Going into the season, Texas Tech’s football schedule could be broken down neatly into four segments: Two easy non-conference games. A three-game gauntlet against an SEC team and the two Big 12 favorites. A soft middle against the expected Big 12 cellar dwellers. Then a five-game homestretch against teams with whom the Red Raiders are more closely matched.
The final five has arrived with Tech sitting at 5-2 and 2-2 in the Big 12. How the Red Raiders fare will determine whether the program takes a major step forward, shows marginal improvement or settles somewhere in between.
No victory the Red Raiders notch from now until the end of the regular season will lead SportsCenter.