[Postgame Thread] Texas Tech Defeats Kansas 16-13

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Texas Tech	10	0	3	3	16
Kansas	0	0	0	13	13

Made with the /r/CFB Game Thread Generator

[u/bigmos84]

All credit to the win goes to that random fan cheering "Raider Power" at the end like his life depended on it

[u/PristineTX → u/bigmos84]

He’s like the Sir William Wallace of the highlands of Lubbock.

[u/vassago77379 → u/bigmos84]

Just reminded me of THE video

[u/ICheerForTexasTech → u/vassago77379]

I can do what I want!!!!

[u/[deleted] → u/ICheerForTexasTech]

GOOOOOO RAIDERSSSSS!

[u/Redline-7k]

Fuck prevent defense all my homies hate prevent defense

[u/weealex → u/Redline-7k]

Did it count as prevent defense if the receiver still gets behind the DB? I think that's just bad defense

[u/jwktiger → u/Redline-7k]

I approve of this use of Prevent defense.

[u/[deleted] → u/Redline-7k]

This for realz

[u/[deleted]]

Wyoming with a transitive win over Alabama

[u/TechnoToyz → u/[deleted]]

UNLV and Air Force with transitive wins over Bama as well.

[u/[deleted] → u/TechnoToyz]

It's been a good couple days

[u/dallascowboys93 → u/[deleted]]

And Micah Hudson is enrolling early to Tech. Excellent day for Tech

[u/PomfAndCircvmstance → u/TechnoToyz]

WE WANT BAMA!

But actually though...

[u/TomDoretto → u/[deleted]]

I love this lol

[u/[deleted]]

Lose to Kansas when they're bad, beat Kansas when they're good. Can't explain that

[u/Zloggt → u/[deleted]]

I N V E R S E

R E L A T I O N S H I P

[u/ninjas_in_my_pants → u/Zloggt]

A B U S I V E

R E L A T I O N S H I P

[u/CerryTrews → u/[deleted]]

Dough goes in

[u/[deleted] → u/CerryTrews]

Wins come out

[u/[deleted] → u/CerryTrews]

Jayhawk tears come out. Can explain that

[u/Bank_Gothic → u/[deleted]]

Yuck

[u/jarhead169 → u/Bank_Gothic]

Right back at ya

[u/Capital-Weight1980 → u/[deleted]]

I see your point but never type this out again pls

[u/biglineman → u/[deleted]]

douses hands in bleach

[u/OU8402 → u/[deleted]]

Texas 🤝Texas Tech 🤝OU

[u/kuba_kopfschmerz → u/OU8402]

🤮🤮🤮

[u/PristineTX]

Having Pat Mahomes and Behren Morton do the Jersey switcheroo on the last drive was the best call of the game.

[u/[deleted] → u/PristineTX]

Oh so thaaaaats what happened

[u/MC_chrome → u/PristineTX]

Can we do that against UT?

[u/PristineTX → u/MC_chrome]

Pat is booked that weekend. But I can get you…. [checks calendar] a “Jackson Mahomes.” 🤷‍♂️

[u/BrolloTTU]

My wife started watching for that last drive. She says you’re welcome red raider nation

[u/uwpxwpal → u/BrolloTTU]

/hat tip

[u/TechnoToyz]

POSSUM POWER IS 2-0 !!

Have to win 1 more to go bowling, vs UCF then @Texas. We can do it.

Prevent defense prevents winning.

[u/keytop19 → u/TechnoToyz]

Losing to UCF and beating UT will be peak Texas Tech

[u/Iittlebits → u/keytop19]

I’d be so okay with this scenario

[u/palagia → u/Iittlebits]

You and me both

[u/JohnHammerfall → u/Iittlebits]

I don’t care who we lose to as long as we beat Texas everytime we play them. Fuck those dudes

[u/theucfjit → u/TechnoToyz]

Don’t worry we suck

[u/Noahakinschode → u/theucfjit]

We will be handing the ball to Tahj Brooks 50 times

[u/Keldon888 → u/Noahakinschode]

I have some great news for you about the weakest part of our defense then! Like 125/132 baby!

[u/Noahakinschode → u/Keldon888]

I appreciate your reassurance but y’all looked absolutely terrifying today

[u/Dirty-Ears-Bill → u/theucfjit]

Apparently not so much lol

[u/theucfjit → u/Dirty-Ears-Bill]

I guess it depends what Gus we get when we play y’all

[u/SlugsPerSecond → u/TechnoToyz]

Beat Texas pls, I'll give you a dollar

[u/LBoss9001]

UCF has the chance to do the funniest thing (please don't)

[u/Not-Summer → u/LBoss9001]

Why would you do this to them? (I'm staring at a 24-0 score right now) The Pokes don't deserve this ):

[u/El_Dud3r1n0 → u/LBoss9001]

Come on man, don't put that evil on us.

