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theLINEUPLots of YardsTexas Tech is a team that racks up pass yards in a hurry. Its been a part of their offensive plan for decades.

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BuiLding for BrownFreshman standout running back Malcolm Brown is the focal point of Texas’ new offensive game plan. He’s providing a great deal of optimism for the Longhorn’s future.

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Texas’ home attendance has slowly dropped throughout the season and it has hurt tailgates.

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The Longhorns have a new tight end. A big one.

Luke Poehlmann, a 6-foot-7, 295-pound junior, moved from the offensive line to tight end prior to last week’s win over Kansas. With Texas desperately searching for an answer to its blocking woes at that position, Poehlmann proved to be the answer.

“That’s what we’re looking for, more push and power off the edge,” said senior left guard David Snow. “He did a great job for us. He pushed off the line and that whole right side got a great push. We’re really excited about it.”

Poehlmann sealed the edge, al-lowing the Longhorns tailbacks to

gain a season-high 441 yards rush-ing against the Jayhawks. Bryan Harsin, the Texas play-caller, decid-ed to move the junior to tight end during the bye week to jump-start the outside running game.

“He dominated the 27 plays he was in there,” said head coach Mack Brown. “We’ve got to continue to grow with him.”

The decision worked so well that Harsin anticipates Poehlmann see-ing more action in his new role over the final five weeks, beginning Sat-urday against Texas Tech.

“That helped us, just having a big-ger body out there on the edge in some of those one-on-one blocks,” Harsin said. “I don’t see a reason why we’re not going to use him there again.”

But Poehlmann wasn’t a complete

stranger to tight end before the move. As a redshirt freshman in 2009, he spent some time at the position in practice — albeit a brief stint.

“That didn’t last too long after he was running a couple routes,” said senior tight end Blaine Irby, smiling. “I haven’t seen him catch the ball in a while. Hopefully we’ll get him on a corner route or something.”

That could come as soon as this week against the Red Raiders, but don’t expect Poehlmann to become too involved in the passing game. His value is still as a blocker.

“He was asking if he could go out the back side (for a pass against KU),” Harsin said. “I don’t think he was quite ready for that yet. But maybe this week.”

While Poehlmann’s brief experi-ence at tight end helped ease the

transition, his background as an offensive lineman certainly came into play.

“He’s a guy that’s been in the trenches, he know exactly what it takes,” said senior running back Fozzy Whittaker, who rushed for 68 yards against KU. “He’s blocked defensive ends all the time. Hav-ing him on the edge was a big help for us.”

Poehlmann switched his uniform from No. 77 to No. 82 to become an eligible receiver. And though he played a critical role in beating Kan-sas, he wasn’t immune from a little good-natured ribbing from some of his former lineman this week.

“No. 82 is not supposed to be on a guy that big,” said sophomore right guard Mason Walters, half-joking. “But at the same time he fought hard.

“He learned the technique early in the week, it’s not something we re-ally knew we were going to do. Luke worked on it all week; keeping his hands inside, running his feet the whole time. He did a great job.”

Poehlmann missed the final 10 games of the 2010 season after tear-ing his ACL against Wyoming, the second game of the year. He saw limited action through the first six games of this season, and jumped at the chance to get more playing time at tight end.

“He was really excited about that opportunity and you could tell in the game,” Harsin said. “That vibe just helped across the board, just having him in there.”

Texas’ newest tight end just might be the most important one yet. He’s certainly the biggest.

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Luke Poehlmann was an integral part in Texas’ run game against Kansas. He should see extended playing time as Texas hopes to keep its dynamic run game rolling.

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When Mike Leach was in Lubbock, the Red Raiders were known for their great passing attack and for good rea-son. In Mike Leach’s 10 years there, each one of his quarterbacks passed for at least 3,400 yards a season.

But that isn’t the most impressive part. He had a quarterback go for more than 5,000 yards on four sepa-rate occasions. These seasons include B.J. Symons’ year in 2003 where he set the NCAA single-season record with 5,883 yards thrown and Graham Harrel’s time on campus in which he became the all-time NCAA leader in touchdowns — until Houston’s Case Keenum broke that record last week.

Leach’s time with the Red Raiders wasn’t always about the offense; he was also highly successful in the wins and losses column. In his 10 years as the head man at the biggest school in West Texas, he did not suffer a losing season and made a bowl game every year. He also led Tech to its highest rank ever in 2008 when they reached No. 2 overall in the country and won

a share of the Big 12 title.However, for Leach that success

was short lived, because only a year later he would run into trouble that would cost him his job. Leach was fired in 2009 after a controversy in which he mistreated a player who was suffering a concussion, by mock-ing him and twice confining him to small, dark places while the team was practicing.

After Leach was let go, the Red Raiders hired former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville, to con-tinue the program’s elevation to prominence. Which he has done, as Tech went 8-5 in the 2010 season, and are well on their way to another bowl game this year with a 5-3 record thus far.

However, the big question that Tech’s fans wanted answered before Tuberville was hired regarded what system he would run after Leach so successfully employed the spread for so many years. But he quickly put those questions to rest.

“I want to be exciting. I want to be versatile,” Tuberville said in his open-ing press conference in 2010.

“Again, I’ve been a defensive coach all my life. But the one thing I will tell you is that all of us that are defensive coaches all think we’re better offen-sive coaches than the offensive guys because we study so much of offense. We’re going to air it out. We’re going to keep the air raid. I think it’s some-thing that Tech has hit upon that gives them that identity to recruit and we all want to have.”

But because of Tuberville’s back-ground with defense, there will still a lot of questions about how well Tech would be able to move the ball. However, those questions were put to rest in 2010 when Tech ranked sev-enth overall in the country passing at 318.9 yards a game. They did not slow down in number of attempts either, throwing the ball 617 times during the year; equaling out to a clip of 47 throws a game.

That passing attack hasn’t slowed down so far in 2011 either, as a mat-ter of a fact it has only become more explosive. The Red Raiders are aver-aging 359.6 yards a game and they are throwing the ball around even more, at 50 times a game.

This year’s team is led by junior Seth Doege, another quarterback in the long line of Texas Tech gunsling-ers. Like most of his predecessors, he’s slightly undersized at 6-foot-1, but he makes up for it with a high football IQ and an above-average arm, which could very well give defensive coordi-nator Manny Diaz and the Longhorns offense fits this week.

“I’ve seen enough to know that I don’t like him [Doege] (laughs). The first thing that jumps out: He can make all the throws in their offense. He can throw the ball to the wide side

the field,” Diaz said.While the Longhorns will come out

ready to slow down the Tech offense, it will still prove extremely difficult to stop because of their great system that is in place. This is the same system that has kept Tech as one of the high-est scoring and most explosive offens-es in the nation for the last decade.

“The beauty of this offense is that they’ve got sort of a group of pass con-cepts that are just tried and tested and true, and they just run them over and over and over again. And they run them very fast,” Diaz said.

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Texas Tech’s Seth Doege, No. 7, throws under pressure from Iowa State’s Jake Knott. Doege has fit into Texas Tech’s pass-first system easily.

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The Cowboys manhandled Baylor 59-24 last weekend. It has been noted that the Cowboys’ secondary is susceptible to giving up big plays, but that has yet to become an issue in any game this season. As a matter of fact, the Cowboys lead the nation in turnover differential.

What a performance from the Longhorns last weekend against a decidedly awful Kansas team. Any time a team can rush for more than 400 yards and hold an opponent to negative rushing yards it’s definitely a good thing. Texas has shown improvement nearly every week and that’s key when a team is rebuilding.

In what some dubbed as their first SEC game, the Tigers defeated the Aggies after trailing by 11 points at the half. Freshman quarterback James Franklin showed incredible poise against the Aggies and is really coming into his own as a football player.

You know the story by now — the Aggies gain an early lead only to squander it late in the game and earn their third conference loss. The Aggies have fielded one of their most talented teams in the past two decades but can’t seem to get the whole team on the same page.

After last week’s debacle against Oklahoma State, the Bears have now lost two conference games in a row. It’s the third overall loss for the Bears and now they are all but eliminated from the conference title race. Robert Griffin III is still putting up gaudy numbers but his team’s not winning anymore.

Well, well, what do we have here? Looks like a classic case of “upset hangover.” Fresh off a win in Norman against the Sooners, the Red Raider got trounced by the Cyclones last week. It’ll be a tough week to get back on track against the Longhorns, but quarterback Seth Doege can always blow a game wide open.

The Cyclones’ four-game losing streak came to an end last week when they handed Texas Tech a tough home loss. Freshman quarterback Justin Barnett has moved into the starting role and is performing quite well to boot. This Cyclones team isn’t really strong in any one aspect of the game, but they do have several players that just flat-out give their all every single week.

We knew the Jayhawks were having a down year but they were downright pathetic against the Longhorns a week ago. As a team the Jayhawks were unable to get literally anything going offensively and actually finished with negative rushing yards. the Jayhawks need to go back to the drawing board.

“� ey’re de� nitely a formidable rival. � ey play us hard every time. Regardless of how they played last week or the week before, it’s never the team we see on tape. � ey al-ways bring a little bit extra for Texas. � at’s � ne, that’s how we like it.”

