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The restaurant serving Lubbock's best fried cheese closed this weekend, but it wasn't because we weren't patrons. Also, for those lost in the football season, the basketball season tips off this week with a charity exhibition game, and the baseball team starts their annual Red-Black series as well. Michael is completely dominated in fantasy this week, but somehow still leads the season point totals. We're joined for the Sooner preview portion of the episode by Jay from @RedDirtSport. If you're looking at the stat comparisons for this game, we tell you why those might be misleading. We answer every single one of your questions, the main reason our show was long this week. We wrap up the episode by hearing Michael lament about Hulu not letting him fast forward through a sporting event that is no longer live. He also rejoiced in what he's hoping was his last mowing of the season. He also tells us of yet another example of Christmas invading other holiday's time. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a

Fair warning: the language in the first few minutes of the episode is not suitable for children. I'm sorry, it gets better, but it was about as explicit as it gets for the first few minutes. I'm not sure where you go from here, besides talk some solace in that when your defense wasn't called for mind-numbingly stupid drive-sustaining penalties, they were pretty good today. Special teams was pretty good outside of DeQuan Bowman letting a kickoff bounce. Bowman wasn't accurate. Your offensive line couldn't pass protect or run block. I'm not even sure Kevin Johns made the trip to Ames. You barely averaged more than a yard per carry. Your QB couldn't hit wide open receivers. Your open receivers couldn't make the routine catches when the ball got to them. The officials were what they were. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spencer challenges the listeners to download this week's episodes a total of 1,500 times or more in order to make him shave his beard. Michael made his broadcast radio debut this week on the Rob Breaux show and plugged STP and the podcast very well. Rob's show may even ask him to come back on the show. Michael torches Spencer in fantasy again this week behind a strong performance by KaVontae Turpin, who was just removed from the TCU football team for some really despicable actions, if they turn out to be true. We are not joined by an Iowa State expert to preview the Cyclones, but we do have stats and we dive deep into the stats to justify our stances on how this game will play out this week. Interestingly, the line for this game continues to move and at the time of recording, had moved all the way down to ISU -3.5. We answer your questions and Spencer revels in the lawn domination he is enjoying. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not

We break down the Red Raiders victory over the Kansas Jayhawks 48-16. With the win, Texas Tech moves to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in Big 12 conference play. Alan Bowman makes his first start since leaving the game versus West Virginia and has himself a day. It was good to see him knock some rust off before heading up to Ames to face the Cyclones next week. The Red Raider defense continues to impress, despite giving up two second half touchdowns. The Jayhawks were held to 3 first half points and the final touchdown came with 11 seconds before the final whistle. We read and respond to all of your questions and reactions you sent in after the game. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With this cold weather in Lubbock, we both made pots of chili and swap recipes for the good stuff. Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa announced on Tuesday that he would forego the rest of this season to prepare for the NFL draft. This is probably the earliest we've seen a player do this in season and Michael and Spencer have very different takes on this. We start looking at the game this week versus Kansas and why this might be a little more tricky to navigate than in years past. We're joined on the KU preview by KU Director of Broadcasting and "Voice of the Jayhawks" Brian Hanni. Red Raider fans should be familiar with Hanni after he spent 4 years in Lubbock covering Texas Tech and being the play-by-play voice for the men's hoops and baseball teams. We wrap up with your questions about possible expansion targets, how we liked our chicken wings cooked, the stat that best indicates defensive improvement for Texas Tech, and what % we think Bowman plays this weekend. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv

