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Prince Royal says:
Arrrrghhhh!! Ahoy thar!
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El Capitan Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
PURO PINCHE LEACH!!!
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Chuck Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 8:46 am
Mike Leach maybe a good coach, but he has no class. He almost always blames the players for the team’s short comings. Texas Tech will never be a great team until it has a great coach and the Pirate is not the man. The Raiders will probably get hammered by the two great coaches in the Big XII and that is the ones from Texas and OU.
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Caderaider Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I wonder if that “great” coach from OU will lose yet another bowl game…why anyone thinks Texas or OU can beat Florida is beyond me.
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Chris Reply:
August 25th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I hope we get hammered by Texas this year like we did last year!
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John Sammis Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:22 am
No the Horns won’t hammer ya – the Aggies will
Raider Rob says:
Awesome! Better have more editions for West Texas – this issue will sell like hot tortillas! Maybe divert some of the shipment for Bryan/College Station????
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Circle C Football Fan says:
I am a subscriber, but will buy a few extra copies for friends. There never has been better–or more fun–time to be a football fan in he state of Texas.
Love them or hate them, having Mack Brown and Mike Leach sailing on he same seas is great entertainment. You know that Mike Leach is irreverent and colorful.
However, what is lost on most fans (and writers) is a subtle “in your face” aggressive style from Mack Brown. Brown is every bit as much a pirate and scoundrel as Mike Leach. You just have to know what Mack is really saying.
Sherman–not so much. The poor fellow is way out of his league with these two.
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Max Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
UT has the number one recruits in America, however, the Leach (arg, matee)is able to beat the Brown with much lesser recruits….that’s what you call coaching superiority.
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bluebonnet Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:03 pm
No … that’s what you call on lucky play.
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John Sammis Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Well since the “Pirate” has an endorsement from none other then the great football expert Donald Trump – he must be the greatest coach in these USA’s
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Zeb says:
This is AWESOME!!!
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Raider Fan says:
It’s about time Texas Monthly remembered there was a major university out in West Texas.
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Scott Dadich says:
About time!!!
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Jolly Raider says:
Argghhhhh – the Big 12 beatings will continue until morale improves!
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C. Terry - Arlington, TX says:
I can’t wait to see Leach and his Red Raiders wreak havoc on the Big XII in 2009!
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WT says:
When does this hit the newsstands? I need to have my family bring me a copy.
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Red Raider 2013 says:
All Hail the Mighty Pirates of the Plains!!
WRECK’EM TECH!!
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Russ Webb says:
Time for some more air attacks in Lubbock! Should be another great season! Leach has been the best thing to happen to this football program in years! I am a Tech gard, fan, and bleed red and black! Go Tech!
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Nan Poe says:
I am one of the reasons Russ Webb bleeds red & black!!!!! I’m a ‘74 Tech grad and his aunt!!! Love the RAIDERS and LEACH! Guns Up!!!!
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steve crawford Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Hey Nan-
young steve crawford here……fiji ‘76….is Rick well?
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JP says:
WRECK EM TECH.
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JAH says:
I can see it now…
“Leach & Red Raiders ’sail’ Under Radar to BIG XII Championship”
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CA says:
This is awesome!! Go Tech!
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H-Town Aggie says:
That “Crazy Pirate” will have his ship sunk on October 24th in Lubbock. Raider team is overrated. Gig’ em!
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Anonymous Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 8:49 am
not a chance in hell you faggie
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Anonymous Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Guess you aren’t quite as big as you thought! You must be one of those classless clowns whose ego is bigger than your brain! Read stats and records this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Tech’s days are numbered.
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madmacs Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Another delusional Clueless Clown from Cesspool Station. He’ll have his ship sunk in his own harbour with WHAT? Texas aTm the home of the twelth place aggies.
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adh87 says:
This is great! I am so glad Texas Monthly is taking time to spotlight Texas Tech… great school, great people, great football coach!
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Raider Rob says:
Delusions, rampant in aggieland…another tradition that grows stronger every year!