I just don’t like anybody from Texas, let’s just be honest. � at’s why I came here because I don’t like anybody else. I just don’t like them.”

“I think it’s a great rivalry. Whenever we go play in Lubbock it’s always a challenge. And when they come here, I know all the fans get hyped up and crazy for it.”

With Texas A&M leaving the Big 12 at the end of the school year, Texas Tech could become the Longhorns’ biggest rival. Here’s how Texas views the rivalry with the Red Raiders.

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Among the most jaw-clenching, heart-wrenching defeats in the history of Texas football, the Longhorns lost in Lubbock in a 39-33 Red Raider victory. Going into the game, Texas was ranked No. 1 while Texas Tech was seeded number five. During the first half, Texas Tech dominated the game on both sides of the ball; at halftime the Red Raiders had outscored the Longhorns, 22-6. With one minute and 29 seconds left in the game, Texas took the lead for the first time, 33-32. With only eight seconds remaining on the clock, Texas

Tech quarterback Graham Harrell connected with wide receiver Michael Crabtree who managed to (barely) make it into the end zone with one second to go. This game was the first time that ESPN’s College GameDay aired from Lubbock; it was also the first time, under the reign of Mack Brown, that the Longhorns lost on the final offensive play of a game. It was the fifth most viewed regular season college football game in the history of ABC, was tagged the ESPN’s Classic’s game of the week and declared the

2008 College Football Game of the Year. Marking the 500th win in the history of Texas Tech football, it is the most memorable matchup between the Longhorns and Red Raiders, and arguably one of the greatest games in college football.

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A game that would rack up more than 1,000 combined o� ensive yards, the No. 6 ranked Longhorns took on the unranked Red Raiders at DKR Stadium. With a little more than two minutes left in the game, Texas trailed Texas Tech, 40-35. Under the orders of Mack Brown, Vince Young was benched and junior quarterback Chance Mock took the � eld. Starting at his own

fourteen yard line, Mock drove the Longhorns 75 yards in one minute and seventeen seconds. With 46 seconds remaining on the clock, Mock threw an end zone strike to B.J. Johnson, putting the Longhorns in front. He polished o� his incredible performance by rushing for a two-point conversion—clenching a 43-40 win for Texas.


In the � rst season for both teams to play in the Big 12 Conference, the Longhorns traveled to Lubbock to compete against the Red Raiders. In commemoration of the � rst year that both University systems held a chancellor position, the tradition of awarding a traveling trophy — coined the Chancellor’s Spurs — to the winner of annual rivalry games to follow began. The Longhorns took the gold and silver spurs back to Austin after beating the Red Raiders 38-32.

The national Game of the Week, featuring a highly anticipated clash between two undefeated teams — No. 2 Texas and No. 10 Texas Tech — was a blowout Longhorn victory. Texas held the Red Raider’s top-ranked offense to a mere 17 points while the Longhorn offense managed to put 52 points on the scoreboard. Wide Receiver Billy Pittman caught quarterback Vince Young’s two touchdown passes and set a career-record in receiving yards; running back Sevlin Young also scored

two touchdowns. The game marked the first time Texas had gone 7-0 since 1983.

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Two weeks ago, the Red Raiders shocked the No. 3 Sooners and col-lege football when they defeated the potential national championship con-tender in Norman 41-38. � ey were only the third team to defeat Oklaho-ma at home in the Bob Stoops era.

� ey came back the next week to face lowly, unranked Iowa State. But, the Cyclones easily defeated them by a score of 41-7.

So what happened?“We don’t know to handle suc-

cess, obviously,” said Texas Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville.

� ey had an impressive 572 yards against the Sooner and only 290 against Iowa State. In addition, 12 of the 15 possessions Tech had ended in punts or interceptions.

“I keep telling everybody, you can’t win games and championships with o� ense every week,” Tuberville said. “Your o� ense is going to have a bad game. You’ve got to have a defensive

football team.”In the loss to Iowa State, who had

not won a conference game, the de-fense gave up 512 yards, 368 of those yards were rushing and the Cyclones took an early 21-0 lead. Credit has to be given to the Cyclones’ o� ensive line who held their own in the game. Iowa State quarterback Jarred Barnett, who is known for his mobility, rushed for more than 100 yards. � e Red Raiders could not contain him con-sistently. Mobile quarterbacks such as Barnett and Baylor’s Robert Gri� n have consistently been a problem for the Red Raider defense.

An important factor of the game was that the Cyclones had possession of the ball for 40 minutes of the game, giving the Red Raiders little time to score and putting a lot of pressure on the defense, who is ranked 93rd nationally. � e o� ense was waiting impatiently on the sideline for most of the game.

In a span of three weeks, the team went from being unranked with no

votes, to ranked 19th by the As-sociated Press, to receiving no votes again.

“We’re exactly the same team,” he said. “We just played totally op-posite of the way we played against Oklahoma.”

Although the game against Iowa State did not turn out how the Red Raiders had hoped, the o� ense is still ranked 14th nationally in scoring with an average of 29 points per game.

But Seth Doege, who was Tech’s hero when they defeated Oklahoma, � nished the game against the Cy-clones 16-of-32 for 171 yards and two interceptions. � ey completed a mere three of 13 third down conversions and punted the ball nine times.

“We’re not fast enough, we’re not quick enough, we’re not big enough on the defensive line to say we can go lineup and just shut anybody down on defense,” Tuberville said. “Or we’re not good enough on of-fense experience-wise to say we can go out and score 40, 50 points every

time we lineup unless we have a lot of con� dence.”

� e real question is, who is Texas Tech? Was the � uke defeating Okla-homa or losing to Iowa State?

“[Texas Tech] will come into Aus-tin mad,” said Texas head coach Mack Brown. “Iowa State is one of those teams that when they get you

like they did us last year, they relish that opportunity.”

It is not clear why Tech’s dramatic breakdown occurred last Saturday or how exactly they potentially ru-ined Oklahoma’s national cham-pionship hopes, but it is clear they are coming to Austin on Saturday determined for the “W.”

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Iowa State’s Jared Barnett, left, scores a touchdown against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders laid a dud after a strong performance against Oklahoma.

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performance in his last game, Texas Tech’s Seth Doege has been having a season typical of a Tech starting quarterback. Before the game against Iowa State, his lowest output in terms of yards came against Nevada when he passed for 22 yards and three touchdowns. In terms of yards, his worst game, 171 yards against Iowa State, is still better than either Ash or McCoy. Considering that the two teams have polar opposite o� ensive approaches. Texas Tech will have the de� nite advantage in the passing game this week.

Against a similar opponent, Kansas, both teams put up more than 500 yards in o� ense, with Tech gaining 530 and Texas gaining 590. � e di� erence is that while Tech picked up almost 400 yards through the air, Texas steamrolled Kansas to the tune of 441 yards on the ground. Eris Stephens was leading a surprisingly strong rushing attack for the Red Raiders, until he su� ered a season-ending injury earlier this month, but Texas has the clear advantage in this one. Malcolm Brown is coming o� two-straight 100-yard games, and could have gotten a lot more last week had he stayed in a closer game. With Brown, Whittaker, Bergeron and Monroe in the back� eld, Texas has the most weapons its had there since 2005.

� e Texas Tech receivers have 149 more catches than the Texas receivers do, so they obviously get a lot more yards and make a lot more plays. Tech has four receivers who have at least 300 yards receiving, with Alex Torres leading the team with 510 yards and Eric Ward with eight touchdowns. Texas’ top two receivers combine for 60 catches, 868 yards and four touchdowns, but the third leading receiver is Whittaker out of the running back position, with 15 catches and 129 yards and a touchdown. With Shipley getting a knee injury, Davis is the only sure thing at a shallow position. � e Texas Tech receivers catch a lot of passes, and in the system, they always have a chance to make a play a� er the catch.

� e line for the Red Raiders has given up 12 sacks this season, but considering how many passing attempts they have, that number is in� ated a little. � e line allows one sack for every 33 pass attempts. Also, Tech’s top-three runners are averaging more than four yards a carry. � e Texas line has given up 18 sacks this season, but 13 of those came in the two losses to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Kansas, Iowa State and Rice were able to combine for the other � ve sacks, with UCLA and BYU not getting any. � e di� erence between the two lines is the run blocking. � ough the Red raid-ers have guys with solid yards per carry, the Texas backs have carried the ball 60 more times and will be running a lot more in this one.

A� er being quiet for most of the year, the Texas line came alive last week to the tune of three sacks, four quarterback pressures, two forced fumbles and, for the � rst time this season, a lineman leading the team in tackles. Jackson Je� coat led the team with seven tackles, including four solo. Texas Tech has 10 sacks on the season, but the major di� erence between the two lines is run defense. Texas is solid against the run, allowing just more than 100 yards a game on less than four yards per carry, while Texas Tech is allowing 225 yards per game on almost � ve yards per carry. � e Red Raiders have failed to hold a team to less than 100 yards rushing and have allowed � ve teams to rush for more than 200 yards.

Running a nickel defense, Texas Tech’s linebackers don’t put up a lot of numbers. Most of the time, the Red Raiders only have two linebackers on the � eld and rely on their defensive backs to make stops. Additionally, they rarely have the same starting linebackers for consecutive games. Texas linebackers have been the subjects of some negativity of late because of their habit of missing the holes along the line and allowing big runs. � e Texas linebackers still make a lot of tackles, having led the team in � ve games, with Acho leading the way a team high, four times.

