The major storyline of this weekend’s game between Texas Tech and Oklahoma is not lost on anybody: Baker Mayfield is returning to Lubbock for the first time as an active player since transferring from Texas Tech to Oklahoma.
After a breakout season as a true freshman walk-on at Texas Tech, Mayfield opted to transfer. By the time he made that decision, he had lost the starting job to Davis Webb for the 2013 Holiday Bowl. Since the Red Raiders chose to move forward with a different starter, it wasn’t necessarily THAT Mayfield transferred, it was HOW he transferred that riled up the Texas Tech fan base.