In what has become an all-to-familiar refrain during the Kliff Kingsbury era, the Texas Tech football team came up just short of pulling off an upset of a ranked team at home Saturday night. After climbing out of a 17-point 4th quarter hole, the Red Raiders saw Texas drive for a game-winning touchdown with just 21 seconds to play in a 41-34 loss.
Ultimately, Tech was unable to overcome three critical turnovers from quarterback Jett Duffey who was making the start in place of the injured Alan Bowman. Duffey had career highs in passing yards (444) and touchdown passes (4) but an inexcusable interception on a broken play in the first quarter killed the team’s momentum after it had driven to the Longhorn three-yard-line looking to take a 14-0 lead.