We break down the big win for the Red Raiders moments after the final whistle, as well as read and react to all of your reactions and questions. Unbelievable win for Tech as they leaned on the run game and defense to take down the Horned Frogs on the road 17-14.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Quick turnaround this week as the game is on Thursday night. We cover things from tossing tortillas, to the new chairman of the Board of Regents, to if Alan Bowman can fly with the team. We also preview the TCU Horned Frogs. It appears both teams are down to backup QBs (or third stringers in Tech's case), but the situation isn't as dire as that might sound. We're picking a close, low-scoring game where turnovers may play a huge role in the outcome. Also, our fences are swollen shut after all the rain this past week. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As we navigate Texas Tech's bye week, we concern ourselves with why Michael ditched me for the post game recording this past weekend, QB injuries, updating our win-loss predictions for this season, and of course your many great questions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today was rough. Watching this game was draining, and not because you got blown out, but because you were just so bad in the first half and nearly made the miraculous comeback in the second; because you lost another starting QB; because you started off slow again; and because people are calling for Kingsbury to be fired and we defend him today.  We hope things are OK with Alan Bowman, but everything I've heard (from extremely credible media sources) points elsewhere.  We've got about 10 days until the next game and plenty of things to work and focus on to get ready for the trip to Ft Worth. Let's get right, get healthy, cut out the drops, the slow starts, and get this thing rolling.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We have to settle on what kind of pie we would want more, the best filling with OK crust, or best crust with OK filling.  Football news, including Vasher's likelihood of playing on Saturday and possible rotations. Ridiculous stat projections for a true freshman QB and how it puts The Greatest Bowman on an island all to himself.  We're joined to preview the West Virginia Mountaineers by Jorden from the Country Roads Webcast. Our side of the preview will be available later this week.  We got a ton of your questions this week, and they were all so good. You guys really are the best.  Cord Cutters Corner has an ugly update as Michael is fighting with AT&T.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Your Red Raiders came to play tonight. They defeat the favored Cowboys 41-17 in Stillwater behind an unbelievable defensive performance where OSU scored their final points of the game after only 5 minutes into the second quarter. Your defense pitched a 40-minute shutout, on the road, to a ranked team.  Bowman was simply fantastic again. Not a record-setting performance, but you can't have those every week. He did throw his first two interceptions of the season, but otherwise was definition of cool, calm and collected.  On to West Virginia See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We venture into the land of discussing fan etiquette and when it may or may not be acceptable to leave a football game. We're joined for the OSU preview by Brian of the Cowboy State Podcast to help breakdown this weekend's match up in Stillwater against the Pokes. You can hear my Texas Tech preview on their show here.  We answer your questions about other frightening celebrity faces to use to intimidate opponents, whether we'd want to face 1 Mahomes of 11 Mayfields, and the health of safety Jah'Shawn Johnson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Another record-setting performance for Texas Tech, this time with individual honors for true freshman QB Alan Bowman setting the Big 12 single game passing yard record, and Antoine Wesley setting the school's single game receiving yards record. Tech moves to 2-1 as they prepare to travel to Stillwater to open conference play.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One of the hottest topics out of the US Open was obviously what is an acceptable dipping sauce for chicken tendies. This is discussed in much depth. We wrap up Lamar one final time, go over injury updates, and try to wade through a possible (backup) quarterback controversy. We preview the week 3 opponents, the Houston Cougars, and why they refuse to wear their home uniforms to conform to Tech's "Celebrate Cotton" white out game. Thanks, Kendal Briles. We answer your questions and discuss how Michael's cord cutting is going when neighbors drive by his house. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We have your instant reaction from the record-setting 77-0 Texas Tech victory over Lamar.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael is somehow a college football fantasy savant and wiped the floor with Spencer's trash team this week.  We hear about an injury update on McLane Carter. Not as bad as it could have been, not super great news though.  We preview the Lamar Cardinals (for maybe 5 minutes). How wide of a margin of victory is enough to quiet the fans this week? You guys asked a ton of great questions and sent us a lot of great comments (keep doing that!) Cord Cutters Corner and What We Learned See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Texas Tech was beat soundly by the Ole Miss Rebels in Houston to start the 2018 season. The Red Raiders were outplayed in all three phases of the game. Starting QB McLane Carter is injured and carted off the field in the first quarter and replaced by true freshman Alan Bowman.  The hyped defense wasn't anything to be excited about. They allowed a 200 yard rusher, the first for Ole Miss since 2010. The did force and recover one turnover.  The offense was iffy, even under Carter before he went down.  Penalties were down, but they were big, undisciplined - three targeting penalties. Several extended Ole Miss drives or ended Tech drives. Tech will host Lamar next weekend, so the offense and QB should get some time to develop some chemistry if Carter's injury is as serious as it looked. The defense will need to buckle down and the special teams...woof.  It may be time to start adjusting 2018 W/L predictions See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#

We dive into the philosophy and definition of what is and isn't a kolache. Btw, the Czech know their way around a bakery.  The case against DaLeon Ward is dismissed (news broke between recordings).  Excellent coverage on stakingtheplains.com covering the 2018 season preview (not exactly what you're thinking).  Week 1 preview of the Ole Miss Rebels.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week, we form our All Time Texas Tech football team from players only from the period when we began our Tech fandom until now. We learn about the probable starting QB. Slated first team RB DaLeon Ward was arrested and may be off the team soon. 8/22 UPDATE: case vs Ward has been dismissed.  We draft our fantasy football team from the Big 12 only player pool. We look a little more into the abysmal redzone offense. We have our weekly update on Cord Cutter's Corner, as well as fan favorite Going Yard. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Would Mike Leach still be the all-time leader for wins at Texas Tech if he had to schedule a true round robin schedule? Update betting odds on the starting QB.  Michael updates us on how cutting the cord is going.  What we learned this week.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.