEAKER_04: Oh, we got Spurs Steven on here.
- 50:15SPEAKER_04: He's he seems to be a little more rowdy.
- 50:18SPEAKER_04: I've arrived.
- 50:19SPEAKER_04: Tech's tech three and three.
- 50:21SPEAKER_04: I see.
- 50:23SPEAKER_05: I saw one preseason game, and I'm 100% in, my man.
- 50:27SPEAKER_05: It's us preseason tech football right now.
- 50:30SPEAKER_05: We're out here.
- 50:31SPEAKER_05: 12 and oh.
- 50:32SPEAKER_05: 12 and oh.
- 50:33SPEAKER_05: It's it could happen.
- 50:34SPEAKER_04: Maybe.
- 50:36SPEAKER_04: Anyway.
- 50:37SPEAKER_04: Let's get to the picks, please.
- 50:39SPEAKER_05: Picks.
- 50:40SPEAKER_05: I'm beating you.
- 50:42SPEAKER_04: What?
- 50:43SPEAKER_04: I beat it too.
- 50:45SPEAKER_04: Did I go too meme?
- 50:46SPEAKER_04: I went too memey.
- 50:47SPEAKER_05: You went way too meme two weeks ago.
- 50:49SPEAKER_05: You went way too meme.
- 50:50SPEAKER_05: When the Pac-12 games came on, you were like, I'm just gonna meme it up, baby.
- 50:54SPEAKER_05: Meme it up.
- 50:56SPEAKER_05: You went 0-4 in the pack game, so congrats to you.
- 50:59SPEAKER_05: Uh full-blown shit posting.
- 51:03SPEAKER_05: 49 and 72 on the year for me, 48 and 72 on the year for you.
- 51:08SPEAKER_05: Let's start with the Big 12.
- 51:12SPEAKER_05: The Dana Bowl, West Virginia traveling to Houston, uh, West Virginia, two and a half point favorites in Houston.
- 51:23SPEAKER_05: This is a Thursday night game.
- 51:24SPEAKER_05: This is happening tomorrow as of this recording.
- 51:27SPEAKER_05: Um, who you got?
- 51:29SPEAKER_04: Dog, West Virginia's winning that game.
- 51:31SPEAKER_04: Houston is ass, my dude.
- 51:34SPEAKER_05: But what about that crash home field advantage from the Houston Cougs?
- 51:38SPEAKER_04: Well, good thing I saw an explanation for it.
- 51:40SPEAKER_04: Apparently, U of H fans show up to big games, and apparently the big big games don't include uh the the national runner-up in-state rival TCU.
- 51:50SPEAKER_04: So I'm excited to see who the big game is and see when that when that crowd shows up.
- 51:55SPEAKER_05: I did see they sold out Texas, which I guess is cool.
- 51:58SPEAKER_04: Uh it's gonna be it's gonna be mostly orange, dude.
- 52:01SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I know.
- 52:02SPEAKER_05: I know that would be Houston has the opportunity to do a really funny thing.
- 52:06SPEAKER_04: A really funny thing.
- 52:07SPEAKER_04: Really funny thing here in a couple weeks.
- 52:11SPEAKER_04: I'm not I'm not hating all the cougs, but damn.
- 52:14SPEAKER_04: Like I really expected them to at least start showing up to the games, but they have not.
- 52:18SPEAKER_04: And it's gonna show on Thursday night.
- 52:20SPEAKER_05: All I'm saying is that Donovan Smith beat Texas once.
- 52:23SPEAKER_05: It's true.
- 52:24SPEAKER_05: We'll see if it happens again.
- 52:26SPEAKER_05: Uh yeah, Western West Virginia's gonna beat Houston.
- 52:29SPEAKER_05: It's gonna happen.
- 52:30SPEAKER_05: It's yeah, that's yeah.
- 52:33SPEAKER_05: Next game, Iowa State traveling to Cincinnati.
- 52:39SPEAKER_05: Cincinnati, a five-point favorite in this one.
- 52:44SPEAKER_05: Who you got?
- 52:47SPEAKER_05: The clones.
- 52:49SPEAKER_05: I thought I was gonna get you with that one.
- 52:51SPEAKER_05: Dang it, me too.
- 52:52SPEAKER_05: I thought we were I thought you were going.
