Alamo Bowl Open Thread

Anyone remember when it was the Builder's Square Alamo Bowl? That game against TAMU drove me nuts. We totally got jobbed in that one. Damn the Big XII.

Everyone is on texas tech.

Line was tt -7.5 this morning. It close at -9.5....pretty one sided action today.

Books are pulling for Sparty. And, I wont lie, i took the bait as well, buying up a half a point. I have MSU +10.

I think they can stay within double digits. I just dont think the TT machine will be as sharp as it needs to be four four full quarters to cover as big chalk

They should just rematch that fraternity fight, only allowing the fraternity guys to choose five ringers from TTU.

The first annual Dant-Alamo Brawl.....

Ugh. Watching Dantonio makes me want to vomit....which was not aided by the weird shaky cam at the beginning of the broadcast

I can hardly wait to see the slanted coverage on Leach that ESPN spits out.

Also I find it interested that MSU players can beat the hell out of some kids, put some on the hospital and ESPN doesn't say a thing thing about it, but they're going to nail Leach to the wall with commentary during the game over a kid ending up in a dark shed.

i guess everything in the big10 is slow.

"MSU's big, slow punter comes out for the punt. look how slow he is walking out there. on the other hand, texas tech's punter has got some real speed to him!"

Good start. I love it. Guns Up.

Lil Bro throws an early interception.

And so it begins!

Wow Nichol at receiver. He'd be the last guy I expect them to put out there.

Hopefully we get "Nick" and not "Taylor" this game. "Nick" is such a better quarterback.

(Leach would call Potts "Nick" at practice. "Taylor" is the evil side of Potts. "Nick" is the competent passer.)

I hear tell this Texas Technical University uses the forward pass quite a bit.

turned it on, tried to root for the big ten and couldn't do it.

State's D looks like it has no clue how to handle a spread passing offense. Look how deep the safeties are and how spread out the LBs/CBs are. I hope Richrod is taking notes.

Wow all of TTU's receivers look quite fast, and also get good blocks for being smallish looking

I'm hoping Adam James makes it on the field for one play. The crowd reaction could be priceless. He'd obviously get boo'd, but I wonder if anyone brought any tortillas to throw.

I think the Sparties would feel more comfortable in the ski-mask like hoodies that would be necessary if the game was in the cold.

7-0 Engineers.

First of many touchdowns for Texas Tech. Honestly, I don't think this game is going to be close, and by close, I mean "within 30 points." I think TT scores at least 40.

TT's offense is fun to watch. I'd like to see us move a little more in that direction if Tate is going to continue to be the starter. I don't want to see Tate averaging 10 carries a game again next season.

Good luck to MSU's D-cordinator he's going to need it. Nebraska's D couldnt even stop them.

Leach's offense is crazy! MSU better have a lot of shut down corners

I really wish I could root for the Big Ten here. I also really wish State wasn't full of criminals and didn't have a classless coach. Guns up and, uh, whatever else Texas Tech says.

I was Baron's student minister his last year in high school. GREAT kid. Very mature for his age and one of the most humble athletes I have met.

Good to see him get the first score.

I love to hate how the leadership of these bowl sponsors always put themselves into commercials.

...if he would just use some of the obvious descriptions right in front of him like:

"Caper sprints around the end like he just assaulted some innocent fraternity members."

OR

"The warden, I mean Coach Dantonio, may want to challenge the call on the field"

OR peharps

"Potts drops back....and hits Batch in the left flat on a jailbreak screen...and he picks up 8. You know, Bob, you would think the Spartans could have used a play like that before the game--ha ha ha ha "

Forget you guys. I'm rooting to State Baby!

Skimasks On!
Shivs Up!
umh....

Yeah I can't do it. I rooted for tOSU, that's my sin for the year. Go TTU!

So much for TT can't stop the run.

"Over the years, the Michigan State offense has been built on balanced run."

Funny, I thought it was built on balanced fail.

probably the closest the score will be tonight.

EDIT: until it became 7-7

Announcers: James not playing due to a concussion....

No shit guys, no shit.

I've seen TT play a lot, but it still freaks me out how far apart the O-line sets up.

FinallyFast.com commercials confuse the crap out of me. How does that woman get the blue screen of death on a Mac.

/off-topic-rant

Wow, it is like Craig James personally wrote the script for the booth guys here.

oops. Maybe TT does have a problem with stopping the run after all.

Nobody puts Spartans in the closet

So many directions to go with that sign. Where to even begin?

I was going to head out not even put the game on my DVR. Might as well press record real quick...

HEY, ASSHOLE, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND TALK ABOUT THE DAMN FOOTBALL GAME.