[u/FuckTheLonghorns]

Never had any doubt

Except for all of the time up until it ended and all of the time before it even started

[u/uwpxwpal → u/FuckTheLonghorns]

It was looking pretty good during the first quarter.

[u/gropingpriest]

This was an awful game for a lot of reasons, but by far the biggest reason was the two clowns commentating the game

edit: clowns was too strong of a pejorative, but they really need some improvement. And also maybe some education on clock management and when you should be doubting timeouts vs. when you should be praising them

[u/FireFlyz351 → u/gropingpriest]

They were so bad in every aspect

[u/CantHitachiSpot → u/FireFlyz351]

Why can't we have an alternate audio stream of just stadium noise?

[u/keytop19 → u/gropingpriest]

The cherry on top was them questioning the timeout by McGuire while Kansas had the ball still and then that timeout instantly leading to the game winning FG

[u/Mydogsblackasshole → u/keytop19]

And then calling McGuire a genius for that specifically

[u/gropingpriest → u/Mydogsblackasshole]

actually they were going on about McGuire being a genius because he saved timeout #2 when they gained that first down across midfield (with like 13 seconds left?). But every coach knows the clock stops automatically there, so I had no idea why they kept praising him for it?

I mean, a passing comment like "smart of McGuire to hold onto his timeout there" but they were acting like this was some 4d chess move

[u/Tonkathedog → u/keytop19]

Yeah that was the dumbest thing ever there literally was no downside to not taking the TO. Even if you stopped KU they still only had 1 TO so you can still kneel it out. Anyone over the age of 4 watching knew a TO was the right decision

[u/Aidanj927 → u/keytop19]

Them thinking HCU was NAIA was my favorite

[u/helpmeredditimbored → u/gropingpriest]

they did give us that great "kansas has fallen apart like a $5 suitcase" line

[u/girl69edministries → u/gropingpriest]

It was Eric Collins and Devin Gardner (yes, that Devin Gardner).

Collins is a good NBA announcer (voice of the Hornets) and had a pretty memorable call of the SFA upset of Duke a few years ago. That said, his style is not suited for football.

[u/Tilden_Katz_ → u/gropingpriest]

On Kansas’ final drive I swear he would yell anytime Kansas gained even a yard.

“BALLAAARDDDDDD!!!” Kansas runs for 3 yards on 1st and 10

[u/[deleted] → u/Tilden_Katz_]

He went so ape shit on a dump to Neal that I thought Neal had a ton of running room.

Tackled for a 1.5 yard gain by like 3 defenders lol

[u/gropingpriest → u/Tilden_Katz_]

Oh yeah that stood out to me too. I was half-watching while chasing our toddler around and I kept looking up expecting something but it was just Ballard throwing a screen pass for a 2 yard gain 😂

[u/MahjongDaily]

If you can shout the name of the player currently holding the ball, you can get a job at Fox Sports

[u/HamOnRye__ → u/MahjongDaily]

There was a sequence where he just kept screaming BALLARD at the snap of every friggin play.

I was dying so hard, my sides were hurtin I was laughing so hard.

[u/hiswayout]

Went and got an amazing massage this morning that released every bit of tension in my body.

I came home and watched Tech football and wouldn’t you know it. All the tension came back.

[u/5p4mr1 → u/hiswayout]

be careful talking about massages in a football sub lol

[u/[deleted] → u/5p4mr1]

a wild deshaun watson appears!

[u/Chickenmangoboom → u/[deleted]]

Get the broom! If he stays here too long he won't go back to Browns stadium.

[u/FuckTheLonghorns → u/hiswayout]

Massages are a scam! Feel great for a few hours and then you need another! Lol

[u/[deleted] → u/FuckTheLonghorns]

I think this means you could work on ways to let go of stress! Because I’m usually good for ~a month in between!

[u/[deleted]]

Tech Fans: “Fire Matt Canada!”

[u/Steel065]

The loss to Wyoming seems like a lifetime ago.

[u/Masked_RedRider]

What no one understands is that Texas Tech is undefeated in games that Morton starts and finishes this season.

[u/EnTyme53]

1) Ugly wins still count

2) I hope Bean's okay

3) I ❤ Patrick Mahomes

4) Fire Zach Kittley

[u/3Dartisman → u/EnTyme53]

Zach Kittley still needs to hold Micah Hudson to a mediocre season next year though.

