1.  Folks can quit wondering if Utah will upgrade the Pac-12. They will. Heck they already do. Now Pitt had no real reason to be ranked as high as they were but Utah proved again they’re better than 3/4′s of the current Pac-10 teams. Great atmosphere there last night as well. Pac-10 teams will be in for a rude awakening when they begin going there on a regular basis. The West Coast does some things really well but college football atmosphere isn’t one of them.

2. Now that LP&L is being raided by the City for projects they don’t want to pay for but want to do anyways I assume LP&L Board Members will be allowed to dictate policy when it comes to streets, traffic lights and when and where to build them. Right? Makes sense if they have to pay for it they should have control over how the money is spent (wasted).

3. Taylor Potts is the most physically gifted QB to take a snap at Texas Tech since golfer Billy Joe Tolliver drove Dick Winder crazy in the 1980′s. Now, can he prove it on the field is the question. My money is on Potts.

4.  As soon as Sunday comes and goes and Texas Tech fans get back into the game-day ritual, do the tail-gating drink the cold beer and eat the BBQ, as soon as Texas Tech fans see the Red Raiders throw the ball around, put some points on the board and hammer S.M.U. the whole Mike Leach-thing will seem a lot farther away than it ever has for the vast majority of Texas Tech fans. By Sept. 18 . . . a distant memory.

5.  Terry Bradshaw is a helluva lot smarter than most folks give him credit for. His comments regarding Ben Roethlisberger’s suspension NOT being reduced by the NFL couldn’t be more dead-on.  Bradshaw may be bat-___ crazy but more and more I find myself agreeing with him. Not sure what that says about my mental state?

6. Bonus–Why is it that fans have so many NFL analysts that they like and respect and think do a great job but if you ask the same folks who the respect and like as college football analysts they can’t name one. In fact most have a low regard for the college football analysts. Hmm. Wonder why that is . . . Bias anyone?

Finally. Football is back this weekend.

To celebrate we take The Show on the road tonight to 98th and Quaker and the grand opening of Nick’s Sports Grill and Lounge. Newly remodeled and run by Tech grads Nick’s is a non-smoking, upscale sports bar featuring 24+ HD Big Screens, cold, cold beer and great food including personal pizzas made from scratch! We encourage you to try it out tonight and when you do you never have to worry about hearing a certain song played at 98th and Quaker ever again!

On to the show.

Tonight we’ll preview the area H.S. action with George Watson from the A-J as well as talk to SportsRadio 1430 The Fan’s host of Fan Feedback, Scott Fitzgerald about everything else. Fan Feedback comes your way right after the final gun so be ready to call in and talk about the game Sunday evening on The Fan.

Last night we gave you our score for the game. Texas Tech 45, SMU 20. Tech is always 15 to 20 points better than SMU on talent alone and nothing changes with June Jones in Dallas and Tommy Tuberville in Lubbock. The only question now is how does it happen?

That brings us to today’s Tri-Fecta. Get all three prongs right and you’ll win pizza from Domino’s. (Lubbock delivery only!) You others are playing for pride I guess! So, get your picks in early on the website.

1. Over/Under on Taylor Potts TD passes-3.5 .

2. Batch/Stevens combine for Over/Under 120.5 yards rushing.

3. Tech total points Over/Under 35.5 .

Get your picks in and we’ll see you at Nick’s tonight starting at three. Be sure and call in too at 1-866-984-5326.

Hyatt

We’ll expand your mind today outside the little box that can be sports with our weekly Cultural Index Question. Still debating between two questions so check back later or follow us on Twitter at RyanHyattWHShow for the latest updates this afternoon.

We will breakdown some of SMU’s top play-makers today with Wes Bunting from The National Football Post. SMU coach June Jones really likes his QB, Kyle Padron so we’ll see what the NFL talent scouts think of him as well.

The Cowboys say they won’t play the first team offense tonight against Miami so it is a sure bet the Cowboys will put up some points on the Dolphins, isn’t it? I wish they’d put Romo and the rest out there for a quarter but if they failed again to score it would only create more trouble for Wade Phillips. Not good. Just have to wait for Week One to see if the struggles are real or not.

Don Williams has his normal good stuff in the A-J so read it then make sure to call in with your Red Raider football questions starting at three at 866-984-5326. One thing Don talked to Gerald Myers and Tommy Tuberville about was the rumors going around that Tech and BYU might hook-up in non-conference play. They both say they haven’t talked, but I still wouldn’t be shocked to see a game like that scheduled for 2012 or beyond. BYU has got to play somebody.

Get your mind right and we’ll see you on SportsRadio 1340 The Fan later today.

Hyatt

Gonna be a busy show today. We’ll talk to National Football Post.com’s Fantasy Football expert Joe Fortenbaugh today and he’ll give us an on-air critique of my Fightin’ Woolly draft from last weekend. That could get ugly. We’ll also swing it out to Dallas and talk to former Tech ast. S.I.D. Kent Best, now with the SMU News and Pub office about the change in culture at SMU since June Jones arrived. Do they really want to play “big-time” football on the Hilltop again? We won’t stop there as we also visit with Texas Tech soccer coach Tom Stone about their historic start to the season, going undefeated so far.