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Anonymous Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Raider Rob RIP At least we have traditions instead of vandalisms
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H-Town Aggie says:
I suppose Raider Rob wants to chase us with a goalpost again. See you in October!
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Raider88 Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
H-Town Aggie – just showing you what a goal post looks like. Are your fans going to beat the crap out of each other with their own binoculars again?
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Caderaider Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
lol.
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Smutt Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Fantastic and Correct! Please get a copy to Dino in the Athletic Director’s office as he needs to see what he almost lost!
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madmacs Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
If ye dare, arghhhhhhhh Be prpared for davey JONES locker you scab.
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Raider Rampage says:
When is the last time your Aggs won in Lubbock? Because I believe it was 1993, with Slocum. There’s not a chance in College Station (Hell) you’ll take it with a coach like Sherman
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Anonymous Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
uhhhh, Would you like to rethink your answer! Is it pretty cold there right now–in hell I mean!
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Hook-um says:
Really love dousing your hopes Raiders, and Aggies. Gonna be all LONGHORNS , and that’s a fact
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BIGRAIDER Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
39-33
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Marcus Boudreaux says:
I hate to burst the Red Raider fans’ bubbles, but Texas Tech has ZERO chance of winning the Big 12 South this year.
The winner of the Big 12 will likely be Texas (if they play their cards right and don’t choke).
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Wm Kerns says:
Winners are yet to be determined; obviously, favorites already have been picked by “experts,” juggled and tossed about. I still believe, however, that few college football fans have more FUN than those who fill Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock to watch Coach Leach’s Red Raiders. Coach Leach has Texas Tech fans expecting exciting games, and a season with endless possibilities. Plus, he can be an entertaining interview, which I suspect a great many Texas Monthly readers are about to discover…
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Briscoe Democrat Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Wm Kerns,
Texas Tech’s problem this year will be that they don’t have Mike Crabtree and Graham Harrell to bail them out anymore, so I expect the Red Raiders to fall back.
Oklahoma State IS the one team everyone will watch, and I strongly believe they could go 10-2 since they have no prayer against Texas and OU.
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Raider88 Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Briscoe Democrap: TTU spreads the ball around way to much to be as one-dimensional as you would insinuate. Look at the stats on number of receivers with catches per game. Also look at Potts’ stats before posting nonsense. Add TTU to the teams OSU has no prayer against.
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april Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
you obviously did not go to the red and black scrimmage this year nor have you looked at the recruiting and the fact we still have a reciever from last year that is big time.. the new QB is actually suppose to be much faster, bigger adn stronger then harrel….they may not be #1 this year but they will not be that bad and watch out cause one year of this team together and it over for all you Big 12 kids…. READ about TECH before you post things you dont know…..
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jtinnell Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Leach is one of a kind — way too off-the-wall to be employable by one of the “established” programs, but a lot smarter than most of his peers in coaching. If you’re doubting the Red Raiders this year, get ready for a surprise.
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Ma P says:
Woooo-Hoooo, I smell football weather coming this way! Fight Raiders, Fight! Love that Tech football!
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Blood Red & Black says:
Only thing you aggots have going is numbers, and thats changing with the kids these days.
How many teenagers want to go to a school that get smoked every year?
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Gabe Rivera says:
Now that’s a great cover. Mike has brought the most exciting brand of football to our state. So fun to watch, and broadcast-friendly.
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Red October says:
Texas Monthly is a little late to the party. Texas Tech and Mike Leach are in TM’s backyard but they were out-scooped by every media outlet in the country. TM might be the last publisher to notice what’s going on in west Texas. Better late than never, I guess.
Now bring on the Longhorns! (but not the Sooners)
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custer says:
Go Red Raiders!!!!Wreck ‘em BAD!!!!
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Dan Solcher says:
Arrrggghhh!!!!
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CC Raider says:
Looking forward to another great year of Raider Football! By the way, who are the aggies?
WRECK’EM TECH!!
