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Red Raider Tailgate Tour 2013: A Magical Night Captured in Sepia

Double-T Nation — The Red Raider Tailgate Tour made a stop in San Antonio and my wife and I were excited about the opportunity to attend. I left work a little early, picked up the kids, made 'em a snack while she changed a diaper, quickly changed another diaper, changed my shirt because of said diaper, and we loaded up. We dropped the kids off at Keith's house and he told me our song is coming along great. (We're collaborating on a song about Cheetohs and the band Boston and the morning he walked all the way home in a Graduation Gown. He plays the guitar and bongos and foot tambourine and harmonica an...

8 hours ago

Recruiting on the South Plains | Texas Tech Football Recruiting Q&A with Wescott Eberts

Double-T Nation — Seth C: The thing that I've been curious about, especially from someone that isn't as close as Texas Tech fans, is if you see any sort of overall plan for Kingsbury in his first class where he's not working to put together a class at the last minute? Wescott Eberts: I think the one thing that is clear from the group of prospects Kingsbury has assembled already is that he's focusing specifically on the wide receiver position. It remains to be seen how much success he'll have landing Kd Cannon, a kid I believe will end up at Baylor, but the class already has four wide receiver commits, ...

20 hours ago

Wednesday Morning Links on VTM | Whitaker Presser; Adams and Kilgo Set; Baseball Ready

Double-T Nation — Odds and Ends Totally Texas Tech has some new campus photos. Women's Basketball The press conference announcing Candace Whitaker as the head coach is set for today at 11:00 am. Let's consider yesterday's post as the open thread for the presser. Tennis Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo are set to play in the NCAA Doubles Championships against a higher ranked Vanderbilt doubles team in Illinois, I think, later this week or this weekend. The LAJ has an article on Adams and Kilgo. Baseball The Big 12 Championship format has changed and will now be a pool tournament rather than a double-eli...

May 22, 2013

Depth Charting and 2013 Outlook | Running Backs

Double-T Nation — SPRING FOCUS Overall, Quinton White had the best spring of the running backs, but I think the coaching staff wanted to see what they had in White, were pretty sure what they had in DeAndre Washington, were very sure in Kenny Williams and knew that they needed to get Jakeem Grant on the field at some spot, just not at running back. Just like the quarterbacks, I wanted to take a look at the overall spring numbers. Quinton White: 36 carries, 189 yards, 5.5 YPC Kenny Williams: 28 carries, 116 yards, 4.14 YPC DeAndre Washington: 4 carries, 41 yards, 10.25 YPC Rodney Hall: 8 carries...

May 21, 2013

Tuesday Morning Links on VTM | How to Help Moore; Whitaker Named WBB HC; Football Recruiting Rankings

Double-T Nation — Moore, Oklahoma Tornadoes I never know how to handle tragedies. I just don't. I didn't know how to handle the Waco explosion. I didn't know how to handle the Boston bombings. I don't know how to handle children and families dying in tornadoes. I just don't. I added Crimson and Cream Machine's post from yesterday where they are helping to raise money for the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma Tornadoes to VTM's front page. Give if you can. Odds and Ends #longreads NYMagazine with a terrific look at Richard Branson's space travel out in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. Women's Ba...

May 21, 2013

Candace Whitaker Named Texas Tech Women's Basketball Coach

Double-T Nation — Texas Tech made the announcement yesterday morning with a press release and a press conference is to follow, which is today Wednesday at 11:00 am at the United Spirit Arena. Here is athletic director Kirby Hocutt on the hire: "I am excited to welcome Candi back to Texas Tech," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt stated. "It is indeed special to have a former student-athlete return to lead a program that they were a significant part of. Her leadership characteristics as a starting point guard and coach, her ties to West Texas, her experience as a Division I head coach, as well as the fa...

May 21, 2013

Red Raider Gridiron | DT Delvon Simmons to Transfer; Spring Updates

Double-T Nation — SIMMONS TO TRANSFER | So the big news this past weekend, per the LAJ, was that DT Delvon Simmons was given his full release and the comments from this past weekend's open thread is that this is just the beginning. Don't believe it. There will always be players that transfer, but for the most part, players stick with their program. I think I could see as many as 5 to 10 or so transfer or not have their scholarships renewed, but overall, that's probably the highest amount. When Tuberville was hired, there were a handful of defensive players transfer or leave the program, including Sa...

May 20, 2013

Monday Morning Links at VTM | Kipyego Is Top 50; Whitaker to be Named HC for W.Basketball; M.Golf Headed to NCAA Championships

Double-T Nation — Odds and Ends After a weekend away doing a father-son camp out with Fitsum, and llmost 140 items to read in the feed reader this morning, but I think I've caught a majority of the news. Help me, help you with any links that I missed in the comments. Totally Texas Tech has some new campus photos and Texas Tech is as pretty as you remember it. The great Sally Kipyego was named one of the top 50 college athletes of all time by Sports Illustrated! Golf Congrats to the men's golf team, who placed 5th in the NCAA Columbus Regional and that was enough to qualify to play in the NCAA Champion...