- 52:53SPEAKER_05: I thought you were going with the I thought you were going with the Bearcats.
- 52:56SPEAKER_05: I thought I was being bold.
- 52:58SPEAKER_05: The newcomers have won one combined game in the Big 12 so far, and it was BYU beating Cincinnati.
- 53:08SPEAKER_05: So it doesn't even count.
- 53:10SPEAKER_05: Not good, not good for our guys.
- 53:12SPEAKER_04: Uh BYU is doing okay, but it's yeah, it's been yeah, we'll see.
- 53:17SPEAKER_05: We'll see.
- 53:18SPEAKER_05: I also have Iowa State beating Cincinnati uh in Cincinnati.
- 53:22SPEAKER_05: Kansas traveling to Stillwater, Bowman the showman, playing against Kansas.
- 53:29SPEAKER_05: No Jalen Daniels again.
- 53:31SPEAKER_05: That whole situation is very weird.
- 53:33SPEAKER_05: I don't know why he's in, he's out, he's not.
- 53:36SPEAKER_05: You know, there's lipold rumors that he may take the Michigan State job.
- 53:41SPEAKER_05: Who knows?
- 53:42SPEAKER_05: Maybe Jalen Daniels follows.
- 53:44SPEAKER_05: But right now, Kansas.
- 53:47SPEAKER_05: Three-point favorites against the Cowboys in Stillwater.
- 53:51SPEAKER_05: Who you got?
- 53:52SPEAKER_04: I'm gonna go pokes on this one.
- 53:54SPEAKER_05: Okay.
- 53:55SPEAKER_05: My man.
- 53:56SPEAKER_04: Pokes going pokes, going paddle people.
- 53:59SPEAKER_04: Big Bowman guy.
- 54:01SPEAKER_04: Hude, dude.
- 54:02SPEAKER_04: If his lungs didn't shatter with every touch, he would have been a Heisman attack for sure.
- 54:07SPEAKER_05: Blast bones and paper skin.
- 54:09SPEAKER_05: Poor guy.
- 54:10SPEAKER_05: Uh I will go Kansas.
- 54:12SPEAKER_05: Okay.
- 54:12SPEAKER_05: I will go, I will go Kansas to provide a little bit of a little bit of difference here.
- 54:17SPEAKER_05: Why are we going pokes?
- 54:19SPEAKER_05: I I did have pokes written down.
- 54:20SPEAKER_05: I'm gonna switch up.
- 54:21SPEAKER_04: This feels very coin flippy.
- 54:22SPEAKER_04: Just like last week.
- 54:23SPEAKER_05: Yeah, I'm gonna switch up.
- 54:25SPEAKER_05: I mean, uh, you know, Kansas's been playing without Jalen Daniels, so I don't think it'll be much, but you know, Stillwater's a tough place to play, no matter what.
- 54:32SPEAKER_05: Those fans show up.
- 54:32SPEAKER_04: So paddle people.
- 54:34SPEAKER_05: Um paddle people.
- 54:36SPEAKER_05: I will go with Kansas right here to uh spice it up a little bit.
- 54:40SPEAKER_05: All right, final Big 12 game, current Big 12 game, before we talk about Texas Tech at the very end.
- 54:46SPEAKER_05: BYU traveling to Fart Worth.
- 54:51SPEAKER_05: BYU.
- 54:52SPEAKER_05: No, I'm sorry.
- 54:53SPEAKER_05: TCU, six-point favorites in Fart Worth.
- 54:57SPEAKER_05: Who you got?
- 54:59SPEAKER_04: The Storm and Mormons, baby.
- 55:01SPEAKER_04: My second favorite team.
- 55:02SPEAKER_04: That's what I'm talking about.
- 55:04SPEAKER_04: Mean pick alert.
- 55:06SPEAKER_04: Let's go.
- 55:07SPEAKER_05: I knew you were picking the Koogs, but all things considered, TCU looked very bad these last few weeks.
- 55:13SPEAKER_05: They've looked not good.
- 55:14SPEAKER_05: Um they lost to Colorado, who is not ending up looking very good.
- 55:20SPEAKER_05: Uh, they uh beat Houston, uh, which again, we beat Houston, so hey, but no, I also have the Storm and Mormons going in to Fart Worth, Fart Worth, and and losing the crap out of Fart Worth.
