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Cotton Club Crew #27: Tahj Time Returns
Tahj Brooks has done the improbable once again, he has announced his return to Texas Tech. This is a huge, massive, gigantic, insert adjective here moment for the program. Tahj is one of the best running backs in all of college football, and he immediately uplifts your offense in a critical year three. Macon breaks… read more
Michael Macon
12/11/23
Red Raiders set the new minimum expectation
Texas Tech has one job every year, the minimum requirement. Make a bowl season. However, since Mike Leach departed the program making a bowl game has proven far more difficult than it should for a program like Tech. Kingsbury missed numerous bowl games, and Matt Wells failed to make one at all until Sonny Cumbie… read more
Michael Macon
12/07/23Cotton Club Crew #26: Bowl Season Bound
The guy’s are back for their second episode of the week, reacting to the bowl matchup. Texas Tech will take a hop, skip, and a jump to the Independence Bowl to take on the Cal Golden Bears. A rematch of the 2004 Holiday Bowl, though with far less prestige or interest or frankly niceness of… read more
Michael Macon
Fixing Bowl Season
The story of the season is of course the CFP rankings being announced and everyone having to accept a new reality with Florida State being left out. Never before had an unbeaten Power Five member been left out of the playoff, and the outrage has been overwhelming. Now, with the four-team playoff coming to an… read more
Michael Macon
Cotton Club Crew #25: A Season in Review
Well, where we last left off the football program was frankly embarrassed in Austin. I was there, it was cold, miserable, and DKR is a hellhole of a venue. The play on the field was the only thing worse than the conditions way up high in the stands. The guys talk about that game, what… read more
Michael Macon
12/06/23
Cotton Club Crew #24: Beating Texas one last time
The regular season has reached its final chapter. Texas Tech heads to Austin to take on the Texas Longhorns in what might be the final meeting of these two teams for years to come. In a rivalry full of such much mutual disdain, who will triumph? Will Texas Tech shock the world? Or will Texas… read more
Michael Macon
11/22/23
Cotton Club Crew #23: Battle 4 Atlantis
If you have not been paying attention, Texas Tech basketball is back underway. So far, Tech has faced a few scrappy but frankly lower tier teams. Also frankly, they have not looked good doing it. Now things crank up a notch, well several notches, as Texas Tech heads into the Battle for Atlantis. To give… read more
Michael Macon
11/21/23
Defensive Player of the Week: A star shines in the secondary
The defensive player of the week title is a tough one this week. Several guys made some big plays. Guys like Rodriguez were consistently making UCF pay with big hits, Bradford continues to be a menace, and the young gun Roberts gets better every week. But, this week’s recipient is out of the secondary and… read more
Michael Macon
Offensive Player of the Week: Could there be any other?
At this point, this award is just going to be the Tahj Brooks Award. Seriously, I would love for someone else to take the crown. But really? Can anyone make a case that Brooks was not once again the primary engine of this offense? And can anyone make a solid case for anyone else deserving… read more
Michael Macon
Red Raiders earn bowl eligibility on Senior Night
By the thinnest of margins, Texas Tech has secured their place in the always entertaining Bowl Season. I have written previously about why that matters so much, but to reiterate Texas Tech now officially has a postseason streak going. Not only that, but the Red Raiders still have a game to play setup 8 wins… read more
Michael Macon
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