"William Taylor "Spike" Dykes" was the coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team from 1987 to 1999. Dykes was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on March 11, 2008.

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He'll look at a player's demeanor on film and decide what the player had for dinner and how he's feeling and what his girlfriend told him last night.

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I was there for Darrell Royal's last five years, ... He's a good friend of mine.

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There was a natural, you know, `We're better than you' attitude that we perceived at Texas.

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There's nothing better when it comes to football in Texas than this game.

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USC handled us pretty easily [55-14], and I'll be forever disappointed in that, ... But that we got to the game was a huge achievement.

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Making Horseshoe Bay into a city isn't going to get that water cooler fixed (at the golf course). People complain 'They fired the tennis pro' or 'They fired the golf pro.' Well, the Dallas Cowboys fired Tom Landry.

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We ran probably two-thirds of the time, ... It was a different game than what Mike Leach does. They like to pass the ball. Texas will have to be very aware of that Saturday.

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I think he's popular in the coaching community because he is different, ... You've got a guy here who's not afraid to do what he wants and doesn't care what anybody thinks. I think sometimes they think he's crazy, but crazy like a fox.

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He and I will be at the game, but no, we won't be sitting on same side of the field, ... And besides my son, Sonny, is the co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach at Texas Tech.

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