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Red Raider Die Hard says:
If you haven’t partied at the Jones in Lubbock before a game, well, you’ve missed out. Come hungry and help yourself!
Fight Tech Fight
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Lealonnie says:
Hey when does this issue come out?
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Bc says:
LeEch. The ultimate d-bag. You iTTU domino’s delivery tards had your best season last year and didn’t even go to the big 12 championship. Uhhh congrats??? Even leEch hates lubuttock and tried to flee.
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Bc says:
Hahaha did someone call iTTU a major university? Hilarious. Can you say live in west Texas and couldn’t get into A&M or Texas?
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Long John Silver says:
Can you say…higher SAT scores than A&M? Students at Texas Tech’s Rawls College of Business have higher SAT averages than students at A&M’s Mays Business School. Add to that, little old Texas Tech has produced more Fortune 500 CEO’s than Texas A&M.
Kicking Aggy ass is our tradition.
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AggieMD Reply:
August 21st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Source? (Other than the imaginary friends in your sloped forehead).
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Texas Aggie says:
Stupid tards. It’s funny to the world that your idiot head coach pretends to be a pirate. That cover is making fun of you idiots, while praising his accomplishments. If you dolts had anything but a tier 3 education, you may realize that a head coach pretending to be a pirate is stupid.
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madmacs Reply:
August 12th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
You wish you had him. Your idiot self inflicted chancellor couldn’t make a good hire if it hit him in the face. Oh yeah another aggy did.
Perhaps you should join CUSA and get beat on over there for a while. agTmechanics Home of twelth place!
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BIGRAIDER Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Is that why there are more Tech gradautes getting hired right now than A&M graduates. Why is that?….Must be one hell of a tier 3 education. Hey A&M good luck with Baylor this year. Your only shot at a conference win.
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Anonymous Reply:
October 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
They want worker bees, not bosses that they have to pay.
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whitepaladin says:
It’s just so sad that the Aggies have to be such bad sports all the time.
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
you must mean aside from those last three NCAA championships we won this summer?
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Hurlk says:
No stupidity is pretending to have a tier 1 football program and a tier 1 coach but really not having the brains to take the talent and the money and ever do something with it…
You aggots are pitiful and you live in the past. get over it and come on into the 2000’s…it is exciting to win–of course you folks haven’t seen that in over 16 years in Lubbock land…
Can you spell–We got your #—dufus!
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Leslie Mathews says:
I have my guns up and my eyepatch from e-bay is in the mail! We are ready to take on the critics and foes of our pirate led Red Raider Nation!
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CC Raider says:
Just bought a Chrome Double T and pirate flag for my boat.
Wishing all Big 12 fans a great season, unless TTU is playing you that weekend…
Wreck Em Tech and Run that Black Horse!
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Raider Rob says:
Hey H-town aggot…I’ll be in H-town for the UH game, want me to bring the goalposts????
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Mike says:
Nice to see Coach Leach on the cover! Great job Texas Monthly!
RAIDER POWER!
WRECK ‘EM TECH!
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Houston Techsan says:
Pretending to be a pirate is no more stupid than pretending to be a soldier…blah blah blah…Wreck ‘em Tech.
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ttumbleweed says:
The ONE and only finally gets the TM cover…Glad I’m a subscriber, the sales will go through the roof. Now, it’s a crying shame that when all you have left is to be a bad sport (you know who I’m talking to).
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Wm Kerns says:
Still chuckling at Houston Techsan’s remark…
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MS Raider says:
Squeeze your nads and chant Aggie!
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raider 1856 says:
hahahah PRETENDING TO BE A SOLDIER!!!!
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
where does this “pretending to be a soldier” banter come from? really I’d like to know. back when I went to A&M and then went to OCS there were more of us Aggies there then anyone else, then Citadel and Virginia Tech boys, so… yeah such comments are ignorant and unfounded.
