TCU Sends Texas Tech Football Program Over the Kliff 82-27

Far be it from me to ever want to write about a massacre in college football. The most notable one is: Georgia Tech 222 Cumberland College 0 way back in 1916. I don’t know what kind of day that was or even if lowly Cumberland even had helmets or sent the kids out there on kick returns or what (it was 63-0 at the end of the 1st quarter) but you can imagine the aftermath in the halls of higher learning at Cumberland the following Monday.

“They scored how much?”

No doubt that much of Lubbock, Texas woke up Sunday morning with a frown on their faces. For a brief second they must’ve thought, ‘Did that really happen?’ Every Texas Tech fan by now knows the score. No reason to rehash the obvious. 82 points. To Tech’s credit, they were down ONLY 37-20 at the half. Somewhat respectable right? The line for the game was TCU (-11) so it wasn’t as if people’s thinking was far off. It wasn’t Savannah State or Devry Technical TCU was playing but what came out that 2nd half could have been.

The Red Raiders just scored 7 points the rest of the way while TCU put up another 45. It was reminiscent of that movie ‘The Bad News Bears’ in the 1st inning of that game when the Bears didn’t even get a chance to bat and the right fielder Ahmad ditched his uniform and hid up a tree and…you get the picture. It was embarrassing. Change the face of the program embarrassing. No good can come from it but to move on. After this game Texas Tech now is 126th in points allowed with 42.5, no doubt an average that had to be in the early 30’s before kickoff.

It was reported that TCU’s cannonade, the ones that go off after every touchdown, ran out of fireworks late in the 3rd quarter. Whether or not that’s factual only adds to the legend of TCU’s beat down.

Oct 25, 2014; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Kliff Kingsbury celebrates a touchdown with quarterback Davis Webb (7) during the first half against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

So what is the problem in Lubbock? Some Tech fans believe that the Red Raiders have been in a steady decline since Mike Leach left in 2009, so the Tech brass took on former SEC coach Tommy Tuberville, who left following the 2012 season to go to Cincinnati. All in all Tuberville’s 3 years at Tech were just okay, nothing to write home about, an average 7-5 regular season. So who would be next to ride the ‘Air Raid’ offense at head coach? How about one of the quarterbacks that led that Leach attack back in the early 2000’s in Kliff Kingsbury, the forever frat boy and ultra slick back young Gekko type?

Rumor has it that Kingsbury, in his 2nd year, is a ‘buddy-buddy’ coach to his players, which usually spells doom in tight situations and discipline not forthcoming. Someone has to take the blame for 82 points on Saturday. Will the ‘you’re my friend’ tactic run its course when the bad hat of discipline has to make its appearance? Let the coordinators and graduate assistants be the players’ friend and keep the ‘up high’ celebration jumps to a minimum Coach K.

By the way, if you’re thinking that Tech might just let Kingsbury go and get back to Red Raiders football, Kingsbury signed for a raise in August of 2014 that extended his contract through 2020, which means Texas Tech is on the hook for quite a bit of money if they even think about going down that pink slip road.

On the plus side of things, Texas is coming to town this Saturday, so a replication of 82 points by the Longhorns probably won’t happen since they put up a doughnut against Kansas State this past weekend. Oh and some people say Kingsbury looks like Ryan Gosling, says so on his Wiki page. Good luck keeping that face intact when the tortillas start flying Ryan, um err, Kliff…