Texas Tech's Heralded Prestige...

[WildcatPaulG]

Let's take a look at how superior the Texas Tech football program is over the last twenty years. Are we really a step down?

2002 Record : 9-5
2001 Record : 7-5 (barely over .500! That's prestige!)
2000 Record : 7-6 (even closer to barely over .500! Prestige!)
1999 Record : 6-5 (are we seeing a pattern here? Prestige!)
1998 Record : 7-5 (Wow, barely over 500 again! Prestige!)
1997 Record : 6-5 (Did I mention barely over 500?)
1996 Record : 7-5 (Sixth time in six years you barely beat .500)
1995 Record : 9-3 (Wow, what happened?)
1994 Record : 6-6 (You did it! You hit .500)
1993 Record : 6-6 (Two straight at .500)
1992 Record : 5-6 (Not .500 this year)
1991 Record : 6-5 (Barely)
1990 Record : 4-7 (Makes 1989 seem like a fluke)
1989 Record : 9-3 (Told ya)
1988 Record : 5-6 (Where does 9-3 fit in between two horrible teams?)
1987 Record : 6-4-1 (Wow, if ties were losses, you'd barely hit .500 again)
1986 Record : 7-5 (Barely over .500, again)
1985 Record : 4-7 (Heh.)
1984 Record : 4-7 (Deja Vu)
1983 Record : 3-7-1 (Even worse)

So, schools don't have horrible streaks over a course of years? I proved that all schools have down years. Now, lets look at our beloved Cats over the last twenty years:

2002 Record : 4-8 (Clearly, our down years.)
2001 Record : 5-6 (Pretty good, considering Arizona had all Tomey recruits)
2000 Record : 5-6 (Dick Tomey's final year)
1999 Record : 6-6 (.500)
1998 Record : 12-1 (#4 in the nation. How high has Texas Tech been ranked at the end of the season?)
1997 Record : 7-5 (Barely over .500)
1996 Record : 5-6 (Barely under .500)
1995 Record : 6-5 (Barely over .500)
1994 Record : 8-4 (SI Jinx hit us. We still finished better than a 6-6 team out of Lubbock, Texas)
1993 Record : 10-2 (Beating Miami in the Fiesta was sweet)
1992 Record : 6-5-1 (Barely over .500)
1991 Record : 4-7 (Down year for our program)
1990 Record : 7-5
1989 Record : 8-4
1988 Record : 7-4
1987 Record : 4-4-3 (Sounds like a defensive scheme... Tomey's first year)
1986 Record : 9-3 (Benedict Arnold left for USC)
1985 Record : 8-3-1
1984 Record : 7-4
1983 Record : 7-3-1

Now over the last twenty years, that gives Texas Tech a .527 winning percentage. Like I said, better than mediocre. Our twenty year winning percentage is .581. Is Arizona really a step down?

Over the last ten years, Tech has had a .588 to Arizona's .581. I want you to admit that Arizona isn't a step down now. A winning percentage of .007 isn't a step down to any rational non-biased person.

When I see Texas Tech contend for a Big 12 championship, I'll consider that they are legit. Until they can beat a majority of the Big 12 juggernauts, they're just a middle of the pack team.

[RaiderRoadTrip]

You numbers are fun to read about, but they surely don't show that Arizona is a step up.

Its a lateral move at best. Looking at the last few years, its a step down.

[WildcatPaulG]

Now, you want to change the time frame to the last few years, instead of the last ten years as previously stated by yourself.

You're funny, man. At least you admitted that it's a lateral move. Well, until you take into consideration that at least Arizona has been a contender for their conference championship.

[RaiderRoadTrip]

You are the one who is funny. Arizona is on the verge of becoming the joke of the Pac 10.

You are supporting your claim with 20 year old records... not ten.

Why did Arizona suddenly take a nose dive after that one season in the sun?

[F Duke]

Raider Road Trip,

You obviously don't know what you're talking about because Arizona already is the joke of the Pac Ten.

[Taylor]

Arizona is a sleeping giant. All it's going to take is a coach with the same kind of vision Lute had twenty years ago.

[F Duke]

I think it would be hard for either side to convince the other that one is a superior program. With that being said, I think Arizona has more potential, especially recruiting. I just don't see Tech ever recruiting an elite player when it has to deal with OU, Texas, Nebraska and Colorado. While Arizona certainly has it's struggles against USC, Washington, and Oregon, I would find it much more likely that the Cats would be able to recruit a top tier talent with a coach who didn't have his head up his a$$.