LUBBOCK, Texas -- They are waiting in Lubbock. Dressed in their blackout best, cowbells in one hand and posters in the other, the students of Texas Tech have arrived early with their short fuses lit, leaning out over the field, necks craned toward the corner of Jones AT&T Stadium that contains the visitors locker room.
"Here he comes!" one yells to the others, their faces plastered in double-T eye black stickers. "Let's let him have it like we did Mayfield!"
One guy is wearing a Baker Mayfield Texas Tech jersey with a big white taped "X" through the name and number.