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ttu mkb says:
Can’t wait for football season!! However, it’s such a shame that people have to rain on our parade! Since when does insulting other teams take precedence over supporting your own?
And to you, Texas Aggie, Mike Leach may be a lot of things, but an idiot is not one of them!
WRECK ‘EM TECH
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H-Town Aggie says:
Coach Sherman will turn this team around this year and Jerrod Johnson and Cyrus Gray will run all over Lubbock. Raider Power will melt down.
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Raider Rob says:
Wow just think, Tech will lead the aggies in all-time series after 2011. So how’s it that UT-A$M is a rivalry and not TT-A$M (whopping .335% win average – or is that “WHOOOPing”?)??!?!?
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raiderville09 says:
To those who have blasted this piece- how ’bout making something for *your* university to be proud of instead of tearing others down?
Love my Red Raiders. WRECK ‘EM, TECH!!!!
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Raider88 says:
Hey BC and Texas Aggie:
I guess there is nothing left in faggie land other than making stupid comments about TTU on a webpost. Leach had it right last year – the tiebreaker should go to the school with the highest graduation rate. Ooops – I forgot – atm wasn’t in contention for any tiebreakers, either sports related or academics related.
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Houston Red Raider Fan says:
Freakin typical, stupid, jealous, ignorant, loser aggies. All they can do is bash on others in a desperate attempt to make themselves look good. The problem is they live in the past and hold on to wins of years gone by and stupid “traditions” like mounting your girlfriend when..oops IF…they score. Stop playing with your little army men. Stop dropping your rings in beer. Stop playing with dogs, I mean mascots. As Jim Rome said…if the world was to get an enema…College Station is where you would attach the hose. GO TECH!
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WT says:
Went to Tech, A&M, and UT during undergrad and grad school. Found UT too pretentious and too hippie, and A&M too self-absorbed. Tech was just right. Rock on, Raiders! Nothing better than kicking Aggie butt and making UT sweat!
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John Wayne says:
Join the New Facebook Group:
“This Crazy Pirate may be the Best College Football Coach in the Country”
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=126217394200
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Travis says:
We will hit em, we will wreck em, hit em, wreck em, Texas Tech!
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JCRedRaider says:
Like we’ve done for the last 10 years, we’ll settle it on the field! The Red Raiders can and will play with anyone! GO TECH!
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CliffDippel says:
In regards to the goalpost incident: Everyone at Tech is truly sorry that the incident ever happened. I personally appologize to everyone involved. If you ever watched video of what happened, you would know that it was a bunch of little high school kids directing the goal post, not Texas Tech students. It was a collossal collapse in security and measures have been taken to prevent it from ever happening again. That said, I really miss good sportsmanship in the banter and light-hearted rivalry. Best of luck to all of the Big-12 teams in the coming season and may it be injury free for all the teams. Go Tech
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Giant Side of Texas says:
Evan – get ready for the firestorm if one critical comment is made about TSO (The Strange One). get to editing, NOW.
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texas born says:
How does a university spend over 100 million on a stadium and still be one of the smallest in the NCAA. Best thing I did was leave Lubbock.
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H-Town Aggie says:
Hey Rader Fans – I remember in October 1993, we beat you guys by 25 points and Oct 1991 the Ags won 37-14, BOTH games in Lubbock! We love to beat the Raiders in October in Lubbock! I can’t wait!
Any of you guys want to meet for a drink after the game?
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Houston Red Raider Fan says:
Dumba$$ aggie fan (H-Town Aggie) can’t even spell RAIDER correctly…go back to school and get an education…this time at a REAL school, not that pi$$ poor excuse of a school where only guys can be cheerleaders, where you can’t walk on grass, where your students play soldier and chase girls on the football field with swords, and where your fight song is nothing more than an over-blown case of penis envy of UT.
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
have you read the “Texas Fight” song, just curious as I your penis envy comment was ignorant and unfounded.
Thanks & Gig’em!
oh and what you called playing soldier, I called training…just figured i’d set the record straight one dumb pirate at a time.
