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HALFTIME: LSU leads Texas Tech in Texas Bowl, 21-13

Harris also connected on some nice throws and ended the night 13-of-22 passing for 254 yards and a touchdown to go along with the interception.

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Texas Tech: QB Patrick Mahomes. The Red Raiders (7-6) are now 8-18-2 against SEC opponents, and the loss snapped their four-game bowl winning streak. The last time was at the 10:28 mark of the third quarter when Reginald Davis scored on a 31-yard touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes. Wide receiver Jakeem Grant caught three of the touchdowns from 46, 3 and 4 yards. That’s 43 catches for 639 yards and four scores that won’t be suiting up.


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Yes, Miles has failed to have consistent and productive quarterback play throughout his tenure. LSU opens the 2016 season against the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis…. Texas Tech is the choice of 60 percent of money line bettors, with another modest majority of 54 percent anteing up on the over. After Fournette’s touchdown, the Red Raiders marched 90 yards in nine plays, capped by a three-yard toss from Mahomes to Grant.


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His 5 touchdowns from scrimmage tied an NCAA bowl game record. McLendon won seven of 13 bowls as LSU’s coach from 1962 through 1979.

According to oddsmakers at RealBets, LSU is favored in this bowl game, as the Tigers are getting odds of -7 points against Texas Tech. A 57-yard punt by Taylor Symmank gave LSU possession at its 30. Fournette gained 10 yards, then 21 to the Tech 26. It will be just the third meeting between these schools and the first since 1957. And for all the criticism that Cameron received on Twitter – including from yours truly – LSU amassed 638 yards of total offense.

Usually, a lesser known bowl against a 7-5 Texas Tech team would do little to heighten the average LSU fan’s pulse, however, given the recent drama surrounding Les Miles and this program, a convincing win is desperately needed in order to reassure fans that this program is heading in a positive direction. But if they don’t show up, there’s no telling how many the Red Raiders will put up. However, a false start stalled the drive and led to a punt from the LSU 42. Darrell Williams closed out the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown run.

He threw for 370 yards and four scores – it’s just that Texas Tech didn’t have the rush game to support him.

LSU pushed its advantage to 21-6 with 6:41 left in the half.

The Tigers would strike first with a 2 yard touchdown run by Leonard Fournette.

It would not be enough however, as the Tigers consistently beat up on Mahomes, who was sacked six times and hurried on what seemed to be almost every play.

Grade: There wasn’t much drama over the final quarter and a half, but the game was still entertaining.

Chalk took the handoff from the sweep and took it 79 yards for a touchdown.

The All-American running back took a screen pass to the house, had five carries of 20+ yards and was the kind of dominant, big-play back that made him the Heisman favorite for two-thirds of the season.

LSU’s defense will be one of the best Texas Tech has seen all season, the speed of the Tigers on that side of the football will make a major impact on this one. “Instead of being 28-23 or 28-27, it was 35-20”.

Texas Tech kept up with LSU through the first half of the Texas Bowl until the Tigers literally ran away with the win, 56-27. However, only 11 punts have been returned against LSU.

Texas Tech knew it would have its hands full with Fournette entering Tuesday’s Texas Bowl. Mahomes led the Red Raiders down the field on a 70-yard drive after Fournette’s score.

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Before LSU hit the rodeo arena, the Tigers spent two hours prepping for Tuesday night’s game against Texas Tech with what was a typical Wednesday-like practice session at Texans Practice Facility. It was setup by a 32-yard pass from Harris to Dupre. Baylor also has the Football Bowl Subdivision’s top scoring offense, averaging 48 points per game.

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