Texas Tech Red Raiders: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
Texas Tech Red Raiders: Key To The 2022 Offense
Don’t be afraid of the running game.
Yeah, the Western Kentucky offense was a thrilling ride that put up ridiculous numbers in bunches. It also stressed the heck out of the defense that was always on the field.
The Hilltopper offense only had the ball for around 27 minutes per game, the ground attack was too often an afterthought, and the defense got pounded on by the better offenses.
Texas Tech will gladly take the same offensive production that OC Zach Kittley brought to WKU last year, but a little bit of control at times wouldn’t be a bad thing. The running backs are in place to grind it out once in a while and run a little bit of clock.
Texas Tech Red Raiders: Key To The 2022 Defense
More big plays are a must from the pass defense.
Teams are going to throw and keep throwing some more on the Texas Tech D – that’s the cost of doing business against a team with an offense that’s going to crank things up a few notches. Yes, the pass defense will give up 250 yards on a regular basis …
But there need to be interceptions to put a halt to things.
The defense picked off four passes in the season opener against Houston, it came up with two in the win over Iowa State, and that was about it. It got four in the other 11 games, and that’s after going all of 2020 without coming up with multiple picks in any game.
That’s why …
Texas Tech Red Raiders: Key Player To The 2022 Season
CB Adrian Frye, Sr.
The secondary has enough experience to be okay, and the pass rush is about to ramp up a few notches to give a whole lot of help – at least that’s the hope.
Frye is a veteran corner with 85 career tackles, seven interceptions, and 14 broken up passes, but he hasn’t been able to build too much off of his five-pick freshman season.
Now he’s the fifth-year senior leader of the group, and he’s got to be a lockdown No. 1 corner who takes the ball away more.
Texas Tech Red Raiders: Key Transfer
LB Dimitri Moore, Sr.
The offense is going to work. It’s going to put up a bazillion yards and be a whole lot of fun, but can the defense hold up? There’s a good base in place, but the D needs more. That’s where Moore comes in.
The 6-3, 235-pound transfer from Vanderbilt might not be a big pass rusher on the outside – that’s what the D will be asking for out of its linebackers – but he made 219 tackles with 1.5 sacks and ten tackles for loss in three years in the SEC. He’s ready to step in and shine at one spot in the corps.
Texas Tech Key Game To The 2022 Season
Texas, Sept. 24
Texas had a losing season, it struggled, and it was a failure over the second half of the season – it lost to freaking Kansas. And it also whacked Texas Tech 70-35 in the Big 12 opener.
That was a year after hanging up 63 on the Red Raiders, and 49 the year before that, and 41 the year before that.
2017 was the last time Texas Tech was able to beat the Longhorns, losing five of the last six. With road games at Kansas State and Oklahoma State to follow, getting the win could be a must.
Texas Tech Red Raiders: 2021 Fun Stats
– 4th Down Conversions: Opponents 23-of-31 (74%) – Texas Tech 14-of-29 (48%)
– Points Per Game: Texas Tech 30.3 – Opponents 30.2
– Time of Possession: Opponents 31:53 – Opponents 28:07
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