http://raiderpower.blogspot.com/2008/11/texas-tech-vs-oklahoma-state-simulation.html

 

Over at Raiderpower there guy ran the OK st TTU match up through his XBOX and NCAA football 2009. it was pretty awesome so see, and i still can't believe i read every word in the post.

Anyone who is a gamer, especially with NCAA football and has XBOX live, hit me up at kmac68k12.

But, i really wanted to make this point.

    This is so great for Texas Tech, Three strait games televised nationally, the offense has looked GREAT. like maybe a historically great offense, the defense has looked aggressive and ready to play, which is something new for tech fans. I'm going to savor every single one of the next ten days until the OU game, because TTU, your Red Raiders are the talk of the town. Harrell or Crabs might not win the heisman (they damn well SHOULD) but they will probably at least get invited to New York. and after so many great quaterbacks, to get snubbed, thats still something to be appreciated.

ONE MORE THING:

Where did Taurean Henderson end up, he was always one of my favorite players to watch. Is he in arena ball, or the canadian leagues, or is he a back-up on some NFL team? heck, maybe i just havent noticed and is he putting up pro bowl numbers somewhere.

 

Just saw the story on mlb's website

link: http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080710&content_id=3107402&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea 

The three-plus season relationship ended late Wednesday night inside a hotel room in San Francisco...

The time had come when it just didn't seem like it was going to happen here for Richie

It's crazy to think of richie sexson being washed up. I can still remember that All- Star game in milwakee when he was one of the special young players in that game. Still, the fact that it took seattle three years to come to that point is pretty astounding. He has just been amazingly medicore the past couple years. but it seems like this year the wheels just fell off for a "once good player"

at the seattle times there is a piece up which goes into more details about his departure. apparently there was something of a rift between him and interim manager jim riggleman.

via media.timesleader.com

i think it would be funny to see the rangers pick him up just to see what would happen, maybe a lord of the flies thing would go down and piggy (laird) would be killed in the end. thus meaning the end of civilized humanity

    First off, I'd like to say that in baseball there are quite a few more judgement calls then there are in football, and since football is going to be the comparison for this. For example, it is clear to see weither or not someones knee hit the ground. now determing wether a ball that appears as a blur in slow motion was inside, on, or outside an arbitrary, imaginary line is not so clear.

so this is kinda like comparing apples and oranges.

but whatever, here it goes.

    I dont think instant replay should used at any level of baseball because although it has been proven to get calls right in other sports, many times there is still arguments about wether the right call was made even after replay. For me (an avid red raider) the most recent TTU, UT football game comes to mind. In that game i think there where Three different stoppages in play for instant replay. many of them debatable even after the call.

    It also slows down the game considerably. Even though TV timers may not say so, the pace and is noticably different. As much as i love baseball, it does not need to be slowed down at all. In many instances instant replay takes the crowd out of the game. and serves as a free timeout for the coaches. For example, and this is seen more often then not. A player makes an amazing catch in the back of the endzone/ interception/ firstdown. the crowd goes wild and momentum is on the side of whichever team. the opposing coach can challenge the call, or the booth can challenge it. whether or not its upheld, the crowd is taken out of the game and each side has to stop and collect themselves, for better or worse. Which is exactly why i dont want it used in baseball.

    I cant imagine that after ever arguable ball and strike (which is about 70% of them) the game stops for two minutes and its watched and reviewed.

so those are my reasons.

i encourage your feedback and love a good argument

Poll

Instant replay... Yess or no?

90%

Yes, but with some restrictions

9 votes

0%

yes, i want everything reviewed

0 votes

10%

not at all

1 votes

10 votes | Poll has closed

Around four o'clock I began my first day at subway. It is my first job and I'm really excited. I turned 16 about two weeks ago and immediately began looking for work over the summer. Its my first job and everyone seems to be giving me advice, from parents to siblings, to teachers. since most people on this site are in there 20's or older i assume that most people have had a job before. So this OT post is just an open thread to talk about first job's and maybe share stories, things like that. I actually really enjoyed it, the people i work with are really nice and colorful.

My first sandwich order did not go over so well.

An older Gentlemen order a meatball sub, toasted, so i cut the bread and inserted the allotted amount of meatballs, put it in the toaster (which gets about 1500 degrees). but i forgot that the sandwich would be very hot coming out of the toaster so i just tried to grab it free hand. and ended up spilling it on the floor. meatballs, marinara, and all. The manager just laughed it off and i got the mop while he handled the rest of the order.

 

so if anyone reading this lives in austin. I work at the subway on bee caves in westlake. mostly at night and on saturdays. come in with some rangers gear and ill probably start up a conversation.

P.S. mention that your a LSB fan and ill give a free sandwich (unless the store owner is there, of course)

Also congrats to Justin Smoak, Barack Obama, and any recent graduates

 

for the june 4th game against the indians. if by the time i post this adam or somebody else has one up. go there. just didnt want a game to go by with out a thread.

 

This is a big game. winning a series against the indians and getting back above 500 would really give this team some legitimacy to the national media. BTW really dont like the indians. just for whatever reason one of my least favorite major league teams. so this game would do wonders to fuel my pointless hate

 

good luck and GOOOOOO rangers

as shameful as it may sound i am setting my alarm for 5:30, so ill be able to wake up for the game. Even though the match-up between Boston and Oakland is one that doesn't really invigorate me, I am still desperate for some actual major league baseball.

