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Texas Tech 59, Kansas State 44 - Five Questions We Now Have

The Kansas State defense was torched for around 300 yards in the first quarter alone, and that put the Wildcats in a hole from which they simply couldn't recover as they fell to Texas Tech 59-44 in Lubbock.

The Red Raiders offense blitzed a hapless and unprepared Wildcat defense to surge to a 28-7 lead in the first quarter, and that was pretty much that. K-State settled down -- relatively speaking -- and played even with Tech from that point forward, but it was too late.

Joe Hubener had 289 yards passing and two touchdowns, which would be pretty awesome if not for the fact that he completed fewer than half his passes.