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

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.

26, 2009 in Houston. Browse more photos>> THE OFFENSE With the football bye week, DTN is taking this opportunity to look at Texas Tech's offense and defense in 2010.

Texas Tech normally has nine or 10 offensive linemen on its travel squad, and line coach Matt Moore says every one of them practices as if he's going to be a starter that week.

Texas Tech center Shawn Byrnes returned to practice Wednesday after missing Tuesday's workout.

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

Texas Tech defensive end Daniel Howard averaged one sack a game through the first five games, but Howard sat out Saturday's 66-14 win over Kansas State.

Texas Tech's radio broadcast team was an hour or so away from going on the air at the Cotton Bowl last January when Terry Bowden popped into the booth with a purpose.

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

Texas Tech Pass Offense: This is going to be a bit tricky for Texas Tech. As much as everyone loves the backup quarterback, QB Steven Sheffield certainly has his deficiencies.

Chris Olson is an acceptable answer to the following trivia question: Name someone who's a former teammate to two top-10 picks from the 2009 NFL draft.

Junior safety Julius Howard has earned a spot as a sub-package player when Texas Tech goes with its six-defensive back look, defensive coordinator Ruffin McNeill said Thursday.