Texas Tech runs a nickel defense with � ve defensive backs on the � eld. Against most Big 12 teams, that defense works. But Texas Tech’s defensive backs may not be as suited to play Texas, considering that it is � rst and foremost a running team. On the other side of the ball, Texas’ defensive backs will be busy the whole game trying to contain the Red Raiders receivers. � e Texas defensive backs only have seven interceptions on the season, with almost half of those coming in one game against UCLA. Texas Tech though, despite having � ve defensive backs on the � eld, have only gotten their hands on � ve passes. Although they will be under � re for most of the game, the Longhorns defensive backs still have more talent on their side.

� ough not really able to do much last week, the Texas return game has become major weapon for the Longhorns. Fozzy Whittaker leads the team with two return touchdowns, with D.J. Monroe, Marquise Goodwin and Quandre Diggs chipping in to provide some long returns to give the Longhorns good � eld position. Texas Tech is averaging a solid 23 yards per kicko� return, with neither team really able to make a lot happen with punt returns. If the game is close, then it could come down to � eld goals. Texas would have a slight advantage there with Tucker making 90 percent of his kicks, and Texas Tech’s Donnie Corona making only 71 percent.

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Texas isn’t playing Kansas any-more.

The Jayhawks ran 36 offensive plays against the Longhorns last week. It took Texas Tech a little more than a quarter to run 40 plays when it upset Oklahoma two weeks ago. Texas held Kansas to 46 total yards this past Saturday. Red Raiders quar-terback Seth Doege has completed at least three passes that long this year. Bottom line: The Longhorns’ defense will not have it as easy as it did last week.

“I feel like I’ve played them more than any other team for some rea-son,” said senior linebacker Emman-uel Acho. “Every week preparing for them is different since their offense is prolific. It’s always a great chal-lenge just seeing how your defense can match up against a great offense like this.”

Texas Tech may not be recognized as Texas’ rival as much as Okla-homa or Texas A&M, but the Red Raiders have provided some great entertainment for Longhorns fans over the years. Texas Tech knocked Texas out of the national title picture with a thrilling 39-33 win at Lub-bock in 2008. From 2002-2007, the

Longhorns and Red Raiders nearly averaged a combined 80 points per game, with half of the contests being decided by six points or less. Texas is favored by 12 points this weekend but has not beaten Texas Tech by that much since 2007.

“They’re definitely a formidable ri-val,” said senior safety Blake Gideon. “It’s never the team we see on tape. Whatever mistakes they made, they always bring a little extra for Texas. That’s fine. That’s how we like it.”

Texas made nine tackles for loss last week and recorded three sacks, including one each from starting defensive ends Jackson Jeffcoat and Alex Okafor. The Longhorns had the ball for more than 44 minutes but the little time the Jayhawks were on the field they couldn’t move the ball as they got only three first downs.

“We couldn’t have asked for much more of a complete game,” Acho said. “Their offense was very good. They averaged over 400 yards per game. People tried to overlook that. That was a pretty big feat to go out and do what we did.”

Kansas didn’t play much better than Texas Tech did last week. The Red Raiders, after ending Okla-homa’s 39-game home winning streak, were pounded by Iowa State

at home, 41-7, possibly because they were looking ahead to their meeting with the Longhorns.

“We’re definitely expecting the OU-Tech team,” said sophomore de-fensive end Jackson Jeffcoat. “I don’t think the Iowa State-Tech team is the one we’re used to seeing. We know that they’re going to be ready to play us.”

Doege went from a 441-yard, four-touchdown performance against the Sooners to a 171-yard, two-interception showing against the Cyclones. But the junior quar-terback, who throws for nearly 350 yards per game, leads the Big 12 in completions per game and will pres-ent a stiff challenge against a sec-ondary that had a field day against the Jayhawks.

“He should be considered one of the best quarterbacks in the country,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Our league has the best quarterbacks in the country by far. I think he’s what sets them apart.”

But, unlike Texas Tech teams of old, Doege hands the ball off every now and then. In 10 seasons under Mike Leach, 81.3 percent of the Red Raiders’ total offense came through its passing game. Under Tommy Tuberville, who’s in his second sea-

son as Texas Tech’s head coach, that number has dipped below 70 percent.

“We know they can run the ball,” Jeffcoat said. “I feel like they’ve been running the ball more than lately. They do a decent job with it so you have to be ready.”

It didn’t seem like there was much room for improvement last Satur-day, especially on defense. But senior

linebacker Keenan Robinson cited missed opportunities to force turn-overs, something Texas has empha-sized since its most recent bye week.

If the Longhorns play better de-fense than it did this past weekend, Texas Tech will have trouble getting its aerial attack moving downfield. But keep in mind the Red Raiders can get away with running for -2 yards if they throw for 450.

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Defense set to face a top offensive teamBy Christian CoronaDaily Texan Staff

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Oklahoma StateThe Cowboys are ranked first

nationally with 34 sacks. Against Baylor last week, the Cowboys had two players (Joseph Randle and Jer-emy Smith) rush for more than 100 yards and one player (Justin Black-mon) with more than 100 yards receiving for the fourth time in school history. However, Smith sus-tained an undisclosed injury on a 63-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and did not return to the game. Wide receiver Josh Cooper also strained a leg muscle and did not return.

Texas A&MIn the Aggies’ three losses this

season they have held leads of 17, 18 and 14 points. In the second half of those games, the Aggies have scored only 13 points and have committed seven turnovers. Cornerback Coryell Judie did not dress for the Missouri game last week because of a strained hamstring. Wide receiver Kendric McNeal missed his second game in a row because of a foot injury. Defen-sive end Tony Jerod-Eddie returned from a foot injury and recorded five tackles against the Tigers.

Texas TechUntil last week, the Red Raiders

had thrown a touchdown pass in 69 consecutive games. Sophomore safety Terrance Bullitt injured his shoulder against Iowa State and is out indefinitely. Sophomore cornerback Tre’ Porter suffered a head injury and also had to leave the game. The Red Raiders’ 41-7 home loss to the Cyclones was the third-consecutive home loss for the team — their longest home losing streak since 1991 (Oregon, TCU, Texas A&M).

OklahomaCornerback Jamell Fleming did

not participate against Kansas State a week ago after undergoing mi-nor arthroscopic knee surgery two weeks ago. Running back Domin-ique Whaley suffered a broken ankle on the first play from scrimmage last week and will miss the remainder of the season. Whaley had rushed for 627 yards and nine touchdowns in six games this season. Senior wide receiver Ryan Broyles is 508 yards away from surpassing Nevada’s Trevor Insley’s NCAA record of 5,005 yards receiving.

TexasThe Longhorns were able to

shut out Kansas 43-0, marking the team’s first shutout since the 2005 season against Baylor. The 36 plays that Texas held Kansas to is the lowest total ever in Big 12 history. Running back Malcolm Brown became the sixth freshman in school history to rush for more than 100 yards in back-to-back weeks. The last to achieve the feat? Cincinnati Bengals’ running back Cedric Benson.

MissouriRunning back Henry Josey be-

came the first back in school his-tory to run for more than 125 yards in three-straight games last week when he gained 162 yards on 20 carries against Texas A&M. Josey has 1,017 yards on 119 carries this season. The Tigers’ 38-31 over-time win in College Station was the team’s first road win over a ranked opponent since 1997. Defensive end Brad Madison strained his knee in the second quarter against the Aggies and did not return to the game.

Kansas StateCornerback Nigel Malone in-

tercepted two more passes against Oklahoma, raising his season total to six. Malone has also been named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back every year. Start-ing wide receiver Brodrick Smith missed his third-consecutive game for undisclosed reasons.

KansasWith only 46 yards of offense

to show in last week’s 43-0 loss to Texas, the Jayhawks nearly set a new low-yardage mark in a game. For now that mark of 44 yards of total offense remains untouched. The shutout was the Jayhawks’ first since 2002 when Mark Mangino was coach. The Jayhawks’ defense is on pace to surrender the most yardage and points allowed in ma-jor college football history.

BaylorLinebacker Brody Trahan, a

former quarterback prospect, completed the second pass of his

career on a fake punt when he connected with tight end Jerod Monk for a 21-yard gain. Junior quarterback Robert Griffin III now holds Baylor’s single-season school record for touchdown pass-es with 24. With his 11 catches for 117 yards last week against Okla-homa State, senior wide receiver Kendall Wright now has caught at least seven passes in eight consecutive games.

Iowa StateThe Cyclones 34-point mar-

gin of victory over Texas Tech last week was the largest over a ranked opponent in school history. Run-ning backs James White and Duran Hollis both racked up more than 100 yards rushing to make it two-straight years the Cyclones have had dual 100-yard performances against the Red Raiders. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jared Barnett was taken to the locker room in the first half last week for a concussion test but promptly returned to the game. Of-fensive guard Ethan Tuftee was also helped off the field after sustaining a leg injury. There has been no update on his condition.