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treehugger says:
“As Jim Rome said…if the world was to get an enema…College Station is where you would attach the hose. GO TECH!”
I’m no fan of a&m but lets get reasonable. C’mon we’re talking Lubbock, here, in comparison. Lubbock. Flat. Dusty. Etc.
As for football, its a good thing that the long suffering fans of TT have something to be proud of. Best of luck in the coming season. And Aggie fans…best of luck against Baylor and Iowa State.
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AggieHater says:
The Aggies will never change! They are bitter, PATHETIC losers – always have been and always will be. They’ll never be a bride, much less a bridesmaid. I predict another sad season for them. Leach is an awesome coach willing to do things that other coaches can’t even dream of. Go Red Raiders!
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Raider Rob says:
Wow, football season needs to start ASAP – 78 comments on Mike Leach being the cover story for TM…As for those knocking the Hub City, get a life. I’ve been to all the major cities in TX, except for EP. NONE are perfect. Even beloved Austin has it’s flaws. For a town of 250k, Lubbock does well with what it is and where it is.
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Sean says:
Wreck Em’ Tech! It is so nice to have West Texas in the spotlight.
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treehugger says:
“As for those knocking the Hub City, get a life.”
The hub would be the slowest moving part of the wheel, right?
C’mon, lighten up. We can’t pick on Wichita Falls or Pasadena ALL the time. Certainly Austin has its flaws and I resemble that remark.
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Raider Rob says:
But what redeeming qualities does Bryan/College Station have? Metal Building Capital of Texas?
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treehugger Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Lubbock would have metal buildings too if they’d stay attached to the foundation. Other than that, oh, rivers, green grass, trees, etc. Hey, I prefer the panhandle/south plains over ETX most anyday for lots of reasons but there’s more to Bryan than a&m. I grew up south of Lubbock down hwy 87 a ways, no garden of eden either, so its a good-natured self deprecating kind of bash. Ah yes, memories of 8-man football.
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jack says:
The Aggies love to live in denial.
And they also love to ignore this:
TECH HAS BEATEN A&M 10 OUT OF THE LAST 12 YEARS.
yeah, that’s 2 wins for the aggs in 12 years. sad.
i love how they also try to find anything related to Tech, and once they do, they mock us.
Just remember, those who look for things to mock only do so because they themselves are hiding under their insecurities. It makes them feel better when they mock other schools.
they still have had no good points or facts on this board, just useless rambling and ignorant statements.
I hope you don’t represent the norm at your school. Sad.
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UT9 says:
I’m from Austin, and my allegiance is with the Longhorns, but I have much more respect for the people at Texas Tech than at A&M. Raider fans are telling the truth when they say all Aggies do is complain and try to point the finger at someone else. They will always pretend to be better than the other 2 schools. The fact is, academically (and especially regarding football), they fall WAY behind.
I just wish A&M fans would have a little more respect for rival schools who happen to be doing great things. I hope they realize that when they try to mock other schools it isn’t helping their cause.
Oh, and Tech and UT have absolutely owned them in football in recent history. It hasn’t even been close.
I’m glad to see Texas Monthly doing a cover on this. But remember, when September comes around, RAIDERS ARE GOING DOWN! UT will have their revenge!
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Debbie says:
Guns Up! Living in the middle of UT country, but growing up an hour from Lubbock, and kids that graduated and worked for Tech, this is AWESOME!!!
WRECK ‘EM TECH!!
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Raider Rob says:
UT’s revenge? What about Tech’s revenge from 2006, when UT had guys dressed in zebra outfits named Tim and Arthur? It be nice if UT’s bench would stay on the sidelines and not have to help the officiating crew. Revenge…ask Nebraska about trying to get revenge on Tech in Lincoln, the year after being dealt the WORST defeat in Husker Football. NU prided themselves on NEVER losing their homecoming game in 40+ years. Texas Tech changed that.