May 19, 2013

Weekend Open Thread | Baseball and Men's Golf

Double-T Nation — SB Nation is still working through some things, including being able to schedule posts in advance. You can read about how they are working through everything at the SB Nation Blog Huddle blog. The only events that I know of are baseball and men's golf. Hopefully the baseball team gets a few more wins and the golf team can qualify for the NCAA Championships. There is also graduation happening this weekend, so congrats to all of the new Texas Tech graduates! May 17, 2013Baseball | Baylor vs. Texas Tech | 6:30 PM | Lubbock, TexasMen's Golf | NCAA Regionals | All DayMay 18, 2013Baseball...

May 17, 2013

Recruiting on the South Plains | 2013 LB Andre Ross Commits to Texas Tech

Double-T Nation — PLAYER: Andre Ross POSITION: Linebacker / Defensive EndHEIGHT: 6'4"WEIGHT: 230FORTY: N/AJUCO: Navarro J.C.VIDEO: Clip 1RECRUITING SERVICES: Rivals N/R | Scout | ESPN N/R | 24/7 Sports N/R CUMULATIVE RANKING: N/AVTM PROFILE DATE: May 17, 2013 OFFERS | Arizona St., Oklahoma, Oklahoma St., TCU, Texas A&M;, Texas Tech, Troy, West Virginia. That's a pretty nice list. STATS | From what I can gather, as a redshirt freshman, Ross had 30 tackles and 7 sacks (see Sooner Scoop article linked below). THE PLAYER SPEAKS | Per the DMN, Ross is very excited about playing outside linebacker: "On my v...

May 17, 2013

Friday Morning Links at Viva The Matadors | Ross Commits, Mayfield Walks-On; Baseball Wins; Beckie to Play on U-20 National Team

Double-T Nation — Odds and Ends I think this is the last weekend that I'll be out of town, but I'll be out of town this weekend. Be good. #longreads. SB Nation with an article about playing basketball in Slovakia. Pretty amazing to see how other parts of the world work. Golf The men began their NCAA Regional yesterday in Ohio and are currently 10th. Make a move. Tennis The women's tennis team has signed Brazil's Samantha Czarniak Rego to a letter of intent. Welcome to Texas Tech! Soccer Congrats to sophomore Jaelene Hinkle and junior Hayley Haagsma who are training with the U.S. U-23 National Team C...

May 17, 2013

Red Raiders Baseball team beats BU

Double-T Nation — Texas Tech Red Raiders soundly win tonight in Lubbock The final score over the Baylor Bears:Texas Tech -- 17Baylor -- 5

May 16, 2013

Thursday Morning Links at Viva The Matadors | 2013-05-16

Double-T Nation — Odds and Ends Thank you all for sticking with SB Nation yesterday. I know the technical support folks have been working day and night to solve whatever is happening (I don't understand). I hope they can have a few beers soon. Totally Texas Tech with some new photos of the Jones AT&T; Stadium photographs. Supporting the Red Raider Club, Fearless Champions and your student-athlete graduates: Pretty darned cool. That's the way you get people to donate money. SB Nation looks at the upcoming battle between ESPN and Fox Sports. Our good friends over at BON take a look at Texas Month...

May 16, 2013

Recruiting on the South Plains | 2013 PF Alex Foster Commits to Texas Tech

Double-T Nation — PLAYER: Alex Foster POSITION: Power ForwardHEIGHT: 6'8"WEIGHT: 215HIGH SCHOOL: Seton Academy (Chicago, IL)VIDEO: Clip 1 | Clip 2 RECRUITING SERVICES: Rivals | Scout | ESPN 71 | 24/7 Sports 83 CUMULATIVE RANKING: 0.8554 VTM PROFILE DATE: May 16, 2013 OFFERS | DePaul, Harvard, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Tennessee, Texas A&M;, Texas Tech and Wisconsin. STATS | According to the Chicago Tribune, averaged 10.7 points and 6.7 rebounds this season for Seton, but there are other articles that say Foster averaged 14 points a game and 10 boards. THE PLAYER SPEAKS | ...

May 16, 2013

Red Raider Gridiron | Football Links

Double-T Nation — CRAWFORD READY TO BE IN LUBBOCK | WreckEm247 has an article on incoming JUCO cornerback Dorian Crawford: "The offense is going to be real crazy and the defense is looking good," Crawford said. "(Defensive back coaches Trey Haverty and Kevin Curtis were) telling me we are young in the defensive backfield, but we got some players, some young dudes who are going to make a big impact. I just have to compete and that’s it. They know I can play, I just have to keep doing what I’ve been doing. I’m looking at that corner position on the left side." There's a lot more there, so go check out the...

May 15, 2013