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When he lost his shoe while scoring against UCLA, it seemed like an isolated incident. But when it happened again when Texas faced Iowa State and a third time on a touchdown run against Kansas, it became a trend.“I can’t really explain it,” Malcolm Brown said. “My shoes keep coming o� . I guess I need to tie

them a little tighter.”Whether he’s got one or two shoes on, Brown has been extremely e� ective this season. � e fresh-

man running back ran for 110 yards and a touchdown in his � rst career start, a 49-20 Longhorns victory over the Bruins, and never looked back. Brown has topped the century mark in each of the last two games

and has a great chance to do it again Saturday when he goes up against a Texas Tech defense that allowed 368 rushing yards to Iowa State last week.

“I can’t say enough about Malcolm,” said senior tight end Blaine Irby. “Malcolm’s been doing great this whole year. He’s such a special, special back. Even at a young age, you’d think he’s been in college football for the last three or four years.”

Texas is running a run-� rst o� ense successfully for the � rst time since Vince Young played in burnt orange. Attempts to install a productive ground game last season were futile and be-

fore that, the Longhorns used its passing game to set up the run. But with Brown in the back� eld, Texas has a productive rushing attack once again.

“� is is what our team is built around,” said senior guard David Snow. “When we had Colt [Mc-Coy], we didn’t really need to run the ball. He was an excellent passer. We just have a good running attack. It helps us control the game.”

David Ash had a solid showing against Kansas this past weekend, going 14-of-18 for 145 yards and a two-yard touchdown run. But he’s nowhere near the nearly 15,000 total yards, 132 touchdowns and NCAA-record 45 wins McCoy accumulated. � at’s why having a running game that averages 218.9 yards per game this season taking pres-sure o� a passing game featuring a freshman behind center.

“� e o� ensive line did a great job making some holes for some really great backs,” Ash said. “We’re getting more physical, playing a tough brand of football and we’re running the ball really well.”

� e Longhorns ran for 441 yards last weekend, their highest single-game total since 2004’s season opening 65-0 win over North Texas, when they ran for 513. In the 43-0 thumping of Kansas last weekend, Brown and Joe Bergeron became the � rst pair of freshman running backs to run for more than 100 yards in school history. Texas ran 72 times that game and has ran nearly two-thirds of its o� ensive plays this year.

“You always have to have something you can hang your hat on,” said co-o� ensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “I’ve always been a proponent of a run-� rst approach. You build your pass game o� of that.”

Brown, along with the senior Fozzy Whittaker, has done a nice job of setting the tone early in games since we became the starting running back four contests ago. But when a 6-foot-1, 230-pound Bruiser like Bergeron begins bashing heads around in the second half against a defense worn out by Brown and Whittaker, like he did against Kansas to the tune of 136 yards and two touchdowns, it’s almost unfair.

“Joe Bergeron is a guy that, during camp, really caught our eye,” Irby said. “He’s a bigger back. Nobody realizes how fast he really is but he showed us last game.”

Brown is a particularly polite person, including “sir” in nearly every response to reporters’ questions. But when on-coming tacklers approach him, he’s anything but cordial. He may not know how to properly tie his shoes, but Brown knows how to run the football.

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� ere are plenty of carries to go around. � e Longhorns average roughly 50 rushing attempts per game, and four

tailbacks have at least 24 carries this season. Yes, Texas has reverted to its traditional, run-� rst style. � e team has

weapons like leading rusher Malcolm Brown and top scorer Fozzy Whit-taker, but the biggest advantage is diversity. Each back has his own running style, and that’s proven key to Texas’ resurgence.

� e workhorse? Brown. � e home run threat? Whittaker. � e speedster? D.J. Monroe. � e power back? Joe Bergeron.

“Each guy plays of o� each other,” Whittaker said. “It’s kind of hard to just stop one guy. Whenever you have multiple people coming in, rolling in, dif-ferent looks, di� erent plays, it’s hard for the defense to get a key on who’s in there and how to attack that ball carrier.”

And don’t sleep on the Longhorns’ other rushers, receivers Marquise Goodwin and Jaxon Shipley. � ose two, along with Monroe, have added a new dimension to the running attack--the speed sweep.

Still, running between the tackles has been the Longhorns’ recipe for success.

“If we can run the ball inside we’re going to be in good shape,” said Bry-an Harsin, the Texas play-caller. “Add on some of the perimeter runs with D.J. and Marquise, to help when everyone is loaded in the box, all that does is balance out what we’re trying to do inside.”

� at balanced ground attack has helped Texas climb atop the national rankings in time of possession (35:33 per game). � ey held the ball for over 44 minutes last week against Kansas, and eight di� erent players had at least

one rush. � e Longhorns have spread the ball around this season--more than in

previous years--a premium in Harsin’s new o� ensive scheme. “It helps a lot,” said sophomore right guard Mason Walters. “We’ve got

o� ensive lineman that are blocking the same plays and we’re able to put di� erent backs in there that put their own little spin on each one. It gives the defense something else to worry about.”

Seven games into the season and Harsin still � nds new ways to spread the wealth.

With each week, a new threat emerges. Last Saturday, it was Bergeron, who rushed for a career-high 136 yards--all in the second half--prompting the coaching sta� to consider getting him more work late in games.

But the Longhorns’ bread-and-butter is still Brown and Whittaker. “You want those guys to get into a � ow and you’d like to have that guy that

comes in, like Joe did [against KU],” Harsin said. “Now, when we’ve got it rolling a little bit and those backs are getting a little tired, bring the fresh legs in and let him roll.”

With so many players shu� ing in and out, defenses rarely have time to match up. One moment Brown is pounding it up the middle, and the next, Monroe is sprinting to the outside. Add in some play-action, and opponents have their hands full.

“It’s just a good variety,” said Harsin, who came to UT from Boise State. “You’re faking to one guy and handing the ball to the other. You’re trying to get a step on the perimeter. Monroe and Marquise can get around the corner in a hurry, so if you just freeze [the defense] inside enough, we have an opportunity. And when [opponents] want to start playing that, they get out of position for the inside run game.”

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TEXAS’ BEVY OF BACKS ADD TO RUSH ATTACK

LONGHORNS BUILDING OFFENSE AROUND BROWN

By Austin LaymanceDaily Texan Sta�

By Christian CoronaDaily Texan Sta�


Elisabeth Dillon and Trent Lesikar Daily Texan Staff

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When he lost his shoe while scoring against UCLA, it seemed like an isolated incident. But when it happened again when Texas faced Iowa State and a third time on a touchdown run against Kansas, it became a trend.“I can’t really explain it,” Malcolm Brown said. “My shoes keep coming o� . I guess I need to tie

them a little tighter.”Whether he’s got one or two shoes on, Brown has been extremely e� ective this season. � e fresh-

man running back ran for 110 yards and a touchdown in his � rst career start, a 49-20 Longhorns victory over the Bruins, and never looked back. Brown has topped the century mark in each of the last two games

and has a great chance to do it again Saturday when he goes up against a Texas Tech defense that allowed 368 rushing yards to Iowa State last week.

“I can’t say enough about Malcolm,” said senior tight end Blaine Irby. “Malcolm’s been doing great this whole year. He’s such a special, special back. Even at a young age, you’d think he’s been in college football for the last three or four years.”

Texas is running a run-� rst o� ense successfully for the � rst time since Vince Young played in burnt orange. Attempts to install a productive ground game last season were futile and be-

fore that, the Longhorns used its passing game to set up the run. But with Brown in the back� eld, Texas has a productive rushing attack once again.

“� is is what our team is built around,” said senior guard David Snow. “When we had Colt [Mc-Coy], we didn’t really need to run the ball. He was an excellent passer. We just have a good running attack. It helps us control the game.”

David Ash had a solid showing against Kansas this past weekend, going 14-of-18 for 145 yards and a two-yard touchdown run. But he’s nowhere near the nearly 15,000 total yards, 132 touchdowns and NCAA-record 45 wins McCoy accumulated. � at’s why having a running game that averages 218.9 yards per game this season taking pres-sure o� a passing game featuring a freshman behind center.

“� e o� ensive line did a great job making some holes for some really great backs,” Ash said. “We’re getting more physical, playing a tough brand of football and we’re running the ball really well.”

� e Longhorns ran for 441 yards last weekend, their highest single-game total since 2004’s season opening 65-0 win over North Texas, when they ran for 513. In the 43-0 thumping of Kansas last weekend, Brown and Joe Bergeron became the � rst pair of freshman running backs to run for more than 100 yards in school history. Texas ran 72 times that game and has ran nearly two-thirds of its o� ensive plays this year.

“You always have to have something you can hang your hat on,” said co-o� ensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “I’ve always been a proponent of a run-� rst approach. You build your pass game o� of that.”

Brown, along with the senior Fozzy Whittaker, has done a nice job of setting the tone early in games since we became the starting running back four contests ago. But when a 6-foot-1, 230-pound Bruiser like Bergeron begins bashing heads around in the second half against a defense worn out by Brown and Whittaker, like he did against Kansas to the tune of 136 yards and two touchdowns, it’s almost unfair.

“Joe Bergeron is a guy that, during camp, really caught our eye,” Irby said. “He’s a bigger back. Nobody realizes how fast he really is but he showed us last game.”

