Links:
Don Williams write-up
ESPN game recap
CBS Sports game recap
The first game in the post Mike Leach era goes down as a win as interim coach Ruffin McNeill made a strong case for taking the qualifier off of his name. For a guy that’s perhaps one of Leach’s closest friends it has to be awkward in a way campaigning for his job. That’s that’s the nature of the beast though. Leach is gone and he ain’t coming back. If you’re Ruffin you owe it to yourself, your family and the players to do your best and try and get the job. He may have done just that tonight.
I think Tech officials will still look hard at other candidates including Art Briles ( who never did say he wouldn’t take the job if offered ) and Tommy Tuberville as well as a few others. All that said, Ruffin may have made a solid case that he can lead this program forward, that he can be a Leader during the games and off the field and that he can build on what Leach did and move it forward not just maintain the status quo.
We’ll have more later. For now enjoy the win. If you’re really a Red Raider fan, and not just a fan of a man, you’ll enjoy every aspect of tonight’s win and what it means to the players and the program. Tonight was a good night. Take it for what it was.
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