All that tells me is that Texas Tech fans are willing to support mediocrity much more than alums of private schools.Tramp96 said:Kellso said:Baylor has the best Athletic Department in the entire Country when it comes to revenue sports.HossAg said:
Tech makes more money for a conference than Baylor. If it came down to choosing Baylor or Tech, it would be Tech.
Texas Tech is kinda mediocre.
Tech has still never won the BIGXII in football.
They were so close to winning the 2019 National Title in Mens basketball, but lost in Overtime. Has to sting that the the next two National Champions were conference mates Baylor and Kansas.
The same year that Tech lost the National Title the Baylor women won the 2019 National Title by only one point.
If Tech had won the National Title, and the Baylor hadn't won National Titles in 2019 and 2021 I would certainly say they would be a superior choice than the Bears.
Tech's biggest problem is that they are located out in the middle of nowhere, while Baylor is located right in the middle of the state close to all of Texas population centers.
And yet, Tech has way, way better fan support than Baylor...in all sports. Tech's football program has been dismal the past 10-14 years, one of the worst stretches ever in its history, and yet we still draw more fans to our games out in Lubbock than Baylor and TCU have in their more populated locations. Why? Because Tech has a fanatical alumni base that those two schools don't have.
Tech sells out a 15,000 seat basketball arena with a first year head coach while Baylor can't sell out their home arena after winning the national championship.
Tech has better NIL funding in the works than Okie St, Baylor, TCU, UH, etc.
Tech bring a lot to the table, moreso than these other programs who have had better success on the gridiron lately than we have had. We also have more than twice the student enrollment of Baylor and three times as much as TCU.
Yeah, Tech is more "isolated" geographically, but we have better attendance and better numbers across the board than most of the rest of the Big XII.
I'm not impressed at all that Tech ( a much larger school than TCU or Baylor) has more fan support.
Attendance smack is for schools that have never won the BIGXII in football or any recent National Titles.
Over the next 10 years I predict the University of Houston to surpass Texas Tech when it comes to football and basketball.
Baylor passed Tech about 10 years ago, and they have not looked back.
The problem with Texas Tech is that they strive to just be pretty good.
Every time Tech has a chance to prove they are big time.....they blow it. Baylor is now big time.
Which is still shocking for me to say.
Their women's basketball program has been talked about by Skip and Shannon on Undisputed....and that was because they were the defending National Champions.
I've never seen Texas Tech featured on First Take, or Undisputed.