Brown is a particularly polite person, including “sir” in nearly every response to reporters’ questions. But when on-coming tacklers approach him, he’s anything but cordial. He may not know how to properly tie his shoes, but Brown knows how to run the football.

BACKS ON BACKS ON BACKSON BACKSBACKS ON BACKS ON BACKSBACKS ON BACKS BACKS ON BACKS ON BACKSBACKS ON BACKS ON BACKS

� ere are plenty of carries to go around. � e Longhorns average roughly 50 rushing attempts per game, and four

tailbacks have at least 24 carries this season. Yes, Texas has reverted to its traditional, run-� rst style. � e team has

weapons like leading rusher Malcolm Brown and top scorer Fozzy Whit-taker, but the biggest advantage is diversity. Each back has his own running style, and that’s proven key to Texas’ resurgence.

� e workhorse? Brown. � e home run threat? Whittaker. � e speedster? D.J. Monroe. � e power back? Joe Bergeron.

“Each guy plays of o� each other,” Whittaker said. “It’s kind of hard to just stop one guy. Whenever you have multiple people coming in, rolling in, dif-ferent looks, di� erent plays, it’s hard for the defense to get a key on who’s in there and how to attack that ball carrier.”

And don’t sleep on the Longhorns’ other rushers, receivers Marquise Goodwin and Jaxon Shipley. � ose two, along with Monroe, have added a new dimension to the running attack--the speed sweep.

Still, running between the tackles has been the Longhorns’ recipe for success.

“If we can run the ball inside we’re going to be in good shape,” said Bry-an Harsin, the Texas play-caller. “Add on some of the perimeter runs with D.J. and Marquise, to help when everyone is loaded in the box, all that does is balance out what we’re trying to do inside.”

� at balanced ground attack has helped Texas climb atop the national rankings in time of possession (35:33 per game). � ey held the ball for over 44 minutes last week against Kansas, and eight di� erent players had at least

one rush. � e Longhorns have spread the ball around this season--more than in

previous years--a premium in Harsin’s new o� ensive scheme. “It helps a lot,” said sophomore right guard Mason Walters. “We’ve got

o� ensive lineman that are blocking the same plays and we’re able to put di� erent backs in there that put their own little spin on each one. It gives the defense something else to worry about.”

Seven games into the season and Harsin still � nds new ways to spread the wealth.

With each week, a new threat emerges. Last Saturday, it was Bergeron, who rushed for a career-high 136 yards--all in the second half--prompting the coaching sta� to consider getting him more work late in games.

But the Longhorns’ bread-and-butter is still Brown and Whittaker. “You want those guys to get into a � ow and you’d like to have that guy that

comes in, like Joe did [against KU],” Harsin said. “Now, when we’ve got it rolling a little bit and those backs are getting a little tired, bring the fresh legs in and let him roll.”

With so many players shu� ing in and out, defenses rarely have time to match up. One moment Brown is pounding it up the middle, and the next, Monroe is sprinting to the outside. Add in some play-action, and opponents have their hands full.

“It’s just a good variety,” said Harsin, who came to UT from Boise State. “You’re faking to one guy and handing the ball to the other. You’re trying to get a step on the perimeter. Monroe and Marquise can get around the corner in a hurry, so if you just freeze [the defense] inside enough, we have an opportunity. And when [opponents] want to start playing that, they get out of position for the inside run game.”

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TEXAS’ BEVY OF BACKS ADD TO RUSH ATTACK

LONGHORNS BUILDING OFFENSE AROUND BROWN

By Austin LaymanceDaily Texan Sta�

By Christian CoronaDaily Texan Sta�


Elisabeth Dillon and Trent Lesikar Daily Texan Staff

14 players to watch

You knew this was coming: You can’t do a preview on Tech without mentioning the quarterback and at least one receiver.

Torres is the receiver chosen here, but as is always the case with the Red Raiders, any receiver could take off in any given

game. Torres has two 100-yard receiving games and led the team in receiving in the win over Oklahoma. He is leading the Red Raiders in

yards and is averaging more than 12 yards per catch. As has always been the case with Red Raider receivers, he will do most of his

damage after catching quick passes and running in space. If he is having a good game and demands the attention of the defense, that opens the door for the rest of the Tech receivers

to make plays in space, which is the most dangerous part of the Texas Tech passing game.

Alex Torres, Junior WR Alex Torres, Alex Torres,

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— By Wes Maulsby | Daily Texan StaffPLAYERSTOWATCH

Eric Stephens was on pace to run for more than1,300 yards this season before his season-ending knee injury against Texas A&M earlier this month. Since then, Washington has been one of the primary runners to take his place. He led the Red Raiders with 84 rushing yards in the upset over Oklahoma. Tuberville is trying a running game that is at least respectable at Texas Tech, and with Stephens gone, he will have to rely on someone else to get the job done or else the Texas defense will pin their ears back and go after Doege the whole game. If Washington is able to break off a few runs, that will Doegee more time to operate, which will give Tech a greater chance at pulling off yet another upset on the road this season.

DeAndre Washington, Freshman RB

Like all other Texas Tech quarterbacks in the modern era, Doege has been putting up big numbers all season for the Red Raiders. He is averaging almost 350 passing yards per game and has 22 touchdown passes this season to only six interceptions. He has five games this year without any picks, with only two games with less than three touchdown passes. His worst game of the season came last week against Iowa State, where he had season lows in completion percentage, yards, touchdowns, and attempts. In Texas Tech’s win over Oklahoma, he passed for 441 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. After maybe the worst game of his career, expect Doege to come out Red Raider-hot and try to get back on track where he had thrown for more than 400 yards in two-straight games. One thing to watch out for is the vertical pass from Doege, who has been throwing that pretty well and a little more commonly than previous Tech quarterbacks.

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James Franklin had thrown a to-tal of 14 passes in his one season of collegiate play when he was handed the reins to the Missouri Tigers of-fense this season and asked to live up to his most recent predecessors: Blaine Gabbert, Chase Daniel and Brad Smith.

Charged with stepping into the position previously held by three now-NFL quarterbacks, the 6-foot-2 sophomore out of Lake Dallas High School in Corinth replaced Gab-bert — the No. 10 overall pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2011 NFL Draft — at the helm of the Tigers’ offense this season and has led Mis-souri to a 4-4 record.

“This guy has a chance to be special,” said Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel. “He is further ahead at this time in his career than the three quarterbacks who preceded him.”

So far this season Franklin has thrown for 1,870 yards and 13 touch-downs with a completion percentage of more than 60 percent. Addition-ally, Franklin, who was ranked out of high school as the nation’s num-ber four dual-threat quarterback by Rivals.com in 2010, is second on the Tigers’ roster for rushing yards with more than 540.

Despite what appear to be solid numbers, prior to Missouri’s come from behind overtime victory over Texas A&M on Saturday, Franklin

was on the hot seat after struggling in previous games and committing four turnovers in the second half during a 45-24 loss to Oklahoma State the previous week.

“I think every quarterback goes through tough games. Certainly, es-pecially for a young quarterback, you are always concerned about them not taking on too much themselves,” Pinkel said. “[Franklin’s] the kind of guy that would do that because that’s the type of person he is, so we’ve got to help him through that.”

Whatever Pinkel and the Missouri coaching staff did to get Franklin through the rough patch worked as he throw for 198 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 97 yards and two TDs against the Aggies.

“[Against A&M] you saw a player that said he was going to do every-thing he could to win the game,” said Pinkel about Franklin’s per-formance. “When you have a play-er like that that is your leader, and he’s throwing his body up a little bit, I think there is no question it has a huge impact on your team. I know our players responded in a very positive way.”

Despite praise from his coach, Franklin said he has a long way to go to reach the playing level of his predecessors.

“I wouldn’t say [the A&M game] was my best performance because I didn’t do the best pass-ing wise and didn’t have too many passing yards,” Franklin said. “I think I would have been a little

more pleased if those were higher than they were. I think it was a pretty good performance for the most part.”

While Franklin is eager to match the performances of Gabbert, Dan-iel and Smith, Missouri offensive coordinator Dave Yost knows it will take time.

“We’re constantly working on

building his confidence up, but he knows he’s capable of everything we ask him to do,” Yost said. “It’s just a matter of him going out and doing it and the guys around him helping him as much as they can. It’s not a one-man show by any stretch.”

Franklin will try to build his con-fidence at QB up more as he and the rest of the Tigers follow up their

overtime victory with a matchup against Robert Griffin III and Baylor in Waco.

“He’s not Chase [Daniel], he’s not Blaine [Gabbert], he’s not Brad [Smith],” Yost said. “He has bits and pieces of all their games and what we need to do is use those to his advan-tages and within our offense to mold it to kind of fit him.”

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Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin was docked $10,000 for his comments criticizing the officiating in last Satur-day’s USC-Stanford game. Kiffin was upset about how the end of regulation was handled, among other disputed instances. He has said he was prom-ised by side judge Brad Glenn that he’d be awarded a time out if it was ruled that receiver Robert Woods was tackled inbounds with one second left in the game. Glenn didn’t grant Kiffin the time out and in a postgame inter-view Kiffin said he was “basically lied to” by Pac-12 officials.