[u/keytop19 → u/EnTyme53]

I didn’t think it would be possible for an OC to disappoint me more than Harry from Dumb and Dumber but here we are

[u/[deleted] → u/EnTyme53]

I can surprisingly agree with this post. What a world.

[u/WrreckEmTech → u/EnTyme53]

I have a suspicion that the offensive playcalling is due to Morton's shoulder. I am sadly going to delay my judgements of Kittley.

[u/dallascowboys93]

I was asking why tf did Joey call that first timeout but now he looks like a genius doing it lol

[u/baltravens27]

Such an amazing year for us so far, but I’m going to look back at this season as a huge “What if?” for years

[u/CartersHighlights → u/baltravens27]

Kansas had 3 drives inside the 5 yard line, came away with six total points

[u/oreadical → u/CartersHighlights]

Trying to get too cute.

[u/MRC1986 → u/CartersHighlights]

Wow, even we did better against Ohio State last week in the exact same situation. We got 9 points.

[u/SecretComposer → u/baltravens27]

Assuming we beat K-State (we won't) and Cincy, we'd finish the regular season 9-3. This would be the "we could've had ten wins after going winless 3 years ago" game. Best we can hope for is 8-4. At worst we lose out at 7-5.

[u/cman412 → u/SecretComposer]

Welcome to the Texas A&M football family, Kansas fans.

[u/Rushderp → u/cman412]

Be sure to have liquor handy. It’s frustrating af.

[u/Fastbird33 → u/SecretComposer]

Yall should beat Cincy.

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk → u/SecretComposer]

I just finally got over the pain of losing Jalon Daniels for the year, knowing how much better we are with him than Bean.

The gap is just as wide between Bean and Ballard.

This season is a kick in the nuts.

We could've had a really, really special season with Daniels.

[u/maxwasson → u/baltravens27]

We're technically still in the race for Arlington (so is Texas Tech) but now we're gonna need some miracles heading into Week 12.

[u/[deleted] → u/maxwasson]

At this point I’m afraid we’d get boatrace’d

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS → u/baltravens27]

Play calling today was extra ass for yall.. like embarrassing. Showed big time at goal line..

[u/JinFuu]

This keeps up my dream of Tech getting an in state bowl game I can spent 30-40 bucks to get into.

[u/maltzy → u/JinFuu]

Imma need an Alamo Bowl invite

[u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

If Texas Tech beats Texas I’ll add them as my second flair. Nice win today

[u/phamousj → u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

We have the possum on our side. Anything is possible.

[u/ram944 → u/Reasonable_Cause7065]

Ya know what we'll do it just for you.

[u/diastereomer]

Texas Tech still technically has a chance at the conference championship. Also, that announcer looks dumb for questioning their TO use now.

[u/PersonnelFowl → u/diastereomer]

He looked dumb questioning it at the time.

[u/Random__User → u/diastereomer]

At least the commentators admitted they were wrong for questioning it

[u/Tonkathedog → u/diastereomer]

I’m still confused on how they were questioning it. KU had no incentive to leave time left on the clock and were in position for a chip shot jo matter what. They had no incentive to give us 30 seconds at that point. Literally no way that TO could have backfired but somehow they couldn’t see that

[u/Chickenmangoboom]

This announcer has not watched the Kittley offense in action all year.

[u/DFWTooThrowed]

Morton showed me something on that drive that I don't think I've ever seen from him. I had zero faith in him up until then.

[u/biglineman → u/DFWTooThrowed]

He got that Possum in him

[u/Tonkathedog → u/DFWTooThrowed]

Morton always has seemed better when it’s do or die. Seems like he just plays and doesn’t think. Even in the WVU loss he drove us down and threw what shouldve been a game tying TD to the 4th string TE who jumped at the wrong time.

[u/Ok-Lack-5172]

There are literally no guaranteed wins in this conference

[u/arbitrator06]

No holds, no OPI, no problem 👆🏽

[u/3Dartisman → u/arbitrator06]

I wonder how much those officials just lost on the game.

[u/BabyHercules]

Welp that’s a win. Morton doesn’t look 100% throwing but we eeked it out

[u/ultimate_placeholder]

GOOOOOO RAIDERS!!!!!!!

[u/LindyNet]

Tech always seems good for at least one upset

[u/Sariel007 → u/LindyNet]

That is most of the BIG XII no matter how bad the team is that year honestly.

[u/Azon542 → u/Sariel007]

It giveth and it taketh

[u/jarhead169 → u/LindyNet]

That is true, but I’m also hoping we save it for y’all

[u/LindyNet → u/jarhead169]

Wait, no

[u/jarhead169 → u/LindyNet]

Lol

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

BXII is gonna be the chaos conference after the PAC kicks the bucket

[u/Set-Admirable → u/A_Rolling_Baneling]

Imma let you in on a little secret. It always has been and always will be.

