Great news, assistant coach Al Johnson is back on the sidelines and hopes to make a full recovery from der-mat-o-my-o-sie-tis.

We face Tech today, in Lubbock, bringing our well documented defense ("nation's best", "No. 1 defense in the nation " etc). Tech beat Kansas, allowing us to take the solo spot a top of the Big-12 (Bob credited the moon for the victory). Now the Raiders are "feeling very confident". Maybe that is why they are 2 1/2 point favorites. I am not a betting man (not after betting on us to beat BAYLOR two years ago), but I would take those odds. This VERY long scouting report sums up 3434 pages into a few BS words, "the outcome may well depend on ... which team can impose its will upon the other. I believe Tech has exhibited the qualities necessary to do that." Wtf? Who are they Jack Bauer? Did they just decided NOT to impose their will against UNLV? Or maybe that game did not depend on imposing will. Maybe it was decided on defensive and offensive production.

NOTE: Bob Knight had the coolest answer to a question during a weekly press tele-con. The question, "What is it like to be in your dog house?" Bob's answer... he just hung up the phone. Amazing.