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“I am sorry that all this happened, and I’ve learned from this,” Kiffin said. “I’ve learned that regardless of questions, I can’t answer any ques-tions that have to do with calls from any games or any conversation that has an official has with me.”

Three Bulldogs suspended for unspecified violations

Freshmen running backs Isiah Crowell, Ken Malcome and junior Carlton Thomas will be suspended for the Bulldogs’ game against New Mexico State this week. Head coach Mark Richt did not go into detail as to why the players were suspended, only stating that a violation of team rules had occurred.

“They didn’t do things the Georgia way,” Richt said.

Crowell is the team’s leading rusher and is fifth in the SEC with 689 yards on 146 carries and four touchdowns. Thomas is listed as second on the depth chart behind Crowell and is the Bulldogs’ third-leading rusher with 200 yards on 44 carries. Malcome has appeared in only one game this sea-son, carrying the ball four times for two yards against Florida.

Redshirt sophomore Brandon Har-ton is next in line on the depth chart at running back, but has only carried the ball 11 times for 33 yards in lim-ited action against Coastal Carolina earlier this year.

Big East invites six schools to take place of lost talent

The Big East Conference has ex-tended invites to Boise State, Navy and Air Force to be football-only members and SMU, Houston and Central Florida for all sports. The conference’s member presidents voted

unanimously to extend these invites earlier this week.

“The addition of these members will extend our reach, bring us to exciting new markets, strengthen our status within the BCS and lay the foundation for possible further expansion, all while maintaining the high quality and standards our con-ference is known for,” Commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement.

The Big East found itself in a bind after Pittsburgh and Syracuse decided to leave for the ACC and TCU and West Virginia elected to depart for the Big 12, leaving the Big East with only five football teams. This would raise

that number back to 11 and would mean that the conference would keep its BCS bowl auto-bid.

Miami (FL) coach’s contract will likely be renegotiated

In light of the NCAA’s investi-gation regarding the involvement of former booster Nevin Shapiro with the Hurricanes’ football pro-gram, Al Golden could be getting a revised contract.

Brett Senior, Golden’s agent, said that officials have contacted Golden about reworking his contract because of the ongoing investigation that the

NCAA has undertaken. It has been reported that Golden was unaware of the scope of the situation when he was being recruited to become the head coach at Miami.

“We’ve got to get sort of a feel for what the NCAA implications might be,” Senior said. “The university ac-knowledged there is something that needs to be done. Initial overtures came from them. It’s the right thing to do. It wasn’t handled well in the initial [stages].”

Golden is currently 4-4 in his first season as head coach and has had sev-eral players suspended throughout the year because ofthe Shapiro scandal.

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Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin was docked $10,000 for his comments criticizing the officiating in last Satur-day’s USC-Stanford game. Kiffin was upset about how the end of regulation was handled, among other disputed instances. He has said he was prom-ised by side judge Brad Glenn that he’d be awarded a time out if it was ruled that receiver Robert Woods was tackled inbounds with one second left in the game. Glenn didn’t grant Kiffin the time out and in a postgame inter-view Kiffin said he was “basically lied to” by Pac-12 officials.

“The Pac-12 has specific rules that prohibit our coaches from making public comments about officiating, and this prohibition specifically in-cludes comments that create doubts about the credibility of the confer-ence’s officiating program,” confer-ence commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. “The conference expects each Pac-12 coach to adhere to our standards of conduct and to conduct himself or herself in a manner which will reflect credit on the institution and the conference.”

“I am sorry that all this happened, and I’ve learned from this,” Kiffin said. “I’ve learned that regardless of questions, I can’t answer any ques-tions that have to do with calls from any games or any conversation that has an official has with me.”

Three Bulldogs suspended for unspecified violations

Freshmen running backs Isiah Crowell, Ken Malcome and junior Carlton Thomas will be suspended for the Bulldogs’ game against New Mexico State this week. Head coach Mark Richt did not go into detail as to why the players were suspended, only stating that a violation of team rules had occurred.

“They didn’t do things the Georgia way,” Richt said.

Crowell is the team’s leading rusher and is fifth in the SEC with 689 yards on 146 carries and four touchdowns. Thomas is listed as second on the depth chart behind Crowell and is the Bulldogs’ third-leading rusher with 200 yards on 44 carries. Malcome has appeared in only one game this sea-son, carrying the ball four times for two yards against Florida.

Redshirt sophomore Brandon Har-ton is next in line on the depth chart at running back, but has only carried the ball 11 times for 33 yards in lim-ited action against Coastal Carolina earlier this year.

Big East invites six schools to take place of lost talent

The Big East Conference has ex-tended invites to Boise State, Navy and Air Force to be football-only members and SMU, Houston and Central Florida for all sports. The conference’s member presidents voted

unanimously to extend these invites earlier this week.

“The addition of these members will extend our reach, bring us to exciting new markets, strengthen our status within the BCS and lay the foundation for possible further expansion, all while maintaining the high quality and standards our con-ference is known for,” Commissioner John Marinatto said in a statement.

The Big East found itself in a bind after Pittsburgh and Syracuse decided to leave for the ACC and TCU and West Virginia elected to depart for the Big 12, leaving the Big East with only five football teams. This would raise

that number back to 11 and would mean that the conference would keep its BCS bowl auto-bid.

Miami (FL) coach’s contract will likely be renegotiated

In light of the NCAA’s investi-gation regarding the involvement of former booster Nevin Shapiro with the Hurricanes’ football pro-gram, Al Golden could be getting a revised contract.

Brett Senior, Golden’s agent, said that officials have contacted Golden about reworking his contract because of the ongoing investigation that the

NCAA has undertaken. It has been reported that Golden was unaware of the scope of the situation when he was being recruited to become the head coach at Miami.

“We’ve got to get sort of a feel for what the NCAA implications might be,” Senior said. “The university ac-knowledged there is something that needs to be done. Initial overtures came from them. It’s the right thing to do. It wasn’t handled well in the initial [stages].”

Golden is currently 4-4 in his first season as head coach and has had sev-eral players suspended throughout the year because ofthe Shapiro scandal.

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USC head coach Lane Kiffin talks with players. Kiffin’s critical remarks toward the referees’ calls at the end of last week’s game cost him a hefty fine.

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What happens when an unstop-pable force meets an unmovable object? � e country just might � nd out on Saturday when No. 1 Louisiana State University meets No. 2 Alabama.

� e two teams are so similar it’s almost impossible to tell who will come out ahead, but here is a quick breakdown of some of the pairs similarities: great defense, a game manager at quarterback, a defense that makes up for its quarterback, a national title-winning head coach, a national title banner in last � ve years and a legitimate claim to the No. 1 ranking. What does all this equal? For fans of college football the “game of the century.”

When the Tigers meet the Crim-son Tide in Tuscaloosa on Saturday evening it will be the � rst regular season matchup of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the country since No. 1 Ohio State beat No. 2 Michi-gan in 2006. � is game is also the � rst time in the SEC’s regular season history where the two top-ranked teams in the nation will

square o� .� ese two teams feature sti� ing

defenses, with NFL talent on the � eld wherever you turn. It’s hard to tell which one is better, as they both rank in the top � ve in total yards allowed. While Alabama is � rst allowing a marginal 6.9 points a game, it has played a much eas-ier schedule then the Tigers, who feature a defense that has only al-lowed 11.5 points a contest against the likes of Oregon, West Virginia and Auburn.

However, the edge between these two juggernauts goes slightly to the Crimson Tide who give up a crazy low 6.9 points a game. � at’s lower than a touchdown a game, their de-fense is incredible and looks like it is playing high school teams at times.

While the o� enses on these teams aren’t nearly as great as their teammates on the other side of the ball, they are still talented.

Alabama’s running game is one of the best in the country thanks to Heisman contender Trent Rich-ardson. Richardson has broken

out this year into a full-� edged star a� er sitting in the shadow of for-mer Alabama great Mark Ingram for two years. Now that Ingram has moved his talents to the NFL, Richardson is on � re. He already has 989 yards and 17 touchdowns this year, rushing against some of the best defenses in the country in the SEC. Richardson carries the majority of the o� ensive load for the Crimson Tide, keeping the pressure o� of AJ McCarron, a � rst year starter at quarterback. McCarron has been good for Alabama this year, managing the game much like Greg McElory did for the Tide in their national title season in 2008.

LSU, on the other hand, has a much more balanced o� ensive game that relies on an above aver-age running game and a down� eld passing attack. � e rushing game is led by a pair of solid running backs, Spencer Ware and Michael Ford, each of whom have six touchdowns this year and at least 441 yards on the season. � e passing game relies

on play action and Jarrett Lee’s abil-ity to push the ball down the grid-iron to get the ball to any weapon in his super talented receiving core, that is led by Russell Shepard and Rueben Randle.

Both teams average 39 points a game, but the advantage goes to LSU by the slimmest margins be-cause they can trust their senior quarterback in the toughest situa-tions. Alabama might have to put the ball in the hands of a � rst year starter, that hasn’t seen this kind of spotlight yet.

A� er taking a look at the defen-sive and o� ensive sides of the ball the game is still too close to call and both teams excel at special teams, so neither have a clear advantage.

