Texas Tech’s hopes for a Big 12 title have been all but destroyed at this point.
Having lost two games in a row to TCU and Baylor, frontrunners for the Big 12 crown, the Red Raiders have failed to deliver in arguably their biggest games of the year. A large part of this failure rests on the defense.
Tech has allowed an average of 41.4 points per game, putting them 123rd in scoring defense in the country. That statistic includes giving up 45 points to FCS opponent Sam Houston State and a combined 118 points in the last two games, though those games came against two of the top offenses in the country.