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Big 12 Football: Five reasons why Texas Tech can defeat Texas

In a bit of devil’s advocate, we examine five reasons why Texas Tech could pull off the upset of Texas. Alan Bowman being at the forefront.

We have heard the five reasons why Texas will win. Let’s play devils advocate for a moment and read why Texas Tech can win. Texas Tech has been overlooked in this game for good reason. The Longhorns are loaded up with talent on both sides of the ball. They returned a vast majority of their team from a season ago. Of course the senior quarterback in Sam Ehlinger.

The team does have a new staff in place with just one game under their belts as a unit. Chris Ash is expected to turn a defense around in 2020 and Mike Yurcich wants to bring the Longhorns offense up to 45 points per game. So can Texas Tech have any hope of slaying the giant in this game?

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Texas Football opponent preview: Texas Tech Red Raiders

Next Saturday the Texas Longhorns open up conference play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock. We preview the opponent.

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The first conference opponent for the Texas Longhorns will be the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Both teams are coming off wins in their opening game of the year. They just did it in two different manners. While the Longhorns’ game was never close, the Red Raiders held on for dear life for a two-point win at home against FCS opponent Houston Baptist.

Last year, the Red Raiders started 2-0 before their season began to come unraveled. Wins over Montana State and UTEP by a combined 87-13 led many to believe the Matt Wells era was getting off to a hot start after relieving Kliff Kingsbury of his duties.

A 28-14 loss to Arizona in Week 3 was not the only bad part of the third game. Starting quarterback Alan Bowman was sidelined for the season following that game. The Red Raiders won only two more games following the loss of their quarterback.

Tech beat Oklahoma State at home and West Virginia on the road. It would play some Big 12 teams close but lost every one possession game. Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State and TCU won by a combined 11 points. Many felt if Alan Bowman had been healthy, Tech could have won at least a couple of those contests.

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