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The Kansas defense has basically given KU 14 points, the offense has given away seven and the Texas Tech offense has a touchdown.

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

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has never started a redshirt freshman quarterback -- but that could change against Kansas.

Several witnesses identified the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Connecticut football player as the killer, prosecutors said yesterday.

The dust from the Texas A&M game is starting to settle and Texas Tech must confront a new reality.

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

Signs continue to point toward Texas Tech redshirt freshman Seth Doege making his first career start this week.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Oklahoma State quarterback Zac Robinson knows that Texas has knocked opposing quarterbacks out of the game in their last three games.

Late in the first half of a surprise on the South Plains on Saturday night, Texas A&M's Jamie McCoy reached up and snagged a short pass across the middle.

The duo of Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael gashed the Texas Tech defense for a combined 252 rushing yards and five touchdowns, as Texas A&M recorded a surprising 52-30 road victory over the 21st-ranked Red Raiders in Big 12 action.Gray ended with 131 yards and three scores on 25 carries, while Michael needed 22 carries to net 121 ...

Mike Singletary still can't quite capture what happened when Kansas arrived in Lubbock last winter.

SMU gets another up-close look tonight at Houston quarterback Case Keenum, a once overlooked kid from Abilene Wylie.

For the first time in Texas Tech coach Mike Leach's tenure, there's no Red Raiders quarterback anywhere on the national list of top passers heading into Saturday night's game against Texas A&M. The quarterbacks in charge of No.

Marlon Winn remembers one of his first spine-tingling experiences against Texas A&M, standing on the sideline as a young offensive lineman and watching Graham Harrell throw a last-minute touchdown pass to beat the Aggies at Kyle Field.

WINLESS TENNESSEE Titans coach Jeff Fischer probably didn't set a trend this week when he jokingly donned a Peyton Manning jersey to "feel like a winner." So don't expect Raiders coach Tom Cable to show up in Kyle Orton's undefeated Broncos jersey.

A little less than a month ago, I asked Craig James for his thoughts on Texas Tech.

Texas Tech is one victory away from its longest home winning streak in school history.

Every team in the Big 12 North has already lost a conference game. The early division leader is Kansas State, which went from giving up 66 points one week to scoring 62 the next.

By DWAIN PRICE In the midst of their most glorious moments of the season, the unthinkable has happened to the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

This is a July 29, 2009, file photo showing Texas Tech offensive lineman Brandon Carter listening to a question during Big 12 Media Day in Irving, Texas.

Texas and its fans feel like they have unfinished business from the last season.

Line: Nebraska by 10 1/2. Series record: Nebraska leads 7-3. Last meeting: 2008, Texas Tech 37-31, OT.

Texas Tech receiver Detron Lewis didn't have to ask what was expected of him this year.

Texas Tech Steven Sheffield is listed as the Red Raiders No. 1 quarterback on the team's depth chart for Saturday's game at No.

Originally published October 16, 2009 at 2 a.m., updated October 16, 2009 at 3:04 a.m. MANHATTAN, Kan.

In high school: Clark played a key role in one of the state's biggest turnaround stories, helping Denton Guyer go from 0-10 and 1-9 seasons to a 12-3 record last year.

In a Big 12 matchup, the 15th-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers host the Texas Tech Raiders at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln this weekend.

Line: Texas by 3 1/2. Series Record: Texas leads, 58-40-5. Last meeting: 2008, Texas 45-35. What's at Stake Besides border feud bragging rights, Texas needs a win to hang on to its national title hopes.

Texas Tech could have its original pair of starting safeties back this week for the first time since the Sept.

The Texas Tech coach has two prolific quarterbacks and must decide which will lead his pass-happy offense at No.

Steven Sheffield made history on Saturday, becoming the first back-up QB to start a game for Texas Tech under Mike Leach.

Last year against Nebraska, some of Texas Tech's statistics looked like numbers from a game still in progress.

New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won't be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued Tuesday as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach.

These Texas Tech quarterbacks are supposed to be interchangeable, like cogs in a machine.

Now he's done it, the thing Mike Leach hates most. Steven Sheffield, darn him, has gone and created a distraction.

If Kansas State was going to leave Lubbock with a victory, it had to dictate the pace with its running game and make some explosive plays on special teams.

LUBBOCK, Texas a ' Steven Sheffield threw for 490 yards and seven touchdown passes in his first career start to help Texas Tech beat Kansas State 66-14 on Saturday night.

Mike Leach may have some Western Union telegraph ideas about modern communications, but the Texas Tech coach isn't a complete caveman when it comes to letting college players be college players.

Line: Texas Tech by 16. Series record: Texas Tech leads 7-3. Last meeting: 2008, Texas Tech 58-28. What's at stake Texas Tech may not have QB Taylor Potts when it seeks its first Big 12 victory of the season.

Question: Heaven forbid, but should a Texas Tech player ever be paralyzed in the course of play, would Tech coach Mike Leach acknowledge it? It looks as if senior cornerback Nathan Stone's career is over, the result of a spinal injury he suffered in Saturday's game against New Mexico, and Leach doesn't acknowledge that.

Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Graham Harrell has gotten quite an eyeful in the two-plus months he has been in Regina.

As recently as a month ago, the Big 12 South was being touted as the best division in college football .

Texas Tech had prominent pass rushers last year when Brandon Williams and McKinner Dixon bagged more than their share of quarterbacks.

In their last conversation before Michael Crabtree's contract impasse, 49ers Coach Mike Singletary gave his receiver a warning.

Three Texas Tech starters - center Shawn Byrnes, defensive end Daniel Howard and safety Cody Davis - missed Tuesday's practice recuperating from injuries.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders believe quarterback Graham Harrell has a bright future.

Manning has inflamed foot: Eli Manning has been diagnosed with inflamed tissue in his right foot, or plantar fasciitis.

It was the week of the backup quarterback in the Big 12. Or in the case of Baylor, the backup to the backup.

Leach on Leach Had this discussion with a buddy awhile back: Would there have been a better beat in America than Texas Tech during the Mike Leach/Bob Knight years? Like covering the Seattle music scene in the 90s, I bet.

Texas Tech guard and team captain Brandon Carter is back from his suspension for violating team rules.

LUBBOCK, Texas a ' Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts has been released from a Lubbock hospital after being injured Saturday following two sacks by New Mexico before halftime.

Riding a two-game losing streak and with the return to Big 12 Conference play only one week away, Texas Tech was looking for a shot of confidence Saturday against New Mexico.

For Jacob Karam, this season has been a bit of an adjustment period. The former Friendswood star quarterback entered the previous three football seasons as the leader of highly successful high school program.

Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts did not return after halftime following two sacks by New Mexico late in the second quarter.

The home team is on a two-game losing streak. The visitors have lost eight straight dating to last season.

Waxahachie football coach David Ream has never seen a national signing day event unfold quite like Marlon Winn's - before or since.

Texas Tech could have a third new starter at strong safety for Saturday's game against New Mexico.

Tucker: Coaches say, and do, strange things Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 15:11 He took his disdain to the limit Monday, banning his players from using Twitter while calling Twitter, and Facebook, "stupid" unnecessary distractions.

Thomas Metthe/Reporter-News Wylie quarterback Case Keenum gets off a pass while being pursued by a Midland Greenwood defender during the third quarter of the Bulldogs' 35-14 win at J.M. King Memorial stadium in Greenwood on Friday, Sept.