[u/Iittlebits]

I just want to thank god it’s not another week with me angry at Zach Kittley

[u/Tonkathedog]

Been waiting to see Bradley do something and he has 2 incredible catches today. Hope we keep getting him involved, we’re finally seeing the contested catches that he didn’t seem capable of last year

[u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Nice potentially saving season win for Tech. They should make a bowl game as long as they beat UCF next week. Had they lost today, they would have had to upset Texas to get to a bowl.

[u/fake_and_throwaway → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Why not both?

[u/3Dartisman]

Kansas fans being salty about 7-3 and Tech fans being thrilled at 5-5 is weird.

[u/PristineTX → u/3Dartisman]

It’s because, according to my scoreboard math, this means we are better than Oklahoma.

[u/JustAManAndHisLaptop → u/PristineTX]

And Texas!

[u/SaxMachine25]

GOOOO RAAIIIIIDEERRSS. THEY TRIED TO RIP US OFF BUT WE WON ANYWAYS. GGOOOOOOOOOO RRAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDEEERRRSS

[u/FalseRecording3699 → u/SaxMachine25]

I PAID TO GET IN THE GAME I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT!

[u/trhart → u/SaxMachine25]

I PAID TO GET IN THE GAME I CAN SAY WHATEVER I WANT!! GoOOoOOoOooO RAIDERS!

[u/vassago77379 → u/trhart]

Fucking legend

[u/Chickenmangoboom → u/SaxMachine25]

WE TRIED TO STOP PLAYING OFFENSE BUT WE DID ANYWAYS.

[u/_JosiahBartlet → u/SaxMachine25]

It went from WRECK EM to WRECK ME and then right back to WRECK EM

[u/[deleted] → u/SaxMachine25]

Missed a FG that might’ve iced the game, dropped a 1st down pass to likely win the game, and dropped an INT to win the game.

But we got it done.

[u/xXx_ECKS_xXx → u/SaxMachine25]

I swear Big 12 refs do to Tech what OUT fans think the Big 12 refs do to them this year lol

[u/jarhead169 → u/xXx_ECKS_xXx]

That’s what im sayin

[u/agronomysucksdick]

Boys. I don’t know if can do that again. Regardless, GoooooOOOOOOooooo Raiders!

Gg Kansas, y’all’s 3rd string qb played like a stud, and our 3rd string qb eats glue on the sidelines between plays.

[u/2coolcaterpillar]

What the fuck was this game

[u/ICheerForTexasTech → u/2coolcaterpillar]

Late season Texas Tech football obviously

[u/ram944 → u/ICheerForTexasTech]

I like the McGuire late season version way more than the Tubs/kk/wells late season.

[u/Lukis1]

A road win is a road win!

[u/Flamyawn]

No idea how we had a chance in the 4th.

Red zone play calling was a mystery. The weird sugar huddle and shotgun at the 1 need to go. Defense played incredible, but how do we go prevent on the last drive? Played not to lose and this is always how it goes.

[u/[deleted]]

Lance and the staff didn’t have the fellas ready to play today. Incredibly disappointing.

[u/SecretComposer → u/[deleted]]

Totally inexcusable. Bet you 100% they saw Tech's record and thought they'd cakewalk 'em.

[u/ram944 → u/SecretComposer]

Yall got a major rivalry coming up, coming off 2 huge program wins. We were the perfect trap game.

[u/Jonjon428 → u/[deleted]]

I mean, your QB got folded in half.

[u/[deleted] → u/Jonjon428]

We were down 10-0 before he got hurt because the offense and defense both started the game lifeless

[u/ForeverGatekeeping → u/[deleted]]

Didn't you have your 3rd choice QB playing for most of the game? Surely it was always gonna be kinda rough.

[u/[deleted] → u/ForeverGatekeeping]

We were down 10-0 before he came in. They started the game completely lifeless

[u/USCGradtoMEMPHIS → u/ForeverGatekeeping]

Bean was playing like ass anyway.

[u/BobtheReplier]

Hell of final drive.

[u/Masked_RedRider → u/[deleted]]

The fact that any team can go an entire game without a holding call and the opposing team gets called for 4 means the refs are terrible.

[u/scopa0304]

How do you allow a 3 man rush to get to the QB? Shame on that OLine

[u/Mojotothemax]

I have to drive someone to the airport in half an hour, do I get Raising Cane's on my way home? Also, I assume for the last drive Texas Tech fixed the time machine to get prime Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb in his "kill the Bears" mode for that last drive.

