Closing football seasons with a strong push has been an elusive concept the last four years at Texas Tech.
Tech’s 63-27 loss Saturday at then-No. 17 Oklahoma made the Red Raiders’ 2-19 in the final five games of regular seasons starting in 2011.
Of the 19 losses, 13 have been to ranked teams.
Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury was asked Tuesday what gives him confidence that Saturday’s loss won’t snowball into more, following the pattern. He pointed out that all three losses this year are to ranked teams.
“We’ll see where we’re at this week and go from there,” he said.