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When a Sawyer Robertson-led Baylor beat the Texas Tech football team 59-35 Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium, it was the fifth time in the past nine games the Red Raiders had allowed more than 35 points and the third time in that span they’d allowed more than 50.
In passing defense, total defense and scoring defense, Tech ranks bottom 10 in the FBS this season.
Naturally, then, one of the hottest topics of water-cooler conversation post-Baylor is why a true freshman wide receiver isn’t playing enough. Late in Saturday’s game, a leaping Micah Hudson made a one-handed catch along the sideline fit for a highlight reel, prompting renewed calls for more Micah. Not that those calls have ever really died down, inasmuch as the highly-touted signee, though appearing in every game, has played fewer than a hundred snaps.
I’ve discussed the Mike Leach effect before. Post-Pirate era, Tech fans more or less accept bad defense as normal, are pleasantly surprised when it’s the other way around, and spend their time scrutinizing offense while assigning a much higher standard. Not all, but it’s not a small number.
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Short answer to why Hudson doesn’t play more is he’s behind Caleb Douglas, the transfer from Florida who’s been the team’s best big-play receiver the past two games, catching five passes for 116 yards in a win at Arizona and nine for 99 yards and three touchdowns against Baylor.
Hudson doesn’t play the same position as slot receiver Drae McCray, a Tech Twitter and message-board piñata after a rough day Saturday, and even if coaches were inclined to move Hudson to McCray’s spot, that wouldn’t open up more playing time. The starter there is Josh Kelly, whose 53 catches for 590 yards are…
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Author : Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Publish date : 2024-10-22 09:10:16
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