- 55:35SPEAKER_05: Fartworth.
- 55:38SPEAKER_05: It's actually a great city.
- 55:39SPEAKER_05: I like Fort Worth.
- 55:40SPEAKER_05: Yeah, me too.
- 55:41SPEAKER_05: Uh Couggs.
- 55:43SPEAKER_05: Coug's winning.
- 55:45SPEAKER_05: All right, let's go.
- 55:46SPEAKER_05: Pac Boys.
- 55:48SPEAKER_05: Pac Boys, Stanford, Stanford Cardinal, visiting Boulder and Dion.
- 55:55SPEAKER_05: You couldn't have picked two different styles, I guess, between the Ivy League of Stanford and Dion Sanders.
- 56:03SPEAKER_05: So uh Colorado, 11 and a half point favorites in this one.
- 56:07SPEAKER_05: Who you got?
- 56:08SPEAKER_05: Primetime.
- 56:09SPEAKER_05: Me too.
- 56:10SPEAKER_04: Stanford sucks.
- 56:12SPEAKER_05: Stanford stinks.
- 56:13SPEAKER_05: Like, they're bad.
- 56:15SPEAKER_05: They're so bad.
- 56:17SPEAKER_05: Stanford sucks.
- 56:18SPEAKER_05: Stanford stinks.
- 56:19SPEAKER_05: Go go buffs.
- 56:21SPEAKER_05: Uh speaking of stinks, Cal Golden Bears visiting Salt Lake City in the Utes.
- 56:28SPEAKER_05: Utes, 13 and a half point favorites.
- 56:31SPEAKER_05: Another weird quarterback situation.
- 56:33SPEAKER_05: They will not announce if Cam Rising is coming back.
- 56:36SPEAKER_05: Um wouldn't expect him to play, but Cal, Utah, who you got?
- 56:41SPEAKER_05: Utah easy, dude.
- 56:43SPEAKER_05: Cal Stinks.
- 56:45SPEAKER_05: Same.
- 56:46SPEAKER_05: Same.
- 56:47SPEAKER_05: Cal Stinks.
- 56:48SPEAKER_05: What do you want from me?
- 56:49SPEAKER_05: Uh this will be interesting, for you at least.
- 56:54SPEAKER_05: Arizona traveling to where does Washington State where are they?
- 57:00SPEAKER_05: Pullman.
- 57:00SPEAKER_05: Pullman.
- 57:01SPEAKER_05: Traveling to Pullman.
- 57:05SPEAKER_05: Wazoo.
- 57:06SPEAKER_05: Eight-point favorites.
- 57:07SPEAKER_05: Coming off a loss to UCLA.
- 57:09SPEAKER_05: Arizona coming off a tight loss to USC.
- 57:13SPEAKER_05: They played them really nice.
- 57:14SPEAKER_05: It was like 41-43 or something like that.
- 57:16SPEAKER_05: Who you got Arizona on the road against Wazoo?
- 57:22SPEAKER_04: Uh the Couggs are the easy choice, but I'm gonna fish it up.
- 57:27SPEAKER_04: You are so fishy this year.
- 57:30SPEAKER_04: I'm bearing down with Jed Fish.
- 57:34SPEAKER_04: I don't know.
- 57:34SPEAKER_04: I'm so enamored with Arizona of all the newbies coming in.
- 57:38SPEAKER_05: You're living and dying with the fish.
- 57:40SPEAKER_04: Jed fish.
- 57:41SPEAKER_04: It's the name, it's gotta be Jed Fish.
- 57:43SPEAKER_04: It's gotta be that guy's that beautiful man's name.
- 57:47SPEAKER_05: Jedfish out here.
- 57:50SPEAKER_05: I will take Wazoo.
- 57:52SPEAKER_04: That's the easy pick.
- 57:53SPEAKER_04: I will I need I need some meme up in here.
- 57:57SPEAKER_05: You're gonna pick two.
- 57:59SPEAKER_05: I bet you you're gonna pick Arizona in every single game this year.
- 58:02SPEAKER_04: We're just gonna no matter who that plays.
- 58:05SPEAKER_04: It was anything but fish.
- 58:07SPEAKER_04: Like if it was if it was James or something like that, I would not be picking Arizona.
