Redraiders.com · Oct 1, 2015
Tech notes: Pete Robertson played 106 snaps against TCU, a few too many
Get your A-J Media Digital Subscription now!Mike Smith might have to drag Pete Robertson off the field this week.
Simply telling him to come off didn’t work last week.
The Texas Tech defensive line coach said Robertson, his rush end, played every snap but one in the Red Raiders’ 55-52 loss Saturday to TCU. The Horned Frogs ran 103 plays, and coaches had Robertson down for being in on 106, counting plays erased by penalties.
“Every week, I say that I’m going to get him out,” Smith said. “There’s a couple of times I had Zeus (Zach Barnes) run out there, and he (Robertson) is telling Zeus to go back. I’m telling Zeus to start the series, and he (Robertson) gets mad.