Texas vs. Texas Tech

Texas travels to Lubbock, Texas this weekend for the fourth leg of a murderous four week obstacle course that has seen them beat OU, Mizzou, Okie State and potentially Texas Tech. Tech is led by perhaps the quirkiest head coach in the country, Mike Leach. Leach is obsessed with pirates, even though he calls West Texas home, he recently pulled a kid out of the stands to join the tech team as a kicker after he won a contest at halftime of a game earlier this year. The kid in question, Mike Williams, is now 9 for 9 on extra point attempts.

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How good is Michael Crabtree? He has his own song and dance that the tech faithful perform every game at Jones SBC stadium.



Now that we have cranked that Crabtree, lets get down to the facts. Texas brings its #1 ranked war tested team to Lubbock with stars like Colt McCoy, emerging running back Chris Ogbonnaya, Jordan Shipley, Bran Orakpo, and Roy Miller to TTU looking to close out its last big test of the year.

Texas Tech brings an explosive offense to say the least, and has a huge chip on its shoulders because the common perception around the country is that they have not played anybody. The Tech stars include head coach Mike Leach and his gunslinger approach to offense, along with Graham Harrell, and Michael Crabtree , the redshirt sophomore, who would most likely break every receiving record in the history of college football if he stayed for four years.

The break down is this simple, even though Texas has beat three top ten teams in the last three weeks they have not left central Texas in order to do it. This will be their first test outside of a neutral site or DKR Memorial Stadium. I believe Texas has more than enough talent to beat the Red Raiders, but the fact that they will be on the road may give Tech the boost to pull the upset. I'm sure that Penn State fans will be rooting for a Tech victory as it looks like their best chance to derail the Longhorns from the top spot in the BCS ratings.

The defenses will be almost as ineffective as a 9 iron on the moon as both offensives should walk up and down the field all night long. Texas behind the 82 percent completion percentage of Colt McCoy can score on anybody and Tech has lit up more scoreboards than General Electric since Mike leach came aboard as head coach. Look for this to be a shootout with Texas winning a close one at Jones SBC Stadium. Do not be surprised if Tech cranks that Crabtree enough times for the win. Furthermore, Tech is in complete control of their own destiny with this week's game against Texas and with Oklahoma forthcoming. If they were to run the table they would almost be guaranteed a shot at the national championship.

Yours Truly,

Linus Letterwinner