Texas Tech (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) has been maddening this season. The Red Raiders started October with close losses to ranked teams Texas A&M and Kansas State, both games TTU could have won. Then Texas Tech pulled the nation’s biggest surprise of the season, beating No. 3 Oklahoma 41-38 on Oct. 22 as 29-point underdogs. That ended the nation’s longest home winning streak at 39.

So how did TTU respond last week as 14-point favorites at home against a bad Iowa State team? ISU clobbered the Red Raiders 41-7. TTU QB Seth Doege completed 16 of 32 passes for a season-low 171 yards, threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. Texas Tech had a streak of 69 games, dating 2006, with a touchdown pass snapped. Clearly Texas Tech had a major emotional letdown after the Oklahoma upset.

No. 25 Texas (5-2, 2-2) ended a two-game slide with a 43-0 cakewalk over horrid Kansas last week. Texas rushed for 441 yards as a team against the worst defense in the country. Texas held Kansas to 46 yards of total offense, setting the record for the best defensive performance during Mack Brown's tenure in Austin.

It does appear that David Ash has supplanted Case McCoy as UT’s starting QB. He played the entire game the week before against Oklahoma State and was in against Kansas until late in the third quarter with Texas holding a 33-0 lead; Ash was an efficient 14 of 18 passing for 145 yards and also ran for a score. Then former starter McCoy got some mop-up duty. Technically Ash and McCoy are still listed as co-starters, but Ash is expected to get the call again.

The Longhorns have won two straight against the Red Raiders and lead the all-time series 44-15. UT has won six in a row in Austin vs. the Red Raiders. Texas is 5-1 ATS in its past six overall as a favorite. TTU is 3-7 ATS in past 10 as a road dog.

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