Lubbock, Texas is far from heaven for many, but it sure seems like heaven for Texas Tech wide receivers. Texas Tech has the best wide receiver in the nation in Michael Crabtree, a true physical specimen and future NFL pro. The Red Raiders boast one of the most prolific offenses in the nation. The seventh ranked Red Raiders are fifth in the nation in scoring, averaging 48.2 points per game and have only trailed for a total of 2 minutes and 40 seconds through their first five games. The scary part is that I haven’t even mentioned their quarterback.
Graham Harrell is the leader of this high-powered machine. Harrell, a senior at Texas Tech, leads the nation in passing yards with 2,027. He is on pace to pass for 4,865 yards and by the end of the year he could end being number two in NCAA career passing yardage behind Ty Detmer, and he didn’t even hardly get any playing time as a freshman. It seems to me that Harrell seems to get zero respect even after putting up these ridiculous numbers. That lack of respect comes from where he plays, Texas Tech, because it‘s program is said to have a system for quarterbacks. I don’t care, system or not, he is the leader of the seventh ranked team in the country and whatever he is doing seems to be working pretty well. Last weekend at Kansas State, Harrell completed 38 of 51 passes for 454 yards and six touchdowns earning him the O’Brien Quarterback of the week award. If Harrell can lead the Red Raiders to an undefeated season and not be in New York shaking hands and being congratulated on winning the Heisman, that will be a tragedy itself.
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