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all bout' red says:
It’s about time Tech is reconized. I’m tired of all the hype of the Longhorns and teasippers in Austin. Burnt orange has covered this state for long enough. Its time for a change. WRECK EM’
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Arun says:
We Love Leach !!
Go raiders !!
Guns UP !!!
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Doris Bradley says:
Coach Leach is the best and Get Your Guns Up Big 12 Raider Power Go Tech Can’t wait for the opening game Labor Day Weekend. Arlington Texas
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Anonymous says:
Wow — That cover is crazy cool!!! I went to UT, and with all the money at that school, UT gets the majority of recognition whether it’s recruiting or coaching. It is refreshing to see a magazine have the guts (cojones) to shine the spotlight on another team. — Very interesting coach; I can’t wait to see how the Raiders do this year. But whatever the score/record, this team and this coach are worth a look!!!!!
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john says:
Tech will beat Texas AGAIN this year!
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Amanda says:
Go Red Raiders! Leach is the GREATEST! So glad Tech didn’t ruin it this year and went ahead and gave him what he deserved.
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A FAN says:
It’s about time we see something because those _ussies in BURNT ORANGE! Thanks Texas Monthly for stepping up!
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A FAN says:
It’s about time we see something besides those _ussies in Burnt Orange! Thanks Texas Monthly for stepping up!
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AgMarine08 says:
Just curious did tortilla tech ever get their accreditation back, cuz man my heart goes out to all those poor engineering techies who must’ve worked so hard to learn their times tables only to find out that there’s a lil more to it than that. Maybe y’all shoulda gone to UTEP or Texas State instead.
Well, I’ll give you ladies one thing, Mike Leach is a character and a fine coach, I shudder to say I even admire him at times, though it’s easy to make fun of him. Either way I’ll see y’all on the field.
Thanks & Gig’em!
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jared Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:27 am
gotta love those ignorant aggie comments! i hope they realize tech is ranked #8 in the nation in petroleum engineering, not to mention our business majors have a higher SAT score than the average business major at a&m.
But keep these comments coming, we love it!!
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 am
Thank you tt, I was hoping for someone to engage with, sorry I live for confrontation,
respectfully…
A&M Petroleum Engineering program was ranked 1st, Mays Business School, I have complete confidence in the work they do in creating leaders of the business industries.
Looking philisophically at the purpose and goals of educational programs, the intelligence and quality of students going into a program is not as important as the increased/developed quality of graduates exiting the program. So if dumber kids enter one program but grow and develop more and become competitive with smarter students who enter more “prestigious” programs at say an ivey league school, I think that shows merit to the less prestigious program.
such was part of the philosophy that led to Washington Monthy ranking A&M best in nation in serving the nation in 2007.
so what do i care what SAT score some kids got going into a program, truth is, it does not reflect enough the effective academic services of that program.
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Raider Rob says:
Still trying to make bluebonnets, maroon, GomerJarhead?
Hope Blinn isn’t/wasn’t too much for you.
Wreck’Em!
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:50 am
gomerjarhead, LOL, nice one raider rob. you’re awesome.
Blinn, was a great deal, I saved some money taking remedial classes there, thanks.
as for bluebonnets, come on Rob we’re Aggies! We’ve accomplished that a while ago.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cemap/maroon/maroon.html
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AggieMD says:
HAHA, you sand fleas amuse me. The USN&WR came out yesterday and once again, tceh is the worst school in the conference. Your degrees will continue to double as Denny’s placemats. I love the random fabrications though of Texas Tech having more Fortune 500 CEOs than anyone other than Texas.
In tceh’s miserable history, your crap school has produced a mere 12 CEOs.
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jared Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 am
Also, check the Princeton review, Rawls College at TTU is ranked 25th in the nation for employee satisfaction. a&m is in the 40s…
=)
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:44 am
congrats Jared!
look up rankings for which colleges offer the best valued education, let’s compare.
we could go on with rankings, truth is they bore me, I don’t think A&M’s the best sorely due to rankings alone. Truth is there’s more to it than that, and tu ranked higher than A&M in a lot of things thus, I won’t say A&M ranked better than tt just b/c of rankings. We’ve always wanted to be more than just what outsiders choose to rank us as.
