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By BETSY BLANEY, Associated Press Writer November 12, 2007 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Texas Tech coach Mike Leach was unapologetic Monday for comments he made about officiating in the Red Raiders' 59-43 loss to No. 12 Texas. After watching film of Saturday's game, he held his ground on his postgame comments about bad calls that went the Longhorns' way. "There's a certain amount being taken out ... [link]

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Leach Rips Officials
Published 11/11/2007 by djollie111 <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
[editor's note, by Seth C] I thought this might create some discussion this morning. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news;_ylt=AvHcUJXm97ci7.CPJjD1uqs5nYcB?slug=ap-texastech-leachrant& ;prov=ap&type=lgns Mike Leach has finally said something about officiating in the Big 12.  Even the commentators saw Shipley's heel come down out of bounds.  That holding call was technically correct, but that's usually a no-call.  I'm not so sure this game was as bad as last year's, but it has been pretty apparent that the crews favor Texas in this matchup for the last few years. I do remember one thing that had me incensed last year: Let's rewind to ...

It's all becoming more clear
Published 11/13/2007 by Bond J. Bond at disco tech!
Colorado's Famous Fifth Down No new news on the Mike Leach "tirade" today. Don Williams of the A-J reports this afternoon that Big 12 Commissioner Don Beebe was traveling today and will be more than likely announcing a "response" (my words) tomorrow. Given a day of thinking about this situation a bit more - and reading all of my favorite writers in ...

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In 'condemning' crew, coach implies UT got preferential treatment 10:32 PM CST on Saturday, November 10, 2007 By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News chipbrown@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – After Saturday's loss to Texas, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach ...
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Buffs left kicking themselves : Top Stories : Boulder Daily Camera

Posted by bzainthemd on November 11, 2007 at 7:23 a.m. ( Suggest removal ) ESPN reports that Mike Leach, coach of Texas Tech, blasted officials of their game with UT, especially the head official who lives in Austin and he claimed he was biased. In ...
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