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Texas Tech football: What Red Raider fans should be thankful for

By Matthew Conner

FORT WORTH, TX - OCTOBER 11: Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders runs the ball after a pass interception against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 11, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TX - OCTOBER 11: Jordyn Brooks #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders runs the ball after a pass interception against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium on October 11, 2018 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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TUCSON, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 14: \ Douglas Coleman III #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 14: \ Douglas Coleman III #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Everyone is thankful that the 2019 season is just about behind us

There’s no denying that the 2019 season has been a drain on us all.  Four losses by a combined 11 points are going to take years off of any sports fan’s life.

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The reality is that we all had to understand that Wells’ debut season was likely to be a bumpy ride.  After all, Chris Beard missed the NCAA Tournament in his first year and Tim Tadlock had a losing record when he took over the baseball program.

It is almost as if there was an inevitability about 2019.  Programs like Oklahoma or Ohio State can win conference titles in the first year of a new coaching staff, especially when the new head man has been promoted from within as was the case for the Sooners in 2017 and the Buckeyes this year.

But programs at the level of Tech don’t just magically become relevant or contenders in year-one of a new coaching staff.  So the fact that 2019 proved to be a slog should have surprised no one.

What’s more, this was the worst home schedule in the history of the program with the highest-ranked team to come to Lubbock being No. 21 Oklahoma State.  This year was about as uninteresting for Lubbock fans and Tech season ticket holders as there could be in Big 12 play.

Next year will be much more fun with UT, OU, Baylor, and Arizona coming to The Jones.  That should hopefully add more buzz to gameday next year on top of what we all pray will be a better team.

At times it felt like 2019 was a bit of a punishment for us (not that the past nine years weren’t punishment enough) for firing one of our own, no matter how warranted that decision was.  On second thought, maybe it was more of a transfer year in which we had to sit out and not participate in any relevance like a player who transfers has to sit out a year before he can play for his new school.

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Thankfully, that period will come to an end tomorrow and we should be beyond the most awkward and bumpy road this program will have to fight through during the Wells era.  That’s not to suggest that everything will be sunshine and butterflies from here on out but thankfully, we are at a point where this new staff can start to build upon the foundation that was laid through some frustrating times in 2019.

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