We also want to hear from you on the Domino’s Pizza Fan line so get your thoughts together on the Red Raiders, Texas Rangers (what’s really up with Cliff Lee? ) and the Dallas Cowboys and give us a holler starting at three at 1-866-984-5326.

There’s lots of wind in the wire right now that Texas Tech and BYU might schedule a football game in the future. BYU does need some opponents now that they’re going independent. Right now there isn’t anything more to it than rumor. One thing would be certain, we wouldn’t have to worry about playing the Cougars on Sunday. . .

More updates on the show to follow during the day so check back later on.

Hyatt

We’re getting closer to Texas Tech and SMU coming up this Sunday here in Lubbock. We got the tw0-deep roster Monday so that gives us something to chew on plus we get a little more info on June Jones’ Ponies and who they expect to make some plays in Lubbock. We’ll take your calls on that plus the Rangers at Kansas City and the Dallas Cowboys long wait for an offense to show up this August.

Since it’s Tuesday we’ll talk Tech Football recruiting with Greg Powers of Scout.com/Raiderpower.com and we’ll swing it out to Dallas and the Little Ticket and visit with former KKAM’er and Cafe Host Shaun Lenrose speaking of all things metromess and movies.

Today we want to know who the Tech player is you’re most looking forward to watching play in the new offense or defensive schemes this Sunday against SMU. Who is it that you think we’ll look better, different or play at a high level? Tell us here and we talk about it on The Show tonight.

Give us a call starting at 3 at 1-866-984-5326.

Hyatt

We’re back to our regular Monday night schedule at Rudy’s Country Store and BBQ so get ready to swing by today starting at three for the buy one, get one free chopped beef sandwich special!

We’ll be taking your calls on the Outrage of the Weekend as well as starting our game-week coverage for Texas Tech and SMU. Sure it isn’t until Sunday, but you can’t start too early.

We’ll also ask you today who Mr. Texas Tech is. With the announced retirement of Gerald Myers as Tech A.D. we ask who most personifies Tech athletics going back over the history of the school. Get your answers in here on the site today and we’ll read some of them over the air tonight on The Show.

We’ve also got the latest on the Dallas Cowboys and their offensive woes in the preseason and yes, the Texas Rangers are still the Best in the West.

Get your calls in today no matter where you are today by calling in at 1-866-984-5326.

Hyatt

1.  Make no mistake, there will be some Texas Tech fan’s that will celebrate the retirement announcement by Tech A. D. Gerald Myers thinking that “anything will be better than what we’ve got right now”. These are the same folks that voted for “change” in 2008 thinking that anything had to be better than George Bush. Remember, only better is better. Many more thoughts on Gerald Myers impending retirement on The Show tonight.

2.  Any short-list for the Texas Tech Athletic Director’s job that doesn’t include current Nebraska Associate A.D. Bob Burton is flawed and wrong. Burton was brought in at Tech in the late-90′s to clean up the NCAA violations mess and was a rising star then, living up to the expectations the last 12 years at Nebraska. If he’s interested, talk to him.

3. Same thing goes for Arizona St. A.D. Lisa Love. A West Texas native from Tulia, a former Tech athlete and a great reputation for understanding the economics of college sports, again, if she’s interested talk to her.

4.  While it would be great to have someone with Texas Tech ties in the job it should not be a requirement. If the best applicant happens to have Tech ties, great. If not it would be asinine to use that as a litmus test. Remember, if that were the case you wouldn’t have Tommy Tuberville as a football coach. ( or you wouldn’t have had Mike Leach for that matter )

5.  Myers best hire while at Texas Tech: Track coach Wes Kittley.

When I went out of town last week I called up Gerald Myers and asked if he’d be able to help the fill-in hosts out a little bit and try to generate some news. The now out-going Texas Tech Athletic Director certainly did his part!

Now that I’m back from a week of fishing, napping, napping and fishing it is time to hit it hard, taking your calls today on the retirement announcement of Myers, the impact both short-term and long-term for Texas Tech  and who I think should be on the short-list going forward.

We’ll visit with Texas Tech President Dr. Guy Bailey on Myers’ decision and how it came about, we’ll also preview all the H.S. Football action with George Watson from the A-J and our regular Friday’s With F. Scott segment starts today as well.

We’ll also have our final Tri-Fecta without Tech football for a while, take a look at the NFL pre-season scene and see what the Texas Rangers did while I was away in the mountains. ( Growing up we used to play a game, not looking at a paper for a week and then trying to guess how many games back the Rangers were. You could never guess too many . . . )

Get your thoughts in on the site today and don’t miss the 5 Things column coming up today as well.

Call in as well starting at three at 1-866-984-5326.

Hyatt