BATON ROUGE, La. -- If LSU’s defenders could focus solely on stopping Texas Tech’s passing game, that alone would be a difficult-enough challenge.
Unfortunately for the Tigers, Texas Tech isn't bringing its traditional, one-dimensional “Air Raid” offense to the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl on Dec. 29. The Red Raiders still throw the ball 56 percent of the time, but they are more than effective at moving the ball on the ground -- as evidenced by All-Big 12 running back DeAndre Washington's 1,455 rushing yards and 6.5 yards per carry.
“They actually like to run the ball a lot more than we thought.