Those splits are for passing lanes, not running lanes you dunce. Perhaps having Craig James announce this wouldn't have been much worse despite the conflict of interest.

BIASED ANNOUNCERS ARE BIASED! Talk about a one sided blather. they make me want to puke.

they are so good at getting quick guys in space

Those little Tech receivers can block!

"nobody runs the screen like TT." They do look good and I look forward to RR getting our system this refined.

Whoa - who was that pro-wrestler-looking guy for TT?

I was going to take a drink every time Leach got mentioned, but damn I'd be dead by halftime.

So are they saving the MSU drama for the second half? Oh wait, America doesn't care about State.

nice timing on that end around

I don't think that was interference. Why the TT guy didn't call fair catch I have no idea.

Love the call for the flea flicker!!

we have failed little brother by allowing them to get into legal trouble. Perhaps we weren't around enough, away at football practice.

I can't believe Dantonio broke out the "no respect" card after his program just forfeited any respect it deserved with the potluck brawl.

as an "on campus brawl"?

It was a B&E + felonious assault. Get it straight, dipshits.

Touchdown Red Raiders!!

absolutely wide open on that play. guy in flat on the left was wide open too

No less than 3 guys wide open on that touchdown pass.

This is going to get ugly quickly for little brother.

All week-seriously. I would never go there for rehab now...

Mike Patrick just said doo-doo!!

Is that MSUtrue freshman RB buring a redshirt to play in this Bowl Game? That would make me ever so happy.

please give me the score ty

has some crazy looking dreads

I think if we played Texas Tech this year, the cumulative score would be somewhere near 6,000. Tech appears to have no defense.

Just wondering when they are going to get around to talking about the Leach firing. Has it been mentioned it?

but one of them is saying "practice" in reference to TTech more than Allen Iverson

Can our bubble screens PLEASE look like TT's next year? Holy shit. Those are FAST!

So something about 103rd ranked pass defense?

wow that non pass interference call could have landed that guy in prison

Epic ref fail. But I'm sure the loony sparty board is saying that somehow, Dave Witvoet is the problem and you are somehow being wronged.

i wanted SO BAD for them to say that 'the wide receiver was mugged by the corner'.

Those guys look like some crazy motherfu%$#ers.

I would not like to meet Brandon Carter (Tech's RG) in a dark alley. Wow that is a scary looking dude.

Blocked

doing alright without Leach, granted this is MSU and not Texas.

I love how they can run the same swing screen every time, and it will always get them 5-10 yards.

I wish TT would put this game away so that I can go to bed.

Detron Lewis?

pontificating about Mike Leach the entire game is OK

I love that ESPN had two instances of "(expletive)" but left "ass" in the statement.

Just caught up on the rest of the 1st half. Gotta give Sparty credit for hanging tough.

I wonder what Mike Patrick was sorry for?

Well son of a bitch.

Is Texas Tech trying to lose this game?

on the play

Let's see how he & Mike Patrick do at that suggestion.

TT stealing our play where in the D makes Cousins look like McNabb.

SRSLY?

That non-call on the pass interference really looms large now.

Did TT just fall asleep in the red zone?? Or was that the parting of the sea so the backup QB could get some ink?

Am I the only one pulling for Sparty?

They can lose, but just not by more than double digits.

Should be an interesting second half.

1. The team I root for always has worse placekicking than its opponent

and

2. The team I root for will tend to commit more turnovers than its opponent, especially in the second half.

wow....just wow

Michigan State is in town. Everybody in San Antonio needs police protection.

next year

Wife gets the TV. Gotta finish this one up on the DVR. Have fun guys.

Sitting in a house full of Green and White.... Can we please make a bowl game next year! Either way, go big ten F%[email protected] You Ohio State

Patrick talks up Greg Jones when it was clearly the other guy that made the play.

did they say flute player?

stephens is seeing double... send him to the electrical closet

Could there have been a less meaningful play to look at during that timeout?

"You know Mark Dantonio is going to have another good recruiting class."

Oh noes, the ESPN talking heads know that Dantonio has Michigan on lockdown too. Who told them?

I'm getting tired of the endless penalties on TT. It's about time for a patented idiotic MSU personal foul.

That flea flicker was not nearly as wide open as Patrick claimed it was.

Sigh, called that. Saw it all the way. They still couldn't cover it. Didn't call that TD pass play though.

Texas Tech has a very, very bad defense.

Or, alternatively, this is the future for Tech fans. In which case, I feel very, very bad for them.

#26 for TT is not going to want to watch that fake FG play during film session. He took himself out of the play in a way that would make Jonas Mouton blush.

They just called the Michigan State program under assault over the last 5 weeks. I think, if anything, they're the ones guilty of assaulting anyone.