You kids today with your RPOs and your Air Raid spread. You don't know what real football is. I was watching some old film from the 1983 season, back when Coach Dykes was still an assistant and we ran the veer option out of the wishbone. We had a quarterback who would take the snap, read the defensive end, and either pitch it to the tailback or keep it himself. There was no throwing the ball 60 times a game. You lined up and you ran the option until the defense proved it could stop it. That was football. That was Texas Tech football before everybody got fancy.
The option offense was beautiful in its simplicity. It was about discipline, timing, and toughness. You had to be able to take a hit and get right back up. You had to execute the mesh point perfectly or you'd get blown up in the backfield. That's where you built character. These portal kids who jump ship the second they don't start would never survive a single practice in the old option system. They'd be crying to their agent after the first spring scrimmage. We didn't need five-star recruits to run the option. We needed tough kids from West Texas who loved football.
BYU Cougars vs Texas Tech Red Raiders Rivalry
Big 12 Rivalry
BYU Cougars vs Texas Tech Red Raiders is the kind of college football matchup that splits living rooms and group chats. Whenever these two meet, the records get thrown out and the only thing that matters is who walks away with the bragging rights.
Both programs call the Big 12 home, so this isn't just pride on the line — it's conference standing, head-to-head tiebreakers, and a direct say in who plays for a title. Every recruiting cycle, every transfer-portal swing, and every Saturday result feeds the same argument. When the Cougars face the Red Raiders, the debate is never settled for long — last year's result just sets up next year's argument.
Below, BYU Cougars and Texas Tech Red Raiders fans make their cases in real time. Stake your claim, drop your prediction, and talk your trash before kickoff.
Latest BYU Cougars & Texas Tech Red Raiders takes
Wait so this Brendan Sorsby gambling situation has me thinking about something completely different. Back in the Spike Dykes days we had walk ons who would run through a brick wall for a scholarship and a chance to play on Saturday. Guys who worked the scout team for three years before sniffing the two deep. Now we got quarterbacks getting treatment for gambling addictions and the whole program's future hanging on an NCAA ruling. You think a walk on from the 1995 squad would have been caught ...