However, there is one aspect of the game neither team can control that may make all the di� erence — the location. � is year’s game takes place in Alabama’s famously loud home con� nes, and that will make the di� erence by the slim-mest of margins in this “game of the century.”

Heated rivalry billed as ‘Game of Century’

So who has the advantage in some of the game’s aspects off the field?

• Mascot: LSU’s mascot is a tiger, which is fe-rocious and at the top of the food chain, but there are enough Tigers or other big cat ren-ditions throughout college football. Alabama has a pachyderm , for goodness sake. Advantage: Alabama

• Coach’s Personality: Les Miles, a guy you would want to hang out with, he eats grass for goodness sake. Nick Saban, a no nonsense coach who looks like he would scare a baby. Advantage: Les Miles

• Better State: Alabama where cousins are wed, and people think going left qualifies as a sport. Louisiana, it has New Orleans and some of the best seafood in the country. Advantage: LSU

OTHER ADVANTAGES

I had an entire column planned out for this week’s issue about how Texas’ “run-� rst” identity is an advantange in such a pass-happy conference like the Big 12. I was going to write it un-til I sat down and read this headline on ESPN.com — “Idaho clears Boise State to join Big East.” � en my jaw proceeded to drop to the � oor.

For those of you who are keeping count, Boise, Idaho, is 2,249 miles away from Big East headquarters in Providence, RI.

Whats worse is that Idaho can’t even make an o� cial transition un-til the Big East repairs itself by add-ing at least six teams to make up for those it lost in this latest round of conference realignment. Among the teams up for consideration? South-ern Methodist University as well as the University of Houston, both of which are on the � ird Coast, not

the East. Less than a month ago, I spoke

to former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe and he made it clear that among the top considerations a conference should have when considering its members is geog-raphy. It’s in the best interest of the students and alumni to choose schools that they can easily travel to, he said.

Clearly the Idaho State Board of Education and the Big East don’t have the best interest of their stu-dents and alumni in mind.

As is always the case, this has to do with television rights and revenue. You see, in order to pick Boise State up it would have to add other schools to the conference so as to logically add teams to a proposed “Western Conference” of the Big East. Ignore the utter irony of that action, and think about it as a business decision, and its the perfect move for the Big East and Boise State, which is per-haps what makes this whole thing seem so slimy to me.

� e Big East would gain a huge

fan base and following all across the country. Boise State president Bob Kustra estimates the annual pay-out to Big East football members at $3.7 million, compared to the $1.9 million projected as the top payout in the Mountain West, Boise State’s current conference. � e Big East would also get to renegotiate a new media contract that would de� nitely pay much higher with an elite foot-ball program such as Boise State in the mix. Boise State would � nally get to vie for a BCS-championship without strings attached, mean-ing more money. And the Big East could add a championship game, providing them more television and game revenue. � e relationship is symbiotic.

But all the mutual bene� ts that the would-be move posits are ne-gated by the corporate-like way schools and their conference’s handle their business. College ath-letics were once the paramount of American tradition. Now they are vessels for multi-million dollar corporations to wiggle their way

into and exploit the talents of col-lege athletes. I wish I could have written to my original column top-ic, but when school leaders such as the Idaho State Board of Education pave the way to commit something

so infuriating and blatantly irre-sponsible, it is important to call them out.

If they should really have the student’s best interest in mind, its time they start acting like it.

Boise State’s decision to leave MWC a poor choiceBy Sameer BhucharDaily Texan Columnist

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KEYS TO THE GAMEBy Wes Maulsby

Texas has only held the Red Raiders to less than 200 yards passing twice in the last 13 years. In 1999, Texas held Texas Tech to 137 yards passing in a 58-7 route. Last year, Texas limited Tech to 158 passing yards in a 10-point road win. While Leach was the coach, Texas Tech was never held for less than 260 passing yards, while eclipsing 400 yards six times and 500 yards twice. Despite the new coach, Tech is continuing its tradition of e� cient passing, averaging about 360 yards per game and passing for more than 400 yards three times.

Air RaidFor most of the last decade, Tech was coached by Mike Leach who

didn’t put much emphasis on the running game. Texas Tech was held to negative rushing yards three times under Leach, as well as los-ing yards last season for the second year in a row. Texas has also held the Red Raiders to less than 100 yards rushing in six additional games. In the series, Texas Tech averages less than 50 yards a game rushing. However, in Texas Tech’s three wins over Texas in the last 13 years, it has out rushed the Longhorns in each contest. So when the Red Raiders gain the advantage on the ground, they win the game, and they are averaging almost 150 yards a game on the ground this season.

Running Backward

Texas’ 24-14 win over Texas Tech last year was only the second game under Mack Brown in which neither team scored at least 30 points in the game. � e only other time that happened was in 2000, where Texas won 29-17 in Lubbock. Under Mack Brown two teams combine to av-erage more than 67 points a game, more than any other series against former Big 12 south teams. � e closest is Oklahoma State, which com-bine with Texas to score 65 points per game, with no other series being in the 60s. Texas has only held Texas Tech in single-digit scoring twice under Brown, with the last one coming in 2001.

ShootoutTexas’ average margin of victory over Texas Tech is just under 21

points per game. � at number increases to 25 points per game at home. Texas hasn’t lost to the Red Raiders at home under Brown, with only one game being decided by single digits in 2003. When that game is taken out of the equation, that margin of victory increases to almost 30 points per game. Of Texas’ four largest wins over Texas Tech, three of them have come at home with the largest coming in 1999 with a 51 point win. But Texas hasn’t beaten Tech by more than 20 points since 2005, with the margins of victory shrinking each sea-son since, including a single digit game in 2006, consecutive 10-point games in the last two years and the infamous last second loss the Red Raiders in 2008.

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KEYS TO THE GAMEBy Wes Maulsby

Texas has only held the Red Raiders to less than 200 yards passing twice in the last 13 years. In 1999, Texas held Texas Tech to 137 yards passing in a 58-7 route. Last year, Texas limited Tech to 158 passing yards in a 10-point road win. While Leach was the coach, Texas Tech was never held for less than 260 passing yards, while eclipsing 400 yards six times and 500 yards twice. Despite the new coach, Tech is continuing its tradition of e� cient passing, averaging about 360 yards per game and passing for more than 400 yards three times.

Air RaidFor most of the last decade, Tech was coached by Mike Leach who

didn’t put much emphasis on the running game. Texas Tech was held to negative rushing yards three times under Leach, as well as los-ing yards last season for the second year in a row. Texas has also held the Red Raiders to less than 100 yards rushing in six additional games. In the series, Texas Tech averages less than 50 yards a game rushing. However, in Texas Tech’s three wins over Texas in the last 13 years, it has out rushed the Longhorns in each contest. So when the Red Raiders gain the advantage on the ground, they win the game, and they are averaging almost 150 yards a game on the ground this season.

Running Backward

Texas’ 24-14 win over Texas Tech last year was only the second game under Mack Brown in which neither team scored at least 30 points in the game. � e only other time that happened was in 2000, where Texas won 29-17 in Lubbock. Under Mack Brown two teams combine to av-erage more than 67 points a game, more than any other series against former Big 12 south teams. � e closest is Oklahoma State, which com-bine with Texas to score 65 points per game, with no other series being in the 60s. Texas has only held Texas Tech in single-digit scoring twice under Brown, with the last one coming in 2001.

ShootoutTexas’ average margin of victory over Texas Tech is just under 21

points per game. � at number increases to 25 points per game at home. Texas hasn’t lost to the Red Raiders at home under Brown, with only one game being decided by single digits in 2003. When that game is taken out of the equation, that margin of victory increases to almost 30 points per game. Of Texas’ four largest wins over Texas Tech, three of them have come at home with the largest coming in 1999 with a 51 point win. But Texas hasn’t beaten Tech by more than 20 points since 2005, with the margins of victory shrinking each sea-son since, including a single digit game in 2006, consecutive 10-point games in the last two years and the infamous last second loss the Red Raiders in 2008.

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“Want to go?”� is was the fall of 2008, my se-

nior year of high school. My good friend Michael just o� ered me a ticket to Texas Tech vs. UT game.

“I’m in. I’ll wear this red sweatshirt.”

Yes, there was a time when my closet didn’t over� ow with burnt orange, and I could sing, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” without jumbling words. I’m a product of West Texas, a lad from Lubbock, and, by extension, there was a time when my � nger and my thumb in the shape of an “L” signaled, “Wreck’em.”

Lubbock is an interesting place, balancing a realness with a para-doxical enigma. It is six minutes to the nearest Wal-Mart, but six hours

to the nearest professional sports team. Wind farms located outside of the county provide power for people across the state, but a few times a year, the wind blows the wrong way and all you smell is a farm.

I still remember the game most on the 40 Acres have tried to forget. Right as the game was about to start, a decked-out 27-year-old stood up. Behind him, a 72-year-old man asked him to sit down again.

“It’s Tech-UT, are you kidding me?”

� ere was a staring contest between 72 and 27. � en 72 stood up. At that point, every other person in the west-side of the stadium did, too.

UT was No. 1, Tech was No. 6. Tech led early, UT came back and took a one-point lead with 1:29 le� in the clock.