- 58:12SPEAKER_05: James Fish still sounds kind of funny.
- 58:14SPEAKER_05: It does.
- 58:16SPEAKER_05: But it's not it's not Jed.
- 58:18SPEAKER_04: Jed Fish is a kick-ass coaching name.
- 58:21SPEAKER_04: Are you kidding me?
- 58:22SPEAKER_04: Jed Fish.
- 58:24SPEAKER_04: I'm Jed Fish.
- 58:29SPEAKER_07: Oh, the head coach of Tarleton State.
- 58:34SPEAKER_07: Jedfish.
- 58:38SPEAKER_05: All right.
- 58:41SPEAKER_05: We got two games that we pick differently.
- 58:44SPEAKER_05: So uh regardless, one of us is not gonna go crazy uh on the on the overalls this coming week, unless we pick a little different when it comes to Kansas State traveling to Lubbock, Texas Tech.
- 59:00SPEAKER_05: That's the school that we both went to.
- 59:01SPEAKER_04: Uh that's where I got my degree from.
- 59:04SPEAKER_05: One and a half point favorites in Lubbock against the Wildcats.
- 59:09SPEAKER_05: Tristan, who do you have?
- 59:13SPEAKER_05: Texas Tech.
- 59:14SPEAKER_05: Easy, baby.
- 59:16SPEAKER_05: Me too, dude.
- 59:17SPEAKER_04: Yeah, right.
- 59:18SPEAKER_04: Yeah, right.
- 59:19SPEAKER_04: Like I'm picking Wildcats.
- 59:21SPEAKER_05: Yeah, what am I gonna do?
- 59:22SPEAKER_05: On a two-game win streak, I'm gonna not pick Texas Tech?
- 59:24SPEAKER_05: Stop it.
- 59:25SPEAKER_04: I don't know if I'm never not gonna pick Texas Tech, but yeah, come on now.
- 59:28SPEAKER_04: Let's go.
- 59:29SPEAKER_05: I'm we're we're 2 0 when I post the SpongeBob meme uh throughout the week.
- 59:34SPEAKER_04: So I feel like we default the Spongebob memes very frequently.
- 59:38SPEAKER_05: They're great.
- 59:39SPEAKER_05: They're great.
- 59:40SPEAKER_05: What are you gonna what are you gonna not laugh at a Spongebob meme?
- 59:42SPEAKER_05: What are you?
- 59:42SPEAKER_05: Yeah, yeah.
- 59:44SPEAKER_05: Okay, so we both have the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
- 59:47SPEAKER_05: Who would have thought?
- 59:48SPEAKER_05: Uh beating the Kansas State Wildcats.
- 59:51SPEAKER_05: We've lost 11 of the last 12, but hey, this is history.
- 59:54SPEAKER_04: We're due is a mystery.
- 59:57SPEAKER_05: We're due, baby.
- 59:58SPEAKER_05: We're due to here.
- 1:00:00SPEAKER_05: The present is a present.
- 1:00:04SPEAKER_05: All right.
- 1:00:05SPEAKER_05: This will be a good time.
- 1:00:07SPEAKER_05: Do you have anything else before we talk about song?
- 1:00:10SPEAKER_05: Okay.
- 1:00:10SPEAKER_05: Song of the week.
- 1:00:12SPEAKER_05: Go ahead.
- 1:00:14SPEAKER_04: Dude, all right.
- 1:00:14SPEAKER_04: I'm gonna bust out one of my old, old reliable guys that I really wish more people would listen to.
- 1:00:19SPEAKER_04: Um, I'm gonna go with Gabe Lee.
- 1:00:21SPEAKER_04: I I freaking love this guy.
- 1:00:23SPEAKER_04: He's he's about our age, you know, uh under in the underground country scene.
- 1:00:28SPEAKER_04: I'm gonna go with Office's newest album, The Wild.
- 1:00:32SPEAKER_04: The song is The Wild.
- 1:00:34SPEAKER_04: So I'm gonna roll with The Wild on Drink the River.
- 1:00:43SPEAKER_01: I'm a reckless child.
- 1:00:46SPEAKER_01: Born to the wild.
- 1:00:49SPEAKER_05: The wild.
- 1:00:50SPEAKER_05: Gabley's good.
- 1:00:51SPEAKER_05: Gabley is underrated.
