This secondary is dinged up beyond all belief. We are down potentially four or five defensive backs if I recall correctly? And on Saturday night, the secondary got torched to the tune of 426. With all the justified pressure on that unit, it seems reasonable to shine a spotlight on a play this group made… read more

The Red Raiders needed to win ugly against Cincinnati. The defensive side of the ball was ugly, the offensive side had moments of ugly, and then there were the usual kinds of mistakes. But what matters in the end is that the Red Raiders gutted it out. Behren Morton had a strong, but not overwhelming… read more

Time and Place: 7:00PM CT / Lubbock, Texas ESPN Predictor: Texas Tech 57.8% chance Spread: Texas Tech -2.5 (opened at -4) Over/Under: 58.5 How to Watch: ESPN What to Know: Texas Tech started fast and rode that start to hang on against Arizona State. They neutralized a dangerous ground game, and pressured a shaky QB… read more

New week, new opportunity to continue washing the taste of the bad start to the year out of everyone’s mouth. So without further adue, here are the three keys to the game the Red Raiders must accomplish to get the win. Consistency Texas Tech started fast offensively, with a hell of an opening drive and… read more

Cincinnati is coming to town for the first time, and for the first time these two meet as conferencemates. The battle of who wears Red and Black better is on. I could go on and on about Cincinnati’s lameness. From the entire disgusting concept of Skyline Chili, to the weather, to how bad the Bengals… read more

The Red Raiders started the year about as badly as possible. An ugly near loss to ACU, and then an ugly blowout defeat on the road in Pullman against Washington State. Now, the results following those performances have been a lot more as expected. A crushing victory over North Texas, and at times ugly but… read more

The defense performed at a high level, sans some miscommunications on the backend and the penalty bonanza. So choosing a true player of the week was a challenge. In the end, the simplest method is to take a short cut and cheat. This week our player of the week is the front seven. Taking on… read more

The game could not have started much better for Texas Tech. The opening drive was easy, with Morton and Tahj Brooks marching the offense down the field for a touchdown. An interception the next drive led to a Red Raider touchdown in short order. From there on, things got messy. Texas Tech began to sputter… read more