Texas Tech, TCU clash to stay relevant in Big 12 race

After its four-game winning streak was snapped last weekend, Texas Tech heads to TCU on Saturday to try to keep pace in the Big 12 race and win the Saddle Trophy for the second season in a row.Texas Tech (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) suffered its first conference loss last Saturday in a 59-35 upset defeat to Baylor. In the loss, the Texas Tech defense was exposed as a unit that struggled to adjust.”We’re bringing a blitz we don’t get, so we’re gap exchanging with the defensive tackle and the linebacker and defensive tackle doesn’t get there,” head coach Joey McGuire said. “It’s a broken record that you know whenever the ball bounces, we don’t have an edge player. We’re not gap sound and some of their plays in the second half, didn’t adjust well.”Against Baylor, Texas Tech also gave up 144 yards after the catch, showing a side struggling to be in the right place and not making open-field tackles. Quarterback Spencer Robertson threw for a career-high five touchdowns.TCU (4-3, 2-2) also has a quarterback that can hurt a defense in Josh Hoover. The Horned Frogs passer is fourth in the nation in passing yards (2,270) and was named to the Davey O’Brien midseason watch list for the nation’s best quarterback.In a 13-7 victory over Utah on Saturday, Hoover threw for 263 yards and scored the only TCU touchdown on the ground with a 1-yard run. It was the third road win for TCU this season, a stark contrast to a 1-2 record at home.

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