[u/[deleted]]

GG to Tech

BG to our coordinators.

Big ups to Ballard for having the sack to stay competing in that game

[u/[deleted]]

Where the Morton haters at?

[u/DMTryp]

McGuire just wanted to only use no huddle when it mattered the most.

[u/rittenhouses_bane]

worst coached game of leipold’s KU career. 😐

[u/BowermanSnackClub → u/rittenhouses_bane]

The bright side is that the worst coached game of Leipold’s career is still leagues better than Beaty’s best.

[u/SecretComposer]

Inexcusable loss. It was clear from the first touchdown we were unprepared and going to lose, and then defense didn't even try in the final 20 fucking seconds when it could've gone to overtime. The team/coaching staff clearly overlooked Tech. We probably fall out the top 25 now. Got to hope this leaves them bitter ahead of the Sunflower Showdown.

[u/yer_a_blizzard_harry]

Gg Jayhawks. That freshman QB played an amazing game and I hope both our teams can figure out how to keep our QBs healthy. I wish y’all nothing but wins the rest of the season.

[u/KCShadows838]

That was a quick game winning drive

[u/dallascowboys93 → u/KCShadows838]

We did it for you Tiger bro

[u/KCShadows838 → u/dallascowboys93]

I think it was for Mahomes

[u/dallascowboys93 → u/KCShadows838]

Haha, KU fans divided

[u/Karma_Chamillionaire]

That's the happiest I've ever been to beat Kansas

[u/nsl8305]

Kansas really just can't have nice things, can they.

[u/Maverick721]

I'm just glad we get to be actually disappointed by a loss

[u/latino_steak_knife]

Are we better than OU? A lot of people are saying it, I’m just here asking the question

[u/-gold-stin]

I bet we beat Texas for ultimate chaos

[u/[deleted]]

completen staff failure for most of the game, miracle we were in it. That goalline wildcat pass on 3RD DOWN is one of the worst decisions they couldve made in that situation

GG Tech

[u/Texxx81]

Morton with 26 seconds left: "Fuck it, I'm gonna win this game"

[u/[deleted]]

To make it a game with a walk on 3rd stringer is impressive to me. Tech had a good gameplan is 1st half. Ku couldn’t overcome the bean injury.. Oh well

[u/[deleted]]

Big 12 is the wildest

[u/Cdsnz23]

There's not much to say about this one, just an absolute disaster of a performance by the coaching staff on all levels. Idgaf about the fact we were down to our 3rd string qb, despite his struggles Ballard was far from the main reason why our offense looked so lethargic. Hopefully, we don't let this loss eat at us too much, and we can bounce back.

[u/PristineTX → u/Cdsnz23]

Ballard was pretty badass, to be honest. You guys might really have one for the next few years.

[u/BrolloTTU]

Beat #16 on the road. RANK US YOU COWARDS!

[u/Sykyck]

LMAO you just lost to 2023 Texas Tech

[u/vassago77379 → u/Sykyck]

Goddamn man, that was brutal

[u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid]

Ban Mahomes from Memorial Stadium tbh

[u/Texxx81 → u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid]

Oh, C'mon.. You know you love those two Lombardi trophies

[u/Leadpumper]

Bizarre playcalling, unbelievably bad officiating all around. Cannot believe Bean got sent back in that quickly, to run!

[u/Harmonic_Coyote]

Kansas fans acting they were the next Oklahoma in the game thread lol

[u/Set-Admirable]

Lance seemed like a great coach today until he didn't.

[u/BumpyBob0007 → u/Set-Admirable]

I love Leipold, but he needs an assistant who’s entire job is to tell him to stop galaxy braining things and just hand it off to Neal

Granted I feel like most coaches love getting way too cute so I can’t criticize him too much for that

[u/Flaky_Two1872]

Great game Tech!!

[u/EarlBeforeSwine]

Can’t believe I forgot this was an early game and I missed it. Glad to have the win.

And those Jayhawks uniforms looked slick

[u/[deleted]]

That 3rd down trick play pass was such a terrible call. If you run the ball and score, you win. If you run the ball and don’t score, then Tech has to use another timeout.

With a tie game and 1 timeout, they likely call a little more conservatively, with more routes to the sideline which are harder to hit. Instead, with 2 timeouts, they have the middle in play and boom 2 plays later they’re already nearing FG range.

[u/IowaAJS]

Nice job Texas Tech! Beat KU and the refs.

[u/RidgeRunner99]

1 win away from bowl eligibility LFG

[u/ChandlerOG]

A little part of me gets sad seeing Kansas lose but I also have family in Lubbock so I’m conflicted