Two years after one of the worst nights of their lives, Texas Tech defenders still don’t like to talk about it. “We had a couple of freshman guys playing,” Red Raiders safety Jah’Shawn Johnson says of a 66–59 loss to Oklahoma that set multiple FBS offensive records that still stand. “We just had to throw a couple of guys in the fire and try to survive.”
They lived, but they were scarred. “A huge part of this job is being a psychologist,” Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury says with a laugh. But he’s not completely kidding.