GAME BREAKDOWN
KEY MATCHUP: The Texas defense versus Texas Tech’s high-powered offense. The Longhorns have not stopped either Oklahoma State or West Virginia the past two weeks and have lost both games. Tech has been one of the best running teams in the Big 12 this season and Texas has had trouble slowing the run. With the slew of injuries on the Texas D, expect the Red Raiders to try to wear down Texas before going up top for the big play.
DRAFT SLANT
–WR Collin Johnson has the size (6-foot-6, 215 pounds), athleticism and speed that the NFL loves, but he needs to be more aggressive. He has 50 catches for 675 yards and five TDs combined in the first nine games.
ROSTER REPORT:
–QB Sam Ehlinger has attempted 246 consecutive passes without an interception, surpassing Major Applewhite’s school record of 156. He is on the watch list for the 2018 Manning Award.
–DE Marqez Bimage dislocated his shoulder against West Virginia and will miss this week’s game in Lubbock.
–CB Davante Davis is still nursing a neck sprain and is listed as questionable for Texas Tech.
–DE Breckyn Hager, who dislocated his radius early in the game against the Mountaineers, is also questionable for the game against the Red Raiders.
–DB Brandon Jones, who reinjured his ankle at the team hotel prior to the West Virginia game in what coach Tom Herman keeps calling “a freak deal,” is doing everything he can to try to get back. “But if we played today, Brandon would not play,” the coach said Monday. “We’re hoping he takes a turn for the better here in the coming days.”
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