
On a long enough timeline, the Earth will turn to dust, the oceans will boil away, and Texas Tech—Texas Tech!—will become a physical football team.
Watching the No. 17 Red Raiders push around No. 16 Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, no other conclusion seemed possible. Texas Tech bullied the Utes for 60 minutes in a turnover-happy game that saw the Red Raiders out-gain Utah 484–263 using their backup quarterback. What would air-raid stalwart Mike Leach—the architect of Texas Tech's last golden age—say?