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AggieMD says:
Long John Silver -
Provide me a credible source, you blithering dunce. We know you’re making it up, but we also realize you’re stupid enough to believe that.
Businessweek has A%M as the #37 overall and #17 public. As usual, tceh is nowhere to be found.
At least admit how remedial and worthless your school is. Lying to attempt to validate yourself just further solifies your pathetic state of life.
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jared says:
gotta love those ignorant aggie comments! i hope they realize tech is ranked #8 in the nation in petroleum engineering, not to mention our business majors have a higher SAT score than the average business major at a&m.
But keep these comments coming, we love it!!
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heather says:
i love how all the UT fans on here are classy and have respect for Tech and its students, while the aggies try to mock us the best they can.
Am i sensing some jealousy from no-mans land aka college station? =)
But thank you, UT, for your class. The respect is mutual (although we love beating you more than any other team) =)
I’d like to see A&M actually put up a fight against us this year
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 am
Why Heather,
thou art surely wise, for thou hast found a great way to get any given Fightin Texas Aggie mad. Calling tu classier than A&M, is indeed a fine tactic, I must say. Well I suppose we are sore about football, truly we are so much more than football, so it should not hurt us, but it does. When you’re a Texas school, and football is so important for recognizing schools for greatness, your damn right we’re sore. I’m going to be able to help the 12th man take y’all out, so I’ll see y’all on the field.
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steve2 says:
Just picked up the magazine here in Dallas. Great article on Leach. also interesting stuff on Lubbock, as well. It sounds like a better city than a lot of people give it credit for.
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dan says:
12th man? more like 12th place in the Big 12. just like a&m basically is every year. lol
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Raider Rob says:
Ahhh the aggies’ panache for linguistic cluster phucks…..
In today’s edition of feebile rivalry smack:
Item #1: Refer to Texas Tech as “tceh”
“DOOOOOOHHHHHH! WE GOTS DEM GOOD! DAT’S SOME GOOD BULL!”
Item #2: Refer to UT as “t.u” – “DOOOOOOHHHHH! Hot damn, DAT’S MORE GOOD BULL!”
“HOWDY, Damn it, ma’am – yuk, yuk, yuk, yuk!”
OK, enough – jeez. Look, collectively you’re embarassing the state of Texas. And all of this nonsense about making carrots maroon as well as bluebonnets, ridiculous. What’s next? Change navel oranges into maroon?
Can’t wait to see what stupid ranking comparison you jokers are going to throw at us. Do we care? No, not really. I bet you wished you felt the same way about your pathetic football team….alas, another losing season, hayseeds!
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AgMarine08 Reply:
August 29th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Good points Raider Rob, prolly thought really hard on those, no doubt they hit you while taking a morning keg stand before class.
PS- I always preferred tortilla tech high school, it’s got a good sting to it.
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Tech 1923 says:
Wreck’em Tech!!!!
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AgMarine08 says:
yut
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heather says:
haha. there they go again with the lame, senseless cheap shots. so classy those students down in college station are.
what a joke
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jack says:
Tech’s law school just got ranked #19 in the nation for best value.
a&m is not even on the top 35 list =)
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AgMarine08 says:
congrats jack that’s awesome!
A&M does not have a law school, therefore I find it very unlikely that we’ll ever make it to the top 35. Thanks for looking for us though = D
why is it everytime I come back to visit this lil blog I leave with a smile? Come on guys, throw me something good besides bullshit rankings.
ps doesn’t Mike Leach have a law degree? just curious.
