Da Red Raiders!!

Amazing. Jaw-Dropping. Unbelievable. These are the words and feelings I spoke and felt at about 11:30 on Saturday night. The Texas Tech Red Raiders and Texas Longhorns played a classic game on Saturday night. If anyone missed out on watching that game, I will pray for you. For those of you who were privileged enough to have witnessed such a masterpiece, you should hold yourself to a higher order. For all the games that have the hype, this one exceeded it. It was truly remarkable.

The Texas Longhorns traveled to Lubbock looking to return 9-0, but not so fast my friend. The Red Raiders played a beautiful game, in the first half. The Red Raiders were dominating both lines of scrimmage and held a 22-6 lead over the previously ranked number one team in the nation. In the third quarter Texas outscored Tech and trailed at the end of the third quarter 29-19. From the gun in the fourth quarter, Colt McCoy hooked up with Malcolm Williams for a 91-yard touchdown pass. This shaved Texas Tech's lead to only three points and it wouldn't last for long as Texas was starting to look like the "Texas" we had come accustomed to. After a field goal from Texas Tech, Texas running back Vondrell McGee scored a touchdown with 1:29 remaining putting the Longhorns up 33-32. This is when it started to get interesting. The Red Raiders had dominated the entire game. They had sacked Colt McCoy four times and intercepted a pass. The offensive and defensive line had played great, but they had still managed to give up a 19 point lead. This was a spot Texas Tech wasn't used to, so how would they respond? They responded like all great teams do. The Red Raiders marched down the field knowing they only needed a field goal to win. After a near interception by Texas, Tech pulled off one of the most memorable finishes I have ever witnessed. With eight seconds to go, Graham Harrell dropped back and delivered a strike to Michael Crabtree on the sideline. Crabtree caught the ball and broke two tackles, while avoiding stepping out of bounds, and pounced into the endzone. Texas Tech 38, Texas 33. Texas Tech pulled off the greatest upset in the history of their program.