- 1:00:52SPEAKER_05: Gabley is a good artist.
- 1:00:55SPEAKER_05: Um, yeah, that's a good pick.
- 1:00:57SPEAKER_05: Way to go, buddy.
- 1:00:59SPEAKER_05: I have a uh I have a little different is it creed?
- 1:01:02SPEAKER_05: It's creed.
- 1:01:03SPEAKER_05: No, it's not Creed, it's not Creed.
- 1:01:04SPEAKER_07: I've already been like four weeks in a row.
- 1:01:06SPEAKER_05: That would have been that would have been the third in probably five weeks for Creed.
- 1:01:09SPEAKER_05: So I'm gonna give Creed a break.
- 1:01:11SPEAKER_05: I'm loving the Texas Rangers stuff.
- 1:01:13SPEAKER_05: Believe you me, I could have picked a Creed song, but I'm not gonna.
- 1:01:17SPEAKER_05: I'm not picking that much different, though.
- 1:01:19SPEAKER_05: I'm going with uh I'm going with the great band Three Doors Down.
- 1:01:23SPEAKER_05: Uh from the same vein.
- 1:01:26SPEAKER_05: Love it.
- 1:01:27SPEAKER_05: Here without you, three doors down, is my song of the week.
- 1:01:32SPEAKER_05: Because what we did when we were driving home from Waco, Texas, after a good win, all of us, or at least half of us, lost our voice.
- 1:01:39SPEAKER_05: Um, and we just started jamming to whatever was on XM radio.
- 1:01:44SPEAKER_05: There was a Creed song in there.
- 1:01:45SPEAKER_05: There was a couple other old school jams, so it just got me in the got me in the mood.
- 1:01:50SPEAKER_05: And uh I listened to Three Doors Down here Without You, and it's it's it's such a good song.
- 1:01:59SPEAKER_01: Just too low my lumber.
- 1:02:03SPEAKER_01: Think about you, baby, in that dream about you outside.
- 1:02:09SPEAKER_04: It's a 2000s rock kind of vibe right now, no.
- 1:02:12SPEAKER_05: Yeah, we're out here.
- 1:02:13SPEAKER_05: This is we're feeling very 2000s, you know.
- 1:02:17SPEAKER_04: That'd be good for tech football.
- 1:02:18SPEAKER_05: It would be.
- 1:02:20SPEAKER_05: Don't play here without you and tell me that the stadium wouldn't go nuts.
- 1:02:24SPEAKER_04: Oh, for sure, man.
- 1:02:25SPEAKER_04: Just immediately go to that chorus.
- 1:02:26SPEAKER_04: Hell yeah.
- 1:02:27SPEAKER_05: We're out here.
- 1:02:28SPEAKER_04: So you need to do that kind of thing more.
- 1:02:29SPEAKER_04: Are you kidding me?
- 1:02:30SPEAKER_04: Enough with like sweet Carolina crab.
- 1:02:32SPEAKER_04: Come on, let's go.
- 1:02:35SPEAKER_04: Shut up in the podcast.
- 1:02:37SPEAKER_04: Enough.
- 1:02:38SPEAKER_04: All right, fine.
- 1:02:39SPEAKER_04: That wasn't your song of the week.
- 1:02:41SPEAKER_04: You can follow.
- 1:02:43SPEAKER_05: You can follow both me and Tristan on Twitter.
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- 1:03:00SPEAKER_05: Always Wreck Em Tech.
- 1:03:02SPEAKER_04: Wreck'em Tech.
- 1:03:03SPEAKER_06: Uh wow.
- 1:03:05SPEAKER_06: First of all, uh got a lot of respect for Steven and Tristan.
- 1:03:10SPEAKER_06: Uh their program, tough guys, just uh a lot of fun.
- 1:03:14SPEAKER_07: This is wild.
- 1:03:16SPEAKER_07: When I walked in, and I knew this would be an awesome podcast.
- 1:03:22SPEAKER_07: And these guys have been tremendous.
- 1:03:24SPEAKER_07: I love you, and I can't wait for this journey.
- 1:03:26SPEAKER_07: I would like to thank uh Steven and Tristan.
- 1:03:29SPEAKER_07: This is incredible.
- 1:03:31SPEAKER_07: These guys have a passion and a love for this school.