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heather says:
AgMarine,
are you seriously giving Tech fans the “bs rankings” talk? Cause, as i’m reading this, that is all that a&m fans are trying to shoot at us.
the only “rankings” i have read from tech fans on this blog are just that tech has more Fortune 500 CEO alumni than any other texas school besides UT, and that tech’s business school students have a higher average SAT score than those at a&m’s school.
but agmarine, i agree with you, no more rankings.
lets just stick with what this article is about:
FOOTBALL! unfortunately for a&m, its just another thing they suck at. considering Tech has beaten them 11 out of the last 13 years. domination whoop? =)
WRECK ‘EM
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steven says:
Evidently all of these aggie fans are so bitter with their unique hatred for Tech that they feel they need to blog against us anywhere they can on the internet. What great class you a&m students show. You should be proud. You should acknowledge and respect another university’s success, rather than holding grudges because their team happens to beat you on the field every year.
I would just like to say that I will be graduating this year from Tech with a business degree that employers consider to be the 25th best in the nation, public and private (princeton review).
a&m, once again, is lower.
How about Texas Tech’s acceptance rate vs. a&ms?
its about 75% to 76%. not much of a difference, but tech is still more selective. How about Tech’s engineering school? among the best in the world.
So now I ask you, please, a&m students, learn to accept that your university is not “the cream of the crop”. I graduated HS with a 4.0 and I chose Tech over UT and A&M, and i’m damn glad i did.
;P
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AgMarine08 says:
Well Heather,
I’m pretty sure I’ve refuted anyone’s comments on comparing rankings and trying to go toe to toe with y’all there, but as I said it’s too easy, and they get boring.
But for example when one techie, wants to compare Law Rankings with A&M, I have to perceive him as slow b/c we don’t have a law school, so why would he be bashing us on how low we are on the lists.
The other dude was reporting how tt was ranked #8 in Petroleum Engineering, that is really great,good for you guys! But we ranked #1 by the same people so why are y’all trying to use that?
Another unimportant figure brought up by y’all, that you’re students entering your Business School have a higher avg SAT score than ours.. yeah I explained why that doesn’t really reflect how great a business school is.
if you guys have more CEO’s in fortune 500 companies, that’s pretty BAMF, I’d like to see a link to this, but hey way to go tech.
y’all shoot out the stats and rankings at us, and I’m just responding without trying to give the impression of being too arrogant and without class. But w/ y’all there’s just no pleasing. I mean c’mon who didn’t like the maroon bluebonnets? Was that out of taste, I’m an engaging fellow looking to do some bashing if y’all don’t want to play, don’t mention the Aggies in your posts, cuz then I’ll come knocking.
Football, well admittedly when I was in HS, I was not a big college football fan. My senior year, A&M lost huge to OU 77-0 : ( People asked me why am I going to A&M, there football team lost to OU. Well I don’t play football, and I went to A&M for academics, the Corps, spirit and tradition. Though I don’t play football on the field, as a member the 12th Man I can confidently say even when we’re down we never lose a game, just run out of time, we always try and have a good time.
http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/2302/my-favorite-big-12-stadiums-at-least-for-2009
Respectfully,
AgMarine08
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Heather says:
I don’t understand how SAT scores have nothing to do with the school itself, but thank you for your genuine response. The only reason why a&m is being brought up on this site is because aggies keep on posting stuff about why they hate tech and why they think they are so much better than us. If they didn’t come on here bashing us, they would not even be apart of this discussion. Again, it is only an article on the Tech coach, and yet somehow it ends up being about a&m’s “superiority” to tech?
Can you see how stuff like this gets annoying?
We only want respect, on or off the field. I know i can say the same for a&m, but there can NOT be a double standard.
But thanks for your response, it was much better than the other aggie comments i have read on here =)
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AgMarine08 says:
Well hey, on this we can agree there’s no need to “hate” another school, especially if they’re from within the Great State of Texas. So hey sorry for being a bit overzealous. We enjoy bashing our rival schools, but we should not do it to such an extent that we come off as pricks. Congratulations on having such a successful coach.
Thanks & Gig’em Heather!
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