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2007 Texas Tech Red Raiders Football Preview & Predictions
Once again with Jimmy Boyd's 2007
Texas Tech Red Raiders football preview and predictions
article you will find a team that will be potent at
putting up points but a team that will have trouble
stopping the better opponents this year. Graham
Harrell has proven he can run this spread offense and
he'll be even better at it than he was a year ago, but
the front seven on defense has just one returning
starter, and with the problems the team had stopping the
rush a year ago it isn't going to be any easier this
year. The team has to travel to
Oklahoma State in
September, then heads to
Missouri in the middle of
October. The toughest pair of games though come to
end the season. The Red Raiders make a trip to
Texas before getting a home game against the
Oklahoma Sooners. This team is good and will probably be
playing in a bowl game to end the year, but a 7-5 season
seems likely and they won't be anywhere near ready to
contend for the the Big 12 Championship birth award to
the South division's champion.
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Harrell showed he deserved the starting job last year when he threw
for 4,555 yards and 38 touchdowns compared to only 11 picks as a
sophomore. The scary thing for opponents is that he should be even
better as a junior, just as he improved heading into the last couple of
games in which he threw for 519 yards against Texas and 445 yards in the
comeback bowl win over the
Golden Gophers. Shannon Woods is also a junior who is big on
offensive talent. He had 152 carries for 926 yards and 10
touchdowns last year, but even more impressive is how he added 75
catches for 572 yards receiving. The problem area if there is one
is at receiver, where two of last year's top stars are gone. There
are four guys though that all have plenty of talent, because receivers
love coming to the pass-happy Mike Leach part of Texas. Another
question mark is on the offensive line, a unit that lost four starters
from a year ago.
The defense is a concern, especially up front where the ends are solid but
have trouble getting to the passer, and the tackles are unknowns or question
marks at best. This unit gave up more than 151 ypg against the rush last
year, and this year that number could go up and not down. Linebacker is
filled with more question marks as Kellen Tillman, granted a sixth-year by the
NCAA, is the only guy returning. The good news is that the Red Raider
secondary should stop opposing offenses from throwing for too many yards.
The safety spots are solid with the talented Darcel McBath, who picked off three
passes last year, and the hard-hitting leader in Joe Garcia. This will be
the strength of the defense.
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July 24th, 2007
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