Texas Tech senior quarterback Seth Doege has been added to the preseason watch list for the Davey O'Brien Award, which is given annually to the nation's top quarterback.
Doege was an O'Brien Award semifinalist in 2011, when he threw for 4,004 yards and 28 touchdowns. He was also placed on the Maxwell Award watch list this month, given to the nation's top player.
Four other Big 12 Conference quarterbacks are on the O'Brien watch list: Landry Jones (Oklahoma), Collin Klein (Kansas State), Casey Pachall (TCU) and Geno Smith (West Virginia).
Doege recently returned from a trip to Louisiana, where he was a camp counselor at the at the Manning Passing Academy for the second straight year.
Doege told HoumaToday.com that he took time to grab some tips from Super Bowl winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning while he was at the camp.
"It's two of the best quarterbacks in the entire country," Doege told the website's Chris Singleton. "If you're not asking for advice, you're wasting your time. Obviously, they aren't going to sit in the film room and tell you everything that you're doing wrong, but if you got a chance to get them on one-on-one and you want to ask them something, they are going to tell you exactly what they believe in.
"It's cool for them to do that. I like being here and picking up some things I can use to improve my game."
We'll have more from Doege on Monday, when he joins teammates Eric Ward and Terrance Bullitt and coach Tommy Tuberville in Dallas for Big 12 media days.
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They can watch him all the way to a 5-7 record. At which time, they will cease to watch him.
Odds makers put the overs/unders on Tech's wins this following season at 6.5 wins. The last O'Brien winner with 6-7 wins was....... Oh that's right, there isn't one.
Good luck
Hope he has a great year. Hope the Hancers find peace and reality and cease their obsessive hate of a better coach. Good luck Seth, Wreck Em!
also......
Also on Maxwell list; laughed so hard nearly fell out of my shoes!
just maybe.....
if he doesn't win it, we can still go to the Car Care Bowl and have a dramatic comeback to beat a 6-6 jugernaut and get that elusive and coveted #1 ranked passing offense trophy for our case. God, I miss those days.
Wow...
And you guys are fans?
@atx
Yes. I want to see our kids win. Fans tend to do that and show disdain for anything that stands in the way of success, like administrative moves that cause winning streaks to be broken. Im sure, as a fan, you would concur.
atxraider
No, THEY are NOT fans. THEY are 2% who try to muck up anything positive that's said because they have this infatuation with a former insubordiante employee who never won a dern thing as a head coach. They live in the past and try to start a pizzing match at every chance. They pass the blame on everyone else and fail to take any responsibility for their actions. They are not worthy to wear the scarlet & black. There is no honor in belonging to a bunch of near-do-wells as those. When the Raiders exceed this year I would like to see a retraction of the 2%'rs, but that will never happen. It's easier to be negative. It's the lazy way.
2% ?
Might want to check your figures. If you love football (and Im assuming you do) and you are a Tech fan (and Im assuming you are), you probably talk football with alot of people. I do as well. To date, between December 31, 2009 and July 20th, 2012, I have not met one (1) single person, not one, who supported the administrations decision. Furthermore, I havent met anyone who had ever spoken with anyone who supported that move. I find that unrealistic as you probably do. But its true. You simply dont fire someone who, by Tech standards, was a winner, and replace them with someone who takes the program in a negative direction and expect it to be a popular decision. Even the Texas Tech controlled radio sports jockeys in Lubbock have said the majority of fans opposed the firing of the winningest coach in Tech history because the fans "didnt understand all the circumstances" that led to his firing. Perhaps I misread or misunderstood your statement. That was an outrageous claim which Im sure was emotionally inspired and it doesnt help your credibility.
Jest
Maybe you made that statement "tongue in cheek". It would be realistically similar to saying "98 percent of the voting age population in Lubbock support the reelection of Barack Obama". Youre usually, at least somewhat logical with your posts. Im a little surprised you made that statement.