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Notebook: Offense bounces back

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Following two days of disappointing practices, Texas Tech's offense bounced
back on Thursday.
"Yeah, it was a lot better for us," receiver Tramain Swindall said. "We
wanted to come out today with more tempo and excitement, more celebration when
we made the big play. We made a lot of big plays compared to yesterday, so we
want to for sure get better from yesterday."
Click Here to view this Link.Receiver Darrin MooreClick Here to view this Link. said that the receivers decided to step up and
bring the energy today.
"Yesterday we didn't have enough enthusiasm, so the receivers took it upon
ourselves to come out and bring it to the offense," he said. "Bringing
enthusiasm on the sideline, cheering on our teammates, making plays. If we make
a play, that's going to give the offense enthusiasm, so we just did what we
could do."
The offense set the tone early in a surprise team drill that took place early on
in practice. Quarterback Seth Doege quickly guided his unit down the
field and into the endzone, leading to an enthusiastic eruption on the offensive
sideline.
"It was kind of exciting," Moore said. "It was something different. We didn't
know we were about to do that. We were supposed to be doing skelly. They just
surprised us with that. It kind of gave us a little energy, enthusiasm."
SWINDALL ENJOYING OUTSIDE RECEIVER
Tramain Swindall, who spent his first four years at Tech as an inside receiver,
has enjoyed the move to the outside.
"Yeah, it's been a while since I played it," Swindall said. "I haven't played it
since high school. It's always what I wanted to play when I was here, but never
said anything. I'm glad I got the opportunity my last year, and I'll make the
best of it."
Swindall felt he had a rough start to camp but feels he's getting his new
position down.
"Yea, I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable with it. I had a slow start to
camp," he said. "I was trying to do too much and trying to think too much. It's
starting to come back to me. It's starting to come natural to me, so I'm feeling
good about that."
BULLITT LEAVES WITH SHOULDER INJURY
Sophomore safety Terrance Bullitt left practice early after sustaining
a shoulder injury during team period.
"He popped his shoulder out," Tommy Tuberville said. "They popped it
back in. Hopefully he'll be fine, but you never know.
"He just ran into one of his defensive players who had their head down, which is
typical when you've got a bunch of young guys out there. This is a thud practice
and we don't tackle, but you've got to see what you hit and usually you have
collisions from other guys having their head down. That's unfortunate something
like that happens."
MOORE LOOKING FOR BIG YEAR
Receiver Darrin Moore has picked up where he left off in the spring. He
was arguably the team's most impressive wideout during spring, and has continued
to impress during camp.
Moore got a late start to the preseason, missing Tech's first fall practice due
to a personal matter.
"I feel it's been pretty good," he said. "I came in a little late, but I'm
getting back in the groove of things."
TUBERVILLE PLEASED WITH EFFORT
Tuberville seemed pleased with the Red Raiders' effort today, especially on
offense.
"Better energy today, a lot more enthusiasm," he said. "Offense had a little bit
of fun today and they got a lot better and they've got to keep that up."
Tuberville said the defense's struggles were partly because of some new wrinkles
that were added before Thursday's practice.
"The defense struggled today with a few new things that we put in, but that's
all mental," he said. "We'll get that. We've just got to keep trying to improve
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