At Wreck ‘Em Red we have ignored the 800-pound Gorilla in the room as Texas Tech has prepared to face Oklahoma, the Baker Mayfield story.
Since Mayfield left Texas Tech for Oklahoma following the 2013 regular season, controversy and misinformation turned what should have been a normal situation in the world of college football into a pseudo soap opera.
In Mayfield’s true freshman season, 2013, a knee injury and his inconsistent play opened the door for fellow true freshman Davis Webb to start five games creating an unexpected quarterback controversy. Eventually, first-year head coach Kliff Kingsbury decided to settle the competition during practices leading up to the 2013 Holiday Bowl.