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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.

During Texas Tech football players' weekly Monday session with the media, cornerback Jamar Wall was asked about the highlight-film hit he put on Kansas running back Jake Sharp in the Red Raiders' last game.

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.

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach took a whirlwind tour of ESPN last week, and his players took a rare five days in November off from football.

Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege completed 14 of 28 passes in his first career start.

Freshman running back Eric Stephens is on the verge of breaking the Texas Tech single-season record for kickoff return yardage.

This weekly feature considers five reasons why Texas Tech will win and five reasons Texas Tech will lose to each opponent.

The Texas Tech sideline at Tuesday's practice resembled the Champions Dinner at the Masters.

Texas Tech didn't achieve the sellout it wanted on its first night in the newly expanded Jones AT&T Stadium.

The Red Raiders have a new tradition: picking weekly captains. It's something that seems to be a hit with players.

Texas Tech faced some adversity on the offensive line in Saturday's 31-10 win at Nebraska.

Potts Not Perfect: LAJ's Don Williams writes that QB Taylor Potts hasn't been perfect in his first four starts, but almost all of Leach's quarterbacks have struggled to some extent, but none of them have had to face two ranked teams in two consecutive weeks: It's tempting to say Taylor Potts' first four games have been the most eventful.

Houston quarterback Case Keenum rushes for a first down as Texas Tech safety Brett Dewhurst defends.

Texas Tech cornerback Brent Nickerson got a phone call from coaches last Monday telling him to come up to the football office and get ready to play safety.

" Back in the summer, blue-chip wide receiver Kadron Boone from Ocala, Fla., told me he watched last year's Texas Tech-Texas game with a mixture of excitement and despair.

Four years ago, the all-district team for District 14-5A had Franklin Mitchem, Taylor Charbonnet and Brett Dewhurst honored among the first-team defensive backs.

Second-ranked Texas expected to score a lot of points Saturday night, especially with Texas Tech's defense missing several key players early in the season.

By DWAIN PRICE AUSTIN - This time there were no last-second theatrics by any of the Texas Tech Red Raiders.Texas used a methodical running and passing attack to defeat the Raiders 34-24 in the Big 12 opener for both teams.UT moved to 3-0 overall, while Tech dropped to 2-1.Raiders coach Mike Leach and his players said Tech's defense acquitted ...

Texas running back Tre' Newton, right, ran past Texas Tech's Brett Dewhurst for a touchdown in the Longhorns victory over the Red Raiders.