BY STEVEN MARCUS
Fresh air has replaced the stale stench as Pat Knight took over for his father as Texas Tech coach. The son has a sense of humor. ``I joked with the team telling them that Eli Manning is probably sitting up there in New York wondering who the hell the Texas Tech Red Raiders were,’’ Knight told local reporters after an 80-74 loss to Baylor. ``I told them if Eli doesn’t have [ESPN’s] Full Court package he was calling his cable company to see why we were taking all of his publicity the last two days.’’
Knight tried some new plays, showing that he wasn’t his father's proxy. ``Not to be rude,’’ he said, ``but I’m the head coach.’’ I think I might like this kid.