Baron Batch News

Beginning the week before Thanksgiving and continuing through the end of the season, a lot went wrong for Texas Tech in an otherwise glorious year in 2008.

In what seems like ancient history now, Baylor's season changed dramatically when quarterback Robert Griffin was lost with an early knee injury.

Baylor and Texas Tech have both faced quite a bit of adversity this season. Unfortunately for Baylor, losing star QB Robert Griffin III proved to be much more damaging than the injuries to Taylor Potts and Steven Sheffield have for Texas Tech.

View full size photo>> The Result :: So Sweet: I had not even considered a blowout on the Texas Tech side of the ledger.

Line: Texas Tech by 21. Series Record: Texas Tech leads 34-32-1. Last Meeting: 2008, Texas Tech 35-28. What's at Stake Texas Tech looks to maximize its postseason possibilities with a 14th consecutive victory against Baylor.

The hefty guy who's been jumping around all season stood with his sneakers nailed to the turf.

L UBBOCK, Texas - It was fourth-and-1 in Saturday's third quarter when Baron Batch, all 5-foot-11 of him, ran through the Oklahoma defensive line for 6 yards.

Taylor Potts threw for 388 yards and two touchdowns as Texas Tech beat Oklahoma 41-13 on Saturday for its most lopsided win ever over the Sooners.

Senior defensive end Sharpe has 10.5 quarterback sacks, second in the Big 12 to Texas A&M's Von Miller .

Toughest Player: LAJ's Don Williams feature story polls the team to find out who is the team's toughest player.

When Texas Tech got the football back here Saturday night needing to go 88 yards in 98 seconds to force overtime, quite naturally Detron Lewis thought back on better days.

Patrick Lavine scored on a 21-yard interception return, and No. 17 Oklahoma State came up with a final defensive stand to keep its slim hopes for a Big 12 championship alive with a 24-17 win against Texas Tech on Saturday night.

Texas Tech players responded quite clearly when the Avalanche-Journal posed the question: Who is the toughest player on the team? Baron Batch, they said.

View full size photo>> This weekly feature considers five reasons why Texas Tech will win and five reasons Texas Tech will lose to each opponent.

Freshman quarterback Taylor Potts may get the start, but Doege is listed No. 1 on the Red Raider depth chart.

Line: Oklahoma State by 4. Series Record: Texas Tech leads 21-12-3. Last meeting: 2008, Texas Tech 56-20. What's at Stake Oklahoma State will try to keep its outside chance at the Big 12 championship alive while also protecting its position in the conference's bowl picture.

Dez Bryant thought he deserved more media attention heading into Oklahoma State's last meeting with Texas Tech.

When Texas Tech last visited Stillwater in 2007, Oklahoma State prevailed 49-45 in an epic shootout.

Red Raiders head into open date in better frame of mind after bouncing back with home victory over Kansas First appeared on lonestarvarsity.com : 9:20 p.m. Sunday.

By DWAIN PRICE LUBBOCK - Baron Batch has accepted the fact that Texas Tech is going to pass the football - a lot - to set up the run.As a running back, that can be tough to accept, but Batch knew what he was getting into when he joined one of the most prolific passing programs in the history of college football.Coach Mike Leach describes ...