� is was meant to be the pre-written narrative: UT came, Tech saw, but ultimately UT conquered. But then followed a series of ex-

tremely fortunate events for Tech: a favorable return, some quick passes, Blake Gideon drops an interception and then touchdown Red Raiders.

Fans on both sides tend to forget what happened next: Longhorns in such a state of disbelief that they just let the BCS slip away, Red Raiders in such a state of delusion that they rushed the � eld three separate times.

� ree years later, even with a wardrobe and a heart of a di� erent color, there’s something that sticks about that night. It traces back to the emotions in that stadium. With the Tech’s trademark o� ense-is-the-best-defense mentality, every game was in reach and out of reach at the same time. � ey dared to challenge the big names like Texas and Okla-homa, and hoped to survive little names like Baylor and Iowa State, and then dared to hope that both of those things would happen in the same year. And in 2008, that sort of happened.

A lot has changed since then. Tech lost to Oklahoma a few weeks later, setting o� a three-way headache. Tech head coach Mike Leach was blindsided, � rst by a Michael Oher-led Ole Miss team at the Cotton Bowl, then by some twisted allegations of player abuse a year later, ultimately getting � red and replaced by Tommy Tuberville, who, for that matter, made a cameo in “� e Blind Side.”

At Texas, fans have had to adjust their ways — an almost champion-

ship to 5-7 does that. But there’s something about go-

ing to games with a di� erent energy that’s strangely reminiscent of the 2008 Tech feeling. Every game has an air of uncertainty, wins are no longer divine rights and losses can be “moral victories.” It’s a hair-tear-ing, � st-pumping, love-hate roller coaster, probably best le� to illustra-tion by a Taylor Swi� song.

Saturdays feel di� erent, and that’s not a bad thing.

By Shabab SiddiquiDaily Texan Columnist

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Andrew Luck QB StanfordWeek 9 vs. USC- Passing: 29/40 (72.5%) for 330 yards, 3 TD 1 INT Rushing: 9 rushes for 36 yards, 1 TDSeason Stats- Passing: 174/242 (71.9%) for 2,218 yards, 23 TD 4 INT Rushing: 25 rushes for 119 yards, 2 TDDespite tossing a crucial interception late against the Trojans last week, Luck played well and car-ried his team to a tough three-overtime win. The Cardinal face Oregon State on the road this week before they host Oregon next weekend. This time of year any conference road game has upset poten-tial, and there’s the possibility the Cardinal look ahead to next week’s game, so they must stay focused. In the end, Luck should have no worries about the Beavers’ de-fense and the Cardinal should remain unscathed, one win closer to the Fiesta Bowl.

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Case Keenum QB HoustonWeek 9 vs. Rice- 24/37 (64.9%) for 534 yards, 9 TD 1 INTSeason Stats- 218/303 (71.9%) for 3,219 yards,

32 TD 3 INTShasta! That’s actually the name of the Hous-ton Cougars’ mascot, but it could become an acceptable exclamation any time Keenum tosses a touchdown. Nine scores in one game is absolutely ludicrous. As a team, the Cougars

amassed nearly 700 yards of o� ense, with 534 coming through the air from Keenum. He also

broke the NCAA record for total o� ense when he recorded his 139th career touchdown pass against the Owls’ 115th-ranked defense. The Cougars sit at

No. 14 in this week’s BCS standings and have four games remaining on their schedule. There is a lot of football left to be played, but maybe the Cougars will have a shot at a BCS game come late November.

Russell Wilson QB WisconsinWeek 9 vs. OSU- 20/32 (62.5%) for 253 yards, 3 TDSeason Stats- Passing: 129/181 (71.3%) for 2,033 yards, 19 TD 3 INT Rushing: 38 rushes for 200 yards, 3 TD Receiving: 1 recep-tion for 25 yards, 1 TDIt’s really tough to see Wilson and the Badgers lose their second game in as many weeks on such dramatic plays. This time around it was Buckeyes’ signal-caller Braxton Miller delivering the decisive last-second touchdown to defeat the Badgers. Now with two conference losses the Badgers’ Big Ten title hopes are hanging by a thread, let alone Wilson’s Heisman chances. Nevertheless, Wilson has proved that he is more than adequate at the quarterback position and has given NFL scouts no reason to not consider him come April’s draft.

ON THE RISEDavid Wilson RB Virginia TechWeek 9 vs. Duke- 23 rushes for 148 yards (6.4 ypc)Season Stats- Rushing: 187 rushes for 1,185 yards (6.3 ypc), 7 TD Receiving: 16 receptions for 99 yards, 1 TDAnother ho-hum day for Wilson as he notched his sixth-straight game of more than 120 yards rushing. The month of October proved fruitful for the junior back, as Wilson racked up more than 600 yards and two scores in � ve games. At 8-1 the Hokies are still very much in the hunt for an ACC Championship and the BCS at-large bid that comes with winning the conference. The Hokies travel to Atlanta to take on a good Georgia Tech squad fresh o� a huge upset of No. 5 Clemson. But there’s no reason to believe the Yellow Jackets will be able to contain Wilson, no other team has.

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Tajh Boyd QB ClemsonWeek 9 vs. Georgia Tech- 23/40 (57.5%) for 295 yards, 1 TD 2 INT

Season Stats- Passing: 195/318 (61.3%) for 2,674 yards, 25 TD 5 INT Rushing: 81 rushes for 165 yards, 4 TD

Clemson � nally played like the young team they are and lost its � rst game of the season to Georgia Tech last weekend. A big second quarter from the Yellow

Jackets was enough to take the lead for good as Boyd and the Tigers were unable to mount

any sort of a comeback. No longer unde-feated, the Tigers can still contend for the conference title, but all hope of a national championship has been lost. There’s sim-ply no margin for error for teams at this stage in the season. Conference races are

shaping up and this is when we learn the most about what players are made of. Un-less Boyd unleashes some Keenum-like

numbers the rest of the way it seems as if his short-lived run as a Heisman candi-date has come to an end.

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When fans looked around DKR Stadium on opening day against Rice, there appeared to be a sea of burnt orange.

But as the season has progressed and Texas’ record has gone from 4-0 to 5-2, the sea of orange has be-come much more scattered.

When Texas played Rice on September 3rd, attendance was 101,624. During Texas’ domination of Kansas last Saturday, the atten-dance was 99,211. That is a 2,413 decrease. The games against BYU and Oklahoma State also had lower attendance than the Rice game.

“They usually only fill the sta-dium for the sexy matchups so it’s frustrating for me as a season ticket holder to go to the games and see all the empty alumni seats,” said season ticket holder Christopher Kluck. “In terms of fans, Texas is a victim of its own success over the last 10 years or so.”

Kluck is a member of Longhorn Tailgaters, a semi-private tailgate located at Trinity and 15th streets. Although attendance at games has gradually decreased over the past few games, the game this Saturday

will be at 11 a.m. This start time will likely negatively affect attendance. Starting so early affects the team and tailgates, according to Longhorn Tailgate member Robert Cruz.

“One way it hurts us because we have a lot of sponsors and our job is to advertise and get the spon-sors’ names out there for all the people who come to our tailgates,” Cruz said.

Cruz said the tailgate usually has about 70 or 80 people attending, but this Saturday they are only ex-pecting about 15 people.

“There should be a huge atten-dance for a game against a rival like Texas Tech,” Cruz said. “But because the game starts at 11 a.m., there will probably be quite a few empty seats.”

Kluck said the tailgate is toned down for morning games. But they still set up a few tents and make breakfast tacos and mimosas.

“The late games make it an all-day event, which allows us to have a band or a DJ and really pull out all the stops in terms of food and entertainment,” Kluck said. “It’s hard to justify spending a lot of time setting up a tailgate when you know that you are only going to get an hours worth of guests.”

Cruz, who graduated in 2007, said he looks forward to football season all year and while it is here, fans should take advantage of it and enjoy it.

Kluck and business sopho-more Jordan Clark both believe that the team deserves to have its fans at every game cheering and being supportive.

“Especially at the BYU game, ev-eryone was there and you had that feeling that people were really be-hind the team,” Clark said. “There was definitely a lot more enthusi-asm and people just enjoyed them-selves more when there were a lot more people there too.”

Clark said even people in his seating group have stopped com-ing to games.

“We used to take up an entire row and now there’s only about five of us that come around,” Clark said.

Last year, the Iowa State game was at 11 o’clock and attendance was not strong and neither was Texas’ play. The Longhorns lost 28-21.

“We were able to turn the BYU game around even though we were behind,” Clark said. “If you don’t have that kind of motivational force behind you, that can definitely help

the team turn the game around.”Clark understands that many stu-

dents will not want to get out of bed to get to the game at 11 o’clock and that it’s disappointing that people will be unable to tailgate. But, he knows this weekend will be a great game and he believes that students should come out and support.

Co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite said it’s important for students to be in their seats early for kickoff on Saturday.

“These are kids,” Applewhite said. “I know we look at them dif-ferent on game day. But they’re still 18, 19, 20 year olds. And they go in the environment around them.”

He said fans needs to come out and be loud and support the team.

“If the flow is loud, rambunc-tious and everybody’s having a good time, then they feed off of that,” Applewhite said. “There’s no doubt. You can’t hide that. So we need everybody involved.”

Next issue: Nov. 11

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