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Before Saturday, the last time a Texas Tech football team started 3-0 in the Big 12 was 11 years ago. Those 2013 Red Raiders actually got to 7-0 for the season, 4-0 in the conference and No. 10 in the national rankings before losing five in a row.
The current Red Raiders will happily take their chances with the remaining schedule, especially since they solved one of their biggest bugaboos Saturday night, beating a good opponent on the road. Texas Tech outlasted Arizona 28-22 in Tucson, mounting a fourth-quarter comeback after blowing a 15-point halftime lead.
“Sixteen (points) unanswered,” Tech coach Joey McGuire said. “We came back and answered at the right time.”
Gino Garcia kicked a go-ahead field goal with 2:21 left and, after the Red Raiders recovered a fumble, Tahj Brooks went 32 yards for the last of his three touchdowns with 1:53 to go. Garcia’s kick put Tech ahead 21-19, and the Brooks score made it 28-19. In between, Arizona kicker Tyler Loop made the last of his five field goals.
“I am really proud of this football team,” McGuire said. “We had a lot of fight tonight, and we finished.”
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Tech has won seven consecutive games decided by eight points or fewer, a streak dating to last season when the Red Raiders won close games against TCU, Kansas and Central Florida on consecutive weeks in November. They’d outlasted Abilene Christian, Arizona State and Cincinnati this season in games that went down to the wire.
“We’re OK playing these one-score games,” McGuire said, “and we’re going to play for four quarters. I don’t know we’re thinking about that more than just thinking about trying to keep getting better.”
Tech (5-1) will go into an open week as the only team with a 3-0 record in the Big 12. Brigham Young,…
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Publish date : 2024-10-06 08:49:54
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