All season, we are going to monitor the Texas Tech football team’s efforts in fixing the program’s long-running penalty woes. As we look at the Arizona game, one can’t help but be disappointed to see that Tech reverted back to some dangerous and frustrating old habits after playing with discipline in the first two games.
Against both Montana State and UTEP, the Red Raiders were penalized only four times. In week one, Tech was assessed a mere 29 penalty yards and in week two only 50.
Perhaps it was because it was the season’s first road game or because the competition was tougher but against Arizona, the Red Raiders looked more like the teams we’ve seen in recent years.