The Red Raiders were the fourth OU opponent ranked within the top 25 of the NSCAA/Continental Tires poll this season. The Horned Frogs are led by quarterback Trevone Boykin, who has 985 passing yards and ten touchdowns, and will look to break the thousand yard mark today on the season for Texas Christian.
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So far this year, he has taken his game to another level.
Anyway, to put Doctson’s day into perspective, entering Saturday, there were only 39 players in the country who had caught 18 passes this season.
The block came on a speed option play. On the first drive of the game, Pete Robertson had a tackle for loss on the first play, and had a near sack causing an incomplete pass on third down.
Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma for the first time since 2005, snapping a 19-game skid against the conference foe. The team that can get just a couple of stops will win the game in what should be a high scoring affair. Arkansas, meanwhile, finishes college football’s most disappointing September, dropping its third straight game and its 15th loss in 17 SEC games under Bret Bielema’s tenure. “He’s unflappable”. Arkansas trailed the Rockets by two points at halftime and was tied with the Red Raiders at the intermission. One of the best Horned Frogs on that side of the ball, defensive end Mike Tuaua, was arrested earlier this week and won’t play in this game and that will have a big impact on the outcome. That leaves only one returning starter in the lineup from the Peach Bowl last year when TCU pummeled Ole Miss on New Year’s Eve.
-WR Josh Doctson waved good-bye to a slow start with a spectacular showing against SMU with five receptions for 171 yards and two touchdowns against SMU. “I think it’s just bad luck right now, to be honest with you”. But it is also incumbent upon the quarterback to change the play if he notices a weakness in the defense.
“This program has been around for a while and we’ve always had guys step up, whether it’s been injuries throughout the season”, TCU coach Gary Patterson said.
Tech has rolled out a largely ineffective pass rush, forcing only three sacks for a loss of eight yards through three games.
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TCU is nationally ranked, come into Saturday’s contest having won 11 consecutive games which is the nation’s second-longest winning streak behind defending national champion Ohio State (16) and they are arguably the most risky offensive in all of college football, yet they are only 6.5 point favorites over a Texas Tech squad many believed would finish last or at the bottom of the Big 12 this season.
