How legit is Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree?
Texas Tech freshman receiver Michael Crabtree is on pace to set NCAA single season records for receptions, yards and touchdowns. The guy has been unstoppable thus far.
I know what you’re going to say. ‘He plays for Tech. He’s a product of the system.’ Yes and no. Tech generally has two types of receivers. The smaller quicker inside guys (Welker and Amendola) and the bigger slower outside receivers (Hicks and Filani). Crabtree is a combination of both. He’s got good size, but he’s also notably faster than the bigger Tech receivers of the past. The guy can get yards after the catch.
He’s also been consistent. Here are his game-by-game stats:
12-105-3 SMU
15-188-2 UTEP
11-244-3 Rice
14-237-3 Oklahoma St
8-145-3 NW La
10-154-3 Iowa St
Now here’s the rub. None of those teams have a pass efficiency defense rated higher than #88 in the country. Well, NW LA might, but they’re not even Division 1 (like Arkansas State). They play the #69 rated Aggies this week. So we may not find out just how good he is until they play #33 ranked Colorado in Lubbock on October 27th.
October 12, 2007 at 10:08 am
Isn’t Ms. Crabtree the name of the schoolbus driver on South Park? “DO YOU WANT AN OFFICE REF-ERRRAALLLL?!?!”
October 12, 2007 at 10:41 am
SIT DOWN OR I SHOOT THE BUNNY!
October 12, 2007 at 11:21 am
Why don’t you take the games they played against TT out of the equation. The Raiders yardage against these teams prob makes up about 1/3 of their pass yards allowed.
October 12, 2007 at 11:34 am
That’s why I used pass efficiency defense and not just passing yards allowed.
For example, UTEP gave up 434 passing yards to New Mexico St and 409 yards passing to Tulsa. Tech gained 484.
Rice gave up 481 yards to Tech and 423 to Baylor.
These are bad passing defenses that aren’t being skewed by Tech’s output.
October 12, 2007 at 11:47 am
I’m going to have Harrell throw about 20 passes to Crabtree on Saturday. In other words, my Pirate ship will be sailing.
October 12, 2007 at 7:34 pm
“I know what you’re going to say. ‘He plays for Tech. He’s a product of the system.’ Yes and no”
that is exactly what im going to say and leave it there, its obvious…
October 13, 2007 at 5:52 am
Some of those “system” guys have done OK at the next level. Isn’t Welker starting these days?
October 13, 2007 at 2:20 pm
i take back what i said about crabtree, he is outright badass…
October 14, 2007 at 8:02 pm
The kid is for real. It’s fun watching him put up those kind of numbers… as long as he doesn’t do it against us.
October 15, 2007 at 7:51 am
This kid is legit.
October 15, 2007 at 9:12 am
Plus he went to Dallas Carter, so he’s got street-cred, too…
October 15, 2007 at 10:39 am
Poor Steg.