Even though the ridicolous amount of Red Sox support will be hard to handle, it will be kinda (maybe, a little) to see the A's. This will give ranger fans a chance to see who there likely competition is for third-place.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080324&content_id=2454368&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

 

An article at MLB.com about how there is no doubt that Red Sox fans will be watching this game, The idea that the Red Sox or the Yankees or the Cubs have the best fan-bases in the game is just infuriating.

A) Just because there is more doesn't mean they are more knowledgeable, or passionate.

B) Being a fan of those three teams is easy, really easy, about a third of all games on espn feature either the Yankees or the Red Sox, not to mention the national media's love affair with said teams. David Ortiz uses the restroom, and peter gammons is already blogging about it "You know i've never seen a player with such enthusiasm for his stool, he really is the face of major league baseball"

 

well okay, im probably just a hater and i got side-tracked this... the whole reason for this post was just a chance to see who is pulling an allnighter with me to watch the game.

 

if so comment or vote.

Poll

watching japan series

37%

yes

10 votes

40%

no

11 votes

22%

what i see in the morning before work or school

6 votes

27 votes | Poll has closed

I've seen a good amount of tech games, but one was one of the most deflating games I've witnessed in a while

Poll

do you think UT gets the calls?

4%

yes

5 votes

90%

no

101 votes

4%

only for certain teams from lubbock stillwater and college station

5 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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on a side note: THE ST.MICHAELS CRUSADERS ARE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE ELEVEN YEARS SINCE MOVING TO DISTRICT SIX A.

but while attending the UT TTU game an altercation erupted between me and Fan of the longhorns. After the britton touchdown, and fourth down (should have been roughing the passer) holding penalty, and the crabtree Catch that wasnt. i started yelling some thing at a couple referees. "F*&^k u, Where is that when tech needs it, Everything for mack and colt, thats bullshit, i hate u." An older gentlemen took the liberty of putting both hands my shoulders and pushing me down back into my seat, i turned around. After my turning around, he threatened me with both "whippin's and "boy ill have u kicked out of the stadium if u keep yellin like that there" i said calmy and with a polite tone "fuck u, its a football game" his wife calmed him down and my friends put there hands on my mouth. that was over.

shortly after me and my friends (being the 15-16 year old boys that we are) where having a disscusion about who on either team would get the most "female attention."

tech- crabtree
texas- jamal charles

when i made the comment "but if colt was a normal dude, and not the quaterback of the football team, he wouldnt get any" another older gentleman turned around and said "but he isnt a normal guy thats why he went to texas"

this caused me to overreact.

i pointed at him and said "thats why i hate texas fans, you are all pompous and arrogant." some shoving happend but once again, his wife calmed him down, and my friends covered up my mouth.

but i really really really cant stand TU.
 

As the university of texas has become one of the top college football programs in the last decade. wins against the mighty longhorns are still few and far between.

but

wins agianst the aggies are still very real, and happen very often.

in the last twelve years, texas tech is 9-3 against A&M. thats really awesome...

and as really really lame as aggie fans are there is nothing i enjoy more than an a&m defeat at the hands of the red raiders.

SO YEAHHH... ITS A&M WEEK

Poll

bigger game

25%

ou

5 votes

10%

texas

2 votes

55%

texas a&m

11 votes

10%

baylor

2 votes

20 votes | Poll has closed

   1.  Good Reliable Pitching.

Off-season Import Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Josh Beckett have been the two best pitchers on the redsox this year going a combined 34-18. While Josh Beckett has an outstanding strikeout rate recording 188 strike outs in 194 innings. Josh Beckett has also dropped his Home run totals from 33 last year to only 15 this year. While Matsuzaka will also be important as he leads the team in innings pitched and games seen. But, there could be problems with the pitching staff this post-season, and it also includes two 40 year-old pitchers with each with 150+ innings this year. Tim Wakefield and Curt Schilling, Schilling has already had injury problems this season and will most-likely not be a factor. So Its very important that Julian Tavarez and Kyle Lester be ready to make a spot start or come in for an important long-relief outing.

   2. Strong bullpen

Although The 51 million dollars awarded to Daisuke Matsuzaka was fuel to the hype machine for Matsuzaka. Few people realize just how important Hideki Okajima has been this year for the Red Sox; he has the lowest ERA in the redsox bullpen, second only to Jonathon papelbon. Although, as a true a closer Papelbon is typically coming into the game to start the ninth inning, where as Okajima is pulled into the game with one, two, or three men on base. He has also pitched a full twelve more innings than anyone else. As good as Okajima has been, Jonathon Papelbon as provided the second part of a great one-two punch at the back of the Red Sox bullpen. His strike-out to walk ratio is amazing striking out 83 batters in just 57 innings, while only walking 15.

   3. High on base percantages up and down the line-up

Outside of Julio Lugo, who has been a major disappointment. Everyone on the Redsox has a .332, which means that on average everyone on there team is getting on base once every three at-bats. Also on top of that six members of there line-up have an OBP of .370 or higher, including David Ortiz who has a whopping .465 OBP. One major problem for the RedSox lineup will be filling the major hole left in there line-up by Manny Ramirez's extreme drop-off in production this year, his OPS (on-base percentage + Slugging) has dropped considerably in the past season from his career average of 1.002 all the way down to .881. His once elite power has almost fallen off the map as he failed to hit at least 30 home runs for the first time since 1995, a goal he fail well short of only blasting 20 homeruns. Its sad to see, but it looks like Manny Ramirez Decline has finally happened, and at the age of 35 I cant say I'm surprised, but for the past 15 years Manny Ramirez has been at least one of the top five hitters in baseball, and he should be remembered as on of the top ten hitters of all time.